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March 19, 2024	Will Hydrogen Energy Be Clean Energy?	Danny Cullenward	The U.S. Department of the Treasury is finalizing rules that will determine which new clean hydrogen projects will receive the IRA’s generous 45V tax incentives, and whether those projects will deliver promised climate benefits.
February 6, 2024	The CO2 Transportation Challenge	Peter Psarras, Hélène Pilorgé	A national network of CO2 and biomass transportation infrastructure, spanning pipelines to rail routes, will be needed to support the permanent removal of atmospheric CO2. Can the network be economically built?
January 23, 2024	AI’s Big Future in Energy and Climate Regulation	Cary Coglianese	Cary Coglianese, director of the Penn Program on Regulation, explores AI’s potential to help regulators keep pace with energy sector growth and climate-tech innovation.
December 5, 2023	Why the IRA’s Carbon Capture Tax Credit Could Increase Greenhouse Emissions	Emily Grubert	New research raises doubt around the climate benefits of the 45Q tax credit for carbon capture and storage for fossil fuel powerplants.
October 24, 2023	The U.S.’s Critical Mineral Supply Challenge	Brian Menell	A metals industry executive explores the race to develop alternative supplies of critical minerals essential to the energy transition.
June 20, 2023	Tackling Climate Technology Investment Risk	Nicholaus Rohleder	Nick Rohleder, Energy Policy Now’s former editorial assistant and a climate entrepreneur, discusses the challenge of managing investment risk inherent in emerging clean energy technologies.
January 31, 2023	Will New Technology and Climate Change Save Nuclear Power?	Daniel Poneman	Daniel Poneman, former U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary and current CEO of Centrus Energy, explores the resurgent interest in nuclear power a decade after Fukushima.
January 17, 2023	China Plays Competitor, and Collaborator, in the Energy Transition	Scott Moore	Scott Moore, author of China’s Next Act, discusses China’s global role in energy technology and sustainability.
September 27, 2022	Scaling Green Hydrogen for a Global Market	Alicia Eastman	Green hydrogen hubs are being developed in some of the world’s most remote locations, to serve growing clean energy demand in Asia, Europe and the U.S.
July 5, 2022	Can Carbon-Negative Oil Be Climate Positive?	Peter Psarras	The fossil fuel industry is investing billions of dollars into projects that will use carbon dioxide captured from the air to produce more oil. What will be the climate impact?
May 10, 2022	Governing the Promise and Peril of Emerging Climate Technologies	Shuchi Talati	Shuchi Talati, former chief of staff of the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy & Carbon Management, discusses the need for strong governance to balance the potential benefits of carbon dioxide removal technologies with environmental and social risks. This is episode one in the Exploring Governance series.
December 14, 2021	For Solar Geoengineering, Daunting Policy Questions Await	Gernot Wagner	A climate economist discusses why efforts to cool earth’s climate through solar geoengineering appear all but inevitable, and considers the policy questions and political battles to come.
March 23, 2021	A Primer on Carbon Dioxide Removal	Erica L. Belmont, Jeremy Freeman, Noah McQueen, Peter Psarras, Toly Rinberg	Carbon Dioxide Removal is an industrial-scale strategy to hold climate change in check. Five experts weigh in on CDR’s potential, challenges and moral hazards.
January 12, 2021	Europe Maps Out Its Hydrogen Energy Strategy	Kirsten Westphal	Hydrogen energy is a key part of Europe’s plan to zero out carbon emissions by mid-century. But can the bloc build hydrogen capacity, and demand, in time to reach its goal?
December 15, 2020	Energy Storage’s Seasonal Challenge	Oscar Serpell	Electricity storage technologies have proven their worth in balancing daily fluctuations in wind and solar output. But can storage address the challenges presented by the decarbonized grid of the future?

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Since the first season of our podcast series, Andy Stone has directed each episode of Energy Policy Now—defining topics, inviting guests, and leading informative conversations.

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Andy Stone

Energy Policy Now Host and Producer

Andy Stone is producer and host of Energy Policy Now, the Kleinman Center’s podcast series. He previously worked in business planning with PJM Interconnection and was a senior energy reporter at Forbes Magazine.