Talking New Energy

97. Charging ahead: Public EV charging

In this episode, Jon Slowe is joined by Peter Badik, Co-founder of GreenWay, a leading EV charging infrastructure provider in Slovakia and Poland; Mel Shufflebotham, Co-founder of Zap-Map, the UK’s top app for EV charge points; and our own John Murray to discuss the growth of public EV charging networks. They explore whether infrastructure expansion is keeping pace with rising EV sales and the key challenges facing the sector.

96. Industrial heat pumps for industry and district heating

In this episode, Jon Slowe is joined by Jonas Loholm Hamann and Drew Turner from Danfoss and Dave Pearson from Star Refrigeration to explore industrial-scale heat pumps. While residential heat pumps often take the spotlight, industrial heat demand across Europe is almost as high, making decarbonisation in industry just as critical. The discussion examines how heat pumps can play a key role in reducing industrial emissions.
 
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95. Balancing the grid with heat pumps

In this episode, Jon Slowe is joined by Axel Kiessling from TenneT, one of Germany’s four transmission system operators; Hans Schermeyer from Viessmann Energy Services, a leading European manufacturer of climate solutions; and our own Lucinda Murley to explore how smart control of heat pumps and distributed energy can support the grid. They discuss a new German initiative involving Viessmann, TenneT, and the Equigy Crowd Balancing Platform, examining how optimising millions of appliances in homes can help balance the grid and meet the growing demands of a decarbonising energy system.
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94. In discussion with... Lisa Lambert, National Grid

In this episode, Jon Slowe is joined by Lisa Lambert, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer at National Grid, Founder & President of National Grid Partners, and Founder & CEO of UPWARD, a non-profit supporting executive women’s careers. They discuss the challenges and opportunities utilities face in evolving and transforming their businesses as part of the energy transition, drawing on Lisa’s unique perspective from her prior career in Silicon Valley and nearly four years at National Grid.
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93. Innovations in electric heating

In this episode, Jon Slowe is joined by Raphael Meyer, CEO of Lancey Energy Storage; and Mario Tronto, Category Manager at Tesy to explore the direct electric heating market in Europe. While heat pumps offer higher efficiency, direct electric heating remains dominant today due to its lower cost and simplicity. They discuss innovative approaches and developments that are bringing new twists to this traditional technology.
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92. Putting finance to work for energy efficiency

In this episode, Jon Slowe is joined by Sebastian Carneiro, Managing Partner of Solas Capital; Davide Cannarozzi, Managing Partner at GNE Finance; and our own Nigel Timperley to explore how these companies are enabling and deploying finance for energy efficiency investments on the customer side of the meter. They discuss the emerging solutions and approaches that make such investments possible and attractive.

91. Financing energy efficiency

In this episode, Jon Slowe is joined by our own Nigel Timperley to explore how capital investment is shifting from traditional ‘old energy’ assets, like power plants and networks, to the customer side of the meter. They discuss how the energy system is being recapitalised through investments in assets at homes, businesses, and industrial sites, and the finance solutions emerging to support this transition.

90. Smarter heat storage

In this episode, Jon Slowe is joined by Martin Allman, Chief Commercial Officer at Mixergy; Stavros Sachinis, Vice President of IoT Applications at Centrica; andour own Klara Ottosson to explore how hot water storage is being modernised. As heating becomes increasingly electrified, they discuss how companies are integrating hot water tanks with the electricity system and bringing this everyday technology into the 21st century.

89. Innovation in new energy: From concept to commercialisation

In this episode, Jon Slowe is joined by Evert Eero, Product Development Manager at Eesti Energia AS to explore innovative business models in the heating market. They discuss how traditional energy companies are evolving, launching new services, and changing the way heating products are sold to support the energy transition.
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88. Lessons from the Energy Crisis of 2021

In this episode, Jon Slowe and Jeremy Harrison discuss the key takeaways from the 2021 energy crisis and what stakeholders in the energy transition should prioritise moving forward.
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