Wood Mackenzie's Ed Crooks and analysts unpack power markets, data centers, and energy geopolitics.
Energy Gang treats energy as infrastructure, economics, and geopolitics at once. Recent episodes move from PJM and data-center load growth to the Strait of Hormuz, LNG shipping, clean-energy supply chains, and virtual power plants.
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The Energy Gang is hosted by Ed Crooks and produced by Wood Mackenzie, drawing on the firm's in-house energy research and analysts as well as outside experts. Most episodes run 55 to 75 minutes and follow an interview or multi-person panel format, with a single outside guest walking through a specific market or technology issue, or several Wood Mackenzie voices and analysts debating a live event together. Recurring subjects include U.S. electric power markets, particularly PJM and the strain data center demand is putting on capacity pricing and grid reliability, alongside energy geopolitics such as the Iran-Strait of Hormuz disruption's effect on oil tanker traffic, LNG force majeure, and shipping insurance. The show also covers grid technology topics like EV-to-grid integration and distributed energy resource platforms, plus broader clean energy policy questions around permitting, tax credits, and battery deployment. Guests tend to be energy company executives, market analysts, and researchers, such as PJM's Asim Haque, LS Power's Paul Siegel, WeaveGrid's Apoorv Bhargava, and NYU's Amy Myers-Jaffe. Episodes lean on concrete market data and figures, citing sources like the IEA, Wood Mackenzie's own vessel-tracking platform, and utility and grid statistics. The show closes out each calendar year with a review episode naming standout figures and developments. Listeners who work in or follow the energy industry, utilities, energy investing, or energy policy are the core audience, since episodes assume familiarity with terms like capacity markets and spark spreads. The tone stays analytical and news-driven rather than promotional, with hosts and guests debating disagreements over policy and market structure on air.
Made for: Energy industry professionals, utility and grid analysts, investors, and policy watchers who follow power markets and energy geopolitics closely.
What sets it apart: Episodes draw on Wood Mackenzie's proprietary market research and data (including its own vessel-tracking platform), pairing outside guests with in-house analysts rather than relying solely on news commentary.
Covering breaking news in clean tech, going deep on global energy policy, and debating the levers that need to move to accelerate the energy transition. Energy Gang is the podcast covering clean energy technology, renewable energy, and the environment. The world of clean energy moves fast, and you need a reliable source to stay on top of the news that matters. You’ll find it on Wood Mackenzie’s Energy Gang.How will changes to the US government affect decarbonisation and energy security? When will hydrogen, nuclear and carbon capture deploy at scale? Where’s the money for the energy transitio...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Energy Gang connects energy politics to the grids, markets and infrastructure where public decisions acquire real costs and constraints.
Energy Gang treats energy as a working political system, following the rules, infrastructure and commercial pressures behind consequential public choices.
The grid has entered its data-center era; Energy Gang gives you the capacity-market fine print.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A grounded look at PJM's data center load pressure and the affordability stakes behind power market design.
Energy Gang turns PJM into a concrete test of a much bigger problem: how a power market handles fast data center demand while keeping decarbonization and affordability in view.
A sharp Energy Gang episode on Iran, Hormuz, and the infrastructure that only looks excessive until the crisis arrives.
Energy Gang treats a war with Iran as more than another oil-price scare. The episode frames it as a stress test for a world still heavily dependent on fossil fuels, with the Strait of Hormuz at the center of the risk.
A grounded energy-market briefing on how Hormuz disruption can turn into oil, LNG, storage, and shipping trouble.
Energy Gang looks at the war with Iran through the energy chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz. Ed Crooks is joined by Amy Myers-Jaffe and Chris Avasano for a practical discussion of what disruption there can mean for oil, LNG, naphtha, storage, and shipping.
A grounded look at EVs as both a grid problem and a flexible resource utilities are still learning how to use.
Energy Gang treats electric vehicles as a fast-growing test for the power grid, but also as a flexible resource that could help manage demand if utilities can see and shape charging behavior.
A sharp year-end energy roundtable on clean investment, climate communication and who made 2025 easier to understand.
Energy Gang's 2025 year in review works as a brisk stocktake of a noisy energy year, with Ed Crooks steering Amy, Shanu and Melissa through highs, lows, notable people and technologies.
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The Energy Gang introduces PJM, the largest power market in the U.S., as a system now at the center of grid debates over data centers, decarbonization, and affordability.
The panel treats Iran and Hormuz as the big swing factors.
Hormuz is the pressure point.
This episode explores whether Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) are a viable solution for easing strain on the electric grid, with Tesla's initiatives in Puerto Rico as a case study.
This episode explores how the U.S.
This episode explores how clean energy supply chains are evolving to meet surging electricity demands, featuring insights from experts at the ACORE Policy Forum.
This episode discusses AWS's 3 gigawatt deal with NIPSCO to address the challenge of powering data centres and explores broader lessons for integrating data centre capacity with reliable electricity supply.
This episode discusses the rapid deployment of batteries in Texas to enhance grid reliability, the challenges posed by winter storms, and the broader industry shift toward efficient energy storage solutions.
This episode discusses the lessons from Winter Storm URI in Texas and how utilities like Rayburn Electric are investing in dispatchable power to ensure grid reliability.
The Energy Gang discusses the intersection of AI and clean energy, looking ahead to 2026 with a focus on technology and policy.
EVs look like grid stress, but this episode treats them as flexible grid capacity hiding in plain sight.
The year gets a steady, mildly wry postmortem.
Discussion about California's energy grid challenges, including virtual power plants and new generation capacity.
The episode discusses the outcomes of COP30 climate talks and the role of fossil fuels in the energy transition.
This episode provides an update from the COP30 climate talks in Brazil, focusing on progress in energy efficiency initiatives and methane reporting.
This episode discusses the COP30 climate talks in Brazil, exploring their purpose, potential impact on energy, and comparisons to previous conferences like COP28 in Dubai.
This episode discusses how businesses are rethinking energy and sustainability amid climate challenges, focusing on demand acceleration, utility and business perspectives, and innovative solutions like data center heat reuse, while setting the scene for COP30.
This episode discusses the concept of energy addition versus energy transition, arguing that all energy sources are needed for a successful transition when economically viable, with insights from the ADIPEC energy event.
Discussion on accelerating US electricity grid build-out, focusing on political and regulatory challenges for clean energy.
A live discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations about the reliability and resilience of the US energy system, focusing on grid challenges from rising electricity demand and generation mix changes.
Discussion on energy diversification and development with sustainability leaders from Petronas and Accenture.
Discussion on U.S.
Discussion on nuclear power's role in meeting rising electricity demand driven by AI and the energy transition.
Discussion about the connected world of energy, featuring interviews with industry leaders on challenges and solutions in the energy transition.
Discussion on the current state and future of low-carbon hydrogen as a key decarbonisation tool, featuring industry leaders.
Discussion of clean energy technology, data center energy demands, and grid modernization during Climate Week.
Discussion on how US government changes affect global decarbonization efforts, with a focus on China's massive solar deployment and US clean energy investment.
Discussion on using nuclear power to meet rising electricity demand from data centers, featuring expert insights on policy, customer contracts, and construction risks.
A discussion with EPRI's Chief Customer and Commercial Officer about the institute's role in unbiased energy research and the electricity value chain.
A discussion on the future of low-carbon technologies and whether the world can still achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
A live discussion on how Trump's tariff announcement and manufacturing rebound affect US power demand and clean energy transition.
This episode discusses whether the US is falling behind in developing new energy technologies, featuring experts on innovation and policy.
The episode reviews the year 2024 in clean energy, discussing predictions, personal highs and lows, and favorite episodes, with a focus on policy and government impacts.
Discussion on US energy policy under the incoming Trump administration and its impact on decarbonization and energy security, recorded at COP29.