Earlier this week at Octopus HQ (the UK’s largest energy company), Charlotte Kirk and I launched Power Plays: a podcast where we talk about the tech, finance, and politics powering the energy news each week.
Several Slow Burn subscribers came in person, but for those who couldn’t make it and for the the majority of my audience who do not live in London, you can watch our launch night here and on Spotify - the perfect Sunday activity while tucking into your tea or flat white.
In a section called “over-hyped / under-hyped / hyped-just-right”, we talked about:
Enhanced geothermal
Balcony solar
Vehicle-to-grid
Coal phase-out (my favourite topic)
Copper supply
Critical minerals geopolitics
Then we took audience Q&A on:
The grid of the future: who builds it, who pays, and how distributed resources could let us do more with what we already have
Why hydropower isn’t sexy, and why it should be, from Snowy 2.0 to the Grand Renaissance and Itaipu Dams
Moonshots: space-based solar generation, beaming energy across time zones, and fusion
Compromises on the future of the North Sea
Subscribe to Power Plays on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts to hear updates from me and Charlotte on what’s going on in the energy transition and why it matters. Please rate / share / follow our podcast if you’re enjoying it.
You’ll still receive longreads from me on the progress and pitfalls of the energy transition, and I promise not to spam you with extra posts about the podcast - so do subscribe directly to hear from us in future.
Thanks for all your support, and look out for next week’s longread!
