The Future of Energy

Auteur(s): University of Southern California | Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition
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  • Welcome to The Future of Energy, the podcast that explores the challenges and opportunities of transitioning to a low-carbon future. Join hosts Jim, Milla, Rochan and Elizabeth as they chat with professors, industry experts, researchers, and students to unpack some of the most pressing issues involved in the energy transition and how they affect us. By featuring diverse perspectives, we hope to inspire you to make the best and most informed decisions for your communities—because ultimately, the energy transition depends on each one of us.
    University of Southern California | Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition
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  • S2 E0 | The Future of Energy Origins Story

    S2 E0 | The Future of Energy Origins Story
    Feb 4 2025

    We are back for a second season of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition podcast! We are joined by two new student co-hosts, Milla and Rochan. Our first episode of season two shares the origin story of the podcast, with important introductions by Dean Yannis Yortos on sustainability and Dr. Don Paul on how the Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition got started. We are excited to debut a new name, The Future of Energy, and host some amazing guests, with each episode focused on a critical element of the future of energy. We publish on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple, and we invite you to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and share your thoughts. Special thanks to Kyle Koerner for his generous support of this project.
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    50 min
  • Ep 14 | Are We Ready for the Energy Transition?

    Ep 14 | Are We Ready for the Energy Transition?
    Apr 22 2024
    In our final episode (!!) of Season One of Energy Transition Talk, we look back at how far we’ve come, and look forward to where we hope to go from here. We start by chatting with Dr. Scott Tinker, a geology professor at UT Austin and the State Geologist of Texas. He is also a documentary filmmaker, host of the energy and climate talk show Energy Switch, and host of the radio program Earth Date. We chat about how he got into filmmaking and the importance of media in informing and inspiring the public about energy; the global challenges we face regarding the energy transition and how we can carve a “Radical Middle” path forward; and what inspires him about the future of the energy transition. We then bring back 3 guests who we’ve had on previous episodes: Dr. Don Paul, engineering professor at USC and Executive Director of the USC Energy Institute (see Episode 3); Dr. Iraj Ershaghi, Director of the Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition (E-CET) and petroleum engineering professor at USC (see Episode 1), and Michael Edwards, an energy consultant and visionary leader in social change, digital transformation, and the energy transition (see Episode 6). We ask each of them to comment on various aspects of the question: are we ready for the energy transition? Finally, we end by summarizing Season One of the podcast and reflecting on our key takeaways from all the conversations we’ve had with our amazing guests! 02:16 Interview with Dr. Tinker 28:20 Panel with Dr. Ershaghi and Dr. Paul 52:40 Interview with Michael Edwards 01:11:10 Reflection and Concluding Remarks Thank you so much for coming along on this journey with us! We hope you enjoyed listening to these conversations and learned a thing or two about the energy transition that you can share with a friend. And we hope that you will continue to stay involved in the energy transition, whatever that looks like for you, because the energy transition is up to you and me. Don’t forget to subscribe to our podcast so you can automatically get access to our new episodes – you can find us on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. And we would appreciate it so much if you could leave a rating and review, and let us know what you thought about this episode, as well as any suggestions you have for future seasons of the podcast. Special thanks to all of our amazing guests and as always, to Abhi, our technical guru. This podcast is sponsored by the USC Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition. For more of Dr. Tinker’s work, check out these resources! Switch Energy Alliance: nonprofit whose vision is to inspire an energy-educated future through film Switch International Energy Case Competition (SIECC) Documentary films: Switch and Switch On PBS, Energy Switch: The Energy and Climate talk show Earth Date: Public service radio program TEDx talk: The Dual Challenge: Energy and Environment (May 9, 2022) Fortune: Reducing energy options doesn’t work. Just ask Europe—and the U.S. states where gas prices are rising (Oct. 18, 2022) Scientific American: Carbon Pricing Is Not a Fix for Climate Change (Aug. 16, 2019) Forbes: Why “Keep It In The Ground” Is Not Necessarily Green (Aug. 10, 2017) Talk: An Honest & Sensible Conversation about Global Energy (Nov. 8, 2023) Additional reading: World Resources Institute, Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next, Dec. 17, 2023. Reuters, New COP28 draft deal stops short of fossil fuel 'phase out’, Dec. 12, 2023 WSJ, China Files WTO Complaint Against U.S. Over Electric-Vehicle Subsidies, Mar. 26, 2024 NYTimes, U.S. and China on Climate: How the World’s Two Largest Polluters Stack Up, July 19, 2023 Bloomberg, How China Beat Everyone to Be World Leader in Electric Vehicles, July 17, 2023 Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed during the Energy Transition Talk series are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of the Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition (E-CET) or the producers of this podcast.
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    1 h et 19 min
  • Ep 13 | Where Will The Future Generation of Energy Workers Come From?

    Ep 13 | Where Will The Future Generation of Energy Workers Come From?
    Apr 1 2024

    In this episode of Energy Transition Talk, we talk about the future of the energy workforce and how we can recruit and prepare the next generation energy workforce for the energy transition.


    The International Energy Agency (IEA) anticipates that adopting clean energy technologies will create 14 million jobs by 2030. However, many students, concerned about the fossil fuel industry’s role in climate change and its job security risks, are turning away from careers traditionally associated with the fossil fuel industry, like petroleum engineering and mining. This can create a shortage of positions needed for the energy transition. The energy transition will depend on engineers, electricians, plumbers, and mechanics—just to name a few—to build the infrastructure needed for the energy transition (think power lines, heat pumps, and wind turbines). So if you’re thinking about pursuing a career in STEM or energy more broadly – we need you!


    How can we manage this critical transition in the energy workforce? To talk about this challenge, Justine chats with Dr. Barbara Ransom, an internationally known geoscientist at the National Science Foundation. They discuss current trends in the energy workforce, the broad range of skills we’ll need for the energy transition, the implications of artificial intelligence (AI), and the challenges and potential solutions to increasing interest in STEM and green jobs.


    Jim then speaks with Abhinav Vishal, a petroleum engineering student at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology in India, about the role that petroleum engineering can play in the energy transition.

    02:33 Interview with Dr. Ransom

    37:51 Interview with Abhinav Vishal

    53:57 Concluding Remarks

    Don’t forget to subscribe to our podcast so you can automatically get access to our new episodes – you can find us on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. And we would appreciate it so much if you could leave a rating and review, and let us know what you thought about this episode! Special thanks to our guests for today and Abhi, our technical guru, for his behind-the-scenes contributions to our podcast. This podcast is sponsored by the USC Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition.

    Referenced in the podcast and additional resources:

    • Wall Street Journal, Big Oil’s Talent Crisis: High Salaries Are No Longer Enough, August 6, 2023

    • New Yorker, The Great Electrician Shortage, Apr. 24, 2023

    • IEA, The reskilling challenge: How can we leave no one behind in the energy transition?, Apr. 26, 2023

    • McKinsey, Toward a more orderly US energy transition: Six key action areas, Jan. 12, 2023


    Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed during the Energy Transition Talk series are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of the Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition (E-CET) or the producers of this podcast.

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    56 min

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