Show overview
The Energy Transition Show with Chris Nelder has been publishing since 2015, and across the 11 years since has built a catalogue of 293 episodes. That works out to roughly 170 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 23 min and 34 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 16 episodes already out so far this year. Published by XE Network.
From the publisher
Straight talk about the world’s transition from fossil fuels to renewables with energy expert Chris Nelder
Latest Episodes
View all 293 episodes[Episode #282] – Regulatory Moats Around Transmission
[Episode #281] – Revisiting the Jet Stream
[Episode #280] – Statistical Review of World Energy 2026
[Episode #279] – Debottlenecking Europe’s Grid
[Episode #278] – Enhanced Geothermal Energy
[Episode #277] – Just Transition in South Africa
[Episode #276] – Electricity Reform in South Africa
[Episode #275] – The Cost of Delay
[Episode #274] – Global Electricity Review 2026
[Episode #273] – Solar and Batteries Can Power the World
Ep 272[Episode #272] – Global Energy Crisis 2026
The damage to Persian Gulf oil and gas infrastructure and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has thrown the world into a global energy crisis.
Ep 271[Episode #271] – China Update 2026
Why have China’s total CO2 emissions been slowly falling for two years even as it’s building more coal-fired power plants than ever?
Ep 270[Episode #270] – View from the Energy Transitions Commission
Lord Adair Turner shares his global perspective on the state of the energy transition, as seen from the Energy Transitions Commission.
Ep 269[Episode #269] – Trump’s War on the Energy Transition
Can the energy transition in the US survive President Trump’s attacks on it?
Ep 268[Episode #268] – Activism 101
What do aspiring energy transition advocates need to know to become effective changemakers in their communities?
Ep 267[Episode #267] – Japan: Petrostate or Electrostate?
As one of the most energy vulnerable countries on earth, Japan faces a difficult choice: join the petrostates, or the electrostates?
Ep 266[Episode #266] – Global Electricity Review 2025 (Lagniappe edition)
Global carbon emissions from the power sector may be close to peaking thanks to an accelerating energy transition.
Ep 265[Episode #265] – IEA World Energy Outlook 2025
Chris returns to Paris to interview co-lead Tim Gould about the new World Energy Outlook 2025 report, and to explore the futures it contemplates.
Ep 264[Episode #264] – History of the Transition in South Africa
A history of South Africa’s energy transition in the power sector kicks off a new Energy Transition Show miniseries on the African country.
Ep 263[Episode #263] – The Role of Distribution Utilities
What is the role of distribution utilities in the energy transition?