Not all energy offsets are created equal. Therefore, it is essential to understand the properties of the "renewable energy" offset one uses to claim carbon neutrality. Lincoln Payton, CEO of Clear Trace, explains how aligning renewable energy from its source to use is an accurate representation of a companies carbon footprint.
Jul 05, 2021•53 min•Season 2Ep. 27
How do places like Greenland, Maldives, Jamaica, and the Scottish Isles expedite their energy transition? James Ellesmoor believes by learning the lesson from their peers. Although each nation-state has unique characteristics, much can be known simply by establishing an open dialog with other island nations. Conferences and a digital bridge between these nations are fostering a cooperative environment that is accelerating their paths toward sustainable energy.
Jun 27, 2021•53 min•Season 2Ep. 26
This week Chris and Johan are joined by Lawson Steele, Head of Carbon and Utilities Research at Berenberg Bank. Lawson talks about the future of the carbon markets and reasons the price of Carbon could be heading for well over €100. Listen to today's episode to find out.
Jun 20, 2021•51 min•Season 2Ep. 25
This week Chris and Johan are joined by Dr. Peter Pry, Executive Director of Task Force on National and Homeland Security, a Congressional Advisory Board dedicated to achieving protection of the United States from electromagnetic pulse (EMP), cyber-attack, mass destruction terrorism and other threats to civilian critical infrastructures on an accelerated basis.
Jun 13, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 24
This week Chris and Johan are joined by Fridrik Larsen PhD, CEO at Larsen Energy Branding. Fridrik breaks down the future of the energy industry and how brands must evolve for a very different future in energy.
Jun 07, 2021•42 min•Season 2Ep. 23
This week Chris and Johan are lucky to be joined by Andrew Scott, the CEO of Orbital Marine Power. Andrew talks about the amazing revolutionary technology that is taking place at Orbital Marine Power to ensure that homes around the world will have access to clean, sustainable and cheap energy through the tidal forces of the oceans.
May 30, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 22
On what promises to be a great episode, Chris and Johan are joined by Shawn Wallace, VP of Energy at IronNet Cybersecurity. Shawn talks about some of the biggest pressing issues that the Energy industry continues to face when in comes to its Cybersecurity. He gives us the inside scoop on what's going on.
May 23, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 21
This week Chris and Johan are joined by Mex Martinot, Vice President & Head of APAC, Industrial Cyber & Digital Security at Siemens. Mex tells us about the increasing regulation in the energy markets, how the Siemens Cybersecurity division are adapting to the day to day changes and the challenges he is currently facing.
May 17, 2021•51 min•Season 2Ep. 20
This week Chris and Johan are joined by Richard Pohl, Senior Project Manager at Horváth & Partners Management Consultants and Andreas Schwenzer, Principal also at Horváth & Partners Management Consultants. The discussion evolves around the digitalisation of the energy industry, how it helps their clients and the challenges they are facing now and in the future.
May 16, 2021•37 min•Season 2Ep. 19
This week Chris and Johan talk with Taimoor Zaman, Head of Energy Trading & Balancing Markets - CBS Optimisation UK&I at Centrica. Topic of discussion ranges from some of the newest emerging technologies in energy trading, how this effects the market and of course cricket!
May 09, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 18
This week, on a special edition of Insider's Guide to Energy, Chris and Johan are joined by a panel of high level energy experts. Asbjørn Hansen - Managing Director of Previse Systems, Markus Riess - Managing Director at FORRS Partners GmbH and Jens Hartmann - CEO at Enmacc GmbH.
May 03, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 17
This week Insider's Guide to Energy is excited to be joined by Kirk Coburn, an Investment Director at Shell who invests and helps ambitious entrepreneurs to solve the world's climate and energy problems. Chris and Johan get to ask him about the lessons he has learnt in his career and what he thinks the future of the energy industry looks like.
Apr 25, 2021•48 min•Season 2Ep. 16
This week Chris and Johan are joined by Harry Behrens, future CTO of Power & Mobility, to discuss the revolution of blockchain technology and how it will play such a big role in areas such as e-mobility. Harry also talks about how energy will play a role in this revolution and why he think Elon Musk is a Demi God!
Apr 18, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 15
This week Chris and Johan talk with Dan, Founder and CEO of Global OTEC. Global OTEC works on the reducing tropical nations reliance on fossil fuels in areas that are suitable for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC). In a very interesting episode Dan explains how Global OTEC is overcoming challenges that it faces on a regular basis and where Global OTEC will be in five years and the effects will have on these tropical islands and how they use their energy.
Apr 04, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Chris and Johan have a chat with Ross Hillitt, Director of Commodities People, to talk about how they have adapted their business during the COVID-19 pandemic, how the technology has adapted for him and his clients and how it has changed the way he will do business in the future.
Mar 22, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 13
This week Chris is joined by Co-Host Johan Oberg to talk to Sven Orlowski, Managing Director at EWE Trading GmbH, about the day to day digitalisation that is taking place in the energy industry, what it means to him and the biggest challenges that he faces.
Mar 07, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 12
This week Chris talks with Gavin Adda, CEO of Total Solar Asia. Total Group has revenues of over $150BN, over 100,000 employees and is one of the most established energy brands in the world. Gavin talks about his journey into Total Asia and the amazing things they are doing in order to innovate and meet renewable targets. Gavin has extensive experience in the Energy and Tech sector involving many start ups and other big brands such as Samsung - we get his take on the future of the energy industr...
Feb 22, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 11
This week, Chris is accompanied by previous guest and co-host, Johan Oberg, to talk the CEO of Neos IT Services GmbH, Hendrik van den Berg, about trends and strategies that industrial customers are deploying in order to make the best decision about the way in which they consume energy.
Feb 06, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 10
This week Chris is joined by Martin Hiller, Management Consultant at FORRS GmbH, to talk about the advancements in algorithmic trading in the energy industry and how traders are maximising their efficiency in the current the market.
Jan 23, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 9
This week Chris talks with Amr El Zanfally, Co-Founder and CEO of Molecu, about Molecu and how they are enabling businesses around the world access to carbon neutral packages in minutes.
Jan 10, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 8
As Insider's Guide to Energy continues its journey of talking to all corners of the Energy Sector, Chris this week chats with Tom Parry-Jones, an analyst at Alta Trading Ltd, about how technology and AI can potentially help analysts and traders in making the right decisions when it counts most.
Dec 27, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Chris talks with Markus Wilms, Head of Global Accounting at RWE, about his career path, his current role at RWE and the different routes that can be taken to be a success in the energy industry.
Dec 14, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Chris talks with the co-founder and CEO of Fidectus - a cloud based next-generation post-trade processing platform based in Zurich, Switzerland. Jens shares his journey in the energy business and talks about disrupting post-trade processing as the founder of a successful fintech.
Nov 30, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Chris talks with Alessandro about the work they are doing at BP and how they are using technology to adapt to the new world of the energy industry. Also discussed is Alessandro's new startup, under BP, called ADVANCE.
Nov 15, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Chris talks with Andy Cornell, CEO of Advanced Biofuel Solutions Ltd, about the work that they are doing to have a positive impact on the environment whilst producing energy in a different kind of way.
Nov 01, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Chris talks with Sami Madani, Head of Risk, Finance and Gas at EnBW Trading IT, about how digitalisation is improving the work they do at EnBW and how they are utilising the new up and coming skills that individuals and institutions now provide.
Oct 23, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Today's guest Johan Oberg, CMO & Head of Marketing at Alpiq, speaks with Chris about digital tools in the modern world.
Oct 21, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 1