Power Map

Energy is at the heart of the most important issues facing the U.S. and the world. On the Power Map podcast, we explore the forces reshaping the global energy landscape with policymakers, industry experts, and thought leaders. Hosted by the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program.

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Summer Wrap Up
This week, CSIS experts Joseph Majkut, Ben Cahill, and Gracelin Baskaran cover recent developments in global oil markets, BRICS expansion, critical minerals, and the geopolitics of energy.
28 min
52
Oil Market Update
This week, Adi Imsirovic joins Ben Cahill to discuss developments in global oil markets, demand and supply outlooks for the rest of 2023, and the OPEC+ - Russia relationship.
52 min
53
Europe’s Energy Crisis and the Transatlantic Pa...
This week, Simone Tagliapietra joins Joseph Majkut to discuss how Europe is managing the ongoing energy crisis and moving away from Russian energy supplies while advancing decarbonization efforts, also look at the future of energy security in Europe, and the state of U.S.-EU energy policy cooperation.
36 min
54
Rebuilding Ukraine’s Energy Sector
In this week’s episode, Steven Burns joins Ben Cahill or an update on Ukraine’s energy sector.
32 min
55
China’s Electric Power Sector: Leading on Renew...
This week, David Fishman joins Cy McGeady to look at the Chinese electric power sector.
42 min
56
Meeting India’s Energy Targets
This week, Rick Rossow joins Joseph Majkut to discuss India’s ambitious renewable energy targets, where it is exceeding or failing to meet those targets, subnational collaboration with counterparts in U.S. states, and India’s position on the world stage over the next decade.
29 min
57
Setting Up the Energy Future
This week, Laszlo Varro joins Joseph Majkut to discuss the latest Shell Scenarios, called Sky and Archipelago, and how they relate to the world’s present geopolitical, energy, and climate developments.
42 min
58
G7 Addresses Energy and Climate Change
This week, Tatsuya Terazawa joins Jane Nakano to look at key energy and climate issues on the G7 agenda.
36 min
59
Modernizing The U.S. Regulatory System
This week, Noah Kaufman joins Joseph Majkut to discuss the recent Executive Order on modernizing the regulatory review process, and its implications and benefits for the U.S. climate regulations.
38 min
60
How Capital Market are Shaping the Renewables S...
This week, Allison Good alks with Cy McGeady about how changing conditions in the capital markets may affect the U.S. energy transition.
20 min
61
Oil and Gas Methane Regulations
This week Ben Cahill talks with Joseph Majkut about his recent work on efforts to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.
28 min
62
Peaks and the Global Energy Systems
This week, Jamie Webster joins Ben Cahill to discuss energy transitions, what peak demand really means, and the resulting shifts in the global energy system.
30 min
63
U.S. EV Battery Outlook
This week, Steve LeVine joins Jane Nakano to discuss recent developments in the U.S. electric vehicle market and battery supply chain
35 min
64
Clean Energy Gaining Ground with Hal Harvey
This week, Hal Harvey joins Joseph Majkut to talk about the progress he is seeing on clean energy goals and climate solutions, especially in the United States in light of the Inflation Reduction Act.
43 min
65
Energy and Climate in the 118th Congress with S...
This week, Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota joins Joseph Majkut to discuss energy and climate issues in the 118th Congress, the potential for bipartisan policymaking, the role of the United States as an energy exporter and the opportunity for U.S leadership in global energy security.
42 min
66
Update on the Russian Oil Sector
This week, Dr. Tatiana Mitrova and Ben Cahill provide an outlook for the Russian oil sector, including the EU and G7 price cap on Russian oil and its impacts on the Russian economy.
52 min
67
U.S. Energy Information Administration Prioriti...
Dr. Joe DeCarolis joined Ben Cahill for a discussion on priorities for EIA, outlining the role of EIA, how its data can be most useful to policymakers, and his plans for changes and improvements in the coming year.
36 min
68
The Year in Energy and Climate
In our final episode of 2022, Kevin Book (ClearView Energy Partners) and Liam Denning (Bloomberg) join Joseph Majkut (CSIS) to make sense of the many energy and climate developments in 2022 and look at some under the radar issues to watch next year.
43 min
69
Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change
This week Dr. Friederike Otto with the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London joins Dr. Joseph Majkut (CSIS) to discuss climate change attribution, which measures how climate change directly affects extreme weather events, like heat waves, floods, or droughts.
34 min
70
ESG Investing with Terrence Keeley
This week, finance industry veteran and author Terrence Keeley joins Joseph Majkut to discuss his book “Sustainable: Moving Beyond ESG to Impact Investing”, and the promises and limitations of ESG investing.
39 min
71
Energy in the U.S. Midterm Elections
Did energy and climate play a role in the US midterm elections? David Goldwyn and Joseph Majkut look at how the energy and climate agendas may have factored into specific elections and what the outcome means now for the U.S. domestic and international energy and climate agendas.
33 min
72
Global Climate Governance with David Victor
This week Joseph Majkut talks with David Victor, professor with the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego and author, with Charles Sabel, of Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an Uncertain World.
48 min
73
Permitting Reform for the U.S. Energy Future
This week, Joseph Majkut (CSIS) talks with Mike Catanzaro (CGCN) and Marcela Mulholland (Data for Progress) about the need for permitting reform to allow for new energy infrastructure to be built in the United States.
61 min
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Europe’s Energy Concerns with Gerassimos Thomas
Gerassimos Thomas, the Director-General at the European Commission in charge of Taxation and Customs Union, spoke with Joseph Majkut about the energy challenges in Europe this winter, the future of energy security and climate measures, and the state of U.S.-EU cooperation.
16 min
75
New York to Pittsburgh: Climate Takes from Two ...
Last month, climate and clean energy experts convened in New York for Climate Week 2022 and then Pittsburgh for the Global Clean Energy Action Forum.
29 min