Podcast profile
Catalyst with Shayle Kann
By Latitude Media
A weekly podcast featuring veteran investor Shayle Kann interviewing experts about the state of the energy sector and the technologies powering decarbonization. Shayle Kann is asking the big questions about the ways we power our world: How cheap can clean energy get?
Latest episode
AMA: Fuel cells, geopolitics, and the solar growth curve
23 min
- Cadence
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 40 min
- Latest release
- Sep 17
- Language
- EN
- Activity
- Current — released within 30 days
Podcast Classification
Topics
Renewable Energy
Solar, wind, clean power, project deployment, markets, and energy transition.
Climate Software
Software, data, finance, and digital systems supporting decarbonization and sustainability.
Venture Capital
Startup financing, venture investing, fundraising, portfolio strategy, and private markets.
Formats
Interview
Host-led conversation where a guest supplies most of the subject matter.
Commentary & Analysis
Interpretation, opinion, debate, review, and analytical discussion.
Audience level
Intermediate
Assumes basic technology literacy and familiarity with common products, roles, and terminology.
People behind the show
Hosts
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AMA: Fuel cells, geopolitics, and the solar growth curve
As we head into the final quarter of this pivotal and dramatic year for the energy sector, Catalyst host Shayle Kann takes stock of 2026 so far – and considers what’s to come – in this AMA-style episode.
Do data centers actually increase electricity prices? No...and yes
You don’t have to look far to see the vitriol and backlash ignited by the rapid expansion of hyperscaler data centers. While critics and activists tend to focus their ire on resource consumption and residents’ electricity bills, the reality of data center economics is far more complex.
What comes after the data center backlash?
In their early days, data centers were largely welcomed by communities who saw their arrival as an economic boost. Today as concerns around noise levels, power prices, water use, and AI grow, they face fierce opposition.
The rise of metal fuels
Diesel generators remain ubiquitous because they offer an unusually powerful combination of low cost, high energy density, long-duration storage, and reliable off-grid power.
Can AI revolutionize grid operations?
Everyone loves to talk about the “broken grid.” But if you look inside a utility’s planning and operations functions, a different picture emerges: infrastructure that is remarkably reliable, built and run by engineers solving impossibly complex problems with often outdated tools.
Is now the time for DERs to scale? [re-published]
A decade ago, DERs were hot. The hype was that things like batteries, smart devices, and other distributed energy technologies would offset the need for expanding traditional grid infrastructure. But DERs never took off, at least not at the scale that many hoped for.
Critical Capital: Senator Tillis' case for "all-of-the-above" energy
This week, we’re presenting an episode of Critical Capital, a new podcast from Crux and Latitude Studios. Energy policy has become increasingly polarized just as the U.S. faces record electricity demand, a rapidly expanding AI economy, and growing competition from China.
The electrician shortage slowing the AI boom
The race to build AI infrastructure is often framed around the availability of power, chips, and capital. But another critical constraint is becoming impossible to ignore: skilled labor.
The commercial battery comeback
Commercial and industrial (C&I) battery storage has long been the missing middle of the energy storage market. It’s been too complex and expensive to scale like residential systems, but too small to compete with utility-scale projects. That may finally be changing.
The multi-billion dollar promise of vehicle-to-grid integration
Most electric vehicles spend nearly all of their lives parked, doing nothing. But under the hood of those idle cars, a massive store of energy sits untapped. The Kia EV9, for instance, holds a 100-kilowatt-hour battery—which is equivalent to about seven home backup batteries—just waiting to be utilized.