The Best Renewable Energy and Sustainability Podcasts (2024 Edition)
Originally published in 2019, the list is fully updated and expanded for 2024, with 13 new additions, 16 updates, plus 8 inactive shows we removed.
A Matter of Degrees
Dr. Leah Stokes and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson tell stories about the powerful forces behind climate change and the tools we have to fix it.
BBC Radio 4 – The Bottom Line
Hydrogen. It’s one of the most abundant elements in the universe. Billed as a potentially cleaner alternative to fossil fuels. Has the time for ‘green hydrogen’ finally arrived?
Big Ideas Into Action
The Big Ideas Into Action Podcast for the World Resources Institute examines a different big idea at the nexus of people, nature and the climate, from the sustainable ocean economy to the ways water-related conflicts can be solved.
Catalyst with Shayle Kann
A weekly podcast with climatetech veteran Shayle Kann interviewing experts about the future of decarbonization.
Investor Shayle Kann is asking the big questions about how to decarbonize the planet: How cheap can clean energy get? Will artificial intelligence speed up climate solutions? Where is the smart money going into climate technologies?
Every Thursday on his new podcast Catalyst, Shayle explains the world of climate tech with prominent
Cleaning up
Once a week Michael Liebreich and Bryony Worthington have a conversation with a leader in clean energy, mobility, climate finance or sustainable development.
Each episode covers the technical ground on some aspect of the low-carbon transition – but it also delves into the nature of leadership in the climate transition: whether to be optimistic or pessimistic, how to communicate in order to inspire change, personal credos and so on.
The conversations are engaging, informative, inspirational and most of all – fun, as most of the guests are Michael’s and Bryony’s friends.
Climate One
Climate One from The Commonwealth Club is a podcast for empowering conversations that connect all aspects of the climate emergency. Creates opportunities for dialogue and inspires a more complete understanding of the current crisis.
Columbia Energy Exchange
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 explores today’s most pressing opportunities and challenges across energy sources, financial markets, geopolitics and climate change as well as their implications for the U.S. and the world.
Listen at Columbia Energy Exchange
Delta-EE: Talking New Energy
Experience the energy transition with the Talking New Energy podcast. Caters to a wide spectrum of enthusiasts, including EV professionals, HVAC experts, strategic masterminds at major oil corporations, and savvy PV product managers. Join our global community, reaching audiences in Europe, North America, East Asia, and beyond.
Factor This
The Factor This podcast, hosted by John Engel of Renewable Energy World is dedicated to the solar industry. From a trusted source for Renewable Energy News and Information on the Internet.
Listen at Renewable Energy World
Foresight Sustainability Series
Discussions with sustainability professionals to address the issues around sustainability, climate, energy and the environment.
Featured Episode: Joe Davis, Associate Director at Foresight Group and William Mezzullo, Head of Hydrogen at Centrica explore the development of hydrogen as a vital part of the energy transition, what stands in its way, and what needs to be done to realise its potential to decarbonise transportation, industry, and heating.
Green Energy Futures
The CKUA Radio podcast of the GreenEnergyFutures.ca series. The multi-media series is hosted by David Dodge and tells the stories of Canadians involved in the green energy revolution.
Listen at Green Energy Futures
Interchange Recharged
Energy conversations from Wood Mackenzie. David Banmiller hosts bi-weekly discussions on the global energy transition and the transformative technology that underpins it.
OIES Podcast
Informal conversations with the authors of OIES (Oxford University’s Institute for Energy Studies) research publications through which listeners can further explore and understand the underpinnings and implications of their research.
Redefining Energy
Twice a month, Gerard Reid and Laurent Segalen debate how the world of Energy is being radically redefined through Tech Innovations, Finance, Markets, Regulations and Digitisation.
ReEnergise by ORE Catapult
Regular podcast by ORE Catapult, discussing emerging technology innovation in offshore renewables and the way that we will harness low carbon energy sources to meet our future energy needs.
Shift Key
Every week, Heatmap News Executive Editor Robinson Meyer and Princeton University Professor and energy systems expert Jesse Jenkins make sense of the biggest shift of our time — navigating the energy transition away from fossil fuels. Drawing on their years of experience reporting on and researching climate change and decarbonization, Meyer and Jenkins unpack the most important issues of the week and how the impacts of climate change and efforts to address it are transforming our economy, politics, and society
Switched On by Bloomberg
The future of energy, transport, sustainability and more, as told by BNEF analysts. Each week, Dana Perkins sits down with BloombergNEF (BNEF) analysts to uncover the key findings and stories behind their latest research.
The Carbon Copy
A weekly newsmagazine about the changing planet, hosted by Stephen Lacey.
We’ve entered a new era of mass deployment of climate solutions. How will it play out?
The Carbon Copy is a weekly narrative-news show that explains the business and tech trends shaping decarbonization. Each week, host Stephen Lacey digs into the business and technology stories that explain the rise of clean energy, the challenge to fossil fuels, and how the energy system is transforming in dramatic ways.
The Energy Gang
On the Energy Gang podcast, Ed Crooks hosts a bi-weekly digest of current stories and developments in energy and clean tech. Expert analysis is provided from leading climate and energy figures. A bi-weekly digest on energy and cleantech from Wood Mackenzie.
The Energy Transition Show
Straight talk about the world’s transition from fossil fuels to renewables. Long-time energy expert Chris Nelder interviews some of the smartest and knowledgeable people in energy, exploring global infrastructure and markets during the ongoing transition away from fossil fuels and toward renewables.
The Energy Transition Show covers oil, gas, coal, solar, wind, emerging renewables, nuclear, grid power, transportation systems, macroeconomics, and more, including the latest news and research, policy developments, and market events.
The Offshore Wind Podcast by GWEC
The Offshore Wind Podcast, hosted by Stewart Mullin and Rebecca Williams of GWEC examines the issues facing the offshore wind industry today and tomorrow.
The rise of floating offshore wind, increasing interest in power-to-x and green hydrogen solutions are creating the basis for offshore wind to propel the global energy transition forwards.
Covering a range of themes from vessels, skills and diversity, floating wind to China’s offshore market and more.
The Pexapark Podcast
Impactful intelligence in renewable energy, PPAs and beyond. Hosted bi-weekly by Luca Pedretti, COO & Co-Founder at intelligence platform, Pexapark.
Key market, regulatory, pricing and deal making updates in Europe and North America, followed by a candid discussion with an industry expert on the critical trends shaping the renewables sector.
The Sustainability Agenda
The Sustainability Agenda is a weekly podcast exploring today’s biggest sustainability questions. Leading sustainability thinkers offer their views on the biggest sustainability challenges, share the latest thinking, identify what’s working –and what needs to change — and think about the future of sustainability.
Listen at The Sustainability Agenda
The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast
The Uptime wind energy podcast focuses on improving the efficiency of wind turbines and renewable energy. Learn about current business trends and renewable energy technology, as expert Allen Hall breaks down the research and news from the wind industry. Listeners will come away with deeper knowledge on how to improve wind turbine uptime.
Volts
David Roberts has been reporting on and explaining clean energy for almost 20 years. Volts is a newsletter, podcast, & community about leaving fossil fuels behind. The podcast covers the technology, politics, and policy of decarbonization.
Watt Matters
From Foresight Climate & Energy, Watt Matters is all about the energy transition and the shift to a decarbonised economy. Through biweekly debates and discussions on the energy transition in Europe, North America and around the world, Watt Matters focuses on how to achieve thriving renewable energy markets and liveable cities through the right mix of policy, regulation, finance and technology.
Zero from Bloomberg
Zero explores the policies, tactics and clean technologies taking us to a future of zero emissions as the world fights climate change. Bloomberg Green’s award-winning climate reporter Akshat Rathi talks to the people who are making it happen.
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