Energy Switch
Hosted by Scott Tinker · Switch Energy Alliance
5.0from 14 ratings
- 133
- Episodes
- 36
- Transcribed
- 14
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Energy Switch
Energy and climate are intertwined, two of the most important topics in the world today. Yet listeners know very little about them. This podcast aims to change that. Energy Switch brings together two renowned experts from government, NGOs, academia, and industry, with differing perspectives on important energy and climate topics.These lively discussions are moderated by renowned energy scientist and communicator Dr. Scott Tinker. The podcast is produced, written, and directed by Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Harry Lynch.
- Publisher
- Switch Energy Alliance
- Category
- science · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Apr 2024
- Latest episode
- 13 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
36 of 133 episodes have a transcript.
13 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Solar and Wind: Success or Failure?
13 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
S8 E10: Solar and Wind Success or Failure
11 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ecomodernism vs Degrowth
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Solar and Wind: Success or Failure?
Published 13 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] If we talk about where we are today with electricity in the U.S., solar and wind are about 16% of the U.S. electricity mix. Now, that's just electricity. But we have to zoom out and remember that solar and wind, when you combine it in terms of primary energy together, they're right about 3% of total U.S. energy consumption. Solar farms' overall value, like give me a 1 to 10%. I'll give it a five. I have solar panels on the roof of my house. Okay. I'll give it an eight, but it's distributed solar that's going to be the future. Big farms are great, but it's the fact that solar is modular, can go on any rooftop anywhere that's really going to get us where we need to go. […]
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- Dan Kammen
- Robert Bryce
- Ted Nordhaus
- Josh Farley
- Margaret Doyle
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 10 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 4 ratings
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Who hosts Energy Switch?
Scott Tinker host the show. Published by Switch Energy Alliance.
How often do new episodes come out?
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