Akshat Ratti

James Palmer, Foreign Policy deputy editor and China Brief writer, tracks how Beijing reads global power. Akshat Ratti, Bloomberg climate reporter and author, follows clean tech and energy. They get into how China is studying US military moves, what the fighting means for Taiwan and allies, and why oil shocks could boost Chinese solar, batteries, and EVs.

Akshat Ratti, Bloomberg climate reporter; Ben King, Rhodium Group energy director; Robinson Meyer, Heatmap News editor. They explain how the grid works and why aging infrastructure may not meet rising electricity demand. They discuss what needs building: more generation, transmission, and distribution upgrades. They cover drivers of growth like data centers, EVs, and the trade-offs around batteries, mining, and rooftop versus utility-scale solar.