Podcast

Volts

Author: David Roberts
Feed episode count: 427
Official site: https://www.volts.wtf/podcast
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Summary

A newsletter, podcast, & community focused on the technology, politics, and policy of decarbonization. In your inbox once or twice a week.

Episodes

Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested

Can the UK stay the course with its climate plans?

Duration seconds: 3696
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/can-the-uk-stay-the-course-with-its

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Jun 10, 2026 · not_requested

Why is NERC so worried about data centers?

Duration seconds: 4419
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/why-is-nerc-so-worried-about-data

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Jun 5, 2026 · not_requested

This oil shock won't be like the others

Duration seconds: 1540
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/this-oil-shock-wont-be-like-the-others

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Jun 3, 2026 · not_requested

Are plug-in DERs going to spark a grid revolution?

Duration seconds: 4427
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/are-plug-in-ders-going-to-spark-a

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May 29, 2026 · not_requested

Giving clean electricity a political voice of its own

Duration seconds: 6075
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/giving-clean-electricity-a-political

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May 27, 2026 · not_requested

A limited defense of Biden's everything-bagel industrial policy

Duration seconds: 4082
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/a-limited-defense-of-bidens-everything

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May 22, 2026 · not_requested

How to phase out residential gas equitably

Duration seconds: 4065
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-phase-out-residential-gas

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May 20, 2026 · not_requested

Sooner than you think, electricity is going to be cheap, abundant, and boring

Duration seconds: 6339
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/sooner-than-you-think-electricity

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May 15, 2026 · not_requested

Telling the story of the grid

Duration seconds: 2010
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/telling-the-story-of-the-grid

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May 13, 2026 · not_requested

Electrifying industrial steam with heat pumps

Duration seconds: 3866
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/electrifying-industrial-steam-with

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May 8, 2026 · not_requested

The case for using prices rather than VPPs to coordinate distributed energy

Duration seconds: 5412
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/the-case-for-using-prices-rather

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May 6, 2026 · not_requested

Streamlining the difficult work of whole-home retrofits

Duration seconds: 3842
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/streamlining-the-difficult-work-of

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Apr 29, 2026 · not_requested

Enabling ordinary people to invest in renewable energy projects

Duration seconds: 3923
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/enabling-ordinary-people-to-invest

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Apr 27, 2026 · not_requested

Tom Steyer wants to be California's climate governor

Duration seconds: 3291
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/tom-steyer-wants-to-be-californias

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Apr 22, 2026 · not_requested

The big stories from the last year in electricity

Duration seconds: 4038
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/the-big-stories-from-the-last-year

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Apr 20, 2026 · not_requested

Life as a clean energy journalist in an age of madness

Duration seconds: 1214
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/life-as-a-clean-energy-journalist

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Apr 17, 2026 · not_requested

Climate finance, interrupted

Duration seconds: 3574
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/climate-finance-interrupted

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Apr 15, 2026 · not_requested

Doing data centers the not-dumb way

Duration seconds: 5457
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/doing-data-centers-the-not-dumb-way

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Apr 10, 2026 · not_requested

Ruggedized solar power for the hard places

Duration seconds: 3126
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/ruggedized-solar-power-for-the-hard

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Apr 8, 2026 · not_requested

Why climate funders don't fund housing policy, and why they oughtta

Duration seconds: 3980
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/why-climate-funders-dont-fund-housing

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Apr 3, 2026 · not_requested

Rethinking climate regulation from the ground up

Duration seconds: 4850
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/rethinking-climate-regulation-from

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Apr 1, 2026 · not_requested

Using more of the grid we’ve already built

Duration seconds: 3920
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/using-more-of-the-grid-weve-already

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Mar 27, 2026 · not_requested

Should we block some sunlight to cool the planet?

Duration seconds: 3974
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/should-we-block-some-sunlight-to

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Mar 25, 2026 · not_requested

For data centers, a little flexibility goes a long way

Duration seconds: 4237
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/for-data-centers-a-little-flexibility

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Mar 20, 2026 · not_requested

The high-stakes battle over energy affordability in New York

Duration seconds: 3727
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/the-high-stakes-battle-over-energy

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Mar 18, 2026 · not_requested

A Tesla vet tries to master the VPP market

Duration seconds: 4592
Source: https://www.volts.wtf/p/a-tesla-vet-tries-to-master-the-vpp

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