Energy Transition Today – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In this episode, Viola sits down with Jan-Peter Müller, Managing Director and Global Head of Energy & Mobility at BayernLB. Their conversation delves into the critical role of financing in the decarbonisation of the transport sector and how BayernLB is positioning itself at the forefront of this transition.

Müller outlines BayernLB's strategic approach to supporting the decarbonisation of transport, starting with the bank’s restructuring to best reflect the markets in which it operates. Müller shares his insights on how BayernLB is navigating market risks, and how the wider debt landscape is impacting the energy transition. 

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• Viola Caon - Head of Content, inspiratia 

Guest:

• Jan-Peter Müller, Managing Director and Global Head of Energy & Mobility at BayernLB

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In this episode, Viola sits down with Lisa McDermott, Managing Director of Energy Transition Project Financing at ABN AMRO. Their conversation explores how the bank emerged in its modern form with a strong focus on both the energy transition and the European region. 

McDermott highlights ABN AMRO's unique entry into project financing renewables via offshore wind and talks us through the bank's rationale for expanding into new spaces, such as the hydrogen sector and what support mechanisms from governments make these projects more appealing. 

McDermott concludes by giving her view on how banks should best deal with merchant risk in the projects they back, and gives us her view on how the sector will evolve in the near future. 

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• Viola Caon - Head of Content, inspiratia 

Guest:

• Lisa McDermott, Managing Director of Energy Transition Project Financing, ABN AMRO 

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In this episode, Viola welcomes Chris Williams, Managing Director, Head of Project Finance, London, and Global Offshore Wind at LBBW. 
Chris shares insights from his extensive experience in project finance, focusing on the evolving landscape of the offshore wind sector. The conversation covers a range of topics, including the challenges and opportunities in the offshore wind sector, with a particular focus on guaranteed revenue streams and the competitive landscape. Chris highlights LBBW's significant contributions to the offshore wind industry, having financed almost 10.5GW across the UK, Germany, France, and the Netherlands. 

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• Viola Caon - Head of Content, inspiratia 

Guest: 

•  Chris Williams - Managing Director, Head of Project Finance, London, and Global Offshore Wind, LBBW

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Here's another bonus podcast from our inspiratiaLive series, brought to you by hosts Marco Dell'Aquila, and Joint Venture veterans Maritina Kanellakopoulou and Jon McNair.
In this episode, the trio review the latest deal flow figures from the global infrastructure sector covering a year hit by Covid, with some perhaps surprising results.
Later, the conversation moves to a recent huge fibre procurement in the UK and wonder whether this is the new face of PPPs in the country. This then spreads out into a broader discussion on the role of governments in infrastructure and how they can work with the private sector to get things build (and, crucially, paid for).
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inspiratiaLive is a new weekly live broadcast, live every Wednesday at 10am BST,  allowing you to hear our views on some of the latest and hottest topics, and emerging trends.

email: conferences@inspiratia.com if you wish to attend the next live episode on 5th May, where we will be taking a deep dive into offshore wind, amongst other topics.
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Normal service will be resumed next week for the Joint Venture with an in-depth interview with Charles River Associates on electric vehicle infrastructure.

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inspiratiaLive is a new weekly live broadcast, live every Wednesday at 10am BST.

inspiratiaLive will allow you to hear our views on some of the latest and hottest topics, and emerging trends.

During these live weekly broadcasts, you are invited to ask questions, make observations and join the conversation with our aim being to encourage a free flow of ideas.

Here's a recording of episode 1, which includes an in-depth discussion on the UK government's workplace pension scheme - Nest - latest moves into direct infrastructure investment.

Hosts Marco Dell'Aquila, Maritina Kanellakopoulou, and Jon McNair also review the deal flow figures for the first part of 2021, and have a discussion on how best to mobilise capital for infrastructure and match it with deals in the market.

Take a listen, and register your interest in (virtually) attending the next broadcast on 28 April here.

Meanwhile, The Joint Venture will return with a clutch of exciting and diverse episodes over coming weeks, so will be seeing you again very soon.

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Joining us this week for a wide-ranging discussion about some of the threats facing utilities is Sharper Shape CEO Chris Beaufait, with his company offering ways to introduce intelligent monitoring of networks to cope with increasing environmental threats. 
Smarter asset management is fast becoming a key tool for the utilities, but with such a splintered and diverse sector in places like the US, the landscape is still patchy, as we heard from Chris. 
Meanwhile, the news from this week focussed on the UK Budget and the launch of a National Infrastructure Bank, as well as the enticing prospect of an emerging Greek offshore wind sector. 
We hope you enjoy.

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Today's episode features a great chat we recently had with Jason Rowell and Randal Kaufman, an Associate VP, Global Technology Portfolio Manager, and Sales Director at Black & Veatch, respectively.
Black & Veatch is an engineering firm with a more than 100-year history, with much of that time also spent working with hydrogen which, as Jason and Randal were keen to point out, is not a new phenomenon whatsoever.
We discussed the critical issue of safety and the risk mitigation approaches the company takes, the role of hydrogen in the wider decarbonisation agenda, as well as the company’s view on the roadmap to hydrogen viability over the next decade.
We also talked about some exciting case studies around natural gas and green hydrogen synergies, and transport applications. The energy was great, we learned a lot, and we’re looking forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback on the hydrogen debate.

For details on how to register for inspiratia's Hydrogen Decade Virtual Summit - mentioned in the episode - click here: www.hydrogen-decade-summit.com.

Enjoy!

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We return for a new year of episodes covering the worlds of infrastructure and clean energy and first up is a fascinating discussion with hydrogen-powered flight pioneer ZeroAvia, as well as one of the company's backers in the form of SystemiQ.
We spoke to ZeroAvia's CFO Katya Akulinicheva and SystemiQ's Irena Spazzapan about the promise of zero emission aviation, investor appetite for this kind of proposition, government support, and the wider climate agenda as we move towards COP26 in the UK this year. And we also touched upon many other topics in a wide-ranging discussion that we here at the Joint Venture really enjoyed.
As ever, Maritina and Jon also took a look at some latest news from within the infrastructure and renewables sector, including an exciting hydrogen development and a potentially hugely popular IPO.
To find out more about our Digital Infrastructure Virtual Summit mentioned in the episode, go here.
Email us at conferences@inspiratia.com if you want to find out more about the hydrogen conference we are also holding on 17 February.
Finally, catch us on Twitter: @thejointventur1.

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This time out we are zooming in on the ever-more important world of smart grids, specifically on how the decentralised systems of days gone by are transformed into networks that can cope with more distributed renewables generation, EV charging, and batteries.
This transition has the potential to create particular headaches for distribution system operators (DSOs), but the Swiss start-up depsys is trying to solve these problems by providing both hardware and software to these groups to open up the "black box" that was previously their grid networks. Through this approach, the company hopes it can help the DSOs better operate, maintain, and transition their grids to assets that can thrive in a distributed energy generation world. The company's CCO Anja Langer Jacquin joined us to tell us all about it.
Also in this episode, Jon and Maritina discuss a big move in the world of offshore wind, as well as a regulatory saga within the UK utilities sector.

To find out more about our Digital Infrastructure Virtual Summit mentioned in the episode, go here: www.digital-infra-conference.com

And to listen to Maritina's Geopolitics of Energy Podcast, episodes here.

Happy listening.

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In a week when the UK launched it's long-awaited infrastructure strategy, updated its plans for future Contracts-for-Difference allocation rounds, and the world's largest offshore wind farm was financed, there was much to talk in the worlds of infrastructure and renewables.
And so, Jon and his latest co-host Maritina, did just that. Except we didnt mention the financing of that huge offshore wind farm - Dogger Bank - as it came just after we recorded this. Maybe next time!
We were also delighted to be joined by Onsu Wegner of Gore Street Capital to discuss her company's listed dedicated energy storage fund, reflecting on recent deals, future plans, and the wider - and fast-developing - battery storage space.
Access to recordings and materials from the three inspiratia events mentioned at the top of the episode can be arranged here: New Energy Infrastructure & Battery Storage, Subsidy-free Renewables, Electric Vehicles & Sustainability.
And to join us at our Digital Infrastructure Virtual Summit on 27-28 January, email conferences@inspiratia.com.
We hope you enjoy the podcast.

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