ICIS - energy podcasts

At a time when a flurry of studies warn against the risk of fossil fuel stranded assets, investing in renewables is a necessity. Yet, many are the risks, but also the opportunities, that renewables investors should be aware of. In this episode, ICIS reporter Federica Di Sario discusses the main trends and expectations in the renewables space with Laurent Segalen, clean energy investment banker, managing partner at Megawatt X and Board Member of Zeigo platform and Janos Hettyey, PPA Manager at BayWa re.

Energy market reporter Laura Mendes talks with ICIS analyst Roy Manuell about how Portugal is set to become the cheapest European market post-2030 and its leading role in new forms of clean energy finance.

The switch from coal to gas has been driving decarbonisation over the past years, but methane leakage can hamper environmental gains. For this episode, energy market reporter Federica Di Sario discusses the challenges of the current state of the EU’s methane leakage policies with ICIS lead analyst Andreas Schroeder.

At a time when long-term planning is a necessity for achieving net-zero carbon emissions, accurate forecasting becomes an indispensable tool in the energy space.
An extension of the 2050 ICIS horizon modelling to Southern Europe has allowed ICIS analysts to form a long-term view of power market fundamentals.
In this episode, ICIS experts Federica Di Sario and Stefan Konstantinov discuss Italy and the impact the EU’s ambitious 2050 decarbonisation goals are likely to have on power prices, installed capacity and the generation mix.

Europe’s grid operators’ and integrated utilities’ capex is set to exceed €107bn this year and is likely to keep rising in the short-to-medium term. ICIS market reporter Laura Mendes discusses with her colleagues, Luka Dimitrov and David Battista, the impact these investments in capex will have on European power prices.

The LNG bunkering market is growing quickly, supported by new infrastructure and bunkering vessels in Europe and Asia. In this podcast, LNG senior reporter Clare Pennington talks to LNG shipping editor Roman Kazmin about the latest developments in LNG bunkering, and how this regionally divided market is shifting to a globally connected one.

In 2016, 27% of European road transport emissions came from HGVs. Two means of reducing carbon emissions from the trucking and bus industries are using LNG and hydrogen. In this episode of the alternative energy podcast from ICIS, market reporter Laura Mendes discusses both fuels as a means of decarbonising the transport sector with lead hydrogen reporter Jake Stones and senior market reporter Clare Pennington.

Energy Market Reporter Laura Mendes discusses the role of nuclear fusion in the energy transition, alongside with its developments and costs with First Light Fusion founder and CEO Nicholas Hawker.