Insider's Guide to Energy

This week, Will is joined by Tony Pan, CEO and co-founder of Modern Electron, a sustainable heat and power company. Tony shares how there wasn't really a Eureka! moment in the early days of his start-up, just the natural evolution of a good idea. He also explains that he sees energy as the most important driver of modern civilisation and energy access as the key predictor of quality of life, two facts that drive his passion for the work he does.

This week Chris and Johan talk to Melissa Lindsay who founded a virtual marketplace for LNG. She aims to team natural gas with carbon offsets for customers to compensate for the emissions. They discuss the inefficiency and opacity within the energy industry as well as peculiarities of the LNG market.  Listen in to find out how to spin off successfully and why quality matters in carbon offsets. 

This week Chris and Johan are joined by Christopher Engman, co-founder of Megadeals and chairman of MINE STORAGE. He aims to use old mines as a hydro power reservoir thereby revolutionizing the grid storage industry. Listen in to find out what this has to do with the old romans and swiss cheese and how his expertise can help fellow entrepreneurs and investors. 

This week, we are joined by David Reid, the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at NOV. David shares his story of the unique challenges and opportunities he faced within the technology space of the energy industry and how his creativity and passion for people and innovation helped him produce unique solutions for his team and company.

Join Jonah Margulis, Senior VP at Aker Offshore Wind and Vice Chair at Offshore Wind California, as he unpacks the future of floating wind technology. He discusses how it stacks up against traditional fixed-bottom approaches in terms of installation, operations, and costs. Discover the exciting role of digital twins in predictive maintenance and the shift toward innovative strategies in California. Jonah also discusses global expansion efforts and the impact of changing administrations on offshore wind development, highlighting strategies to tackle regulatory and infrastructural challenges.

Amy Francentic from buoyant ventures talks about the investments into start-ups that use machine learning and advanced data analytics to foster new business opportunities arising with climate change mitigation and adaptation.   The energy transformation takes investors willing to invest in solutions making immediate impact and Amy shares success stories she has uncovered.

This week, Will is joined by Olivier Corradi, CEO and co-founder of Tomorrow, a company helping people take data-driven climate action. Olivier shares the motivations behind starting his own company and gives us a glimpse into what life was like in the early startup days. He also discusses how, if the world is to limit temperature rise to 2°C, we need the equivalent emissions degrowth of 30 Covid-19 lockdown years in a row.

This week Chris and Johan speak with Eric Dresselhuys the CEO of ESS Inc.   Eric shares his knowledge of energy storage and the different types of batteries.  The energy transition demands storage for grid stabilty as well as industrial uses.  Have a listen and learn about flow batteries and why ESS batteries are ecolocially sound.If you thought lithium batteries were the only key to the energy transfromation you are missing a big part of the puzzle.

Chris and Will are joined by Pietro Rabassi from Nord Pool.  Pietro shares their vision for Power trading in 2030.The 3 + 3 (6) current trends: European power markets​ in 2030Integration/connecting of power markets: why and what benefits for market participants?Competition between NEMOs: what benefits for market participants?

This week, Will is joined by Ambuj Gupta, a Power Systems Software Engineer at Siemens India. Ambuj shares that his desire to work in the electricity sector came almost instinctively, but he only began writing code once he joined the workforce. He shares his visions for artificial intelligence and blockchain technology in the electricity sector, and speaks about how he is driven by the fact that his code helps keep the power on across the world.