Best GWEC Podcasts (2024)

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Capitalizing on the gold rush: How the "Future made in Australia" act is building value, with Senator Tim Ayres 44:27

5d ago44:27

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In this episode, Senator Tim Ayres, Australia's Assistant Minister for Manufacturing and Trade, joins Stewart and Rebecca to discuss the 'Made in Australia' and "a new age of of doing things a new kind of industrial revolution," with offshore wind playing a key role. GWEC's Offshore Wind Podcast is hosted by Stewart Mullin, GWEC's Chief Industry Of…

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Ep50 Analysis of Asia national and corporate transition trends, ft Dr Sayuri Shirai, Asian Development Bank Institute Advisor of Sustainable Policies 40:49

8h ago40:49

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. In this episode we analyse national and corporate transition trends in Asia. We have invited a distinguished guest to discuss this topic: Prof. Dr. Sayuri Shirai. Dr. Shirai is an Advisor for Sustainable Policies at the Asian Development Bank Institute. She…

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Ep49 Evaluating EVs, key minerals and China, ft Henry Sanderson, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence 30:29

28d ago30:29

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Episode 49 is about the related topics of electric vehicles, key minerals, and China. Our guest is Henry Sanderson. Henry is currently the executive editor of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a provider of supply chain and energy transition intelligence. Thi…

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Avoiding the Storm: How to bridge the talent gap in offshore wind 42:14

20d ago42:14

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In this gripping episode, the team is joined by Ayleen Sadvakassova NES Fircroft’s Regional Account Manager – Renewables APAC and Neil Mellin NES Fircroft’s Regional Business Development Director – Renewables to dive headlong into the challenge of recruitment strategies essential for growing offshore wind industry in the future. Buckle up as they c…

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How to combat the rise of disinformation around offshore wind? 42:07

1M ago42:07

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The Offshore Wind Podcast from the Global Wind Energy Council is back, with a new host alongside Stewart Mullin but the same insight and discussion about the biggest challenges in the offshore wind sector. For this episode Stewart Mullin and Rebecca Williams are joined by Ria Voorhaar, Director of Outreach and Engagement, Global Strategic Communica…

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Ep48 Three views on key aspects of climate finance in Asia, ft Dr Tim Cadman, Dr Tapan Sarker, Joseph Jacobelli 54:27

2M ago54:27

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. This is a special episode. It is an abridged version of a webinar held in May 2024 on climate finance. There are three short presentations followed by a short Q&A session. You will hear the views from Dr Tim Cadman from the University of Southern Queensland…

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From auction to action: Why targets aren't turbines 50:07

2M ago50:07

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The Offshore Wind Podcast from the Global Wind Energy Council is back, with a new host but the same insight and discussion about the biggest challenges in the offshore wind sector. For this episode Stewart Mullin and his new sidekick Rebecca Williams are joined by Wadia Fruergaard, Head of Offshore & Supply Chain Policy, and Anders Ystad, Head of R…

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Ep47 Asia RE projects development “101”, ft Steve Shi, Sungrow 47:14

2M ago47:14

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. In this episode, we focus on a crucial part of climate-related business and finance: the creation of renewable energy projects. This is a significant step towards a cleaner energy future. Our expert guest, Steve Shi, is a seasoned professional in renewable …

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Ep46 Climate finance addressing coal plants, ft Christoph Nedopil Wang, Griffith Asia Institute 35:46

3M ago35:46

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. The phase-out of coal-fired power plants in Asia Pacific presents a significant challenge, requiring a delicate balance between environmental sustainability and economic feasibility. In this discussion, we are joined by Dr Christoph Nedopil Wang of the Grif…

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Goodbye David, Hello Rebecca and G'Day Australia! 45:45

4M ago45:45

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Ahead of the first episode of season 5 of The Offshore Wind Podcast Stewart kicks off the preview pod with a farewell to long-time collaborator David Lenti, and welcomes incoming co-host Rebecca Williams, GWEC's Head of Offshore Wind. There's also plenty of good news from Australia to celebrate, with the first feasibility licenses granted this week…

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Ep45 Offshore wind in 2023 and beyond, ft Mark Hutchison, GWEC 23:17

3M ago23:17

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. The world’s offshore wind installed capacity reached 117 gigawatts in 2023, up 50% over 2022. It is projected to reach 320 GW by 2030. We discuss with Asia energy markets veteran Mark Hutchinson the recently released Global Wind Report 2024 by Global Wind E…

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Ep44 How innovative financing is powering energy efficiency, ft Alexander Ablaza, Climargy 58:33

4M ago58:33

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Scaling up energy efficiency can for 11 per cent of cumulative emissions reductions by 2030 according to the IEA. In this episode energy industry veteran Alexander Ablaza, explains why energy efficiency the most important pieces of the energy transition alt…

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Special Episode! Global Wind Report 2024 Launch with Sungrow 38:14

4M ago38:14

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Joining regular host Stewart Mullin are GWEC's Head of Policy and Projects Joyce Lee, and Head of Strategy and Market Intelligence, Feng Zhao to discuss this year's newly released Global Wind Report. They're joined by the team from Sungrow, Peng Chaocai, Vice President of Sungrow and Chairman of Sungrow Hydrogen, and Lin Wei, Overseas Marketing Dir…

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Ep43 Climate business: fiction and reality, ft Genevieve Hilton & Steve Willis 1:01:27

5M ago1:01:27

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. In this episode podcast, we’re privileged to host two seasoned stalwarts of the heavy industry, Genevieve Hilton and Steve Willis. Their unexpected pivot has led them to channel their vast experience into a compelling work of fiction: ‘Fairhaven: A Novel of…

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Ep42 Boosting corporate clean energy purchases in Asia, ft Suji Kang, Asia Clean Energy Coalition 34:11

5M ago34:11

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. One of the rapidly growing areas in climate business and finance is the purchase by corporations of clean energy. This is frequently referred to as corporate renewable energy procurement. Such purchases jumped 12% to 46 gigawatts in 2023 according to BNEF. …

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Ep41 US and EU climate business and finance trends impacting Asia, ft Pamela Largue, Power Engineering Int'l 24:53

6M ago24:53

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Some of the climate business and finance trends in Europe and the US are highly applicable to the Asian experience. In this episode, energy media specialist Pamela Largue provides some clarity on some of these trends. We first briefly chat about her organis…

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Ep40 Asia climate business and finance: the progress in 2023 and the road ahead, ft Mike Thomas, The Lantau Group 50:34

6M ago50:34

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Our guest is Mike Thomas who heads The Lantau Group, a Hong Kong-based consultancy, and who is one of the leading energy economics thinkers in the Asia Pacific region. As it is the beginning of the year, Mike evaluates a small sample of the many development…

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Offshore Wind RPS, A Tetra Tech Company company episode 54:20

7M ago54:20

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Production note: This episode was recorded in October ahead of COP28 This episode of the Offshore Wind Podcast delves into the rapid growth and evolution of the offshore wind industry, featuring insights from Kevin Linnane, Associate Director, Marine Ecology, and Alun Williams, Global Offshore Renewables Director at RPS, a Tetra Tech Company. Kevin…

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Ep39 Corporate transition strategies: what is the state now and what are the prospects, ft Summer Chen 29:28

7M ago29:28

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Corporates play a crucial role in driving the energy transition. Their role is critical to accelerating change and addressing the pressing climate change challenges. It is critical for corporates to formulate transition strategies, beyond climate risk and o…

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Ep 38 Building sustainable finance regulation: the ASEAN experience, ft Eugene Wong 56:34

9M ago56:34

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Decarbonisation efforts start with the commitment by a government. Once the broad policy is set, the real hard work of regulation begins. To understand and advance sustainable finance it is absolutely imperative to understand this work. In this episode our …

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In conversation with Hon Chris Bowen MP 44:50

10M ago44:50

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Welcome back to season 5 of The Offshore Wind Podcast. To kick the new series off, Stewart and David are joined by Hon Chris Bowen MP, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy of Australia, to discuss the politics of Australia's offshore wind, building markets, investments, and lessons learned from countries within the APAC region and across the …

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Ep37 Asia's clean energy boom: an in-depth investor view, ft Robert Mcgregor 1:18:07

10M ago1:18:07

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Industry practitioners are a key source to understand the business and finance of the energy transition in Asia. In episode 37’s we have a conversation is Robert McGregor. Robert is the Chief Corporate Development Officer of Gurīn Energy, a pan-Asia renewab…

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Ep36 Insights into decarbonisation strategies of Asian corporates from a practitioner’s view, ft Albert Sutanto 46:19

1y ago46:19

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Corporates all over the world are under immense pressure to address their carbon footprint. They must worry about their own footprint as well as that of other companies their linked with, such as their suppliers. In this episode I chat with a specialist in …

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Ep35 Financing Asia’s decarbonisation and energy transition: an infrastructure finance view, ft Andrew Kinloch 30:45

1y ago30:45

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Asia will account for 50% or more of global energy transition investments in the next three plus decades. Financing is of primary importance and is a challenge. In this episode, Andrew Kinloch, a leading infrastructure finance expert, discusses some of thes…

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Ep34 Solar energy and China: the past, present and future, ft Frank Haugwitz 1:04:23

1y ago1:04:23

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. The development of China's solar industry is key to the nation’s as well as the world’s net zero ambitions. Installed capacity was 392 GW in 2022 and is set to continue to grow further. In this episode, we speak to Frank Haugwitz who has been involved in th…

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Is the offshore wind market broken? With Stephen Bull from Aker Solutions 51:01

1y ago51:01

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Stewart and David are joined by Stephen Bull, from Aker Solutions, to discuss building markets, working with communities and how to think about non-price criteria. The Offshore Wind Podcast is hosted by long-time pals and wind industry legends Stewart Mullin and David Lenti. Each episode sees Stewart and David welcome an expert guest on to discuss …

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Ep33 Sustainability advisory: driving strategies and green finance solutions, ft Wee Boon Siong. 46:02

1+ y ago46:02

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Sustainability and green finance can be highly complex subjects as they comprise a multitude of disciplines. Recent years have seen the creation of a variety of advisor and consulting firms specialising on sustainability. In this episode, Wee Boon Siong, CE…

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Jochen Eickholt, CEO of Siemens Gamesa, joins the pod 38:43

1+ y ago38:43

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Siemens Gamesa Chief Executive Officer Jochen Eickholt joins the pod to discuss his journey to CEO, the future for turbines and how he finds working with political leaders. The Offshore Wind Podcast is hosted by long-time pals and wind industry legends Stewart Mullin and David Lenti. Each episode sees Stewart and David welcome an expert guest on to…

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Ep32 One of green finance's pillars: deep dive into the real world of carbon exchanges, ft Bill Pazos 57:04

1+ y ago57:04

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Carbon exchanges are an important component of sustainable finance as they enable the sale of carbon credits to reduce emissions. In this episode, we have Bill Pazos, Co-founder and Co-CEO of the AirCarbon Exchange (ACX), which won Environmental Finance’s B…

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Ep31 Private equity's take on circular economy investment opportunities in Asia, ft Ellen Martin 45:22

1+ y ago45:22

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. A circular economy transforms goods nearing the end of their useful life into resources for reuse. It aids climate action in three ways. It complements decarbonization measures, it supports the sustainable scaling of the clean energy transition, and it enha…

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Ep30 Past the ESG acronym – research and key green finance and investors’ issues, ft Charles Yonts 1:03:53

1+ y ago1:03:53

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Hundreds of billions of dollars in global assets follow ESG principles. The massive growth seen in the past few years is set to continue, estimate various investments banks. This means that ESG research has become one of the pillars of green finance, social…

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Ep29 Are offshore wind investments and financing booming? ft Mark Hutchinson 46:28

1+ y ago46:28

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Offshore wind generation capacity is one of the fastest growing forms of green energy globally. It will rise 10-fold this decade – to 330 GW by 2030 from about 34 GW in 2020 –based on one estimate (Wood McKenzie) and will need tens of billions of dollars. O…

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Electrification with Lincoln Electric 45:57

1+ y ago45:57

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Bryan O'Neil from Lincoln Electric joins the team to discuss everything to do with electrification. Lincoln Electric have been supporting GWEC's recent work on this year's Global Wind Report, which you can download at GWEC.net. The Offshore Wind Podcast is hosted by long-time pals and wind industry legends Stewart Mullin and David Lenti. Each episo…

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Ep28 The Blue Economy, an ocean of business and investments prospects, ft Mike Abundo 1:27:43

1+ y ago1:27:43

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. The Blue Economy’s annual turnover is US$3–6 trillion (UN), which some estimate will double by 2030, presents a growing opportunity for business and investment. In this episode, Dr Mike Abundo, CEO of OceanPixel, first offers a clear and detailed definition…

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Ep27 Carbon markets and trading: where are we headed? what about China? ft Julien Hage 47:36

1+ y ago47:36

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. The global carbon markets are an important source for funding the decarbonisation needed to mitigate the climate crisis. The compliance and the voluntary global carbon markets amount to almost US$1 trillion or so. They are set to grow dramatically. The smal…

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Ep26 Japan domestic and global green growth ambitions(?), ft Mika Ohbayashi 37:33

1+ y ago37:33

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. The Japanese government should be treating decarbonisation with the outmost importance and urgency. It is one of the largest energy consumers in the world – fifth largest oil consumer for example –and it is almost totally reliant on fossil fuel imports. The…

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GOWA... and how do you become a climate ambassador? 42:09

1+ y ago42:09

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Welcome back to series 4 of The Offshore Wind Podcast. To kick the new series off Stewart and David are joined by Tomas Anker Christensen, the Danish Government's Climate Ambassador and Rebecca Williams, GWEC's Head of Offshore Wind to talk about the Global Offshore Wind Alliance, the year ahead in offshore wind and how do you become a climate amba…

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Ep25 EV charging – one of the keys to Asia’s decarbonisation path, ft Vincent Yip 1:15:46

1+ y ago1:15:46

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. The Asian and global electric vehicle market is massive and growing fast. One of the many forecasts put the value of the sector to rise six-fold, to almost $1,110 billion by 2030 from about $180 million in 2021. Key to the growth of EVs, and thus to decarbo…

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Ep24 Real estate, smart cities and decarbonisation trends, ft Johan Tellvik 48:44

1+ y ago48:44

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. The real estate sector accounts for about two-fifths of global carbon dioxide emissions meaning it plays a direct key role in decarbonisation and a major indirect role in the energy transition. This is something particularly important to Asia given the regi…

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Christmas Special - The pod looks back at 2022 and ahead to 2023 18:08

1+ y ago18:08

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The team are joined by... er, a couple of beers. Stewart and David look back at 2022 and look ahead to 2023, all while sipping on a couple of Christmas beers. The Offshore Wind Podcast is hosted by long-time pals and wind industry legends Stewart Mullin and David Lenti. Each episode sees Stewart and David welcome an expert guest on to discuss a dif…

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The Ocean Energy Pathway Initiative, with Navneet Khinda, GWEC's Ocean Energy Pathway Coordinator 34:14

1+ y ago34:14

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The team are joined by Navneet Khinda from the GWEC team to discuss the Ocean Energy Pathway (as well as a bit of North American geography and David's new Australia klaxon). The Offshore Wind Podcast is hosted by long-time pals and wind industry legends Stewart Mullin and David Lenti. Each episode sees Stewart and David welcome an expert guest on t…

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Ep23 Temperature check on the energy transition in Asia, ft Mike Thomas 1:04:50

1+ y ago1:04:50

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. In Episode 23, the last for 2022, we measure the current temperature of the energy transition in some key Asia economies with one of the region’s most experienced and respected energy economist and consultant, Mike Thomas. He explains how the region is rapi…

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Hydrogen Series - Part 2 | Henrik Stiesdal, CEO Stiesdal 49:53

1+ y ago49:53

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Henrik Stiesdal, CEO of Stiesdal - and wind-industry legend - joins the pod this week for the second of three episodes looking at Hydrogen. The Offshore Wind Podcast is hosted by long-time pals and wind industry legends Stewart Mullin and David Lenti. Each episode sees Stewart and David welcome an expert guest on to discuss a different issue facing…

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Ep22 Temperature check on Asia transitional finance, ft Anastasios Zavitsanakis 1:03:39

1+ y ago1:03:39

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. It is a ideal time to take a temperature check of the state of sustainable finance in Asia as the year draws to an end. The episode’s guest is an expert in all things sustainable finance given his background and interactions with regulators, corporations, a…

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Ep21 Asia's sustainable finance elephant topic: insuring projects, ft Jan Napiorkowski 1:06:20

1+ y ago1:06:20

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Our guest is Jan Napiorkowski, global head of clean energy at Ariel Re. Jan first discusses his background and his work in insurance in clean energy, an area which is vital to sustainable finance. The elephant topic! Then we launch into two sections. In the…

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Ep20 Views from an energy transition tech provider ft Nicolas Leong 1:05:30

2y ago1:05:30

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Welcome to the 20th episode. Our guest is Nicolas Leong from Wärtsilä Energy, based in Tokyo. We first discuss the company, a leading technology provider, as a case study of a firm heavily involved in the energy transition and decarbonization in Asia. A fir…

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Floating Offshore Wind With Stephan Buller Head of Wind Offshore Portfolio Management at Siemens Gamesa 46:42

2y ago46:42

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The team are joined by Stephan Buller Head of Wind Offshore Portfolio Management at Siemens Gamesa to discuss floating offshore wind as it moves towards full commercialisation. The Offshore Wind Podcast is hosted by long-time pals and wind industry legends Stewart Mullin and David Lenti. Each episode sees Stewart and David welcome an expert guest o…

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Ep19 Major business and finance shifts in Australia, Singapore clean energy, ft Andrew Koscharsky 49:16

2y ago49:16

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Andrew Koscharsky, Energy Markets Project Director at Australia’s Squadron Energy, shares his views on Singapore as a Asian clean energy hub at the operational level and at the sustainable finance levels. We compare and contrast two highly different clean e…

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Hydrogen Series - Part 1 | Poul Skjærbæk from Siemens Gamesa 51:12

2y ago51:12

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Poul Skjærbæk, the Chief Innovation and Product Officer at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, joins the pod this week for the first of three episodes looking at Hyrdogen. The Offshore Wind Podcast is hosted by long-time pals and wind industry legends Stewart Mullin and David Lenti. Each episode sees Stewart and David welcome an expert guest on to dis…

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Ep18 Climate finance and Asian corporates’ net zero journey, ft Piers Touzel 32:27

2y ago32:27

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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply. Brief yet comprehensive discussion on current developments in climate finance in mainland China, Hong Kong, in Taiwan. We first touch on the recent evolution of international Environmental and Social Performance Standards related to project financing. We th…

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