Talking New Energy

Decarbonising homes and the role of one-stop-shops

As heat pumps, solar panels (often with batteries), and EV chargers sales grow, we’re seeing the emergence of ‘one-stop shops’ providing customers with a portfolio of low carbon products and services for their homes. In this episode, Jon and Sandra, explore the rise of one-stop shops with Leonardo Melo, Business Development/Product Specialist at Samsung Electronics Air Conditioner Europe Air Conditioner Europe and Klara Ottosson, Heating Business Research Manager at LCP Delta.
Leonardo Melo works at Samsung Electronics Air Conditioner Europe as a business developer. He counts over 10 years work experience in the HVAC industry with different experiences across the value chain.
Klara joined LCP Delta in December 2020, she works with the Heat Services teams where she manages the Heating Business Service, focusing on topics such as evolving routes to market, heating propositions and customer research.
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Exploring ‘Energy Supplier of the Future’ with Christina Hepp, sonnen

In this episode we talk with Christina Hepp, Director of Innovation and Intelligence at sonnen and New Energy Business Models Research Manager, Nigel Timperley. We’re circling back to LCP Delta’s ‘Energy Supplier of the Future’ narrative and exploring sonnen’s journey – and Christina’s own thoughts – in relation to the growing convergence between energy retail and energy management.
Christina Hepp is Director of Innovation and Intelligence at sonnen, responsible for understanding and analysing changing market and customer needs to develop new business opportunities and models. Since joining in 2019, Christina has played a crucial role in maintaining sonnen’s pioneering position in the industry.
Christina holds a master’s degree in Sustainable Resource Management from the Technical University Munich. During her studies she contributed to a government-funded project on local flexibility markets at the Research Center for Energy Economics, focusing on defining the market design required to monetise small-scale distributed assets.
Prior to this, Christina graduated with a bachelor’s in international relations and environmental studies from Franklin University Switzerland, establishing the foundation for her career in environmental awareness and innovative energy solutions. She also worked in sustainable finance roles at Allianz and Unicredit.
Nigel has 26 years of experience in the energy industry including spells at Distribution System Operators (DSO), suppliers, metering companies and in energy engineering. He has also worked in financial services, the UK civil service, and as an IT consultant.
Nigel has worked for the last 17 years within the new energy sector, leading a wide range of consultancy and research projects, and running a start-up in the energy space, focused on community energy. His main interest is in the commercialisation of innovative propositions, he has been heavily involved in trials, demonstrations, and market development. More recently, he joined LCP Delta where he continues to work for multiple clients, with a strong focus on the commercial aspects of the transition.
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Winter is coming: what’s the outlook for energy markets?

In this episode, we explore what the upcoming winter is likely to mean for European and British energy markets. How are we positioned this winter compared to going into last winter? Are we likely to see big price spikes? How big is the risk to security of supply? And to what extent is demand-side response now part of the toolbox of solutions?
Jon Slowe and Sandra Trittin are joined by Gurps Rupari, Senior Consultant within our modelling team and Jon Ferris, Head of Flexibility & Storage.
Bringing a decade of energy industry expertise, Gurps Rupari, Senior Consultant focuses on optimising generation assets, particularly coal and gas plants. He collaborates with LCP Delta’s consulting teams to anticipate market changes and enhance revenue through informed decision-making. Additionally, Gurps provides valuable insights into policy impacts, competitor analysis, and broader system dynamics.
Jon boasts 16 years in energy markets, managing a €1bn wholesale portfolio for C&I consumers, focusing on contracts, market intelligence, procurement, and bill validation. His expertise spans market-policy dynamics and energy system costs, contributing to initiatives like the Power Responsive forum and UK ISGAN team. He played key roles in local energy markets in Orkney and South Korea, emphasising demand response and market design. As a revered industry commentator and speaker, Jon shares invaluable insights at events.
Watch the on-demand Winter Market Outlook 2023 webinar here.
Download the 2022 Market Monitor for Demand Side Flexibility.
Find out more about power marketing modelling here.
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Heat pumps in Europe – taking off?

Heat pumps sales are growing across Europe. In this episode we explore whether we are at an inflexion point in the heating transition in Europe – and the key factors that will determine how quickly heat pump sales accelerate.
In this episode, Jon Slowe and Sandra Trittin are joined by Thomas Nowak, Secretary General of the European Heat Pump Association and LCP Delta's Head of Heat Steven Ashurst.
Thomas is an ardent advocate for renewable energy, serving as the Secretary General of the European Heat Pump Association in Brussels. With personal investments in a heat pump and a PV power plant, he champions sustainable energy solutions. Thomas is a prolific author and presenter on heat pump technology, contributing significantly to international conferences. His dedication to advancing renewable energy is underscored by his previous work emphasising its economic and social benefits, driven by a background in business administration and economics.
Steven is an expert in heat decarbonisation and has been a key figure in our heat research team over the past years. In this time Steven’s key responsibilities have included: supporting, managing, and heading up the heat research service offerings, leading primary customer research projects utilising a range of methodologies, providing expert input into consulting projects, and delivering industry roundtables and summits.
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Watch the on-demand Heat-as-a-Service: Now or Never webinar
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Energy transition and investors: how are the two worlds meeting?

In this episode we explore how the worlds of the energy transition and investors are meeting. We’re joined by two guests – Mark Watts, Partner at LCP, who has a long career in the investment world, and and Sam Hollister, Head of Market Insight who has a background in energy but recently been working closely with investors.
As a partner in LCP’s investment team, Mark supports the provision of solutions for our clients as they grapple with the energy transition and the path to net zero. He is a former Chief Investment officer and CEO at a number of firms and has 35 years of investment experience. We work closely with the LCP Delta team to ensure that we offer seamless advice to our clients in this area and are able to help them navigate the critical issues and deploy their capital effectively. 
Sam works within LCP Delta analytics team and leads on our external engagement and market insight. He has over 10 years’ experience within energy policy and public affairs having been a Senior Director at the leading energy trade association and most recently leading the policy team at one of the UK’s largest energy retailers. 
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In conversation with... Jamie Heywood, zolar

In this episode Jon and Sandra talk with Jamie Heywood, CEO at zolar. They explore how Jamie, with a background in tech, media, and telecom sectors, sees the PV sector; trends in the wider European PV space; and the opportunities for zolar.
Jamie Heywood is CEO of zolar, Germany’s largest residential green energy marketplace. Before taking the reins at zolar, Jamie had over 30 years experience leading growing technology companies across Europe and Asia. His varied career includes running Uber’s business in UK and Northern Europe in the years after Travis Kalanick’s tumultuous departure, leading Amazon’s UK Electronics divisions through its hyper-growth stage in the UK, and launching Virgin Mobile’s businesses in both India and China. Jamie has an MBA from INSEAD, studied Psychology and Philosophy at Oxford University, and loves reading, hiking and playing squash.
Watch our on-demand webinar on collective self-consumption here.
Read our latest press release on how the energy crisis drives boom in home solar and battery markets across EU
Listen to this similar podcast with Jannik Schall from 1KOMMA5°
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Takeaways from LCP Delta’s 2023 New Energy Summit

In this episode, Jon Slowe and Sandra Trittin discussed key takeaways from LCP Delta’s 2023 New Energy Summit. Over 100 people from the leading edge of the downstream energy transition gathered in Frankfurt to share, discuss and explore key industry trends and issues. 
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Hydrogen storage: where’s it at?

Clean hydrogen is becoming an important elements of many country’s decarbonisation strategies. As supply and demand grows, so will storage requirements. In this episode, Jon and Sandra talk with LCP Delta experts Nerea Martinez and Brendan Murphy to explore the role of hydrogen storage, where it’s at, and how it will develop.
Nerea manages the Hydrogen Intelligence Service at LCP Delta. Before joining LCP Delta, she worked as a consultancy engineer in building services, designing low-carbon buildings.
Brendan leads our hydrogen team. He has spent over 10 years in the energy and low carbon sectors, with extensive policy and regulation, programme management, and commercial experience across a wide range of areas.
Download our latest whitepaper: Unlocking Hydrogen Storage Vaults: Europe's long-duration hydrogen storage outlook to 2030
Find out more about Nerea and our Hydrogen Training course in this blog
Sign up to our Hydrogen in the Energy Transition Training course
You can also visit our website to learn more about Hydrogen Intelligence Service, including HYbase which tracks European green hydrogen projects, here.
 
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Skills, human capital and the energy transition

The energy transition is becoming one of the world’s big industrial trends. It’s being embraced by governments, the energy sector, households, industry and more. But it will only succeed if we have the skills and human capital to drive it forwards. In this episode explore these challenges and what’s being done to address them.
In this episode, Jon Slowe and Sandra Trittin are joined by Charmaine Coutinho, Head of Client Training at LCP Delta; Phil Beach, CEO, Energy & Utility Skills and Leon Trippel, Initiator & Co-Lead, #OHKW - Ohne Hände keine Wende.
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The Dawn of a Customer Centric Revolution?

In this episode, Jon Slowe and Sandra Trittin are joined by LCP Delta experts Jennifer Arran and Nigel Timperley as they explore how the energy retail sector is ready to be transformed – from a traditional, volume-based commodity sales business model to one which has an unwavering commitment to customer empowerment; uses advanced risk management tools to reassure and protect customers; and provides transformational energy services.
Read our whitepaper ‘The Dawn of a Customer-Centric Transition’, to learn more.
‘The Dawn of a Customer-Centric Transition’ whitepaper serves as a precursor to our forthcoming 2023 New Energy Summit in Frankfurt on October 4-5.
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