In this podcast David Ledesma discusses with Thomas Nowak, Michael Taylor and Katja Kruit the role of policies in the decarbonization of heat in the European buildings sector. Thomas Nowak argues that while heat pump sales have soared in recent years, we are still way off from where we need to be. Thomas advocates for policymakers to […]

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In this latest OIES podcast, brought to you by the OIES Gas Research Programme, James Henderson talks to Nitin Zamre about his latest paper “Gas sector reforms in India: How will it change the market outlook?”. They start by reviewing the current state of the Indian gas market, looking at the main centers of demand […]

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China’s Two Sessions – the yearly meetings of China’s top legislature and top political advisory bodies – is a key date in the Chinese political calendar, and an important point to check the pulse of policy discussions in Beijing on energy and climate. This year held special significance as President Xi Jinping’s new leadership team […]

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On January 31st, 2023, S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts) confirmed the inclusion of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Midland in the forward Brent (BFOET) contract from June 2023 and provided further guidance. This followed the introduction of WTI Midland into Dated Brent in June 2022. In this podcast David Ledesma talks with Adi Imsirovic and Kurt […]

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David Ledesma discusses with Alex Barnes the European Commission’s decision to make hydrogen a key part of its decarbonisation strategy. The 2022 REPowerEU Strategy set a target of 20MT consumption of renewable hydrogen by 2030. The Commission is keen to promote a single European market in hydrogen, similar to the current one for natural gas. […]

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In this latest OIES podcast, brought to you by the OIES Gas Research Programme, James Henderson talks to Jack Sharples and Mike Fulwood about the current state of global gas markets. They start by reviewing prices, which have fallen sharply over the past six months, before considering the key drivers of supply and demand that […]

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In this podcast David Ledesma talks to Mohua Mukherjee about her recent paper titled “India’s Ongoing Solar Rooftop Journey from 2017-2022”.  The discussion points out the striking contrast in terms of progress in India’s utility scale solar performance, which is far ahead of expectations, and its rooftop solar performance which is far behind the initial […]

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In this latest OIES podcast, Michal Meidan talks to Yan Qin about Europe’s proposed carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) and its implications for China. Michal and Yan discuss the next steps for CBAM as well as the response in China: the official rhetoric as well as the response from Chinese industry. Even though the near […]

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In this latest OIES podcast, brought to you by the Gas Programme, James Henderson talks to Mostefa Ouki about his latest Energy Comment on the increasing gas relationship between Italy and North Africa and the possibility of the development of a Mediterranean gas hub. The discussion ranges from the export potential of countries such as […]

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David Ledesma discusses with Ralf Dickel the future need for cross border movements of CO2. To achieve net zero GHG emissions by mid-century there will need substantial improvements in efficiency and roll out of renewables, but also decarbonizing fossil energies results in large volumes of CO2 to be sequestered in geological structures found in oil […]

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