All Episodes

243. From EVs to BESS: Why capital is flowing to batteries - Aug26

242. HVDC & the Grid of the future - Michael Barnard - Aug26

241. The Great Oxford Debate: “Energy and Aristotle" - Aug26

240. The CHINT Blueprint, or the Chinese Solar revolution from the inside - Aug26

239. Space PPAs for satellites - Jul26

238. Revealed: CIP’s Playbook (Live from DLA Piper) - Jul26

237. Datacenters: "Let’s get Physical" with Quinbrook - Jul26

236. The Bankability of Energy Storage (Solar Power Summit) - Jul26

235. European Sovereign Neocloud - Jun26

234. Engie, the remarkable turn around (live from Eurelectric Power Summit) - Jun26

233. To predict the future, “In BNEF we Trust” - Jun26

232. GB’s NESO: the “cool” operator - Jun26

231. Car Wars: China vs. the West - Jun26

230. The growing complexity of battery fleet management - May26

229. Climate Tech reinvented: from green molecules to green electrons - May26

228. Decentralizing Power: The Rise of Behind-the-Meter Energy - May26

227. Wind + Grids = Energy Security - May26

226. Energy trends and shocks: from “range anxiety” to “pump anxiety” - Apr26

225. US Utilities vs Hyperscalers - Apr26

224. From Wind farms (yield) to Datacenters (growth) - Apr26

223. Solar + Storage: The Economic Core of the Future Grid - Apr26

222. Understanding Energy and Technology in China - Mar26

221. LNG – Hormuz – “Apocalypse Now” - Mar26

220. Deal Trends for M&A and Energy Financing - Mar26

219. Hyperscalers vs US Utilities - Mar26

218. Climate Tech Battle Royale (Shayle Kann vs. Gerard Reid) - Mar26

217. Lithium, Copper, Silver and other metals go ballistic - Feb26

216. Clean Energy Equities Market: "Dancing While the Music Plays" - Feb26

215. PPAs, FPAs, IPPs, Flex and Capture rates: new paradigms - Feb26

214. Grid Resilience: hot risks, cold solutions - Feb26

213. Big Funds, Bigger Bets: Inside Infrastructure’s Power Shift - Jan26

212. Heat Pumps rise again - Jan26

211. The last Mile revolution: turning Distribution Networks into Flexibility Powerhouses - Jan26

210. Our Predictions for 2026

209. Deals, Scandals and other memorable moments of 2025

208. AI vs. Energy: the cost of speed - dec25

207. E-Mobility and V-2-X - dec25

206. Renewables Repriced: Hedge Funds and Algo power trading - dec25

205. Elexon: The Hidden Engine of Britain’s Power Market - nov25

204. Live from COP30 – WTFFF and Other Tales from the Amazon

203. Peak Solar - nov25

202. The US Power Industry Mismatch: Large Load Growth vs. Investment Capital - Nov25

201. Battery Boom or Policy Bust? The Big EV Divergence - Oct25

200. “200 slides, Energy, AI, and the End of ESG” with Nat Bullard - Oct25

199. The LNG Mirage - Oct25

198. Battery Blitz in Germany - Oct25

197. The fight for accurate Carbon Accounting and 24/7 Green Power - Sep25

196. Are SAF and Marine Green Fuels worth the Carbon Reductions? - Sep25

195. The Battery Doctor - Sep25

194. Next-Gen Weather Forecasting: AI, Satellites, and Drones - Sep25

193. The Seven Deadly Sins of the Energy Transition

192. How AI will revolutionise Energy

191. “How Big Things Get Done” with Pr. Bent Flyvbjerg (hosted by Michael Barnard)

190. Solar and Flex – Solar Power Summit 2025

189. Energy Disruptions - (Gerard on "Clean Titans")

188. US/Petrostate vs EU/Electrostate – a joint episode with Open Circuit

187. Texas: Power Surge or Power Splurge? - Jul25

186. Power under Pressure: Fortum’s CEO on Datacenters’ growth and Russian Attacks (Eurelectric)

185. Blackouts - Jul25

184. Market dynamics and Pricing of Battery Materials - Jun25

183. Energy Security from the front line: Eastern Europe and Renewables - Jun25

182. Broken grids and Datacenters load growth - Jun25

181. “Hot Air” from Tony Blair - May25

180. The KKR Energy formula - May25

179. The future of the Auto Industry: Winners, challengers and zombies - May25

178. Delivering the Wind Reset - May25

177. The Transatlantic Power Cable: from concept to reality - Apr25

176. Renewables are dominating the Electrification of an Energy-hungry world (with Ember) - Apr 25

175. Capitalizing on the Infrastructure giants’ Blind Spots - Apr25

174. Live from Cambridge – Laurent and Gerard with Pr. David Cebon on Electrifying trucks

173. The politization of Critical Materials - Mar25

172. The new age of Energy Security, Flexibility, and Resilience (with Eurelectric)

171. PPAs and Tolling: lessons for the future - Mar25

170. Why is the electricity Supercycle unstoppable? Gerard in Davos

169. 2025 State of play in the battery universe - Feb25

168. "Invest where it hurts!" - Laurent at Pexapark

167. The future growth of LNG - Jan 25

166. Green Equities Performance: Core vs Periphery - Jan 2025

165. Our Predictions for 2025

164. 2024 Wrap up: Successes, Surprises and Shocks

163. Gerard is live at TedXBerlin / Welcome to the Era of Energy Disruption

162. Industrial Climate Solutions – Bridging the “Missing Middle” - Dec24

161. Northvolt - Epitaph

160. Financing the Residential Energy Transition - Nov24

159. Live from Baku Cop29. Inside the Zone: Chaos, Shock and Hope

158. COP – Resilience or Irrelevance?

157. Mobile batteries, the ultimate flexibility - Nov24

156. Zeroing in on Electrification with Eurelectric

155. VPP & DER - Oct24

154. The people driving the EV revolution

153. The Battery-coaster - Oct24

152. Energy Transition – the Global Investment Guide

151. Peak Fossil Fuels - Sep24

150. The new Valuation of Wind Assets

149. Hydropower in a 24/7 Clean Energy System - Sep24

148. Batteries: the Great Consolidation

147. Decarbonising buildings - Aug24

146. NREL: “Our Renewable Energy Future” - Aug24

145. Clash of Titans (Barnard vs Martin) – Industrial Heat Redefined

144. Bill Gates and Energy (2/2) – the Investments / Breakthrough Energy Ventures

143. Bill Gates and Energy (1/2) – the Thesis

142. Batteries vs Hydrogen (Gerard is Live at EcoSummit 2024)

141. Texas, California: From Renewable Energy developer to IPP - Jul24

140. SolarPower Europe introduces the "Flexibility Revolution"

139. The ESG label is outdated. What now? - Jul24

138. The Energy Institute’s Statistical Review of World Energy

137. Subsea interconnectors: new horizons - Jun24

136. Special Eurelectric with PPC’s CEO Georgios Stassis

135. 2024: A pivotal year for the Energy Transition in China - Jun24

134. EcoSummit Preview

133. AI, Datacenters and Energy - May24

132. Ember’s Global Electricity Review 2024

131. The future of distribution grids - May24

130. EVs: Has Tesla lost its Mojo?

129. Should the West fear or emulate China?

128. Tracking and Trading Green Electrons 24/7 - Apr24

127. Live from Berlin – “Are Renewables still an Infrastructure Play” with Markus Wandt, CIO Aquila Capital

126. Grid-Enhancing Technologies - Apr24

125. From Houston to Berlin (via Bilbao), Better Days!

124. The challenging Energy Transition of Japan - Mar24

123. Conferences and Exhibitions

122. The EV fast-charging revolution - Mar24

121. Data, data and data

120. The new value of green power and PPAs - Feb24

119. The decarbonization of the shipping industry

118. Doubling Energy Efficiency - Feb24

117. Infrastructure Investing, the consolidation

116. Cleantech100 – the Hangover

115. The future of Yieldcos (listed Infrastructure Funds) - Jan24

114. Nuclear, Offshore Wind and Cummins

113. Our Predictions for 2024 - Jan24

112a. Redefining Energy Awards for 2023 (incl. Book of the Year)

112. Weaponizing of energy: the end of innocence - Dec23

111a. Special Episode - Live from COP28 in Dubai. With Bruce Douglas, CEO Global Renewable Alliance, on 3xRenewables

111. The Grand Master of Energy Storage - Dec23

110. French Nuclear “Oh la la” - Nov23

109. Top Trends in Climate Tech - Nov23

108. Wind: the necessary Reset - Oct23

107. Electrifying islands with Cleantech innovations (Jamaica) - Oct23

106. Chasing Methane leaks - Sept23

105. Geothermal: Earth, Wind and Fire - Sept23

104. Is Carbon the new Crypto? Aug23

103. Battery chemistry: China against the World - Aug23

102. Post Energy crisis, the “need for speed” - Live from Brussels / Eurelectric with Leo Birnbaum (CEO E.ON) - Jul23

101. Iron + Carbon = Innovations (Clean Power, LDES, Hydrogen, CCUS) - Jul23

100. “2030: have we succeeded the Energy Transition?” with Katherine Hamilton and Jigar Shah - Jun23

99. Operating a Grid in transition - Jun23

98. Optimising solar fleets: the “secret sauce” - May23

97. The endless conundrum of power markets reform - May23

96. How to monetise large scale Batteries? - Apr23

95. Zero Carbon Europe : Blue Pill or Red Pill? - Apr23

94. Heat Pumps are Hot - Mar23

93. Supply chain - wind, solar, batteries: how to fix the mess? - Mar23

92. Who’s winning the battery arms race? - Feb23

91. The radical transformations of the PPA market - Feb23

90. Blockchain, BigTech and 24/7 Green electrons - Jan23

89. Our Predictions for 2023 - Jan23

88. The Solar Juggernaut - dec22

87. Inflection point for Biogas/Biomethane - dec22

86. The politics of Energy Infrastructure - nov22

85. Energy Trading: the "Lehman Moment" - nov22

84. Floating Offshore Wind - oct22

83. The rising tide of Electric Shipping - oct22

82. The new Carbon Markets - sep22

81. Nuclear industry at the crossroads - sep22

80. Solar rooftop: the foot soldiers of the Energy Transition - aug22

79. The best kept secret (not for long): Energy Efficiency - aug22

78. Batterytech, VCs, SPACs: “There will be blood” - jul22

77. Subsea interconnectors - jul22

76. Battery swapping for two-wheelers: Gogoro - jun22

75. Lithium: “White Gold” rush or the “limiting factor”? - jun22

74. The new profile of Energy Transition Funds - may22

73. High energy prices vs. the Energy transition - may22

72. A Ukrainian Utility at War. A story of resistance, resilience, and hope - apr22

71. Ventures and breakthroughs to decarbonise Heat - apr22

70. Why digital management of Batteries matters? - mar22

69. Escape from Russia: Rewiring Europe - mar22

68. Green Hydrogen: miracle or mirage? - feb22

67. From PowerPoint to Gigafactory - feb22

66. “The missing hours”: in search of 24/7 carbon free power - jan22

65. Our Predictions for 2022 - jan22

64. Unstoppable solar - dec21

63. Ultra-fast EV charging (and mini grids) - dec21

62. ESG investing: A force for good or blah blah blah? - nov21

61. The future of power distribution networks (with ENEL) - nov21

60. From Energy Transition to Energy Crunch: The “Natgaspocalypse” - oct21

59. Long Duration Energy Storage: the “Final Frontier” - oct21

58. Fuel Switch or Fuel Fix for Steel and Cement? - sep21

57. Methane, the invisible elephant in the room - sep21

56. How to decarbonise Aviation? - aug21

55. EVs: Tesla against the world - aug21

54. Energy Trading: it is now man vs. machine - jul21

53. Oil Majors: the journey from molecules to electrons - jul21

52. The German "Energiewende" - jun21

51. Is there a future for coal in Asia? - jun21

50. Redefining Utilities' strategies in the Electric Decade (with E.ON at Eurelectric Power Summit 21) - may21

49. The stratospheric rise of Octopus Energy - may21

48. Solar & batteries: can China’s dominance be challenged? - apr21

47. Batteries, a new Asset Class in Infrastructure Investing - apr21

46. Flexible, resilient, sustainable: the making of the XXIst Century Supergrid - mar21

45. The Green Industrial Revolution - mar21

44. Hydrogen... it's complicated! - feb21