The geopolitical environment weighs on every area of the economy. As discussions over trade wars, competitiveness and industrial strategy, Europe’s efforts to decarbonise face obstacles from all sides
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Sam and Kira go over the week’s biggest talking points, including the controversy surrounding the EU-US trade deal plus big banking energy transition news
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In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks into the European Union’s relationship with China when it comes to energy and climate, plus some big developments in new offshore wind markets
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In Wednesday’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at what Europe needs to do to install more district heating and cooling, plus the United States government targets another crucial piece of climate legislation
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The United Kingdom’s government has just wrapped up a review of its electricity market. Sam Whitworth from Octopus Energy joins the show to share his view on what it got right and what it got wrong.
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In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at the landmark ruling by the International Court of Justice on state’s obligations to mitigate the climate crisis, plus reactions to the energy aspects of the trade deal between...
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On the final episode of this FORESIGHT Debates series on Europe’s 2040 emissions reduction target, Kira is joined by Sam to discuss what we’ve learnt and what happens next
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In today’s episode of The Jolt, David takes off into the world of sustainable aviation fuels to explore the impact eSAF is having on the sector’s decarbonisation efforts, plus Australia faces calls to “go big” on its...
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Sam and Kira go over the week’s biggest talking points, including the “climate case of the century” and the European Union’s green relations with China
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Channelling finance towards sustainability is key to the energy transition. Vincent Kaufmann joins Kira to discuss what is needed to drive green investment and why the 2040 target is so important for this
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In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at how clean energy can front up to the risk posed by extreme weather and the effects of climate change, plus the world’s top court delivers a potentially historic climate verdict
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In Wednesday’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at the repercussions of Donald Trump's ‘big beautiful bill’ for the US energy transition, plus Sam reports on how climate action in Italy is getting a big...
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One of the most controversial aspects of the European Commission’s proposed 2040 target was the inclusion of international carbon credits. Lambert Schneider joins Kira to discuss the safeguards required to include these...
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In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at the toss-up between cheap Chinese electric vehicles and Europe’s industrial competitiveness, plus construction begins on the world’s largest hydropower dam
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In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at how a complex but effective power pricing model could solve some tricky transition problems, plus BP’s latest move away from clean energy
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Sam and Dave go over the week’s biggest talking points, including the latest on artificial intelligence’s immense energy demand and the advent of next-gen storage technologies
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Faye Bowser from Siemens Smart Infrastructure joins the Energy Enablers podcast to discuss how Universities and their campuses are helping to advance the energy transition
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In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at the spending allocated for energy and climate topics in the European Union’s next seven-year budget, plus David reports on calls for levies on crypto...
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The European economy needs to undergo a significant shift to achieve the European Commission’s envisioned 90% reduction in emissions by 2040. Peter Schniering from Future Cleantech Architects joins Kira to discuss...
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In Wednesday’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at what effect trade has on the world reaching its sustainable development goals, plus energy and AI investments announced in the United States
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The reduction in price and the advent of services to boost revenue streams make the addition of battery storage to any clean investment irrefutable
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In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into why the United Kingdom’s government decided not to fundamentally change its electricity market, plus the UK and Czechia join forces on nuclear power
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In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at what impact Big Tech’s nuclear power-purchase-agreements might have on renewables, plus India rolls back its coal power cleanup policies
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Carbon-intesive sectors will need to undergo a major shift to reach the European Commission’s envisioned 90% emissions cut by 2040. Adolfo Aiello from steel industry group Eurofer joins Kira to discuss the transformation...
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Dave and Kira go over the week’s biggest talking points, including the ongoing political fallout from the European Union’s proposed 2040 target, plus calls to link the EU ETS with the United Kingdom’s
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Thomas Kwan from Schneider Electric joins the Energy Enablers podcast to discuss why modernisation in the industrial sector results in decarbonisation
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In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at how the European Commission plans to protect exports competing with low-cost, carbon-intensive production beyond the European Union, plus the struggle to decommission oil and...
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In Wednesday’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into why Donald Trump’s anti-wind policies might be a golden opportunity for Canada, plus China is building 75% of the world’s utility-scale solar and wind...
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The clock is ticking to agree on the 2040 target as international deadlines loom. The Greens in the European Parliament want to fast-track the process, but there will be challenges. This episode, we have the Greens’ negotiator, Lena Schilling.
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Climate target deadlines are getting ever closer, emissions need to start coming down faster and more clean energy needs to be liberated from its shackles. Adrian Hiel joins the show to explain why electrification is now the answer...
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