It is universally accepted in the energy industry that extreme weather events and the physical risk of climate change are growing in frequency and severity, but how does one price this “risk” into their investments and decision making? Join our hosts as they chat on a why energy utilities and investors need to factor climate risk for energy infrastructure, in a blazing conversation with Michael Levy, US Networks Lead at Baringa with the underlying theme being “the cost of adaptation is a fractio...
Oct 02, 2023•37 min•Season 4Ep. 142
Join Niall Riddell and Chris as they delve into the world of electric vehicles with record-setting expert Kevin Booker. Discover how to maximize your EV's mileage with tips on gentle acceleration, regenerative braking, tire efficiency, and smart climate control usage. Explore Kevin's Guinness World Records and learn why efficiency matters for EV adoption. Tune in for insights into the future of electric vehicle technology.
Sep 28, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In this episode of "Insider's Guide to Energy," host Chris Sass engages in a dynamic conversation with John Berger, Chairman and CEO of Sunnova, an innovative energy-as-a-service provider. They discuss the evolving energy landscape, the importance of decentralized systems, and the role of renewable energy and storage in creating resilient microgrids. Berger also highlights the need for consumer choice and breaking up traditional utility models to build a more sustainable and consumer-friendly en...
Sep 25, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 141
This week Johan and Chris are joined by Cody Meyers from Green Rock Energy Partners. Cody shares an investors view of the energy transition. He shares his insights into what technologies and molecules are the hot today.
Sep 18, 2023•40 min•Season 4Ep. 140
In this episode, hosts Chris Sass and Niall Riddell are joined by Gerard Barron, the CEO & Chair of The Metals Company, who provides a unique perspective on the essential resources needed for our electric vehicle transition. The Metals Company, with over a decade of experience, has made substantial investments in licenses, cutting-edge processes, rigorous environmental assessments, and advanced technology to extract polymetallic nodules from the ocean floor. These remarkable efforts take pla...
Sep 14, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Danny Lu, Senior Vice President at Powin Energy joins Hosts Chris Sass and Jeff Mcauly on this week's show. Danny has spent his career in the battery industry and shares the details of what it means to be an American Battery producer. He takes us through the history of utility storage and shares real world experience of being an integrator on a number of large scale programs. Link from the show https://www.energy-storage.news/suntech-powin-and-rept-battero-sign-up-for-vena-energys-indonesia-clea...
Sep 11, 2023•42 min•Season 4Ep. 129
Cecile takes hosts Chris Sass and Niall Riddell on a journey through her experience growing up in the logistics industry with her family business into the world of optimizing the journeys of drivers. With over 300 million commercial vehicles to transition and 12% of European EV's already using ChargeTrip the team is on an exciting journey. Chargetrip recently raised $10m from HSBC and Wex showing Chris and Niall are not the only ones excited about this journey. We explore the European Chargepoin...
Sep 07, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Why is attaching batteries to grid-scale solar (colocation) projects so essential to beat the duck curve in Europe, evolving the technology to offer more with less and most importantly decarbonise the grid? Join us as we talk about why removing the red tape is so essential to bring clean energy generation + storage projects online and much more with Gareth Dauley, Founder and CEO at KOE group. Hosts: Chris Sass Additional Reads: KOE Group: https://koe-group.com/...
Sep 04, 2023•39 min•Season 4Ep. 138
Hosts Chris Sass and Niall Riddell are joined by Char.gy's Shayne Rees. This episode of the EV mini series discusses the challenge of charging for EV owners who park on the street. A very UK episode but sheds light on how one region is looking to solve the challenge of providing charging for city drivers.
Aug 30, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Energy, growth, development and technology are the four pillars towards addressing and resolving all our climate challenges and giving everyone on earth the right to live a modern life. Join us, as we get into the intricacies of eco-modernism and discussing why a new generation of nuclear is the critical technology towards ensuring low-carbon energy, with Ted Nordhaus, Founder and Executive Director of the Breakthrough Institute. Hosts: Chris Sass Additional Reads: The Breakthrough Institute - h...
Aug 27, 2023•48 min•Season 4Ep. 137
In this episode of the EV Mini-Series, we have Roger Atkins on the show, Founder of Electric Vehicles Outlook Ltd. a consultancy that helps navigate the electric-connected-autonomous-shared vehicles space. Join us for a thrilling conversation on the journey that the Electric Vehicles Outlook Ltd. company went through and the impact that Virgincars, amphibious vehicles and electric trucks had on the start of the company.
Aug 23, 2023•47 min•Season 15Ep. 10
The solar boom across the world heralds changes in the way we think about energy systems. It also creates a. whole new type of labor. The US has 2,63,000 jobs in solar operations today, this would need to be 4x by 2030 just to meet demand for new installations, commissioning, operations, and maintenance. Join us, as we chat with Will White, Solar Application Specialist at Fluke about the importance of testing and predictive maintenance for the new systems of the global energy transition. Hosts: ...
Aug 20, 2023•46 min•Season 4Ep. 136
On this week of the EV mini series, Chris and Niall are joined by Tad Glauthier, the VP of eMobility at Stem, Inc. We hear about how Stem, Inc. supports businesses transition to electric vehicles by building battery storage and using Stem, Inc.’s AI- softaware platform, Athena to unlock more value from clean energy assets at scale. We also hear more specifically about how Stem, Inc. helps big food distribution companies such as Sysco to become more sustainable.
Aug 16, 2023•46 min•Season 15Ep. 9
We’ve had the hottest July on record. All the indicators suggest that the global environment is hitting its tipping point faster than expected. This means we have less and less time. What can we do to mobilize global engagement and action towards this complex topic? We ask this and more to Jon Creyts, CEO of RMI, a Think, Do and Scale tank working on global catalysts that drive change. Alongside its research and analytics, it also supports global initiatives that show in moments of challenge, we...
Aug 13, 2023•48 min•Season 4Ep. 135
Vans are vehicles that generate revenue for drivers. Paul shares his thoughts on diesel vans being polluters and contributing to poor air quality and carbon emissions. Paul Kirby goes on to make a passionate pitch for all the benefits of moving to electric vans. Topics range from mental health benefits of driving electric vans over diesel to education. Vans are high mileage vehicles making fleets a quick win on the journey to 2035 when no new diesel and petrol vans will be sold.
Aug 09, 2023•49 min•Season 15Ep. 8
The world invested over $13 billion in climatetech in the first half of 2023. Huge, until you learn that it is 40% down when compared to the first half of 2022. So how to attract fundraising in the current recession fuelled market climate? Join us as we talk about this and more with Juan Muldoon, Partner at Energize, a US based venture capital firm investing in climate technology businesses at the intersection of software and renewable energy. We learn about the investor sentiment towards the en...
Aug 06, 2023•43 min•Season 4Ep. 134
In this conversation, the IGTE team discusses the challenges and potential of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology, where electric vehicles can both charge from and discharge to the grid with Claire Broido Johnson COO of Fermata Energy . She highlights difficulties in the interconnection process, concerns about impacting EV battery warranties, and the slow adoption by utilities. Despite the challenges, Claire remains optimistic about the future of V2G, envisioning a time when all chargers are bidire...
Aug 02, 2023•42 min•Season 15Ep. 7
The US has 150GW of solar installed today. This is expected to triple within 5 years. By 2050 40% of the US generation fleet is to be made up of utility scale solar alone! How can we get here? Join us, as we learn this and more, in an informative discussion with Michelle Davis, Head of Global Solar at Wood Mackenzie. With over a decade spent observing and researching the industry, we learn from Michelle, how to best deploy solar energy to contribute towards the solution of the American energy tr...
Jul 30, 2023•43 min•Season 4Ep. 133
On this episode of the EV Mini-Series our hosts Chris and Niall talk with David Lewis, the Founder and CEO of MoveEV. We hear about how MoveEV works on democratizing access to electric vehicles and how they convert people from gas vehicle owners to electric vehicle owners through helping corporations and local governments, while saving them money in the meantime. We also talk about the interesting reasons why the US is behind Europe in terms of EV adoption and how to solve this issue. Hosts: Chr...
Jul 26, 2023•39 min•Season 15Ep. 6
Did you know that it under the right circumstances, it can cost less than 1.5$/W to install residential solar in Europe! Join us as we sit down to chat with Andreas Thorsheim, Founder and CEO of Otovo, A Norway based one-stop shop for consumers in Europe wanting to install solar and batteries in their homes. We learn about what Europe did right in the last couple of years with building decentralized solar, and more importantly where it's playing catch-up to the North American market. Hosts: Chri...
Jul 23, 2023•40 min•Season 4Ep. 132
Join hosts Chris Sass and Niall Riddell as they explore Hitachi’s role in helping setup distributed energy systems and EVs integrated into the Grid. Guest John Glassmire Global Product Manager for e-mobility, Grid Edge Solutions at Hitachi Energy explains where the US is on its journey.
Jul 19, 2023•54 min•Season 15Ep. 5
In this episode we speak with Toby Ferenczi about how Energy Attributed Certificates are changing the way enterprises and customers buy energy. With policies like 24/7 clean energy, companies are embracing time stamped RECs to radically rethink the way that they buy and use clean energy. Host: Chris Sass Additional Reads: Granular Energy: https://www.granular-energy.com/ Whitepaper on Timestamped RECs: https://www.nordpoolgroup.com/49b69a/globalassets/download-center/whitepaper/whitepaper-may-20...
Jul 16, 2023•45 min•Season 4Ep. 131
In this episode of the EV miniseries hosts Chris Sass and Niall Riddell have a conversation with Ben Nelmes about policy, taxes, and data. The episode focuses on EV adoption and tools available in the UK to accelerate the transformation for ICE to EVs.
Jul 12, 2023•39 min•Season 15Ep. 4
Clean energies used to be a novelty a mere 2 decades ago. Now they’re a highly essential part of the bottom-line, enabling industries and corporates to manage their demand economically. Join us, as we discuss this and more on localizing energy supply chains, manufacturing, jobs and economics in a candid chat with Russ Bates, Founder and CEO of NXTGEN Clean Energy Solutions, a consulting one-stop-shop firm acting as a single touch point for small and large business owners who want to take advanta...
Jul 09, 2023•43 min•Season 4Ep. 130
Get ready for an exhilarating episode as we approach the highly anticipated release of our upcoming installment! We are thrilled to bring you a captivating discussion in collaboration with Insider's Guide to Energy, featuring esteemed industry experts Hubert Penn and Tom Lemmens from Dexter Energy. Joining our host Chris Sass, they will dive deep into Dexter Energy's cutting-edge software solutions customized for energy traders in Europe, with a specific focus on renewable energy. During this en...
Jul 06, 2023•48 min•Season 14Ep. 6
Battery electrochemist Euan McTurk takes hosts Chris Sass and Niall Riddel on a whirlwind journey through all things EV battery. Battery chemistry is fundamental, but only some EV users get exposed to or need to understand the chemistry of their EV battery. You will gain exposure to different battery technologies and how the characteristics of each impact everything from charging to recycling. Debunking myths and helping us better understand charging are all part of this episode of the EV minise...
Jul 05, 2023•54 min•Season 15Ep. 3
How do you control an asset that converts weather into energy? Especially in today’s volatile electricity markets, balancing the risk and value associated with these assets is paramount! We discuss this and more with Brock Mosovsky, co-founder at CQuant.io, an energy focused Software-as-a-Service platform for analytics and portfolio optimization across a broad range of energy stakeholders. Join us as we learn about the world of energy economics and how market operators employ clever techniques b...
Jul 02, 2023•43 min•Season 4Ep. 129
Hosts Chris Sass and Niall Riddell speak with industry leader Graeme Cooper about the infrastructure requirements for EVs and the greening of everything. Graeme shares his unique prospective from his time at National Grid and paints a picture of how the world and UK will transform with the acceptance and maturing of EVs.
Jun 29, 2023•47 min•Season 15Ep. 2
What is the biggest hurdle that utilities face when working with Distributed Eeergy Resources (DERs), and how to make electric grids transparent and aware? We discuss the answer to these and more with Astrid Atkinson, CEO and Co-Founder at Camus Energy, a firm committed to using software for empowering a zero-carbon grid. Focusing on a diverse range of topics from power reliability to network connectivity, we learn about how using cloud scale computing tools to handle utility scale network manag...
Jun 25, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 128
Hosts Chris Sass and Neil Riddell kick off, "Insider's Guide to Energy EV Miniseries,". In this first episode, Chris and Neil introduce the mission of the miniseries. Through interviews listeners will gather unique insights from experts and navigate the complex landscape of transitioning from traditional fuels to electricity. The EV miniseries takes a holistic approach to electrifying everything, including its impact on energy producers, traders, and the entire ecosystem. Get ready to explore to...
Jun 20, 2023•52 min•Season 15Ep. 1
