How Chris Nelder Aims to Mobilize an Army for Clean Energy.

Chris Nelder challenges the status quo. He’s working on forming and mobilizing an army of supporters to help us transition away from fossil fuels. As host of the podcast The Energy Transition Show, he he aims to "influence the influencers" through carefully researched interviews with clean energy experts.
Chris has written about energy and investing for more than a decade. He’s interviewed hundreds of guests on his show and now has over 200 episodes.

Think of him as a sort of clean energy Yoda…

Expect to learn:

⚡ Chris’s definitions of key concepts like “renewables” and “the energy transition” and how we can create a common vocabulary.

⚡ Chris’s journey from starting an internet publishing business to becoming a solar PV system engineer, then turning energy journalist

⚡ His perspectives on underrated technologies like distributed energy resources, VPPs (Virtual Power Plants), and geothermal energy

⚡ Insights into Chris's process for choosing impactful topics and guests

⚡ How Chris built The Energy Transition Show into a successful subscription podcast

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:54 Interview Start
00:04:36 Transitioning from Fossil Fuel to Clean Energy
00:07:27 Hosting The Energy Transition Podcast
00:17:20 Choosing To Be a Pay to Listen Podcast
00:26:18 What is the Energy Transition?
00:32:58 How to Define "Renewables"
00:34:49 How to Structure a Podcast
00:39:16 How a Scottish Island Went Renewable
00:42:04 Chris' Career Journey
00:53:02 Chris' Best Episodes
00:55:15 Overated and Underated Tech in Clean Energy
00:58:08 Influences, Resources & Recommendations
01:02:42 Conclusion

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/393Etix...

Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

Connect with Chris Nelder:
- LinkedIn:   / chris-nelder-9444243  
- X:   / chrisnelder  
- Check out the Energy Transition Show:
- Website: https://xenetwork.org/ets/

Energy Transition Show Episodes Referenced:
- Energy Basics: https://xenetwork.org/ets/category/en...
- Doomers vs Transitionistas - ep 211: https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/ep...
- Transition in Eigg: https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/ep...

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