Energy Live News Podcast

UK fusion power magnets to be tested in US lab

LN has caught up with Max Rowland, a fusion power engineer from Abingdon, who has embarked on a six-month mission in the US for Tokamak Energy.

”The cheapest and cleanest energy is the one that we never consume”

Karol Gobczyński, Head of Climate and Energy at Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer in 31 countries, told ELN that refraining from investing during the era of energy transition and crisis cannot be considered a viable solution

SMEs are more vulnerable to unscrupulous pricing policies

Harvey Sinclair, Group CEO at eEnergy spoke to Sumit Bose about malpractice in the way that business energy contracts are being agreed 

Government’s heat pump scheme had a really disappointing first year

The Chair of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee spoke to ELN about the findings of an investigation into the Boiler Upgrade Scheme

 

ELN Podcast - Investment in efficiency is what will help keep energy bills flat

Paula Glover, President of the Alliance to Save Energy has spoken to ELN about how the policies being debated by Congress will impact Americans’ electricity bills.

ELN Podcast - Is this the UK’s most efficient home?

ELN spoke to Martin Evans, Director at the Malthouse Consultancy about his 'carbon negative' home 

ELN Podcast - Demand Flexibility Service - the key to future energy supply?

Households and businesses across the UK have been paid to cut back on electricity on Monday and Tuesday as part of the National Grid ESO's Demand Flexibility Service (DFS).

Although the scheme is believed to have offered much-wanted relief to the strained grid, critics have said that this might be a "sticking plaster" that could not provide a long-term solution to the rising energy needs.

Chris Broadhurst, Chief Commercial Officer at Electron, an EnTech company which provides a marketplace platform for flexible electricity grids told ELN: "It is just scratching the surface of what's possible. If we can move to a more local approach to flexibility, then I think we can really start to drive value to customers, not just when they use it, which is how the scheme is currently working, but where they use it and they will get paid real value for that."

Mr Broadhurst added that a recent study by Energy Systems Catapult showed that if the UK moves to a much more local approach to matching supply and demand and pricing energy locally, it could unlock more than £30 billion by 2035 - this means that every household could benefit from nearly a thousand of pounds.

Click the podcast to listen to the full interview.

ELN Podcast - Georgina Worral of Powerful Women

Gender diversity in energy companies moves forward at a 'glacial pace' - Georgina Worrall, Project Manager at POWERful Women spoke to ELN about the challenges women are facing working in the energy sector.

It’s not fair to fight alone against Russia

Ukrainian activists spoke to ELN about the need to end fossil fuel addiction that is feeding Russia’s war machine.

Are we all living in a pandemic of fuel poverty?

ELN takes an in-depth look at fuel poverty as soaring energy bills are pushing millions to choose between heating and food.