{"podcast":{"title":"Energy Evolution","slug":"energy-evolution-890919","podcast_index_feed_id":890919,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/228500/destinations/1681160.xml","website_url":"https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/5/f/d/85fd2d008a71c0bc16c3140a3186d450/EE_Updated.png","author":"S&P Global Energy","episode_count":365,"summary":"Interviews, analysis and reporting from S&P Global Energy on energy and commodities' transition to a cleaner future. Host Eklavya Gupte speaks with policymakers, industry professionals and S&P Global Energy in-house experts worldwide on topics related to decarbonization, climate, emerging fuels and energy sources, and the outlook for commodity markets from oil to power to metals. The Energy Evolution podcast merged with the Platts Future Energy podcast in January 2025.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T16:21:27.396488+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/energy-evolution-890919"},"episode":{"title":"The new economics of renewable energy: Why transmission trumps technology","slug":"the-new-economics-of-renewable-energy-why-transmission-trumps-technology","published_at":"2026-07-07T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/energy-evolution-890919/the-new-economics-of-renewable-energy-why-transmission-trumps-technology","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/energy-evolution-890919","url":"https://batterymetals.libsyn.com/the-new-economics-of-renewable-energy-why-transmission-trumps-technology","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/batterymetals/Energy-5638750_-_Energy_Evolution_Evolving_Economics_of_Renewables_-_v2.mp3?dest-id=1681160","summary":"The clean energy investment landscape has undergone a fundamental reset. The era of zero interest rates has given way to a more disciplined environment where transmission access and power market fundamentals determine success or failure. In this episode, host Eklavya Gupte speaks with Declan Flanagan , founder and CEO of Bluestar Energy Capital, about how his company is responding to these shifts. Flanagan discusses how power pricing dynamics are reshaping technology choices and why certain markets like Germany are emerging as battery storage frontiers. He also examines how capex inflation, extended interconnection timelines and evolving demand profiles have rewritten the renewables investment playbook.","meta_description":"The clean energy investment landscape has undergone a fundamental reset. The era of zero interest rates has given way to a more disciplined environment wh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1520,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/energy-evolution-890919/episodes/the-new-economics-of-renewable-energy-why-transmission-trumps-technology/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/energy-evolution-890919/the-new-economics-of-renewable-energy-why-transmission-trumps-technology.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}