ANOTHER Battery Breakthrough to Save the Planet

About this episode

The episode discusses significant advancements in clean energy and battery technology, highlighting the acceleration of the global energy transition.

A major shift in the global energy transition: clean power is now growing fast enough to meet all new electricity demand, while EVs are hitting price parity (and even beating gas cars) in key markets. Add in CATL's new breakthrough battery tech and cold-climate innovations, and the transition is clearly accelerating. Support The Clean Energy Show on Patreon for exciting perks including a monthly bonus podcast, early access to our content, behind the scenes looks, access to our members-only Discord community and thank-yous in the credits of videos and shoutouts on our podcast! Starting at just $1 per month! Highlights: Clean energy met 100% of new electricity demand in 2025, with solar doing most of the heavy lifting https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/21/clean-energy-generation-exceeded-rise-global-electricity-demand-2025 EV milestone: in the UK, electric cars are now cheaper than gas vehicles upfront, with strong sales growth University of Saskatchewan researchers develop a frost-resistant heat pump with big efficiency gains https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2026/young-innovators-usask-researcher-discovering-frost-free-heating-solutions.php Battery wars heat…

People in this episode

Hosts: James Whittingham, Brian Stockton

Topics covered

• clean energy
• electric vehicles
• battery technology
• climate innovation
• energy transition
• sustainability

Keywords

• clean power
• electricity demand
• EV price parity
• battery breakthrough
• cold-climate innovations
• solar energy
• frost-resistant heat pump

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CATL, University of Saskatchewan

Books & works: The Clean Energy Show

Places: UK

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