Ogami Station

South Africa’s solar market has grown rapidly as households, businesses, and developers search for more reliable alternatives to load shedding and rising electricity costs. But limited transmission capacity, grid congestion, and connection delays are making it increasingly difficult to turn strong solar resources into operating projects.

In this episode of Ogami Station, Martín Rimblas, Strategic Account Executive for the South African market at RatedPower, sits down to discuss the growth of private and utility-scale solar, the role of batteries in supporting constrained grids, the expansion of energy storage across Africa, and what developers need to consider when planning solar-plus-storage projects. 

This is the second part of our conversation about hydropower. To get the full picture, listen to part one first. Angie and Jeremy look at the challenges surrounding the technology, including the impact of reservoirs on rivers and communities, the effects of drought, and the question of whether hydropower should always be considered renewable.

How does moving water become electricity, and why don’t all hydropower plants need a massive dam?

In this episode of Ogami Station, Angie and Jeremy explore how hydropower works, from run-of-river facilities to pumped storage, and why it remains an important tool for balancing modern power systems. 

Listen to part one to discover the basics and the role hydropower plays in the energy transition.

Southeast Asia is becoming one of the world’s most exciting renewable energy markets, driven by soaring electricity demand, ambitious solar targets, and a growing need for storage and stronger grids. 
 
Angie sits down with Alicia Herrera, Sales Manager for Southeast Asia at RatedPower, to explore the opportunities and challenges shaping Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, and the wider region, from financing and regulation to grid integration and project bankability.

Green hydrogen is one of the biggest buzzwords in the energy transition, but what is it, how does it work, and why is it attracting so much investment?

In this episode of Ogami Station, Angie and Pascale explore the global green hydrogen boom: how it’s produced with renewable electricity, why sectors like steel, aviation, shipping, and heavy transport are betting on it, and what challenges are slowing its growth.

They also look at the global policy race, from Europe’s infrastructure plans to Latin America’s export ambitions, and ask where green hydrogen can truly transform the energy system, and where expectations may still be ahead of reality.

France has big solar ambitions, but scaling isn’t simple. In this episode of Ogami Station, Angie talks with Elena Ginés about the policy debates, grid bottlenecks, curtailment, storage opportunities, and land challenges shaping France’s solar future. From PPE3 to hybrid PV and BESS projects, they unpack what developers need to watch as the market moves forward.

In this episode of Ogami Station, we dive into the fascinating world of offshore wind energy, where giant turbines, floating structures, and massive engineering projects are helping power the renewable energy transition. From extreme offshore conditions to the scale of modern wind farms, this episode reveals why offshore wind is one of the most exciting frontiers in clean energy.

We also explore the rise of floating offshore wind, the innovation unlocking deeper waters, bigger opportunities, and a whole new future for wind power. If you’re curious about the technology, ambition, and momentum driving the energy transition, this episode is for you.

Italy’s early solar boom (2005–2015) is now facing a new challenge: aging PV plants. In this Ogami Station episode, Angie talks with Juanmi Sierra (Territory Manager for Italy, CEE & Balkans) about repowering, upgrading modules, inverters, or adding trackers to boost yield without expanding land use.

We unpack the drivers in Italy, key regulatory + grid constraints (including Terna’s €23B plan), and how a portfolio approach can unlock major gains, like +43% energy output.

Working in solar development, engineering, or asset management? This one’s for you.
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In this episode, Angie sits down with Jeremy,vthe mind behind RatedPower’s Renewable Energy and Solar Trends Report 2026, to unpack what’s really changing in the energy transition. The sector is confident, solar is still exploding, but the conversation is shifting from “build more” to “make the system work.” 

Tune in for the three trends reshaping 2026 and beyond: grid congestion as the #1 bottleneck, hybrid solar + storage moving into the mainstream, and bifacial modules taking over modern plant design. If you’re developing, financing, or building renewables, this episode will help you understand what’s coming, and what to do next. 

In this episode, we zoom in on the UK solar market and ask a simple question with big implications: as solar scales fast, is it scaling sustainably? We break down what “circularity” actually means in a solar context, from design choices and maintenance, to decommissioning, reuse, and high-value recycling, so the industry can move beyond the take-make-dispose model.

We also explore what’s at stake for the UK. With ambitions to ramp up deployment, the key challenge is making circular frameworks mature as quickly as the market, so we don’t solve one problem while creating another.