Energy Transitions

By Enlit Europe

Welcome to the Energy Transitions Podcast, brought to you by Enlit. In this bi-weekly podcast, your host Pamela Largue has engaging conversations with energy sector professionals at the forefront of t... more

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June 02, 2023 The EU Projects Zone Podcast: PRECEPT with Konstantinos Arvanitis and Yuliya Degtyariova
In this episode of the EU Projects Zone Podcast, Areti Ntaradimou talks to Konstantinos Arvanitis and Yuliya Degtyariova about the cutting edge technologies that PRECEPT uses.
Konstantinos Arvanitis is the coordinator of the project, while Yuliya Degtyariova represents the Ukrainian company that is a member of the project's consortium.
Together, they explain the main focus points of the project, as well as how the war in Ukraine and the Russian invasion have affected PRECEPT.
"Less energy, smarter buildings" is the motto of the project according to Konstantinos. He says that "there is a proposal to all European member states for all citizens to cut down the electricity and gas they spend, and basically, that is all PRECEPT is about".
Also, in a time of war, since one of the 5 use cases of the project is in Ukraine. According to Yuliya "We were quite active before the war, but when it started, we decided to put the project on hold".
That did not last long however, as in the course of a few months, the Ukrainian partners of the project realized that despite the difficulties they could continue. And so they did.
"We immediately informed our partners in the EU and our project partners that we are able and eager to continue" Yuliya says.
Listen to the discussion and find out how, according to Konstantinos and Yuliya, PRECEPT will help transform conventional residential buildings into highly efficient and proactive residential buildings. As well as what it means running a project in time of war.
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16min
May 26, 2023 The EU Projects Zone Podcast: Smart2B with Nuno Mateus
In this episode of the EU Projects Zone Podcast, Areti Ntaradimou talks to Nuno Matheus about the ways in which Smart2B will enable smarter buildings through innovative technologies.
Nuno Mateus is the Coordinator of Smart2B and in this podcast episode, he explains the objectives and innovations of this Horizon 2020-funded project.
"This project intends to develop a smart building ecosystem that aims to improve the smartness of an existing building" says Nuno.
"We are developing 3 main technological pillars including smart to be devices, platform, service and user interaction app" he adds.
The project's innovative technologies will interact with the occupants and the grid in real time and will manage themselves efficiently, so as to become an active element of the energy system.
As for the target audience of the project, according to Nuno "Since we are developing a full ecosystem, our technical audience includes from the end users to any other stakeholders in the energy sector".
Listen to the discussion and find out why Nuno counts Regulation as one of the big challenges that Smart2B had to face and overcome.
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18min
May 16, 2023 Cybersecurity innovation at the core of digital transformation
Dr. Judith Wunschik, Chief Cybersecurity Officer at Siemens Energy discusses all things cybersecurity and what it means for the digital transformation of the energy industry.
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27min
May 11, 2023 The EU Projects Zone Podcast: Act!onHeat with Carsten Rothballer
In this episode of the EU Projects Zone Podcast, Areti Ntaradimou talks to Carsten Rothballer about the ways in which Act!onHeat will raise awareness on heating and cooling on a pan-European level.

Carsten Rothballer is the Coordinator within ICLEI Europe of project Act!onHeat. In this podcast episode, he explains the objectives and innovations of this Horizon 2020-funded project.

The Act!onHeat project's aim is to "accelerate strategic heating and cooling planning within municipalities" says Carsten.

And to accomplish that, he adds, "it provides the framework methods in a structured way for municipalities to lead their decision making towards decarbonizing".

Heating and cooling is responsible for roughly half of Europe’s energy and depends mainly on fossil fuels. The project aims to raise awareness of that fact, as well as propose alternatives.

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According to Carsten and Act!onHeat they can be replaced by Renewable Energy Sources (RES).

"There are many alternatives to fossil fuels," says Carsten. He uses the example of district heating.

"District heating is a wonderful connector of different sources," he says, adding that all we need to do is "take a local inventory of what is available within the city boundary and even beyond, within the region".

Listen to the discussion and find out why Carsten believes that it will be a political and not a technological failure if we do not achieve our 2050 energy goals.
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16min
May 09, 2023 How to build a viable green hydrogen economy
The use of green hydrogen for energy storage and as a clean fuel is certainly not a new concept however the need for a viable hydrogen economy is becoming more pressing as our efforts to decabonise ramp up.
At this stage of the green hydrogen game, it is critical to invest wisely in the necessary infrastructure and create the required demand to spur development.
To unpack the intricacies of how to build a functional hydrogen economy, Pamela Largue speaks to Professor Dr Emmanouil Kakaras, Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries EMEA.
Prof. Kakaras shares his insights into how to create demand to justify the infrastructure development needed to feed the market and the importance of leveraging industrial use cases to this end.
“Demand creation has to happen where green hydrogen is the most competitive substitute”
Prof Kakaras also explains the disruptive impact of green hydrogen on the power generation and gas turbine markets, giving us examples of exciting demonstration projects such as the MHI Takasago plant in Japan. It’s home to a variety of electrolysers, storage, compression and hydrogen-fired gas turbines and according to Prof Kakaras, it’s the ‘Disneyland of the hydrogen research’.
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30min
May 05, 2023 The EU Projects Zone Podcast: GIFT with Igor Steiner
In this episode of the EU Projects Zone Podcast, Areti Ntaradimou talks to Igor Steiner about the ways in which project GIFT helps European islands achieve decarbonization.
Igor is the coordinator of the project, which is developing, among other things, innovative systems to allow islands to integrate vast amount of renewables.
This is the second episode dedicated to this project. Last year together with Igor we demystified the project’s focus and action points. This time, we are focusing mostly on outcomes so far and lessons learnt, as well as next steps.
And as far as outcomes are concerned, according to Igor, those would be "the system integration of various solution providers and their technologies into one comprehensive solution".
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That, because "it's not so easy to integrate so many very advanced solutions from consortium partners in one integrated solution to operate consistently."
GIFT is in its final stages of development and according to Igor, the next steps would be "collecting and analyze all appropriate data from deployment".
Listen to the whole discussion and find out also what Igor hope to have accomplished once the project's work is concluded, as well as the lessons so far learnt.
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18min
April 28, 2023 Improving power system efficiency - the science behind the energy transition
In this episode of the Energy Transitions Series, we hear from Aurélien Schwartz, CEO of Metroscope on the current challenges that the power generation industry is facing.
The Power Generation industry, providing energy to the whole economy, is the first in line to achieve full decarbonisation. Every scenario towards net zero requires a massive electrification of society along with a transformation of our means to generate power in the upcoming 10 years. Power generation companies are hence seeking solutions to improve efficiency, lower environmental harm, and reliably diagnose problems to tackle maintenance costs.
This episode is brought to you by Metroscope, a Software as a Service company with offices in France, Germany and the US. The company is committed to creating the best software for monitoring and diagnostics for industrial customers. They believe in sober and conscious industrial facilities, leveraging AI and Operating Experience to improve process efficiency, tackle maintenance costs and fight C02 emissions.
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19min
April 26, 2023 The EU Projects Zone Podcast: RETROFEED with Luca Ferrari
In this episode of the EU Projects Zone Podcast, Areti Ntaradimou talks to Luca Ferrari about the ways in which RETROFEED will support industrial users.

Luca Ferrari is a senior energy consultant and responsible for the development of the digital tool of the project. In this podcast episode, he explains the project’s objectives and innovations.

"The idea on which RETROFEED is focusing is ways to reduce emission and increase the energy efficiency of industrial processes," says Luca. The word RETROFEED itself comes from the retrofitting of industrial applications.

"What we are trying to do is create technologies and innovation that could reuse materials in a different way, creating some circular economy and some synergies between different processes," says Luca.

At the same time, the project is trying to lower the impact on the environment of industrial processes and create innovation.

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And in addition, the project is "paving the way for future application also on a digital level because we think it's important now to start monitoring emission and energy efficiency on this industrial processes".

And how would one tackle the issue of local rules and regulations which might be different from country to country even within the union? Well, "luckily", says Luca, "digital solutions are borderless. So we could develop them n Italy and apply them in other the places as well".

Listen to the discussion and find out also how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the operation of RETROFEED and how the issue was tackled.
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17min
April 25, 2023 Talking pros and cons of EU's electricity market reforms with EFET
Now that the European Commission has published its proposal for electricity market design reforms, Patrick Bauduin talks to Maria Popova, Director for Carbon Neutrality and Renewable Electricity at the European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET), about what was proposed and what the implications of those proposals could be for Europe.
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18min
April 14, 2023 The EU Projects Zone Podcast: BRIGHT with Vincenzo Croce
In this episode of the EU Projects Zone Podcast, Areti Ntaradimou talks to Vincenzo Croce about the novel community-centred social, technological and business ecosystem that BRIGHT promotes.

Vincenzo Croce is the project’s coordinator and in this episode, he explains the project’s ambition to create a demand response strategy that will work from a day ahead scheduling up to real-time adaptive control.

"The project is addressing the needs of flexibility, which are changing due to the renewable energy resources that are penetrating the grid more and more", says Vincenzo.

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One of the project's objectives is to understand energy consumer behaviour. Given the diversity of the continent's various grids and consumers' mentalities, this can be, as Vincenzo says, "a challenging task".

"We have four different pilots, in four different countries, involving different regions. And this is our way to approach this diversity issue, by having diverse pilots."

After all, the project needs to "tailor specific solutions for a specific region, for specific needs. So, the wider the range of pilots and the information and content gathering that we can get the wider and more effective is the solution that we can bring".

Listen to the discussion and find out also how BRIGHT is going to allow individual assets to simultaneously provide power balancing service, grid congestion management, and economic benefits to participating stakeholders.
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