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Energy
The energy conversation in its own words. Developers, operators, and analysts on power, renewables, and where the grid goes from here.
Refreshed nightly · readings through November 4, 2026
Who's advertising, and what's being discussed
Aug 2026 – Oct 2026Paid sponsor reads and organic mentions across the energy shows we track. Ad copy is masked out before mentions are counted, so a vendor's own ads never count as people talking about it.
Top advertisers
By ad reads · change vs the prior 3 months
- 1Chevron
- 2Siemens Smart Infrastructure
- 3Janus Electric
- 4Pylon
- 5EnviroInvest
Most-discussed vendors
Share of episodes with an organic mention · change vs the prior 3 months
- 1European Investment Bank
- 2Westinghouse Electric Company
- 3ChatGPT
- 4Clean Energy Finance Corporation
- 5Janus Electric
Mentions over time
Track any vendor's share of the conversation month by month, and compare up to five.
146 episodes from 8 shows scanned in Aug 2026 – Oct 2026. Sponsor tracking for energy runs from Apr 2026.
What this page measures
We transcribe every episode of the energy shows listed below and score what gets said in them. Not what analysts predict, and not what a survey panel reports after the fact. What practitioners tell each other while the quarter is still running.
Podcast interviews are unusually good evidence for this. The guest is a working operator, the format is long enough that talking points run out, and nobody is answering a multiple-choice question. When sentiment in a sector turns, it tends to show up in how people talk months before it reaches a published number.
The scores below run 0 to 100 against a 50 neutral baseline, weighted by how much reach an episode has. Readings refresh nightly across a trailing 30-day window. A cut this narrow can go thin in a quiet month, and when it does we say so rather than publishing a number built on four episodes. Full methodology.
What the Energy conversation reads like
Sentiment across the five topics we score, measured only on energy shows. Trailing 30 days against the same window a quarter ago; thin cuts fall back to a 90-day read.
Future Outlook
70.5
Economy
34.6
Industry Forecast
62.2
AI
54.5
Innovation
72.4
Future Outlook
12-mo avg 61.7 · points from average
Economy
12-mo avg 32.8 · points from average
Industry Forecast
12-mo avg 57.6 · points from average
AI
12-mo avg 53.5 · points from average
Innovation
12-mo avg 69.3 · points from average
Each topic against its own 12-month average (the zero line), within energy shows only. Above means the conversation is running hotter than normal for that topic; below, cooler.
Latest in Energy
newest across the tracked shows
Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
Nov 4, 2026
Special Episode: The new battery chemistry targeting long duration storage
Henning Rath, CEO of Enervenue, explains the company's nickel hydrogen battery chemistry, which NASA originally developed and which has flown on the Hubble Telescope. He covers Enervenue's focus on non-lithium long duration storage for applications such as petrochemicals, mining, EV charging, data centers, and telecom towers, along with its levelized cost claims, manufacturing plans, and recent funding and expansion.
Columbia Energy Exchange
Nov 3, 2026
Katie Dykes Shares Lessons on Building and Regulating a Modern Grid
Former Connecticut Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes discusses how New England is balancing affordability, reliability, and decarbonization as electricity prices rise and demand grows from electrification, EVs, heat pumps, and manufacturing. The conversation covers regional coordination through ISO New England, utility asset-replacement spending and rate-setting incentives, the role of performance-based regulation, and Connecticut's permitting reforms. Dykes also addresses political pressure on bills, the value of clean energy as a price hedge, and the challenge of maintaining public trust in permitting.
Solar Maverick Podcast
Nov 3, 2026
SMP 306: How AI Is Changing Utility Scale Solar Design?
Orçun Başlak, Co-Founder and CEO of PVX AI, explains how the company's software uses AI within AutoCAD to design utility-scale ground-mount solar projects, starting from terrain before placing modules and racks. The conversation covers how soil conditions, foundations, and early site selection affect construction costs, along with the value of reducing design rework. The episode also touches on AI adoption, software security, battery storage placement, and PVX AI's expansion into the U.S. market.
Energy Evolution
Nov 3, 2026
Carbon removal's coming of age: BECCS and the future of carbon markets
Jan-Willem Bode, president of Puro.earth, joins host Eklavya Gupte with Alex Clayton of Gevo and Kaja Voss of Inherit Carbon Solutions to assess whether bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) has moved from ambition to delivery. The discussion covers buyer growth and finance structures in carbon removal markets, the contrast between US and European policy, biomass sourcing and MRV scrutiny, and BECCS's expected role in volume carbon removal by 2030.
Climate CEOs
Nov 3, 2026
Beyond ChatGPT: AI Built for Energy, Mining & Climate | Lium
Co-founders Ryan Thill and Josh Knutson of Lium describe their AI operating system for the physical world, which connects AI agents to large satellite, weather, grid, and subsurface datasets without data migration. The conversation covers how domain-expert knowledge is built into reusable workflows, use cases in climate and geothermal or carbon sequestration subsurface work, and how their background in mental health and prior startup exits shaped the company. The episode also includes a closing segment on founder habits, book recommendations, and mentors.
POLITICO Energy
Nov 2, 2026
Fervo Energy CEO Latimer on geothermal’s promise and challenges
Fervo Energy CEO Tim Latimer discusses geothermal's potential to supply around-the-clock carbon-free power in the U.S., including the commercial start of the 33-megawatt first phase of Project Cape in Utah, which is tied to a large Google power agreement. The conversation covers federal funding for geothermal, the cost and technical progress of enhanced geothermal systems, and the company's stock decline since its recent IPO. Latimer also responds to short-seller claims about reservoir heat decline, water retention at the site, and grid interconnection constraints.
The Energy roster
8 showsPOLITICO Energy
POLITICO
POLITICO breaks down the stories and power players shaping energy politics and policy in the U.S. and around the world through original interviews, sharp reporting and expert…
The Jolt by FORESIGHT
Kasper Thejll-Karstensen
Climate and energy impact every part of our society, and the torrent of developments, news stories, analyses, and gossip can become overwhelming and indecipherable. That’s where…
Energy Evolution
S&P Global Energy
Interviews, analysis and reporting from S&P Global Energy on energy and commodities' transition to a cleaner future. Host Eklavya Gupte speaks with policymakers, industry…
Zero: The Climate Race
Bloomberg
Zero is about the tactics and technologies taking us to a world of zero emissions. Each week Bloomberg’s award-winning reporter Akshat Rathi talks to the people tackling climate…
Climate CEOs
Chris Wedding — CEO Coach | CEO, Entrepreneurs for Impact
The leading twice-weekly, ad-free podcast for entrepreneurs, investors, & executives in energy, infrastructure, & climate. Get practical insights on raising capital,…
Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
RenewEconomy
Join Renew Economy founder and editor-in-chief Gi…
Solar Maverick Podcast
Benoy Thanjan
The Solar Maverick Podcast is the insiders guide to where the solar and energy markets meet entrepreneurship and trailblazing. Hosted by Benoy Thanjan - a serial entrepreneur and…
Columbia Energy Exchange
ColumbiaUEnergy
Columbia Energy Exchange features in-depth conversations with the world's top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia and civil society. The program…
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