Best Energystorage Podcasts (2024)

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The wonders of a switchgear factory 17:57

8d ago17:57

17:57

A factory is far from a plain and boring building; it’s a bustling hive of creativity and innovation where raw materials are transformed into groundbreaking technologies. It’s a place where brilliant minds with diverse backgrounds and specialties come together to turn blueprints into reality. Our guest, Claire Carmona, Operating Unit Manager of the…

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High-voltage R&D powers the future 25:03

14d ago25:03

25:03

Research & Development (R&D) is the driving force behind new innovations and better solutions. It is the key to advance high-voltage solutions by creating significant and high-quality improvements. In short, R&D makes everything more awesome. It’s all about exploring what’s possible and creating ways to make technology work better. Tune in to this …

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The high-voltage basics 21:31

18d ago21:31

21:31

One thing is clear: high-voltage is crucial for long-distance transmission of power. High-voltage systems have several components, each serving a significant function to ensure the grid is reliable, stable, and safe. In this episode, Dr. Christian Ohler breaks down the fascinating world of high voltage systems, from different types of switchgear to…

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The energy transition and the history of the electrical grid 25:06

2M ago25:06

25:06

Heard the expression ‘energy transition’ before and not quite sure what it means? Ever wondered how the electrical grid came to be? Or whether the electricity we use in our lives is sustainable? In this episode, Dr. Markus Heimbach, Managing Director of the High Voltage Products business unit in Hitachi Energy and the best person to answer these qu…

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Women Outreach in Cleantech Sector- Gauri Singh-IRENA 14:00

1y ago14:00

14:00

Gauri Singh, Deputy Director General of IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency, is a career bureaucrat with over 30 years of experience in policy formulation, implementation, and advocacy in renewable energy, sustainable development, and livelihoods. She has walked a long and fruitful path in the energy domain, but her most notable achiev…

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India's first geared electric motorbike 27:00

1+ y ago27:00

27:00

MATTER recently launched India’s first advanced all-electric motorbike with a gearbox, the motorbike meant for green and connected mobility of the future, aided by next generation technology. The e-bike has been designed and engineered in-house from the ground-up, with a consumer-centric product development approach focused on safety, security, rel…

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Sustainable Data Centers (Pt. 2) 27:04

1+ y ago27:04

27:04

Demand for data centers is soaring, prompting calls to cut carbon emissions. In part 2 of a 2-part series, we are joined by Dave Sterlace, Strategic Account Manager for Data Centers at Hitachi Energy, who shares some insights on how to power data centers more sustainably. Important links: Hitachi Energy - Data Centers Webpage Blog post: Powering da…

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Sustainable Data Centers (Pt. 1) 23:29

1+ y ago23:29

23:29

Demand for data centers is soaring, prompting calls to cut carbon emissions. In part 1 of a 2-part series, we are joined by Dave Sterlace, Strategic Account Manager for Data Centers at Hitachi Energy, who shares some insights on how to power data centers more sustainably. Important links: Hitachi Energy - Data Centers Webpage Blog post: Powering da…

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DST-IESA Industry Research & Development Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme 15:14

2y ago15:14

15:14

Please listen in Dr. Ranjith Krishna Pai, Scientist E & Director at Technology Mission division at DST briefing about mission innovation, focus areas & activities towards industry-academia collaboration. India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) is pleased to launch Industry Research & Development Fellowship Programme 2022 (IRDFP) call for applications …

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Dr. N. Kalaiselvi- Director General CSIR, India’s largest research organization 34:28

2y ago34:28

34:28

Heartiest Congratulations to Dr N. Kalaiselvi on her appointment as Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India’s largest research organisation. This makes her the first woman director general of India’s premier eight-decade-old research and development (R&D) organisation. Please listen in about Dr Kalaiselvi…

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EOS Zinc Hybrid Battery Technology 47:20

2y ago47:20

47:20

EOSE got listed on NASDAQ via SPAC route in November 2020. The company has worked on the battery technology for over a decade and the core of the EOS energy storage systems is the zinc hybrid cathode battery technology, they call it as EOS Znyth. With 3-12 hours of discharge capability, immediate response time, and modular construction, the Eos sys…

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Renewable Energy Roadmap for C&I consumers 14:06

2y ago14:06

14:06

There is increasing interest from private sector commercial & industrial companies to adopt sustainability practices and they are willing to reduce their carbon footprint. Some large corporates have started monitoring and measuring their scope 1, scope 2 & scope 3 emissions. Listen in to find out.. what all options are available for C & I segment, …

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Preparing grids to meet the growing demand for EV fleet charging 25:36

2y ago25:36

25:36

In the following episode, we explore the anticipated, widespread electrification of vehicle fleets with Brian Wilkie, Director of Business Development NY Transportation Electrification at National Grid, and Gary Rackliffe, Vice President of Market Development and Innovation, North America at Hitachi Energy. From city buses to delivery vans to maint…

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Prof Jhunjhunwala: Building eco-system for budding clean-tech entrepreneurs 39:21

2y ago39:21

39:21

Please listen in the conversation with Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala, President, IITM Research Park about his journey, his passion for ''make in India'', starting of IIT Madras Research park, creating young entrepreneurs providing innovative solutions, nurturing start-ups for real world challenges, his views on battery swapping and also advice to young t…

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India Energy Storage Week 2022 12:06

2+ y ago12:06

12:06

The India Energy Storage Week Conference is a one-of-a-kind learning and collaboration platform that brings together key policymakers, innovators, thought leaders, researchers, leading companies, government agencies and stakeholders from around the world to discuss the policies framework, market transformation strategies, and technologies and busin…

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Supplying Raw Material for Global Lithium-Ion Battery Market 41:42

2+ y ago41:42

41:42

Listen to Mr. Vikram Handa, Managing Director Epsilon Carbon Pvt Limited Sharing his experience of building Epsilon carbon, a leading manufacturer of coal tar derivatives and India's only backward-integrated company with a dedicated source of raw materials. He shares about plant manufacturing capacity, experience of customer acquisition, supplying …

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Addressing EV fires & safety challenges in India 25:18

2+ y ago25:18

25:18

On the background of recent disturbing EV fire incidences, it is important to understand what can trigger the fire in lithium batteries. Everyone involved in EV eco- system should take responsibility of safety first and make sure that consumers do not lose the confidence in the cleaner mobility. Listen to Mr Stefan Louis explaining the WHY, WHEN, W…

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Investing in early careers programs 43:13

2+ y ago43:13

43:13

Early careers is not just about giving either current students or recently graduated students relevant learning experience, it's about attracting our future leaders. For our industry specifically, we seek to find passionate and driven individuals ready to energize their careers while advancing a sustainable energy future for all. Listen along as tw…

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#WomenLeaders in Energy: Archana Bhatnagar 26:14

2+ y ago26:14

26:14

Listen to Archana Bhatnagar, Director - Sales & Project Development at Wartsila India Pvt Ltd, sharing her journey, her role from planning to commercial operations for new projects in India & Wartsila’s role in meeting the world’s increased demand for energy in a sustainable way. She asks new women entrants not to get bogged down just thinking abou…

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UNIDO's FLCTD - Promoting Innovation & Deployment of Low Carbon Technologies 26:46

2+ y ago26:46

26:46

UNIDO's FLCTD Project facilitates identification of innovative low-carbon technologies in India and provides financial support up to US $50,000 for validation and its commercialization. Listen to Mr. Sandeep Tondon, sharing his experience leading FLCTD program, technology verticals, innovation challenge process, funding allocation, validation & ben…

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Importance of Safety Standards for Energy Storage Systems 37:35

2+ y ago37:35

37:35

As India is on the verge of adoption of energy storage systems in a big way, it is important to understand safety standard requirements of these systems right at the start of the journey for the smooth adoption and operation of the systems. Listen to Dr Judy Jeevarajan, Vice President & Executive Director, Electrochemical Safety Research Institute …

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Fluence: Supporting Global Energy Transition with Excellence 38:45

2+ y ago38:45

38:45

Mr. Achal Sondhi, Vice President - Growth, at Fluence for APAC region shares about company’s vision, growth strategy, experience of installation & commissioning of energy storage projects at various parts of the world, learnings with problem solving, taking care of safety & standards, trends of energy storage projects as well as financing such proj…

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2021: Indian energy storage industry’s big leap forward 8:13

2+ y ago8:13

8:13

2021 was the year of many industry-advancing announcements, and a year where India Energy Storage Alliances’ (IESA), long-standing efforts to transform India into a global manufacturing hub for advanced energy storage technologies took a big leap forward. Listen in some of the hi-lights of 2021 from India. Wishing all our listeners happier, healthi…

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Importance of Value Chain in setting up Battery Gigafactory 27:36

2+ y ago27:36

27:36

With India’s focus on Advance chemistry cell battery manufacturing, the India battery supply chain council aims to develop a holistic, sustainable & robust ecosystem for the supply chain of batteries in the country. On this background, we bring you a special interview of Mr. Simon Moore; MD, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence talking about lithium pric…

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Building the largest Gigafactory of Europe-Italvolt-Lars Carlstorm (part2) 18:45

2+ y ago18:45

18:45

Mr. Lars Carlstorm, founder & CEO of Italvolt; sharing his journey of entrepreneurship of four decades, ups & downs, identifying opportunities, creating opportunities and some practical advice to new entrepreneurs.By Netra

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Building the largest Gigafactory of Europe-Italvolt-Lars Carlstorm (part1) 30:40

2+ y ago30:40

30:40

Mr. Lars Carlstorm, founder & CEO of Italvolt; talking about his vision, decision, investment, site selection & plan of building one of the largest gigafactories in Europe.By Netra

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DISCOM’s perspective on BESS projects in India 22:46

3y ago22:46

22:46

On the background of SECI’s BESS bid document, industry is wondering if DISCOMs will sign battery storage procurement agreement. Please listen to Mr. Praveer Sinha, MD & CEO Tata Power, implementer & practitioner of India’s first grid scale project, talking about the experience & plan for adding more renewables along with energy storage.…

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DHI invites 50 GWh bids for ACC Battery Manufacturing in India 35:23

3y ago35:23

35:23

The Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI), Gov of India has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to invite bidders for setting up manufacturing facilities under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to promote Advance Chemistry Cell (ACC) ACC manufacturing in the country. This is an important step to develop greenfield giga-scale advance cell ma…

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India kickstarts GWh scale energy storage procurement 16:57

3y ago16:57

16:57

On the occasion of the 5th World Energy Storage Day, Mr Ghanashyam Prasad, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India shared about the launch of 1000MWh tender for energy storage in October 2021. He mentioned about the steering committee being ready with the draft of guidelines and bid document. He also assured Government’s support for…

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Trends in the renewable energy transition 41:41

3y ago41:41

41:41

In our latest episode, we are joined by Kent Knutson, Energy Market Specialist with Hitachi ABB Power Grids, who enlightened us on some recent trends in North America related to the recent Biden Administration proposal to expand investment in critical areas of our nation’s critical infrastructure. Listen along as he explores the kinds of energy inv…

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The Massachusetts Clean Peak Energy Standard 31:00

3y ago31:00

31:00

Mike Berlinski, Director, Emerging Tech, Customized Energy Solutions shares concept behind Clean Peak Energy Standard program by state of Massachusetts, USA. CPS is an innovative approach to create a cleaner and more affordable energy future, promoting the use of clean energy technologies to supply power during peak demand duration. To learn such u…

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Entering the next phase of our renewable energy future with microgrids and virtual power plants 42:36

3y ago42:36

42:36

As we enter the next era of energy, which is focused on decreasing emissions, eliminating our dependence on fossil fuels, and increasing our use of distributed energy resources, there are tons of emerging and exciting technologies of which we can take advantage. Join grid edge solution experts Tilo Buehler, Head of Product Management for Grid Edge …

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EVangelise Innovation Challenge by iCreate 33:21

3y ago33:21

33:21

Mr Anupam Jalote, CEO of iCreate (International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology) shares the philosophy behind the EVangelise innovation challenge aimed at improving efficiency of electric 2 & 3 wheelers, details of the various categories & stages of the challenge as well as rewards at each stage. He emphasizes on the idea of building kno…

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Conversation with Mr. Siddharth Mayur, MD-h2e Power Systems 33:50

3y ago33:50

33:50

Mr Siddharth Mayur, Founder & MD of h2e Power systems shares his idea about creating the most inexpensive fuel cell technology in the world. He talks about the h2e’s plan to manufacturing low-cost, low-pressure hydrogen fuel cell 3 wheelers, his collaboration with Canada-based company 'Hydrogen in Motion', his views on India’s hydrogen economy & hy…

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Insights from Industry Veteran Dr Prabhakar Patil for Indian Gigafactory aspirants 24:06

3y ago24:06

24:06

Dr Prabhakar Patil, former CEO of LG Chem Power Inc, shares his experience of early days of setting up LG Chem’s lithium cell Gigafactory in USA. According to him, Lithium-ion battery technology is going to be around for foreseeable future, which brings high level of confidence for entities making investment, but it is important to gain economies o…

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Women in Energy (Pt. 3): Making an impact through Diversity & Inclusion Programs 35:21

3y ago35:21

35:21

In part 3 of our Women in Energy series, Julia Des Chenes and Allison Cohen discuss how you can embrace diversity and inclusion programs at your organization to learn, grow and thrive. We’ll also talk about some ways employee resource groups (ERGs) can help support this growth and examples of how our Women in Energy employee resource group (ERG) at…

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NavAlt- Transforming marine transport for greener tomorrow 54:33

3y ago54:33

54:33

ADITYA, India’s first solar electric passenger ferry boat has been operational in Kerla backwaters for more than 4 years now, providing pollution free clean ride & also saving thousands of liters of diesel, lakhs of rupees of money to the Kerala State Water Transport Department in operating cost. Mr Sandith Thandasherry, the creator of ADITYA, Foun…

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Setting up Giga Factories in India: Vision! Strategy! Execution! 28:54

3y ago28:54

28:54

With ACC PLI scheme, the Government of India intends to optimally incentivize potential investors, both domestic and overseas, to set- up Giga-scale ACC manufacturing facilities in India. The program is technology agnostic. There are opportunities for established companies, companies who are looking for diversification as well as new companies to g…

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Finally, India enters race for Giga factories with ACC Battery PLI scheme 37:04

3y ago37:04

37:04

With cabinet approval of Rs. 18,000 Crore for PLI ACC scheme, India looks forward to having its own Giga factories of advanced chemistry cell battery manufacturing. Dr Rahul Walawalkar, President & MD, IESA shares more details on PLI scheme, what is expected from the industry participants, important criteria for selection of companies, how technolo…

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Power Pulse goes offshore (Pt. 3) 38:32

3+ y ago38:32

38:32

In this third episode in a short series on the challenges and opportunities for offshore wind power in North America, we got together with Adrienne Downey, Principal Engineer, Offshore Wind with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), and Cathy Livingston, Senior Account Manager with Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Together…

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Restoring our Earth: Shaping the future of sustainability 43:13

3+ y ago43:13

43:13

In honor of Earth Day on April 22 and this year’s theme of restoring our earth, we discuss the importance of sustainability and ways we can all contribute to a cleaner, greener, carbon-neutral future. Listen along for a fun and inspiring conversation with Johanna Flood, Head of Environment, and Matthew North, Head of Health, Safety, Environment and…

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A healthy planet is not an option — it is a necessity 25:56

3+ y ago25:56

25:56

Ms. Karuna Singh, regional director for South Asia and country director, Earth Day Network shares thought behind the 2021 theme ‘’Restore our Earth’’, initiatives by the world’s largest environmental movement, importance of climate literacy, consumer awareness to go for green products, working with agriculture sector, traditional know-how and role …

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Women in Energy (Pt. 2): Driving the offshore wind industry forward 36:46

3+ y ago36:46

36:46

In part 2 in our Women in Energy series, we speak to Carrie Cullen Hitt, Executive Director at the National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium (NOWRDC), and Fabio Fracaroli, Renewables Segment Lead at Hitachi ABB Power Grids about the budding offshore wind market, the new and exciting opportunities it presents for women entering or alr…

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Nexcharge- Early mover of lithium battery manufacturing in India 37:42

3+ y ago37:42

37:42

Mr Stefan Louis, CEO & CTO of Exide Leclanche JV – Nexcharge shares background of the partnership, various company product offerings for eMobility, Industry & Utilities Application, challenges in building team, skill development initiatives, R&D efforts, his views on PLI scheme, importance of safety & standards. He also talks about the strategy of …

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Celebrating women’s contribution in Clean Energy Transition 31:42

3+ y ago31:42

31:42

IESA ‘’Women in Energy’’ initiative is for Connecting, Educating, Inspiring, Networking & Empowering Women in #CleanEnergy transition and especially promoting this participation in the emerging areas of advanced energy storage technologies as well as eMobility sector in India. In this special episode, Dr Shalini Sarin shares her own experience of b…

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Women in Energy (Pt. 1): Empowering the next generation 29:23

3+ y ago29:23

29:23

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, we discuss a strong force in the energy industry – women! Listen along for an inspiring discussion with 2 incredible women taking the renewables sector by storm, Cathy Livingston (Hitachi ABB Power Grids) and Sarah Kelly (Kiewit Energy Group). We will discuss their journeys on becoming rising female…

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Is this the right time to scale up eMobility in India? 12:10

3+ y ago12:10

12:10

As the fuel prices are reaching a new high every day, it is high time for us to think and take actions to help reduce the dependence on imported fuel. Government is facilitating the eMobility transition by various supportive programs, policies & awareness campaigns like ''Go Electric''. The introduction of green tax along with approval to the scrap…

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Okaya Power: Emerging Leader in EV Charing Infrastructure in India 40:17

3+ y ago40:17

40:17

‘’ Change has been a factor of motivation for all the family members’’, says Mr Anshul Gupta, Director-Okaya Power group, one of the largest manufacturers and suppliers of EV charging stations, lithium-ion batteries and lead acid batteries in India. Anshul shares companies’ efforts & strategy towards indigenization to reduce the reliance on importe…

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Toyota's journey from Hybrids to Zero Emission Vehicles 42:56

3+ y ago42:56

42:56

Mr Vikar Gulati, Country Head & Senior Vice President at Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private limited, shares insight on Toyota's journey from hybrids to plan on moving to zero emission vehicles. He talk about Toyota's plan & commitment for 'Make in India'. He also shares his views on tax policies and vision about transition towards sustainable mobility.…

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2020 learnings: Embrace humanity & sustainability 8:21

3+ y ago8:21

8:21

2020 learnings: Embrace humanity & sustainability! Don’t Take Anything for Granted. It is easy to assume that things will go in a certain way and to take granted what we have. We should take out moments to Appreciate everything that we have and be grateful. We will emerge stronger as a community and the coming decade will help us move towards the m…

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