Insider's Guide to Energy

Listen to our live panel discussion for the latest trends on how Energy Traders are leveraging technology to manage liquidity.  We are proud to have three amazing and experienced industry insiders share their experiences and tools they use to help manage liquidity as their companies navigate dynamically changing market conditions.Sami Madani - Head of Risk Finance and Gas EnBW Trading ITEmma Law - Head of Back Office RWE Supply and Trading GmbHMichael Spieler - Senior Vice President Treasury Uniper SE

This week Chris and Johan are joined by Alex Campbell, Head of Research & Policy of International Hydropower Association (IHA).  The three discuss the importance of hydropower for the decarbonization of the global energy system and its potential as an alternative clean energy source. Listen in to find out more about how hydropower can reduce the world’s reliance on fossil fuels and how it supports the integration of intermittent solar and wind. International Hydropower Organization's Homepage:  https://www.hydropower.org/ 

This week Chris and Johan are joined by Rodrigo P. Navarro who is a strategic management advisor for batteries at ADL. The three discuss the role of Tesla and the Chinese government in the scaling of the technology and how Europe is performing in the race for setting up this industry. Listen in to hear Rodrigo’s takes on the true cost of electric vehicles and new technological innovations on the battery market.Arthur D. Little's Website:https://www.adlittle.com/en

 This week Chris and Johan host a very exciting young company.  Together with his team Gianluca Ambrosetti - CEO and founder of Synhelion -  has managed to produce renewable synthetic fuels with the power of the sun. These fuels are a promising opportunitiy for the decarbonisation of the airline industry. They are about to launch their first industrial facility and may soon scale to be a large sustainable fuel supplier. Listen in to find out where these fuels are demanded beyond aviation and what recommendations Gianluca has for young scientist and engineers making their first steps in the industry. Synhelion's Homepagehttps://synhelion.com/

This week Chris and Johan are joined by the CEO of gevo, Dr Patrick Gruber. Gevo produces sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for a decarbonized airline industry. The three discuss different possible sources of carbon and how to track its origin. Listen in to find out how gevo’s technology is not so much different from established chemical processes and what Dr. Gruber thinks of the stigma attached to flying.GEVO's homepage:https://gevo.com/ 

This week Chris and Johan are joined by James Macnaghten, the CEO of Caldera. Caldera has developed a so called Warmstone heat battery which is an alternative to the gas and oil heaters. The three discuss challenges, opportunities and pecularities of the heating sector. Listen in to find out why people only spend little time thinking about their heating system and why grants and feed-in-tariffs can also be counterproductive. Caldera's Homepage:https://www.caldera.co.uk/

Given the interesting developments on the carbon market in the last months and the evolving policy regulations it is high time to have Lawson Steele on the program again. He shares his expertise on the European emission trading system and the trends and factors driving the carbon price. Listen in to hear Lawson’s take on ESG-investments and why April the 30th is a critical date for participators of the EU emission trading system. LInk to website:https://www.berenberg.de/en/

This week Chris and Johan are joined by Alex Vetsak who works for the geothermal company Eavor. Eavor has developed a new way of exctracting heat from the ground by using a closed loop system. The three discuss the issue of dispatchability and scalability of conventional geothermal and the role of geothermal in the energy transition. Listen in to find out more about what factors influence the CAPEX and OPEX of geothermal and where the company is headed. Eavor's homepagehttps://www.eavor.com/

Chris Sass and Martin Hiller (Hosts of the ETRM Mini-Series) are talking to Alok Sharma (SVP Global Commercial & Business Development) of Inatech."We combine best-of-breed cloud technologies with our in-depth industry expertise to enable companies to integrate, automate and optimise business processes, driving efficiency and revenue growth.Our customers benefit from an international delivery model that provides the competitive edge needed to thrive in today’s dynamic markets.As part of its oil division, Inatech benefits from the knowledge and expertise of Glencore in oil trading, hedging and the management of the entire oil supply chain from exploration and production to retail and distribution."To get more insights about all the vendors that participated in the ETRM Mini-Series, check out https://insidersguidetoenergy.com/energy-podcast-education/etrm/If you want to find out more about Inatech, click https://insidersguidetoenergy.com/energy-podcast-education/etrm/inatech/

Chris Sass and Martin Hiller (Hosts of the ETRM Mini-Series) are talking to Sunil Biswas (Chief Product Officer)  of ION Commodities and André Jäger (Senior Vice President Product Management) of ION Commodities."ION Commodities, a division within the ION Group, is the leading provider of commodity management solutions that empowers companies to be in total control of their business operations. As the market leader, ION Commodities provides holistic portfolio management and next-generation decision support to organizations of any size, in any industry, across any commodity, and in any region. From a completely packaged multi-tenant SaaS solution, to a highly customized ETRM/CTRM solution, to a platform for advanced analytics and digitalization, ION’s portfolio of solutions supports commodity organizations’ exact requirements now — and as their businesses grow and change well into the future."To get more insights about all the vendors that participated in the ETRM Mini-Series, check out https://insidersguidetoenergy.com/energy-podcast-education/etrm/If you want to find out more about ION Commodities, click https://insidersguidetoenergy.com/energy-podcast-education/etrm/ion/