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158. COP – Resilience or Irrelevance?
As COP29 begins, the ripple effects of the re-election of Donald Trump are reaching the shores of the Caspian Sea.
COP28 welcomed 85,000 delegates, within which a significant contingent of Oil lobby…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
157. Mobile batteries, the ultimate flexibility - Nov24
First, Gerard is sorry, he couldn’t make it as he was on a ship in the Irish Sea, and his Starlink wouldn’t connect. So, it is just Laurent interviewing a young superstar, Peter Paul van Voorst, CEO …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
156. Zeroing in on Electrification with Eurelectric
Gerard and Laurent welcome Kristian Ruby, secretary general of Eurelectric, about their new report entitled “Power Barometer – Zeroing in on Electrification”.
To quote the IEA, we enter in the “Age …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
155. VPP & DER - Oct24
What are VPP? Virtual Power Plants. What are DER? Distributed Energy Resources?
As the grid becomes more intermittent while the load is growing, those VPP/DER platforms provide a critical role by shed…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
154. The people driving the EV revolution
While Gerard is doing his rock star concert at TedTalk Berlin, Laurent has invited an old friend, Roger Atkins, Top Voice on EVs to discuss the people behind the EV revolution.
Roger has a 40 year c…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
153. The Battery-coaster - Oct24
The battery infrastructure is currently growing 3x faster than the solar industry. Records are beaten daily: in August 2024, for the first time, Chinese battery factories passed the 100GWh production…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
152. Energy Transition – the Global Investment Guide
Gerard is live on the Wisdom Tree Commodity Exchange podcast and delivers a masterclass on how to invest in the Energy Transition: Renewables, Equity, Innovation, Commodities.
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Laurent will be k…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
151. Peak Fossil Fuels - Sep24
ExxonMobil forecasts 2050 Oil demand be the same as today. We believe that they are just “talking their books.”
To discuss the future of the Energy system as well as the fight against Climate Change, …
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
150. The new Valuation of Wind Assets
As Europe has reached 270GW wind power (vs 150GW USA), corresponding to a value of 500bnEUR, we dig into the value of those assets. Gerard being out, Laurent brought his friend Mortimer Menzel, Manag…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
149. Hydropower in a 24/7 Clean Energy System - Sep24
As wind and solar become ubiquitous, the value of hydropower goes up. Hydropower is becoming the ultimate clean energy, as it is flexible and easily dispatchable.
Hydropower is concentrated in certain…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago