This podcast is a father/son team that explains and demystifies energy concepts behind current events involving the energy industry and with a focus on the transition to green energy. Father Vikram Rao is an energy industry veteran, retiring as the Chief Technology Officer of Halliburton and holding a Ph.D. in Engineering from Stanford. Son Justin Rao serves as the host and brings with in an expertise in economics, holding a Ph.D. from UC San Diego.
Energy Explained
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This podcast is a father/son team that explains and demystifies energy concepts behind current events involving the energy industry and with a focus on the transition to green energy. Father Vikram Rao is an energy industry veteran, retiring as the Chief Technology Officer of Halliburton and holding a Ph.D. in Engineering from Stanford. Son Justin Rao serves as the host and brings with in an expertise in economics, holding a Ph.D. from UC San Diego.
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February 25, 2023
Episode 20: Could direct from air carbon capture ever be economical?
<p>Carbon mitigation technology is getting a lot of attention and relatively new area of carbon capture, Direct Air Capture (DAC), has the unique advantage of potentially reducing the CO2 produced in the past. But because air has only 0.04% CO2, the economics of recovery are challenging, and we discuss why it is likely to remain uneconomical at scale for at least a decade. These same technologies, however, applied at the point source from industrial sources are feasible at USD 40 per tonne CO2 and headed lower. At these costs, capture and storage cost is nearly half the price of carbon in Europe, indicating huge potential in the market. </p> <p>You can listen to Energy Explained on your favorite podcasting platforms: </p> <p>Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/energy-explained/id1567684721 </p> <p>Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0zZLgIVEK495J0J1Dcqygp </p> <p>Google Podcasts - https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81MDQ3ZDIwNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== </p> <p>Radio Public - https://radiopublic.com/energy-explained-G2QXnn </p> <p>Breaker - https://www.breaker.audio/energy-explained</p>
September 13, 2022
Episode 19: How strategic energy treaties will help us go green
In this video we discuss Russia's use of energy as a weapon of political will driving us to reexamine our concepts of energy security. While interdependency is a valid model, Russian aggression has underlined the need to select trusted partners. Each region such as Europe, North America and South Asia, ought to formulate energy treaties designed to capitalize on the strengths of individual countries to assure affordable energy for the region, while still providing a path to decarbonization. Shorter term solutions for Europe include more solar and wind, floating LNG regas terminals and a central role for France in nuclear power, including enablement of small modular reactors in all Europe. You can also listen to Energy Explained on your favorite podcasting platforms: Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/energy-explained/id1567684721 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0zZLgIVEK495J0J1Dcqygp Google Podcasts - https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81MDQ3ZDIwNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Radio Public - https://radiopublic.com/energy-explained-G2QXnn Breaker - https://www.breaker.audio/energy-explained
March 28, 2022
Episode 18: Can we realistically move off Russian oil and gas?
<p>Due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, economic sanctions have been put in place to cut Russia off from the Western financial systems, but these sanctions have been designed to allow the flow of oil and gas to continue. This winter, European nations have paid $200-300 million euros per day for natural gas. In this video we explain why Europe has continued to pay for Russian natural gas and oil, and why this is highly likely to continue for the next 2-3 years in the case of gas, with oils path to full embargo depending heavily on the actions of OPEC and US shale oil ramp up, which we discuss in detail. Enjoy!</p>
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