Jay Egan-Wright
Jay Egan-Wright
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Episode 38: Wyoming Wildlife and Energy with Bob Budd
As the least populated state in the nation, and a place where outdoor recreation is a way of life, Wyomingites deeply value wild lands and wildlife. Balancing energy production with Wyoming’s respect for the natural world requires diverse stakeholders to work together to find balance. Perhaps no organization is more emblematic of such collaboration than the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust, led by executive director Bob Budd. Mr. Budd sits down with Dr. Krutka to talk about the Trust, the sage-grouse implementation team (SIGT), how industry, state and federal stakeholders, conservation groups have successfully increased habitat for this important bird, and how Wyoming’s process...
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Episode 37: Communicating the Future of Nuclear Energy in Wyoming and Beyond
Просмотров 8День назад
It is often said that nuclear energy is experiencing a renaissance and Wyoming has the opportunity to play a significant role in several different areas of this dynamic industry. The Equality State’s first nuclear energy power plant is TerraPower’s NatriumTM demonstration facility, which is under construction in Kemmerer. Wyoming has the opportunity to leverage this first-of-a-kind plant to gro...
Episode 36: Producing Renewable Gas with Cowboy Clean Fuels
Просмотров 314 дней назад
Like most energy states, Wyoming has stranded infrastructure due to the boom and busts associated with energy production, including in the Powder River Basin where a coal bed methane industry has been decimated by a decade of low natural gas prices. An original UW School of Energy Resources center of excellence, the Center for Biogenic Natural Gas Research, was created to find ways to leverage ...
Episode 35: A Wyoming Native Helps Reinvent Coal
Просмотров 121 день назад
Eli Ellis is a researcher at the Center for Carbon Capture and Conversion at the School of Energy Resources. In this episode, Dr. Krutka and Mr. Ellis discuss his time as a student studying mechanical engineering at the University of Wyoming, why he wanted to stay in his home state of Wyoming, and why he is choosing to spend his early career as part of an SER team researching technologies that ...
Episode 34: Delivering Power in the West with PacifiCorp CEO Cindy Crane
Просмотров 7Месяц назад
Cindy Crane is the CEO of PacifiCorp and the Chairwoman of SER’s governance board, the Energy Resources Council. In this episode, Dr. Krutka and Ms. Crane discuss her long and distinguished career in the electricity sector, the future of the utility sector, her time on the Energy Resources Council, and her approach to leadership.
Episode 33: A Primer on Electricity Markets with EPSA's Todd Snitchler
Просмотров 1Месяц назад
Like other energy sources, Wyoming exports most of the electricity it produces into complicated electricity markets. Todd Snitchler is a nationally recognized expert on electricity issues, especially wholesale electricity markets, and joins the podcast to shed light on Wyoming's electricity consumers and markets generally. As the CEO of the Electric Power Supply Association, he represents compa...
Episode 32: From Submarines to National Labs, Nuclear Energy with Todd Allen
Просмотров 22 месяца назад
Professor Todd Allen is the Chair of Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan. After serving in the Navy, he earned a PhD in nuclear engineering and has spent his career working on issues related to the nuclear industry. In this episode, Dr. Allen and Dr. Krutka discuss his career, the important role of national labs, the development of advanced nuclear reactors...
Episode 31: Talking Strategy with the Wyoming Energy Authority
Просмотров 62 месяца назад
Rob Creager is the Executive Director of the Wyoming Energy Authority, an entitiy with a mission is to advocate, facilitate, and advance Wyoming's energy economy. In an all-of-the above state, WEA covers the entire energy spectrum, including all sources of generation and extraction, distribution through transmission lines, pipelines and export facilities, as well as end use and consumption. In ...
Episode 30: The Future of Nuclear Energy with Jeff Merrifield
Просмотров 42 месяца назад
Jeff Merrifield is an attorney and partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, a law firm focusing on the technology and life sciences, energy, financial, real estate, and construction sectors. Jeff is a former Commissioner of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and leads the energy section at Pillsbury Wintrhop Shaw Pittman. He is widely recognized as an international thought leader on nu...
Episode 29: Giving Back to Wyoming with Representative Don Burkhart
Просмотров 212 месяца назад
Representative Don Burkhart represented Wyoming House District 15 from 2011 through 2024. He has also served the state in various capacities, including serving as a member of the Energy Resources Council. His career included several different roles related to the nuclear sector. When Wyoming's first large-scale nuclear power plant was announced, Representative Burkhart's fellow legislators reli...
Episode 28: What Does an Energy and Environmental Systems Graduate Do: A Conversation with Austin...
Просмотров 32 месяца назад
This episode features Austin Moon, a recent graduate of the School of Energy Resources, and Randall Violett, the inaugural director over the Energy and Environmental Systems concentration in SER's Energy Resource Management and Development undergraduate degree. The guests discuss the curriculum for this educational concentration as well as the career opportunities available to environmental sci...
Episode 27: Enhanced Oil Recovery with Reza Barati
Просмотров 23 месяца назад
Wyoming is an oil and gas producing state with a significant proportion of Wyoming’s oil coming from enhanced oil recovery using injection of carbon dioxide and other improvement techniques. Dr. Reza Barati is an expert on techniques for enhanced oil recovery and today serves as the Don W. Green Professor of Petroleum Engineering and the Director of the Tertiary Oil Recovery Program at the Univ...
Episode 26: From UW to Yucca Mountain with Christi Barry
Просмотров 103 месяца назад
Christi Barry is a University of Wyoming alum who studied geology for her undergraduate degree and then continued her graduate studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where she studied volcanic and tectonic activity in the region. Ms. Barry has now devoted much of her career to the development of a proposed spent nuclear fuel repository at Yucca Mountain. On the podcast, she discusses he...
Episode 25: Air Quality Shane Murphy
Просмотров 23 месяца назад
As a top natural gas producing state, Wyoming has led in collaboration between academia, industry, and government to identify new ways to detect and curb methane emissions. Success in reducing methane emissions has changed Wyoming's natural gas production and has allowed production to continue despite mounting regulatory requirements on greenhouse gas emissions. This episode features Dr. Shane ...
Episode 24: Produced Water with Jonathan Brant
Просмотров 173 месяца назад
The development of oil and natural gas results in large amounts of produced water. Wyoming is identifying ways to treat, reuse, and benefit from water produced from oil and natural gas development. This episode features Dr. Jonathan Brant, Director of the Center of Excellence in Produced Water Management at the UW School of Energy Resources. Professor Brant shares the many ways collaboration wi...
Episode 23: Wind Energy with Kara Choquette
Просмотров 63 месяца назад
Episode 23: Wind Energy with Kara Choquette
Episode 22: Energy, Leadership, and Wyoming with Governor Mark Gordon
Просмотров 23 месяца назад
Episode 22: Energy, Leadership, and Wyoming with Governor Mark Gordon
Episode 21: The CBP Toolbox with Madeleine Lewis and Selena Gerace
Просмотров 13 месяца назад
Episode 21: The CBP Toolbox with Madeleine Lewis and Selena Gerace
Episode 20: Wyoming Wildlife x Energy Development with Angi Bruce
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Episode 20: Wyoming Wildlife x Energy Development with Angi Bruce
Episode 19: Enhanced Oil Recovery with Steve Whitaker
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Episode 19: Enhanced Oil Recovery with Steve Whitaker
Episode 18: Economic Transformation in Campbell County with Rusty Bell
3 месяца назад
Episode 18: Economic Transformation in Campbell County with Rusty Bell
Episode 17: Economics x Energy with Skip York
3 месяца назад
Episode 17: Economics x Energy with Skip York
Episode 16: SER's Professional Landman Program and Student Club with Kendall Klos, Jake Haseman, ...
Просмотров 13 месяца назад
Episode 16: SER's Professional Landman Program and Student Club with Kendall Klos, Jake Haseman, ...
Episode 15: The Intersection of Science, Sustainability, and Society with Dr. Sallie Greenberg
3 месяца назад
Episode 15: The Intersection of Science, Sustainability, and Society with Dr. Sallie Greenberg
Episode 14: SER's Professional Landman Program with Marc Strahn and Katie Schwieger
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Episode 14: SER's Professional Landman Program with Marc Strahn and Katie Schwieger
Episode 13: The Wyoming State Geological Survey with Erin Campbell
Просмотров 73 месяца назад
Episode 13: The Wyoming State Geological Survey with Erin Campbell
Episode 12: Enhanced Oil Recovery with Lon Whitman
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Episode 12: Enhanced Oil Recovery with Lon Whitman
Episode 11: Heading West with Wyoming's Natural Gas with Esther Wagner and Kara Fornstrom
Просмотров 33 месяца назад
Episode 11: Heading West with Wyoming's Natural Gas with Esther Wagner and Kara Fornstrom
Episode 10: Pipeline Safety and Learning to Lead with Caryn Campbell
Просмотров 23 месяца назад
Episode 10: Pipeline Safety and Learning to Lead with Caryn Campbell
Episode 9: SER's 2023 Social License Study with Selena Gerace and Jessica Western
Просмотров 13 месяца назад
Episode 9: SER's 2023 Social License Study with Selena Gerace and Jessica Western