In this special episode of the podcast, Calvin Quek interviews the BEN podcast's longtime host, Anders Hove. Topics covered include how Anders came to China, his formative experiences working in China at the China Greentech Initiative, and how he got involved in the podcast. He even gives us his all time favorite episode (see link below).

Calvin also discusses with Anders the topic of innovation in China's clean energy space, covered in a major paper Anders published last year at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES).

This is a wide-ranging discussion, so here are a few links to help you follow along, based on things that were mentioned in the podcast:

Anders Hove, 'Clean energy innovation in China: fact and fiction, and implications for the future', Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 2024.

https://www.oxfordenergy.org/publications/clean-energy-innovation-in-china-fact-and-fiction-and-implications-for-the-future/

'Global Energy Interconnection: The Dawn of a Global Power Grid?' Environment China podcast, 22 December 2019.

https://environmentchinapod.libsyn.com/global-energy-interconnection-the-dawn-of-the-global-power-grid

The Chinese Money Behind Oatly

https://thechinaproject.com/2021/08/13/the-chinese-money-behind-oatly/

China's Race to Tech Supremacy: A Conversation with James Kynge

https://www.ft.com/content/535b3bd4-349d-45d2-8673-eeceefe3bb51