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Catalyst with Shayle Kann

A weekly podcast featuring veteran investor Shayle Kann interviewing experts about the state of the energy sector and the technologies powering decarbonization. Shayle Kann is asking the big questions about the ways we power our world: How cheap can clean energy get? Where is the smart money going on new technologies? How will the AI boom both help and hinder us on our journey to decarbonization? Every Thursday on Catalyst, Shayle dives deep into the world of energy with prominent experts, investors, researchers, and executives to unpack both the solutions and the challenges at play in this ever-changing landscape.

Episodes

This Catalyst podcast episode interviews Sheldon Kimber, CEO of Intersect Power, about the burgeoning market for co-locating renewable energy generation (solar, wind, storage, and some gas) with data centers. The discussion covers the current state of the US solar and storage markets, challenges like tariffs and PPA p...

More 2025 trends: DeepSeek, plug-in hybrids, and curtailment

06 Feb 2025

49m

Are utilities ready to fully harness demand flexibility? [partner content]

04 Feb 2025

30m

2025 trends: aerosols, oil demand, and carbon removal

30 Jan 2025

35m

The climate-ag grab bag

23 Jan 2025

40m

FOAK tales

16 Jan 2025

57m

Making DERs work for load growth

09 Jan 2025

40m

Lithium’s wild ride

02 Jan 2025

38m

Drew Baglino on Tesla’s Master Plan

26 Dec 2024

1h 4m

Scaling low-carbon products with book and claim systems

19 Dec 2024

37m

Lessons from Northvolt’s collapse

12 Dec 2024

39m

How cyber attacks could threaten the energy transition [partner content]

10 Dec 2024

23m

Explaining the 'Watt-Bit Spread'

05 Dec 2024

42m

AI processed

In this episode of the Catalyst podcast, the focus is on the soaring demand for electricity driven by the AI and data center industries. The hosts explore the concept of the "Watt-Bit Spread," which highlights the gap between the high prices companies are willing to pay for power to support AI operations and the relati...

Frontier Forum: Why utilities should go big on VPPs

02 Dec 2024

27m

AI processed

In this podcast, the conversation centers around Arizona Public Service's (APS) impressive rollout of a 190-megawatt virtual power plant (VPP) that integrates smart thermostats, demand response programs, and batteries. Initially viewed with skepticism, the VPP demonstrated its reliability during intense heat waves, ear...