Welcome back to The Pexapark Podcast! In this special edition, we look at how next-generation Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are becoming digital, data-driven operators. 

In this episode Luca Pedretti is joined by Jérôme Tricot, Director, Asset Performance & Optimisation at Mirova, a Paris-based sustainable asset manager with ~€33bn AUM, including >€4bn invested in energy-transition infrastructure and a sixth fund currently in fundraising. Jérôme explains how Mirova invests in and alongside IPPs – developing, building, and operating renewables – while evolving capabilities for revenue management, hedging, and flexible, dispatchable portfolios.

Enjoy a discussion on themes including:

• The evolution of IPPs: from maximising generation to optimising when and how energy is produced amid price volatility
• Operational control as a core skill: EMS systems, curtailment, AI-driven forecasting, and hybridisation with storage
• Internalising key expertise and building local partnerships across Europe to manage risk and drive efficiency
• The new energy-management frontier: balancing, route-to-market, and merchant exposure as core revenue levers
• Cross-market innovation inspired by Australia and California – capacity swaps and virtual tolling as future models
• Mirova’s digital stack: from in-house stochastic models to a SaaS + API ecosystem integrating SCADA, asset, and risk tools
• The road ahead: VPPs, AI, and regulatory readiness – why the shift from electricity to electronicity defines the next era of IPPs

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