For those of you want more information you can listen to myself and Laurent Segalen interview Nick Wayth from the Energy Institute on the next 🎙Redefining Energy on Monday morning!

The latest 🎙Redefining Energy podcast Energy with myself and Laurent Segalen who had a great conversation on #ESG with Jean-Jacques Barbéris from asset manager Amundi. Despite having formerly managed an ESG or #Environmental, #Social and #Governance fund I fundamentally think the three

Research Report of the Week: Europe’s Flexibility Revolution from SolarPower Europe! As I write, power prices across Europe from #Finland to #Denmark to #Germany to #France are negative meaning that someone will actually pay you to use electricity!! The issue is that most of

It was great to have Sheldon Kimber the CEO of Intersect Power, one of the leading renewable developers in the #US, on the 🎙Redefining Energy podcast podcast to talk about US #renewables and the crazy growth we are seeing in #batteries and #solar in California and Texas! You can download and

Research Report of the Week: If you want to get a bit understanding of how and why #China leads everything to do with the #energytransition across the world then take a read at this short report which also has case studies on the leading manufacturers such as #BYD, #CATL,

Bill Gates is sucking a lot of oxygen in the Energy Transition. Is he a force for good, or a nuisance? What is his thesis and where does it come from? And is the thesis still valid in 2024 or obsolete? Gerard Reid , Michael Barnard and I are tackling Bill Gates' fascination for

Picture of the Week: #lithiumion #battery prices keep falling and performance increasing…to put the prices into perspective I bought a battery for my home about 5 years ago and prices were at $1000/kWh….now we are at circa $100. What this means is that #EVs will become lower

If you want to know why there is lot of talk against #electricvehicles in the media you need to look no further that this graph and the predictions from BloombergNEF for EV sales going forward…It’s all about #China and they are not only the biggest market for EVs with close to

During Summer season, as Gerard Reid and I are busy vacationing, we bring you back the best of our sister show, "Redefining Energy TECH", where host Michael Barnard invites Paul Martin Paul Martin for a very long and geekie conversation about innovative solutions for

Picture of the Weekend! #Europe has over 900,000 public Electric Vehicle #evchargers installed as of the end of July! That is a 3x increase in three years!

Picture of the Week: European power prices are now lower than pre-Ukrainian times! The significant reduction in #European wholesale power prices in 2024 compared to 2021, especially in countries like #Spain and #Portugal, can be attributed to several key factors: 1. Expansion

A special interview with one of the great minds of the #EnergyTransition. Dr. Doug Arent is the Executive Director of Strategic Public– Private Partnerships at the NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, U.S and Distinguished Fellow, World Economic Forum.

Amazing chart, Venezuela used to be wealthier than Poland. Poland introduced free market principles, Venezuela followed socialism. Capitalism makes people wealthier, socialism always ends in bitter poverty and misery. Why are young people so fascinated by socialism? Ht

It’s Crazy Sunday! This afternoon, #Europe will experience negative electricity prices from #Finland to #Lithuania, #Poland, and #France. Meanwhile, #Germany will see zero or negative wholesale #power prices for most of the day due to massive #wind and #solar production. Germany

The next part of the #energytransition is all about improving energy performance of #buildings

Energy Research Reporf of the Week! The Hard Stuff: Navigating the Physical Realities of the Energy Transition… The energy system we rely on today is an incredible machine—massive, complex, and deeply intertwined with the global economy. It’s been fine-tuned over centuries,

“Summer has come and passed / The innocent can never last / Wake me up when September ends”. Like John Wick, I think I am back. So we have a very energetic Minutes to start September. With Gerard Reid , we focus on one of the key trends of 2024 which they call “Batteries, the

In their latest episode, Gerard Reid and Laurent Segalen raise important points on the consolidation in the battery industry. The industry is ongoing a consolidation in: 1. Suppliers, with CATL and BYD taking the lion’s share of the market. 2. Chemistry, with LFP dominating the

**Picture of the Week: Volkswagen Share Price Hits 10-Year Low** Volkswagen's current share price, trading at just 3.5x forward earnings, reflects investor concerns that the company is facing significant challenges. This isn't unique to VW; the entire European automobile