The smarter E podcast is all about the current trends and developments in a renewable, decentralized and digital energy industry. Our moderators Tobias Bücklein and Zackes Brustik welcome and interview personalities who shape our industry and drive developments forward. A new episode is published every Thursday.
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| Global Market Development 2024: A Year of Solar Superlatives? Episode 160 with Jenny Chase, analyst with BloombergNEF's global Solar Insight Service. |
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| A Second Life for Charging Stations: How Does Refurbishing Work? Episode 159 with Wolfram Cüppers, owner of LADEFIX. |
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| How Do We Design the Electricity Grids of the Future? Challenges and Solutions Episode 158 with Prof. Dr. Jochen Kreusel, Global Head of Market Innovation at Hitachi Energy and Dr. Philipp Strauß, Deputy Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology IEE. |
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| Saxony – The Land of Hydrogen: Moving Towards a Sustainable Future Episode 157 with Dr. Olga Naumov, Senior Manager for Technology Projects at Leipziger Stadtwerk, Christoph Friedrich, Group Developer at Leipziger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft, Dr. Peter Lucas Consultant at the Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport, Klaudia Wackerman, Project Manager at Saxony Economic Development Corporation (WFS) . |
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| Smart Buildings: The Future of Energy Efficiency & Climate Action Episode 156 Ivan-Asen Ivanov, Energy & Climate Policy Officer at Eurelectric. |
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| Open Source & Electromobility: The Future of Charging Infrastructure Episode 155 Marco Möller, founder and CEO of PIONIX. |
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| Double Down, Triple Up – The World Needs 3xRenewables Episode 154 Bruce Douglas, CEO of the Global Renewables Alliance. |
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| Ghost Electricity - What Can Be Done? Episode 153 with Robert Busch, Managing Director of the German Renewable Energy Federation (bne). |
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| How Municipal Utilities Are Driving the Mobility Revolution Episode 152 with Amélie Wippern, group manager for photovoltaics and electric mobility at Stadtwerke Hedelberg Energie GmbH. |
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| Charging Infrastructure vs. Real Estate Industry: Ways Out of the Charging Crisis Episode 151 with Ralph Müller-Eberstein of Bender GmbH & Co. KG. |
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| CSP – How Concentrated Solar Power Works Episode 150 with Wes Stein, Chief Research Scientist for Solar Technologies at CSIRO. |
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| How Solar PV is Helping to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Africa Episode 149 with Dr. Hamed Beheshti, Co-Founder and CEO of Boreal Light GmbH and Ahmad Sandid, Business Scout for Development at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). |
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| No Energy Transition without the Cloud Episode 148 with Marco Oesterlein, Business Development Executive, adesso. |
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| China: Global Energy Transition Leader Episode 147 with Frank Haugwitz, Senior Advisor at Apricum – The Cleantech Advisory. |
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| Second Life Batteries: The Path to a Net-Zero Energy System Episode 146 with Dr. Nam Truong, Co-Founder and CEO of STABL Energy. |
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| PV Carports – Sensible Synergies for the New Mobility? Episode 145 with Antonia Gordt, Project Manager at Solar Cluster Baden-Württemberg e.V. and Jens Ritter, Sales Manager at ClickCon GmbH & Co. KG. |
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| Global Market Outlook 2023-2027 – The Dawn of the Terawatt Age Episode 144 with Michael Schmela, Executive Advisor to the CEO and a member of the leadership team of SolarPower Europe. |
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| Green Hydrogen as a Feedstock for Local Fertilizer Production? Episode 143 with Markus Vlasits, CEO of NewCharge. |
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| Energy Transition Skills Shortage – What Opportunities Does Education and Training Provide? Episode 142 with Berthold Breid, CEO of the Renewables Academy AG (RENAC). |
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| State of the Energy Transition Episode 141 with Seb Henbest, Group Head of Climate Transition at HSBC. |
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| What Role Do Municipalities Play in Electromobility? Episode 140 with Conrad Hammer, Head of Federal-State-Municipal Coordination and the Funding Team at the National Centre for Charging Infrastructure. |
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| Episode 139 with George Hilton and Pierre-Jean Alet. |
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| E-mobility in Fleets: Intelligently Electrifying the Fleet Episode 138 with Axel Schäfer, Managing Director of the Bundesverband Betriebliche Mobilität. |
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| Artificial Intelligence in the Use of Battery Storage Systems Episode 137 with Mandy Schipke, founder and CEO of NOVUM engineering GmbH. |
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| Solarize Africa – Energy Transition in Africa Episode 136 with Dr. Rethabile Melamu, CEO at SAPVIA & Herbert Friese, General Manager of Dutch & Co. |
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| AWARDs Special: These Innovations are Driving the Emobility and Solar Industries Episode 135 with Markus Emmert, Chairman of the Bundesverband eMobilität and Prof. Dr. Michael Powalla, Member of the Board of the Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg ZSW. |
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| How Close Are We to V2G Becoming a Daily Reality? Episode 134 with Dr. Stefan Perras & Thomas Gereke of Siemens. |
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| Digitizing the Energy System with Digital Twins and Smart Grid Indicators Episode 133 with Peter Vermaat, Secretary General, EU DSO Entity. |
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| What´s up With the Energy Transition in Mexico ? Episode 132 with Angélica Soto, CEO of Nexus Energía México and Rosanety Barrios, member of the Board of Directors of the National Solar Energy Association (ANES). |
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| Are We Experiencing a Successful Renaissance of PV Production in Europe? Episode 131 with Prof. Dr. Peter Dold, Head of the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics (CSP). |
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| Sustainability: How Can Solar Best Support Nature Conservation and Biodiversity? Episode 130 with Lina Dubina, Policy Advisor for Sustainability at SolarPower Europe. |
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| Heat Pumps, Solar Thermal and More – How Do We Master the Heat Transition? Episode 129 with Christian Fink, Managing Director of the AEE - Institute for Sustainable Technologies in Austria. |
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| Quality Assurance for Solar EPCs (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) Episode 128 with Alden Lee, Head of Solar Procurement/Logistics/Quality at ABO Wind. |
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| Don't Let the Lights Go out – What About the Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure? Episode 127 with Maarten Hoeve, Director Technology, European Network for Cybersecurity (ENCS). |
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| Battery vs. Hydrogen in Heavy-Duty Transport – Which Drive Type Will Prevail? Episode 126 with Christopher Hecht from the Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives at RWTH Aachen University and Member of the Project Hydrogen Compass. |
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| E-Mobility: More Profit for Manufacturers Through Rapid Transformation? Episode 125 with Christian Hochfeld, Director of Agora Verkehrswende |
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| The Car as Home Storage – What Is the Added Value for Users? Episode 124 with Timo Kern, Head of Energy System and Markets at the Research Center for Energy Economics (FfE) in Munich |
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| Diverse but Thriving – Energy Transition in the MENA Region Episode 123 with Denisa Fainis, secretary general at MESIA, The Middle East Solar Industry Association |
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| Energy Transition Outlook – How Can We Achieve the Climate Targets? Episode 122 with Ditlev Engel, CEO of Energy Systems at DNV |
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| Episode 121 with Rainer Stock, Rainer Stock, deputy head of the energy industry department and head of the network management division at VKU e.V. |
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| Solar PV – Challenges and Opportunities of Ensuring Continued Asset Quality Episode 120 with Adele Ara, Head of Global Business Operations at Lightsource bp |
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