How are key renewable energies faring at the end of 2025? Guest host and energy analyst Bridget van Dorsten talks through developments in geothermal, hydrogen and wind.
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Bridget van Dorsten discusses the status of renewable energies like hydrogen, geothermal, and wind as 2025 comes to a close.
At the start of the year things were looking uncertain for nascent renewables like hydrogen and geothermal. With policy support from the previous US administration they had boomed with the IRA, then came July 2025 and the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill, which tore up tax credits and removed incentives for those renewable technologies. As we approach the end of the year, has anything changed for the better? How are hydrogen, wind and geothermal looking as we prepare for 2026? Regular host Sylvia Leyva Martinez is on maternity leave until the middle of next year, so her fellow energy analyst Bridget van Dorsten is stepping up to keep the mic warm. Bridget is an analyst researching hydrogen, but she has an engineer’s understanding of technologies across the energy spectrum. She doesn’t just cover that ‘frustrating, inefficient, expensive-to-move-around molecule’ (as she calls it); she knows what’s real in the energy world and what’s just hype. To kick off her tenure as host she’s picked out a few highlights from the year relating to those important renewables – geothermal, hydrogen and wind. Looking back on those conversations Sylvia had with experts on those…
People in this episode
Host: Bridget van Dorsten
Topics covered
- renewable energy
- hydrogen
- geothermal
- wind
- energy policy
- energy analysis
Keywords
- renewable energy
- hydrogen
- geothermal
- wind
- energy policy
- 2025
- 2026
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Trump administration, US administration, IRA
Products: One Big Beautiful Bill, hydrogen, geothermal, wind
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