Watt Matters: The FORESIGHT energy transition podcast

Dec 15 2024 65 ep. 55 mins 102

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From FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, Watt Matters is a podcast all about the energy transition and the shift to a decarbonised economy. Through biweekly debates and discussions on the energy transition in Europe, North America and around the world, Watt Matters focuses on how to achieve thriving renewable energy markets and liveable cities through the right mix of policy, regulation, finance and technology.
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Energy in 2030: Can we live up to the challenge?

Dec 15 2024 29 mins

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 pum

Enabling renewables through digitalisation

Dec 01 2024 34 mins

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 c

Cleaning the atmosphere of carbon

Nov 17 2024 53 mins

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

Increasing industrial electrification

Nov 10 2024 46 mins

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, eff

Three tasks for the energy transition

Nov 03 2024 46 mins

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 visio

Decarbonisation’s invisible tool

Oct 29 2024 48 mins

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

Heat from below our feet

Oct 20 2024 38 mins

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

2030’s household transformation

Oct 14 2024 44 mins

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

Building up to 2030

Oct 08 2024 45 mins

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

Tearing down circular construction barriers

Jun 20 2024 52 mins

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 tha