Why Are We Electrifying So Slowly? The Electrification Staircase | Ep256: Adrian Hiel, Silvia Madeddu, William Drake & Thomas Butler
From Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change by Michael Liebreich, Bryony Worthington
May 6, 2026 · 56 min · Episode 256
About this episode
The episode discusses the slow progress of electrification in energy systems and introduces the Electrification Staircase as a tool to accelerate this process.
People in this episode
Host: Michael Liebreich
Guests: Adrian Hiel, Silvia Madeddu, William Drake, Thomas Butler
Topics covered
- electrification
- energy systems
- heat pumps
- electric vehicles
- hydrogen
- barriers to electrification
- Electrification Staircase
Keywords
- electrification
- energy transition
- heat pumps
- electric vehicles
- hydrogen
- barriers
- Electrification Staircase
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Electrification Alliance, Schneider Electric, Liebreich Associates, Regulatory Assistance Project
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