Talking New Energy

107. Large-scale storage of green hydrogen

In this episode, Jon discusses with Germain Hurtado, Hydrogen Project Director at Storengy and Rob Bloom, hydrogen expert at Delta-EE, how green hydrogen can be stored at scale in salt caverns. Focusing on the Hypster project in France, Jon and the guests explore how this can provide a buffer between production and demand, as well as opening up opportunities for hydrogen to be an answer to the growing need for long-duration storage.

106. Special Episode: The Energy Crisis

In this special episode of Talking New Energy, Jon Slowe, together with Delta-EE experts, explores how the energy industry and policy makers are responding to the energy crisis – and why he is frustrated that more isn’t being done on the demand side.

105. How do Finance, eMobility, and Mobility as a Service come together?

A significant proportion of vehicles are leased to customers, rather than being bought outright. What does the growth of EVs mean for leasing companies? How can leasing companies support customers in a world of electrified transport? And will mobility follow the 'as a Service' trend we increasingly see in other industries - will we see EV Mobility as a Service taking hold? To discuss this and more, Jon Slowe is joined by Nick Salkeld, COO of MHC Mobility, and Delta-EE expert Kate Armitage.

104. Heat batteries, scaling up, and Sunamp

In this episode, we're looking at the topic of storing heat. As we use more renewable heat and electrify more heat, decoupling the timing of heat demand from when it’s produced is going to be more and more important. Jon is joined by two guests – Andrew Bissell, CEO of heat battery company Sunamp, and Klara Ottosson, one of our experts on the topic here at Delta-EE.

103. Getting into the decarbonisation of heat: an energy retailer perspective

In this episode Jon talks with Alex Thwaites and Michael Harper from energy retailer OVO Energy about their activity and ambitions to help households decarbonise heat. Roxanne Pieterse, Senior Analyst, from Delta-EE adds her expert views.

102. Solar Power Purchase Agreements – In conversation with Harald Overholm, Alight

In this episode we’re looking at the business of solar power purchase agreements (or PPAs as they’re known) – essentially connecting corporate energy users with new sources of solar generation. Loyal listeners may remember a previous episode in Series 10 with Alpiq and Aquila Capital looking at PPAs in Spain, with its plentiful wind and solar resources. Today we’re heading further north – all the way to Sweden, and talking with Harald Overholm, founder and CEO of Alight, the Nordics' leading Solar PPA company.

101. Women in New Energy - Part 2 (an International Women’s Day special)

This week we are celebrating International Women’s Day – with a key theme for this year being gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow. We want to focus on why women have so much to offer in the energy industry – but also explore what role companies can, or should play in supporting women to succeed in their careers. Jennifer Arran, Head of Products at Delta-EE, hosts this episode, and is joined by Ulrike Hetke, Director of Innovation Program at Vattenfall; Rowena McCappin, Group Head of External Relations & Engagement at Glen Dimplex; and Tessa Clark, Consulting Delivery Lead at Delta-EE.

100. Our 100th episode - Jon’s top ten

This is the 100th episode of Talking New Energy! We are delighted to reach this milestone. Today, Jon talks us through extracts from 10 episodes which he feels best bring the energy transition to life. 

99. In conversation with Tom Thorp, CEO of Horizon Energy Infrastructure

The energy transition will involve millions of assets in people's homes: batteries, solar panels, electric vehicles, electric vehicle chargers and more. And while some people may be able to dip their hand in their pocket to finance this, many people won't. So connecting the world of finance to distributed energy assets will be a key part of the transition. In this episode, Jon Slowe is joined by Tom Thorp, CEO at Horizon Energy Infrastructure.

98. Making hot water tanks smart

In this episode we’re looking at the intersection of electric heating and the electricity system. In some parts of the world, there are times when there’s too much electricity produced from wind turbines. What if we could change the times that we heat up our hot water – or our homes – so that this surplus electricity was used? We look at the same concept, but with two companies focused solely on the controls aspect. We’ll explore both the customer proposition, and the benefits to the electricity system. Jon Slowe is joined by Sandro Iacovella, founder and CEO of ThermoVault; Eamon Conway, Managing Director of Climote; and Delta-EE expert Lindsay Sugden.