Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
60. From Energy Transition to Energy Crunch: The “Natgaspocalypse” - oct21
For the past decade, Natural Gas has been promoted as the “Clean, Reliable and Cheap” fuel to assist the Energy Transition. Well that cosy theory, heavily promoted by the fossil fuel companies, is co…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
59. Long Duration Energy Storage: the “Final Frontier” - oct21
What are the technological options to compensate for – as the German say - the “Dunkelflaute” (dark doldrums), those winter weeks of low winds and low solar? That’s the code that will have to be crac…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
58. Fuel Switch or Fuel Fix for Steel and Cement? - sep21
Steel and cement with their 2,000 mills and 3,000 kilns, together currently emit 15% of the world’s CO2. So far, they’ve been exempted from carbon trading or carbon pricing, which means no significan…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
57. Methane, the invisible elephant in the room - sep21
Methane is the largest source of greenhouse gas after CO2. The latest IPCC report has flagged the issue as “Code Red”. Until recently, Methane Emissions had not been universally monitored nor managed…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
56. How to decarbonise Aviation? - aug21
The future of Sustainable Aviation is a very hot topic, but there are currently more questions than answers:
How much of the aviation can be electrified? Will innovation come from start-ups teaming u…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
55. EVs: Tesla against the world - aug21
2020 has proven a turning point in the EV market, and the trend is accelerating in 2021: more models, stronger public policies, mass roll-out of charging infrastructure, and a 300bnUSD race to catch …
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
54. Energy Trading: it is now man vs. machine - jul21
The development of renewables has made power markets much more volatile, hence “volatility is the new gold”. Harnessing that volatility requires skills much beyond the traditional Energy Trader’s cap…
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago
53. Oil Majors: the journey from molecules to electrons - jul21
Navigating the Energy Transition for an Oil Major is not that simple. Decades-old simple centralised molecules energy systems are making way to decentralised electrons models. Some Oil Majors have si…
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago
52. The German "Energiewende" - jun21
Germany is rightly portrayed as a pioneer in the development of wind and solar. For the past two decades, the German government has granted a) a very stable framework b) very generous terms to renewa…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
51. Is there a future for coal in Asia? - jun21
While coal is being phased out in Europe and America, it is still the dominant source of energy in Asia. Why is that? And how will the situation evolve? Is there any teeth behind the net zero pledges…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago