Watt Matters: The FORESIGHT energy transition podcast

Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android.The wind sector could be a key pillar of the European Union's clean energy future and help bolster the bloc's competitiveness, but the industry faces significant challenges.From permitting roadblocks to supply chain bottlenecks, the wind sector is struggling to meet installation targets at a time when Europe is thirsty for more low-cost, clean energy generation.On this episode of Watt Matters, Ulrik Stridbaek from Ørsted joins the team to discuss the recommendations of the company's recent report on offshore wind, the potential of Europe's wind sector and what is needed to support it.Please share your thoughts in the contribution section on the FORESIGHT app. Enjoy the show!Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android.Making Europe's industry more efficient can have big benefits: cutting energy consumption, boosting productivity, providing international market advantages and allowing companies to hit green goals. There are low hanging fruits that industries can take advantage of, but there needs to be more awareness and a shift in thinking towards efficiency as something that is strategic for companies to invest in to really drive efficiency gains.On this episode of Watt Matters, Clemens Rohde and Lisa Neusel from the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research join the Watt Matters team to discuss the benefits of efficient industrial efficiency, the technology needed to achieve it and how this should be reflected in policy.Even if you have energy efficient technologies, you need to use them efficiently, Rohde says. Please share your thoughts in the contribution section on the FORESIGHT app. Enjoy the show!Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android.Europe's energy-thirsty industries are suffering from high power prices, are at risk of being outpaced by global competitors and need to decarbonise to meet the European Union's green targets.The energy transition can help address all of this, by increasing electrification, energy efficiency, circularity and more to develop a decarbonised, competitive industry in Europe.On this episode, Adèle Naudy-Chambaud from Schneider Electric joins the Watt Matters team to discuss how Europe's industry can decarbonise over the next decade and what is needed from EU policy to support this.Enjoy the show!Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android.Since his return to the White House, President Donald Trump has caused shock waves across global trade. On this episode of Watt Matters, Joseph Francois from the World Trade Institute joins the team to discuss the new trade paradigm and what it means for the energy transitionThe world has entered a new paradigm of tense trade and geopolitical relationships at a time when it should be collaborating on decarbonisation. Donald Trump's re-election and pursuit of protectionist policies made matters even more complex, throwing a spanner in the works of the energy transition and reshuffling the country's political alliances.Recorded before Trump's wave of new tariffs in early April, on this episode of Watt Matters, the team is joined by Joseph Francois from the World Trade Institute to discuss where the energy transition fits into this new world order and the thinking behind Trump's approach to trade.Enjoy the show!Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android.China is the world's biggest emitter but also a key driver of the energy transition. The country is responsible for the biggest renewables rollout but also commissioned 70% of new coal capacity in 2024.The country has also been accused of unfair practices, with markets like the European Union and the United States placing tariffs on its goods. There are also fears that the EU could lose its competitive edge in producing certain technologies to China.On this episode of Watt Matters, Belinda Schäpe from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, author of China's Climate Transition: Outlook 2024, joins the Watt Matters team to discuss China's role in the global energy transition and how to navigate geopolitical challenges in this.Enjoy the show!Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android.A flexible grid underpins Europe's energy transition and helps bring more renewables online. According to statistics from SolarPower Europe, it could also bring big benefits, including saving the European Union €30 billion and avoiding 151 million tonnes of CO2 emissions every year by 2030.However, to make all of this a reality, Europe's energy system infrastructure and energy market need to support flexibility.On this special, live episode of Watt Matters, recorded at the Solar Power Summit in Brussels, a panel of experts joins Kira to discuss flexibility's role in the energy transition and how Europe can improve it.The panel comprises: Joachim Balke, head of unit for infrastructure and regional cooperation at the European Commission's energy department, DG ENER Juan Fernandez, chief operating officer at international renewable energy producer, SonnedixCatarina Augusto, senior grids and flexibility advisor at SolarPower EuropeSarah Van Cleve, vice president of sales and commercial excellence for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at energy storage company FluenceEnjoy the show.Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android.Today's uncertain geopolitical context and the economic power of the United States, China, and others mean Europe must find new ways to collaborate and compete in the global economy. By doing so, European countries can create jobs, ensure growth, and, equally importantly, decarbonise.In late February 2025, the European Commission produced its Clean Industrial Deal. As the name suggests, it is a blueprint to achieve these goals by increasing efforts to decarbonise as well as boost productivity—particularly in the high-carbon-emitting, energy-intensive heavy industrial sector. On this first episode of the series, the Watt Matters team is joined by Phuc-Vinh Nguyen, head of the Jacques Delors Energy Centre, an independent think tank providing decision-makers with insights on energy transition issues. This conversation examines what exactly competitiveness means and why it matters to Europe and to society's decarbonisation efforts.Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android.The energy transition is gaining momentum. For our Watt Matters series on Energy in 2030, we've seen growing interest in new ways to decarbonise our world and tackle climate change.We've looked at carbon removals, industrial electrification, ground source heat pumps, and other innovations vital for transitioning our energy systems and economies to net zero emissions by 2050.Across the series, energy efficiency has kept cropping up as a critical transition component, often underestimated but essential for reducing energy demand and enhancing system flexibility.In the series's final instalment, the Watt Matters team reflect on the key takeaways from each episode, the need for tailored approaches and clear communication, and highlights the need for ongoing ambition to reach the world's 2030 climate and energy targets.Watt Matters will return for a new series in the Spring of 2025, so keep an eye out. And let us know what areas we should be talking about in the contribution section below. Enjoy the show!Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android.Digitalisation holds big benefits for energy systems, including allowing more renewables to be integrated and providing a picture of what's happening across the entire system without requiring any physical upgrades.When it comes to asset management, digitalisation can help companies better understand assets like power plants and allow them to provide more information to their customers.On this special episode of Watt Matters, recorded live at asset management company 3E's SynaptiQ Connect Days conference, Kira is joined by a panel of experts to dive into the benefits these technologies can provide. Kira welcomes Werner Coppye, 3E's co-founder and chief technology officer; Ludovica Rosato, digital transformation manager at renewables developer BayWa; and Margarida Correia Pires, head of business development at utility EDP to find out how it works and how to roll it out.Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android.Carbon removals technologies go beyond the more traditional carbon capture or tree-planting. They look at how to draw carbon directly out of the air so it can no longer cause the damaging greenhouse effect. Research into this area is ramping up, with a number of options on the table from Direct Air Capture to enhanced rock weathering. As with many aspects of the energy transition, the funding is growing but still the regulatory landscape is playing catch up.Joining Watt Matters to discuss this emerging sector is Dr Steve Smith, executive director of Oxford Net Zero and CO2RE—the UK's national research hub on greenhouse gas removal—at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, part of the University of Oxford. Steve and the Watt Matters team examine where the sector stands today, what its impact could be in the 2030s, and whether it could risk becoming a distraction from carbon reduction efforts.Enjoy the show.Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android.Electrifying as many sectors as possible will play a significant role in reducing emissions to net zero by mid-century. While many industrial processes can be easily switched to an electricity-based system, some are proving more difficult. As 2030 approaches, efforts to electrify are accelerating, and many businesses are exploring electrification opportunities. In this episode of Watt Matters, Richard Hart, industry director at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, joins David, Jan and Kira to discuss the low-hanging fruit of electrification that remains unutilised and how different industries can reach harder to decarbonise technologies in the next decade.Enjoy the show.Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android.We ask every guest who enters the Watt Matters studio to look into their crystal ball and give their vision of the energy sector in ten-to-twenty years. Their answers are often aspirational but always revealing. Many market observers provide their own visions for the future by publishing “scenarios” and “outlooks”. One thing they all have in common is showing the complexity of the energy transition. Rystad Energy's latest forecast, Global Energy Scenarios 2024, tries to simplify the transition by highlighting the three key tasks for a successful energy transition: growing the clean power sector, increasing electrification, and addressing residual emissions. Jon Ødegård Hansen, vice president of energy systems research at Rystad Energy, joins David, Jan and Kira to talk about the three steps and how important scenarios like this are in the conversation around decarbonisation.Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android.By minimising our energy needs, we can accelerate our journey to net zero, making the energy transition not only quicker but also more affordable. The COP28 climate negotiations in 2023 saw the successful “triple-up, double-down” campaign, which included the promise to double the energy efficiency improvement rate by 2030. To discuss how to ensure energy efficiency remains a top priority for governments and businesses up to 2030 and beyond, our guest this week is Rob Murray-Leach, a founder and former CEO of the Energy Efficiency Council in Australia.Enjoy the show!Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android.Wind and solar energy tend to be the main focus when we talk about renewable energy, but geothermal energy also offers many benefits; it is a constant energy source and offers the potential to decarbonise heating and cooling.Ground-source heat pumps take advantage of the heat underground and can support the transition away from gas boilers, reducing a building's carbon footprint and cutting down on energy costs.For the third episode of this series, Tamsin Lishman, CEO of Kensa Group, which is rolling out ground source heat pumps in the United Kingdom, joins the Watt Matters team to discuss the benefits of the technology and what is needed to boost its use into the 2030s.Enjoy the show!Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The energy transition needs to happen across society, including in our homes. Big shifts are expected in consumer demand and the technology we use, including electric vehicles and heat pumps.To make the transition a success, it's key that these elements work in the real world, and that households are involved in the transition and experience the benefits of a decarbonised society.For the second episode of this series, Lucy Yu from the Centre for Net Zero joins the Watt Matters team to discuss what changes we can expect in our homes and the research her team is doing into consumer behaviour trends.Enjoy the show!Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last year's COP28 climate conference saw some big pledges, including tripling renewables and doubling energy efficiency by 2030 and agreeing to transition away from fossil fuels. With COP29 and COP30 on the horizon, it's important to look at what is needed in the run-up to 2030 to get the world on track to meet its energy and climate goals.How will that change the way our world looks? And what can we expect the energy transition to look like in 2030? Over the next few weeks, the Watt Matters team will try to answer those questions.For our first episode, Maria Pastukhova from climate think tank E3G joins the team to discuss why 2030 is such a crucial date, the role of international meetings, like the upcoming COP29 and COP30 meetings, and the world's progress towards the COP28 goals.Enjoy the show!Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A circular approach, which disconnects economic activity from the ever-increasing consumption of natural resources, has emerged as a key strategy for making our societies more sustainable and helping mitigate the climate crisis.Circularity is particularly important for our built environment, as construction and renovation sites alone currently generate over a third of the waste that ends up in Europe's landfills.EU figures also suggest that greenhouse gas emissions from material extraction, manufacturing of construction products, and the construction and renovation of buildings account for 5-12% of EU countries' emissions.Despite the environmental benefits of embracing circularity, the uptake of circular principles in the construction industry is sluggish.In the second of our special live podcasts—recorded at our event on circularity in Brussels at the end of May 2024—the panel discusses the barriers to shifting to circularity in the construction sector and how they can be overcome.Joining Sean Carroll on today's episode are:● Philippe Moseley, Team Leader with the European Commission's DG GROW● Adrian Hiel, Head of Campaigns and Media with Energy Cities● Julie Kjestrup, Head of Policy and Thought Leadership with the VELUX GroupOur thanks go to lead co-organiser ABB and our supporting organiser VELUX for making the event possible.Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Europe progresses towards achieving a climate-neutral economy by 2050, the concept of circularity has emerged as a powerful approach to reducing emissions, minimising waste and promoting sustainability. Adopting a more circular economy entails Europe transitioning from its linear economic model of producing, consuming, and disposing of materials to new approaches that aim to keep materials in the value chain for as long as possible. This will involve reducing resource extraction and ensuring that we operate within our planetary limits.In the first of two special live podcasts—recorded at our event on circularity in Brussels at the end of May 2024—the panel discusses the impact of new regulations out of the European Union aimed at improving circularity and its impact on design and supply chains. Joining David Weston on today's episode are:Emmanuelle Maire, Head of Unit at DG Environment at the European CommissionKe Wang, Global Lead for Energy Minerals and Circularity at the World Resources Institute Erich Labuda, President ABB MotionOur thanks go to lead co-organiser ABB and our supporting organiser VELUX for making the event possible. Want a free trial? Sign up, download the award-winning app, and enjoy complimentary access to all exclusive features for one month. Click here to access. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the latest round of elections for the European Parliament just around the corner, and the formation of a new Commission following closely behind, issues around the energy sector are at the forefront of political discourse. Joining us on Watt Matters this week to discuss how the next era of European lawmakers could approach decarbonisation efforts is Linda Kalcher, executive director of think tank Strategic Perspectives.In this episode, we discuss how energy politics have changed since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, whether the European Green Deal is still as strong as it could be, and how the inter-European diplomatic relations are changing as the energy transition advances. Want a free trial? Sign up, download the award-winning app, and enjoy complimentary access to all exclusive features for one month. Click here to access. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Addressing methane emissions is key if the world is to succeed in limiting global warming and preventing drastic climate change. In the short-term, it is significantly more damaging to the climate than carbon dioxide.But to properly address the world's methane problem, there needs to be data on where emissions come from. A new satellite aims to help do that.MethaneSAT was launched earlier this month and boasts unmatched accuracy and precision. It aims to keep track of 80% of the world's oil and gas industry – one of the major polluters of methane.Daniel Zavala, a senior scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund, which is behind the satellite project, joins the Watt Matters team to discuss the projectEnjoy the show!If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, add your contribution belowFollow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn.Illustration: Masha Krasnova-ShabaevaShow notes: Watch MethaneSAT's launch and find out more about the project here.What Caught My Eye:Michaela's pick: WTO panel report regarding EU measures affecting palm oil, palm crop-based biofuelsDaniel's pick: IEA Global Methane Tracker 2024Kira's pick: World's first solar-powered air traffic control radar station in ChileWant a free trial? Sign up, download the award-winning app, and enjoy complimentary access to all exclusive features for one month. Click here to access. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Currently, 10-25% of EU buildings host solar panels and the rooftop market continues to grow. It could see another boost as Europe agrees new support for the industry.This includes the new Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, which introduces an EU Solar Standard, expected to change solar from an add-on to a core construction element.For this live podcast recording, Watt Matters producer Kira Taylor looks into the emerging trends and what more is needed to boost the industry, with a panel of special guests: Anette Persson, policy officer at the European Commission, Nathalie Rubin-Delanchy, public policy manager working on EU sustainability policy at Amazon, Arttur Kulvik, senior vice president of Solnet and Nicolas Randria, secretary general at the Fédération Française du Bâtiment.Enjoy!Want a free trial? Sign up, download the award-winning app, and enjoy complimentary access to all exclusive features for one month. Click here to access.If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our X accounts:SolarPower EuropeNathalie Rubin-DelanchyMichaela HollJan RosenowDavid WestonKira TaylorWattMattersPodFORESIGHT Climate & EnergyFollow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com.You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn.Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Record falls in fossil fuels and record levels of renewables - Sarah Brown from think tank Ember joins the Watt Matters team to discuss Europe's latest electricity statsThe EU's electricity transition is in full swing Ember's European Electricity Review 2024 concludes. The report celebrates new records, including a record fall in both fossil generation and CO2 emissions.Renewables are on the up. Ember's 2022 review found wind and solar generated a fifth of EU electricity. In 2023, they generated 44% and wind generation overtook gas for the first time.To discuss the findings and Europe's progress in its energy transition, co-author of the report and Europe Programme Director at Ember, Sarah Brown, joins the Watt Matters team.Want a free trial? Sign up, download the award-winning app, and enjoy complimentary access to all exclusive features for one month. Click here to access.If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our X accounts:EmberMichaela HollJan RosenowDavid WestonKira TaylorWattMattersPodFORESIGHT Climate & EneFollow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com.You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn.Show notes:Read Ember's European Electricity Review 2024 in full here.Feeling nostalgic? Listen back to our episode on the 2023 electricity review here: What Caught My Eye:Sarah's pick: 1 in 5 migratory species are at risk of extinction - UN reportDavid's pick: Keir Starmer: Labour ditches £28bn green investment pledge - BBCMichaela's pick: Climate disclosure rules are expanding. Companies need to keep up - ContextJan's pick: Macquarie looks to cut stake in UK's biggest gas network Cadent - Financial Times Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From climate change to air pollution, there are a lot of issues that need solving in the 21st century. With all the doom and gloom, it's hard to see that some progress has actually been made.Hannah Ritchie is a researcher and deputy editor at the University of Oxford's Our World In Data publication. Her new book “Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet” argues that advancements are being made every day in the quest for a sustainable world.In our 50th episode, Hannah joins the Watt Matters team to explain what the data shows and why we can be positive.Enjoy the show.Want a free trial? Sign up, download the award-winning app, and enjoy complimentary access to all exclusive features for one month. Click here to access. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The energy transition is taking place in a complex world of ongoing historic geopolitical tensions and financial divides between countries. Lisa Fischer from climate think tank E3G joins the Watt Matters team to discuss decarbonisation policymaking in a complicated and adversarial world.The world needs to decarbonise if it is to limit drastic global warming. However, this is happening in the context of growing conflicts and a varying list of priorities and ideologies.With 2030 targets now just around the corner, richer nations need to show that the energy transition is possible and help make finance available to enable global change. All the while they need to ensure that they don't get bogged down in overdependence on fuels, unreliable supply chains and stranded assets.This requires a carefully planned approach to the energy transition that brings everyone along for the ride. In this episode, Lisa Fischer, programme lead at climate think tank E3G, joins the Watt Matters team to discuss navigating the decarbonisation pathway in a complex world.Enjoy the show.Want a free trial? Sign up, download the award-winning app, and enjoy complimentary access to all exclusive features for one month. Click here to access.If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, add your contribution belowFollow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn.Illustration: Masha Krasnova-ShabaevaShow notes: Read the E3G report Lisa mentioned on gas demand reduction numbers here.What Caught My Eye:Lisa's pick: Numbers showing Germany's heat pump market grew by 50% in 2023David's picks: White House Said to Delay Decision on Enormous Natural Gas Export TerminalHinkley Point C delay deals blow to UK energy strategyMichaela's pick: Charting Europe's path towards an ambitious 2040 climate goalJan's pick: Flex-ability for all: Pursuing socially inclusive demand-side flexibility in Europe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 is likely to be the year of elections, with just under half of the world's population expected to head to the polls, according to Bloomberg. That includes major players in energy and climate, like the US, India, the EU and, potentially, the UK.These elections will take place in a world where the climate crisis and the energy transition are becoming ever more apparent in people's lives, but also where the political climate around these topics is growing more difficult.As the world continues to face unprecedented climate impacts and works out how to implement the historic COP28 agreement to transition away from fossil fuels, Sam Morgan, the host of Watt Matter's sister podcast Policy Dispatch, joins the team to look at the year ahead.Enjoy the show!If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our X accounts:Sam Morgan Michaela Holl Jan Rosenow David Weston Kira Taylor @WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & EnergyListen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn.Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva.Show notes:You can find the Jolt episode on geothermal here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The US' electricity system is complicated, with each of the 50 states setting its own rules for how markets work, how power is priced and who manages customer relations.But amid the complexity, Octopus Energy US sees a big opportunity to continue its UK success story across the pond and help US customers benefit from decarbonised electricity.According to Michael Lee, the CEO of Octopus Energy US, customers can be the centrepiece of a grid based around more flexible demand if the focus is on cheaper prices and rewards for joining the road to decarbonisation.He joins Watt Matter's David Weston and Jan Rosenow to look at the company's goal to boost customer's involvement in the energy transition and the challenges of decarbonising the US grid.Enjoy the show!If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our X accounts:Michael Lee:https://twitter.com/The_Michael_Lee?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorMichaela Holl:https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1Jan Rosenow:https://twitter.com/janrosenowDavid Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHTMichaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenowKira Taylor: https://twitter.com/KiraTaylor15@WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPodFORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdkShow notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep47/.Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/.Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva.TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAYJoin over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & EnergyGET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are no studies where absolute zero emissions can be reached with reductions alone, meaning carbon removals are crucial to reaching ‘net' zero emissions, according to the IPCC. After the world has reached that point, any remaining emission would need to be countered by an equivalent removal from the atmosphere. Because of this, the world of carbon removals is rapidly growing in importance, from technological innovations to legislation looking into how to verify removals. To introduce us to the world of capture and storage (CCS) and carbon dioxide removals (CDR), Eve Tamme, policy expert and founder of climate policy advisory, Climate Principles, joins the Watt Matters team. Enjoy the show. If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our X accounts: Eve Tamme: https://twitter.com/EveTamme?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow Kira Taylor: https://twitter.com/KiraTaylor15 @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep46/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

Public transport operators are highly visible to the wider public. Increasingly their services are being electrified or run on clean energy. In this special live episode, Watt Matters delves into the procurement issues these operators are facing when it comes to low-carbon solutions. The transport sector is a crucial area of the economy that needs to decarbonise. As public transport operators face pressure to transition to low-carbon alternatives, they are also coming up against several challenges. Infrastructure, public procurement processes and public perception are all barriers they must overcome. In this special live episode, recorded at the Resource 2023 event in Amsterdam, Watt Matters delves into the public procurement of energy for the transport sector. Our guests on this week's episode are: - Oier Lopez de Brinãs Gorosabel, sustainability strategist at the Stockholm Regional Authority - Paolo Marchetti, commercial, strategy, innovation and sustainability director for Azienda Trasporti Milanesi in Milan - Mario Canet, international business consultant for Transports Metropolitans Barcelona - Julius Kaden, corporate account manager at ACT Commodities If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep45/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

Since 2015, Poland has been governed by the Law and Justice Party, which has been sceptical about EU climate policy and been at loggerheads with Brussels over rule of law, leading to the suspension of EU funds, including those earmarked for the green transition. This could all be about to change following October's national election, where the opposition parties together won more support than the Law and Justice Party. With the groups now expected to form a coalition, this could mean a more pro-EU, climate-friendly government. To discuss what changes the new Polish government might bring about, founder and president of the Polish think tank Forum Energii, Dr Joanna Maćkowiak-Pandera, joins David Weston and Kira Taylor. Enjoy the show! If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: David Weston Kira Taylor @WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy Joanna Maćkowiak-Pandera: https://twitter.com/jmpandera David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT Kira Taylor: https://twitter.com/KiraTaylor15 @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep44/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

Every year, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) puts together a report, looking at the cost of renewable power production. 2022's shows that, despite inflation, the cost has dropped. According to the report, the global weighted average levelised cost of electricity from new utility-scale solar, onshore wind, bioenergy and geothermal production fell. Thanks to the rise in fossil fuel prices, this makes the cost argument for renewables more compelling, according to IRENA. However, the picture is complicated, with China a key driver for the drop in solar photovoltaics and onshore wind. To explain more, Michael Taylor, senior analyst for renewable cost status and outlook at IRENA, joins David, Jan and Michaela. Enjoy the show! If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT Kira Taylor: https://twitter.com/KiraTaylor15 Michael Taylor: https://twitter.com/mtaylor_nz Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep43/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

In a special live recording of the podcast, Michael Liebriech, Katharina Umpfenbach and Dennis Hesseling join the team to discuss shifting the energy infrastructure of today into a decarbonised system of tomorrow Sufficient and effective physical infrastructure—either electricity cables or gas pipelines—is vital for a successful energy transition. But the planning and building of any new such infrastructure has not received the attention it deserves with most debates focussing on the scaling up of renewable energies or on market rules for power, gas and hydrogen. With the goal of practically eliminating gas from the energy mix and depending on electrons for our power, scaling back the pipelines and extending the cables over the next two decades is a huge undertaking. In this special live podcast—recorded at an event organised by Agora Energiewende, the Regulatory Assistance Project, Energy Cities and FORESIGHT Climate and Energy—we discussed how moving away from fossil fuels is more than just a fuel change. Our guests on the podcast this week are Dennis Hesseling, head of gas, coal and power at the International Energy Agency; Katharina Umpfenbach, head of infrastructure and energy systems at the German energy agency, Dena; and Michael Liebriech, CEO of Liebriech Associates, managing partner of EcoPragma Capital and host of rival energy podcast, “Cleaning Up – Leadership in an Age of Climate Change”. Enjoy the show. If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT Kira Taylor: https://twitter.com/KiraTaylor15 Dennis Hesseling: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennishesseling Katharina Umpfenbach: https://twitter.com/UmpfenbachK Michael Libriech: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mliebreich @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep42/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

The energy crisis put a spotlight on energy usage for British consumers as soaring bills dropped through letterboxes across the country. Renewable solutions can help tackle high prices, as well as lower emissions, and companies like Scottish Power are trying to roll these out. Heat pumps, solar panels and other solutions offer healthier home environments, lower energy bills and higher home values, but the transition can be tricky. To get around this, companies need to be transparent and help consumers understand the benefits of renewable solutions. On this week's episode of Watt Matters, Chris Carberry, Smart Solutions Director at Scottish Power, joins Jan and David to discuss how companies can help households participate in the energy transition and ensure that no one is left behind. Enjoy the show. If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Chris Carberry: https://twitter.com/chriscarberrysp Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT Kira Taylor: https://twitter.com/KiraTaylor15 @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep41/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

The energy transition is a big puzzle for Australia, an important player in the fossil energy world, with large coal and gas reserves. It ranks eighth highest globally for emissions per capita and first for coal power emissions per capita, according to Climate Action Tracker, an independent scientific project. In the last few years, the country has seen a surge in solar energy as fossil fuel prices have risen, and “Teal” candidates winning elections on platforms advocating for more climate action. Despite this, it still struggles with inefficient buildings and the question of how to transform its grids. In this week's episode, David, Jan, and Michaela are joined by the CEO of Australia's Energy Efficiency Council, Luke Menzel, to delve into the politics and practicalities of the country's energy transition. Enjoy the show. If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Luke Menzel: https://twitter.com/lukemenzel?lang=en Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT Kira Taylor: https://twitter.com/KiraTaylor15 @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep40/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

In the past 12 months, the energy transition has had some successes: the Inflation Reduction Act in the United States and the EU's response in the form of the Net Zero Industry Act are both designed to turbocharge green investments. But there is still the overwhelming feeling that progress is slow. With the recent wildfires in Greece and the repeated “hottest month on record” headlines, the urgency to decarbonise is ramping up. “The era of global boiling has arrived,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned in late July. In this week's episode of Watt Matters and before we go off on our holidays, Jan, Michaela and David examine the progress made in the energy transition so far this year. They also discuss what topics need greater focus in the coming months and pick out some of their highlights from the year so far. Enjoy the show. If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT Kira Taylor: https://twitter.com/KiraTaylor15 @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep39/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

As we move into the second half of the year, a key trend of the first part of 2023 is the confidence that surrounds the solar sector. With a number of new policy packages announced over the past 12 months, the industry is buoyed by new momentum. In its latest Market Outlook, SolarPower Europe, a trade association, revealed that 239 gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity was installed in 2022, with 118 GW in the rooftop segment. Having taken 22 years to reach its first terawatt of capacity, the world will reach its second and third terawatt in just the next five years. But there are still problems that the solar sector needs to face up to: a supply chain dominated by Chinese companies and an ongoing lack of regulation in Europe to support the scale-up further. To discuss why the sector is invigorated and the barriers to overcome, our guest on the podcast this week is Dries Acke, a director at SolarPower Europe. Enjoy the show. If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Dries Acke: https://twitter.com/driesacke Kira Taylor: https://twitter.com/KiraTaylor15 Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep38/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

The European Union is currently working on a law to monitor and tackle methane emissions, which have a significant impact on the climate and have, so far, been somewhat overlooked in EU legislation. There are moves, both internationally and on the EU level, to tackle these emissions, including a pledge made at COP26 to reduce emissions by at least 30% by 2030, based on 2020 levels. The EU's Methane Regulation should help the bloc meet this pledge, but the European Parliament and EU countries differ on what they want from the legislation as they gear up for negotiations, known as trilogues in EU jargon, to decide the final law. On this week's episode of Watt Matters, Kira, Jan and Michaela are joined by Jutta Paulus, a Green MEP from Germany, who is a negotiator in the trilogues for the European Parliament. Enjoy the show. If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Jutta Paulus: https://twitter.com/JuttaPaulusRLP Kira Taylor: https://twitter.com/KiraTaylor15 Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep37/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

The smart use of energy within buildings could help support the energy transition. Most of us spend most of our time in buildings, and they are responsible for a huge share in overall emissions. The smarter use of energy, installation of smart controls and energy efficiency could help buildings play a role in the energy transition, and provide some additional benefits to its users: all of us. In this week's episode of Watt Matters, Michaela, Jan and David are delving into the role households can play in the energy transition, specifically by providing flexibility services. To talk through the potential of household flexibility and where homeowners can also gain, our guest this week is Tobias Mitter from GridX, a German software company that helps building operations and energy management. Enjoy the show. If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Tobias Mitter: https://twitter.com/tobiasmitter Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep36/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

A number of synergies have yet to be unlocked between district heating and cooling networks and industries, with both sectors looking to decarbonise. Both sectors are highly complementary. The ability to recover excess heat from industrial processes—and more recently the likes of data centres—is opening new opportunities to help decarbonise district networks by supplying sustainable heat to residential or commercial buildings. But the rollout of new networks and the forethought to couple them with industrial heat sources is lacking. This week's episode of Watt Matters is a special live recording that formed part of the Euroheat & Power congress in Turin (May 22nd-24th). David and Michaela are joined by Ana Cardoso from the Portuguese energy agency, Adene; Emanuele Pingaro of heating engineering firm Turboden; Malgosia Ryback from the Confederation of European Paper Industries; and Carlo Semeraro of thermal solar company Absolicon Solar Collector to discuss the issues facing the combination of district heating and industry. Enjoy the show. If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Ana Cardoso Adene: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anaisabelcardoso/ Emanuele Pingaro: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emanuele-pingaro-011a25135/ Malgosia Ryback: https://twitter.com/malgosiarybak?lang=en Carlo Semeraro: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlo-matteo-semeraro-42a45a27/ Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep35/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

A growing trend within the energy transition is the use of energy communities – collectives of neighbours or nearby residents and end-users coming together to promote and source renewable energy for their own benefit. Yet this shift away from the traditional centralised energy system brings with it its own set of challenges. Our guest on the podcast this week is Anna Francis, a project manager with a particular interest in energy communities from Energy Cities—a European Association of local authorities working on the energy transition. Enjoy the show. If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Anna Francis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-francis-5392955 Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep34/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

The decarbonisation of heating is as important as any other sector in the energy transition but is perhaps sometimes a little overlooked. The sector's main tools to help remove carbon emissions from space heating are heat pumps and the rollout of the technology is quickly gathering pace, particularly in Europe, but regulatory and technological barriers remain. The guest on the podcast this week is Thomas Nowak, secretary general of the European heat pump association. Nowak describes what the sector needs to see happen to fully unleash its potential, while he and Michaela debate the European Commission's revised F-Gas directive. Enjoy the show. If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Thomas Nowak: https://twitter.com/ThomasNowakEU Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep33/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

Greenhouse gas emissions are a global problem as carbon dioxide, and the heating side-effects caused by it do not respect national frontiers. This means that a country or region that may have the best decarbonisation intentions will only partly achieve its objectives if the rest of the planet is not playing by the same rule book. An innovative and, in some circles, controversial new climate superweapon designed by the European Union is coming into frame. The carbon border adjustment mechanism, known as CBAM, is a variant of a carbon border tax that will soon be deployed at the EU's trade borders. A select list of imports that do not respect certain green criteria will be slapped with extra charges, in a bid to get trade partners to follow the EU's lead and get serious about the energy transition. The mere idea of CBAM has already prompted some governments to start designing their own systems to avoid the anti-climate-dumping regime, while others are crying foul and threatening to lodge complaints at the highest level. Watt Matters is joined by one of the architects of CBAM, MEP Mohammed Chahim, in order to delve into the detail of the new tool in the EU's green arsenal. The discussion with one of the European Parliament's most intelligent and thoughtful energy lawmakers looks at what the complex negotiations settled on, what was rejected and what the future holds for the new rules. Also, don't miss why today's guest was chased into a public toilet by overly enthusiastic lobbyists. Enjoy the show. If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Mohammed Chahim: https://twitter.com/MChahim Oliver Sartor: https://twitter.com/ojsartor Sam Morgan: https://twitter.com/SamJamesMorgan Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep32/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

Any discussion of energy efficiency immediately conjures images of how our homes can use power better or more economically. But this ignores the whole commercial and industrial sectors and how businesses and corporations can improve the efficiency of their activities. This week's guest is Toby Morgan from Climate Group, a non-profit organisation that helps businesses in their decarbonisation quest. Climate Group have published a new report, which looks at why there has never been a better time for businesses to invest in energy efficiency and to improve their energy resilience. Enjoy the show. If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Toby Morgan: https://twitter.com/Toby__Morgan Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep31/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

The world of PPAs is complex, particularly for corporations seeking to secure and decarbonise their power sources. But as demand for clean capacity from businesses grows, so must the PPA market. Maintaining the fluidity of the market and ensuring everyone can get a slice of the pie if they want to is a challenge for operators, developers and regulators. In a special live recording of the podcast at the SolarPower Summit in Brussels in early March, the Watt Matters team are joined by an esteemed panel of experts from across the corporate sourcing world to discuss these challenges and how the market is also providing some of the solutions. This week's guests are: Ruud Kempener from DG Ener at the European Commission Annie Scanlan, Policy & Impact Director from RE-Source, a forum for corporate renewable energy sourcing Maria Flora Middelboe Andersen, Reel Energy, a Danish digital power market aggregation company Toby Ferenczi, CEO and co-founder of Granular Energy, a software company that helps utilities, traders and large energy buyers to manage their portfolio of energy certificates Jaime Gorjon Piquer, PPA Origination Director at Portugese utility EDPR Nick Keramidas, Executive Director of EU & Regulator Affairs, Mytilienos, a Greek electro-intensive metallurgical company Enjoy the show. If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Ruud Kempener Annie Scanlan Maria Flora Middelboe Andersen Toby Ferenczi Jaime Gorjon Piquer Nick Keramidas Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep30/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

The wind industry should be experiencing a golden age. As one of the world's cheapest forms of new generation, with a renewed global focus on energy security, and the need to decarbonise, wind energy is often the go-to technology of choice. But orders for new machinery were down in 2022, and western original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have issued warnings for a difficult 2023. A similar story is seen along the whole supply chain. Many fingers point to permitting, particularly in Europe, as the main bottleneck for the deployment of new wind capacity. But there are other issues the sector is facing that it must also overcome. In this week's Watt Matters, Ben Blackwell, CEO of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), and Morten Dyrholm, Vice President and Global Head of Marketing and Public Affairs at Danish OEM Vestas Wind and chair of GWEC, discuss with the team why the wind manufacturing sector is struggling, what the solutions could be and why there is still cause for optimism. Enjoy the show! If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Morten Dyrholm: https://twitter.com/MDyrholm Ben Backwell: https://twitter.com/benwindstrategy Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep29/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

The branches of the burgeoning green hydrogen sector are spreading slowly around the world. This creates huge uncertainty but also significant opportunities for businesses and governments the world over to leverage a whole new industry. The guest on this week's podcast is Sara Edmonson from Australia-based developer Fortescue Future Industries—a company that solely focuses on green hydrogen and ammonia production. Edmonson believes green hydrogen technology is ready to scale up, but issues around permitting of renewables and new other projects need to be sorted out. Meanwhile, the green hydrogen sector offers export opportunities for emerging markets that have significant renewables potential but not the grid infrastructure to support it. Enjoy the show! If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Sara Edmonson: https://twitter.com/FortescueFuture Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep28/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

As Europe emerges from the long dark winter days, many grid operators around Europe are breathing a sigh of relief. A milder winter than expected meant there wasn't the need for increased levels of fossil fuel generation to meet heightened demand. A new report by environmental think-tank Ember found wind and solar technologies generated a fifth of EU electricity in 2022—a new record—and for the first time overtook fossil gas. Coal power share increased by just 1.5 percentage points to generate 16% of EU electricity in 2022, with year-on-year falls in the last four months of 2022 as Europe prevented a threatened return to coal power in the wake of the 2022 energy crisis. Joining the team this week is Ember's head of data insights and lead author on the report, Dave Jones. We discuss what to look out for in 2023 and how Europe can avoid returning to old habits. Enjoy the show! If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Dave Jones: https://twitter.com/CoalFreeDave Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep27/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

European energy markets are at a crossroads: on the one hand, they need to face the immediate shocks posed by the ongoing energy price crisis. On the other hand, the EU's electricity market is gearing towards reform in 2023, which should make it fit to deliver a decarbonised power system by 2035. The need for a strong, stable and resilient energy market in the short term must also consider long-term decarbonisation goals. Join us in this live recording of the Watt Matters podcast, hosted at Eurelectric's offices in Brussels, with support from Siemens and Linde, where we dive deep into the EU's electricity market reforms. First, we hear from the European Commission's Director-General for Energy, Ditte Juul Jorgensen, as she explains how Brussels has been addressing the many challenges of the past 12 months. Then, we are joined in a debate with representatives from three of the EU's most prominent energy trade associations: Kristian Ruby (Secretary General at Eurelectric), Walburga Hemetsberger (CEO at SolarPower Europe) and Giles Dickson (CEO at WindEurope). They tell us how the clean energy sector is preparing to take up the challenge and what it needs to see happen to accelerate the energy transition. Enjoy the show! If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Kristian Ruby: https://twitter.com/kristianruby Walburga Hemetsberger: https://twitter.com/SolarWalburga Giles Dickson/WindEurope: https://twitter.com/WindEurope Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT Anna Gumbau: https://twitter.com/AnnaGumbau @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Art director: Trine Natskår. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep25/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest climate and energy package in the history of the United States. It will unleash some $370 billion for energy and climate, and it will touch every sector of the economy, from manufacturing to renewable energy communities or environmental justice. The IRA could launch America back into international leadership in climate mitigation, says Katherine Hamilton, longtime host of The Energy Gang podcast and our guest in today's episode – our 25th, marking one year since the launch of Watt Matters. The EU is watching the US' steps and is highly concerned about the protectionist nature of the Inflation Reduction Act. However, the tax incentives envisioned in the IRA could scale up clean energy technology and provide real carbon reductions – and that “will allow the US to become a much better global neighbour,” said Hamilton. Katherine Hamilton is Chair of 38 North Solutions and is now a regular contributor to The Carbon Copy podcast. Hamilton has led several councils of the World Economic Forum as a global policy and technology thought leader and is currently Chair of the Global Future Council on Clean Electrification. She served as President of the GridWise Alliance, advocating for smart grid funding in the Obama Administration's Recovery Act. Enjoy the show! If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Katherine Hamilton: https://twitter.com/CleanGridView Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT Anna Gumbau: https://twitter.com/AnnaGumbau @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Art director: Trine Natskår. Show notes via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep25/. TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

Off the back of an intense two weeks in Egypt, the COP27 negotiations were once again deemed underwhelming. There were some successes: Developed countries will provide finance to emerging economies affected by climate-related disasters. But much of the focus remained on climate adaptation rather than mitigation.  After nearly 30 years of international climate talks, questions are being raised over the efficacy of these events and what value they hold as the global community seeks to decarbonise.  This week the team is joined by Simon Evans, deputy editor and senior policy editor at Carbon Brief, a website specialising in the science and policy of climate change, to discuss his experiences of the talks, what needs to be done to truly begin phasing out damaging fossil fuels from the global economy, and the power of social media in the debate around the energy transition.  Enjoy the show! If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Simon Evans: https://twitter.com/DrSimEvans Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT Anna Gumbau: https://twitter.com/AnnaGumbau @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Art director: Trine Natskår. Show notes (via this link: https://foresightdk.com/wm-ep24/): Barcelona students to take mandatory climate crisis module from 2024 A policy toolkit for global mass heat pump deployment - Regulatory Assistance Project A ‘buildings breakthrough' agenda at COP means heat pumps are in the limelight - FORESIGHT COP27: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Sharm el-Sheikh - Carbon Brief Daily Briefing | Revue Living with Heat Pumps - Fully Charged Show Live recording of Watt Matters: Shocks, stability and sustainable markets TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

Global solar capacity continues to rise and solar PV is becoming ever more popular among homeowners as costs fall. As its role in the energy transition becomes more prominent, new technologies and business models developing. Our guest this week is Alexandra Sombsthay, vice president for external relations at renewable energy developer Akuo Energy. In this episode, we discuss new, innovative possibilities and solutions for solar energy, including agrivoltaics and progress in storage technologies. Prior to joining Akuo, Alexandra previously worked at the European Commission in the directorate-general for energy. Alexandra was posted between 2006-07 at the EU delegation in Beijing, where she initiated the Euro-China Clean Energy Centre. She has previously worked as an adviser on European affairs for the Belgian Minister for Environment and Energy. Enjoy the show! If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Alexandra Sombsthay: https://twitter.com/alexsombsthay Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT Anna Gumbau: https://twitter.com/AnnaGumbau @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Art director: Trine Natskår. Show notes: World Energy Outlook 2022 – Analysis - IEA: https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2022 SolarPower Europe extremely concerned by Commission proposals on Electricity Market measures: https://www.solarpowereurope.org/press-releases/solar-power-europe-extremely-concerned-by-proposed-electricity-market-reforms The world is missing its lofty climate targets. Time for some realism | The Economist: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/11/03/the-world-is-missing-its-lofty-climate-targets-time-for-some-realism Updates from COP27 in Egypt | Clean Energy Council: https://www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au/news/cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-update TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.

Heating is becoming an increasingly pivotal issue in the energy transition, especially as we enter a winter where many of us are thinking twice about when to put the heating on in our homes. However, sustainable heating solutions seem absent in the EU's response to the energy crisis. District heating & cooling (DHC) networks are one of the most efficient solutions to lower emissions from our buildings. But its decarbonisation potential is still untapped, as most of the heat in these networks is still produced with fossil fuels. In this episode, we look into the policy incentives needed to decarbonise our heating systems and how the EU can make the most of the potential of DHC. This week's guest is Aurélie Beauvais, Managing Director at Brussels-based association Euroheat & Power. She previously held the position of Deputy CEO and Policy Director of SolarPower Europe from 2017 to 2021. She also headed the European Affairs department of the French Union of Electricity from 2012 to 2017. Enjoy the show! If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week's episode, you can reach us at our Twitter accounts: Aurélie Beauvais: https://twitter.com/ABClimate Michaela Holl: https://twitter.com/CitizenSane1 Jan Rosenow: https://twitter.com/janrosenow David Weston: https://twitter.com/DaveW_FORESIGHT Anna Gumbau: https://twitter.com/AnnaGumbau @WattMattersPod: https://twitter.com/WattMattersPod FORESIGHT Climate & Energy: https://twitter.com/FORESIGHTdk Listen and subscribe to Watt Matters wherever you get podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @WattMattersPod or email us at show@wattmatterspodcast.com. You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-climate-energy/. Illustration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. Art director: Trine Natskår. Show notes: Comment | Why solar farms can benefit wildlife - Keele University: https://www.keele.ac.uk/about/news/2022/october/solar-wildlife/solar-farms-wildlife.php Biodiversity measures to fast-track renewables deployment - FORESIGHT: https://foresightdk.com/biodiversity-measures-to-fast-track-renewables-deployment/?token=renewables_biodiversity Michael Liebrich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLiebreich/status/1584109605285953536 Commission work programme: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/cwp_2023.pdf Scotland generates record amount of renewable electricity - BBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63229402 A 10-Point Plan to accelerate the EU heat transition: https://www.euroheat.org/resource/a-10-point-plan-to-accelerate-the-eu-heat-transition.html?utm_campaign=10-point+action+plan TRY FULL ACCESS TO FORESIGHT CLIMATE & ENERGY FOR €1 A DAY Join over 100,000 policymakers, energy experts in business, finance, and academia, city leaders, and leading NGOs in having access to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy GET YOUR 30 DAY TRIAL: www.foresightdk.com/subscribe/.