The smarter E podcast is all about the current trends and developments in a renewable, decentralized and digital energy industry. Our moderators Tobias Bücklein and Zackes Brustik welcome and interview personalities who shape our industry and drive developments forward. A new episode is published every Thursday.
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| A Second Life for Charging Stations: How Does Refurbishing Work? Episode 159 with Wolfram Cüppers, owner of LADEFIX. |
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| How Do We Design the Electricity Grids of the Future? Challenges and Solutions Episode 158 with Prof. Dr. Jochen Kreusel, Global Head of Market Innovation at Hitachi Energy and Dr. Philipp Strauß, Deputy Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology IEE. |
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| Saxony – The Land of Hydrogen: Moving Towards a Sustainable Future Episode 157 with Dr. Olga Naumov, Senior Manager for Technology Projects at Leipziger Stadtwerk, Christoph Friedrich, Group Developer at Leipziger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft, Dr. Peter Lucas Consultant at the Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport, Klaudia Wackerman, Project Manager at Saxony Economic Development Corporation (WFS) . |
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| Smart Buildings: The Future of Energy Efficiency & Climate Action Episode 156 Ivan-Asen Ivanov, Energy & Climate Policy Officer at Eurelectric. |
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| Open Source & Electromobility: The Future of Charging Infrastructure Episode 155 Marco Möller, founder and CEO of PIONIX. |
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| Double Down, Triple Up – The World Needs 3xRenewables Episode 154 Bruce Douglas, CEO of the Global Renewables Alliance. |
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| Ghost Electricity - What Can Be Done? Episode 153 with Robert Busch, Managing Director of the German Renewable Energy Federation (bne). |
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| How Municipal Utilities Are Driving the Mobility Revolution Episode 152 with Amélie Wippern, group manager for photovoltaics and electric mobility at Stadtwerke Hedelberg Energie GmbH. |
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| Charging Infrastructure vs. Real Estate Industry: Ways Out of the Charging Crisis Episode 151 with Ralph Müller-Eberstein of Bender GmbH & Co. KG. |
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| CSP – How Concentrated Solar Power Works Episode 150 with Wes Stein, Chief Research Scientist for Solar Technologies at CSIRO. |
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| How Solar PV is Helping to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Africa Episode 149 with Dr. Hamed Beheshti, Co-Founder and CEO of Boreal Light GmbH and Ahmad Sandid, Business Scout for Development at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). |
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| No Energy Transition without the Cloud Episode 148 with Marco Oesterlein, Business Development Executive, adesso. |
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| China: Global Energy Transition Leader Episode 147 with Frank Haugwitz, Senior Advisor at Apricum – The Cleantech Advisory. |
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| Second Life Batteries: The Path to a Net-Zero Energy System Episode 146 with Dr. Nam Truong, Co-Founder and CEO of STABL Energy. |
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| PV Carports – Sensible Synergies for the New Mobility? Episode 145 with Antonia Gordt, Project Manager at Solar Cluster Baden-Württemberg e.V. and Jens Ritter, Sales Manager at ClickCon GmbH & Co. KG. |
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| Global Market Outlook 2023-2027 – The Dawn of the Terawatt Age Episode 144 with Michael Schmela, Executive Advisor to the CEO and a member of the leadership team of SolarPower Europe. |
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| Green Hydrogen as a Feedstock for Local Fertilizer Production? Episode 143 with Markus Vlasits, CEO of NewCharge. |
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| Energy Transition Skills Shortage – What Opportunities Does Education and Training Provide? Episode 142 with Berthold Breid, CEO of the Renewables Academy AG (RENAC). |
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| State of the Energy Transition Episode 141 with Seb Henbest, Group Head of Climate Transition at HSBC. |
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| What Role Do Municipalities Play in Electromobility? Episode 140 with Conrad Hammer, Head of Federal-State-Municipal Coordination and the Funding Team at the National Centre for Charging Infrastructure. |
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| Episode 139 with George Hilton and Pierre-Jean Alet. |
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| E-mobility in Fleets: Intelligently Electrifying the Fleet Episode 138 with Axel Schäfer, Managing Director of the Bundesverband Betriebliche Mobilität. |
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| Artificial Intelligence in the Use of Battery Storage Systems Episode 137 with Mandy Schipke, founder and CEO of NOVUM engineering GmbH. |
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| Solarize Africa – Energy Transition in Africa Episode 136 with Dr. Rethabile Melamu, CEO at SAPVIA & Herbert Friese, General Manager of Dutch & Co. |
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| AWARDs Special: These Innovations are Driving the Emobility and Solar Industries Episode 135 with Markus Emmert, Chairman of the Bundesverband eMobilität and Prof. Dr. Michael Powalla, Member of the Board of the Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg ZSW. |
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| How Close Are We to V2G Becoming a Daily Reality? Episode 134 with Dr. Stefan Perras & Thomas Gereke of Siemens. |
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| Digitizing the Energy System with Digital Twins and Smart Grid Indicators Episode 133 with Peter Vermaat, Secretary General, EU DSO Entity. |
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| What´s up With the Energy Transition in Mexico ? Episode 132 with Angélica Soto, CEO of Nexus Energía México and Rosanety Barrios, member of the Board of Directors of the National Solar Energy Association (ANES). |
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| Are We Experiencing a Successful Renaissance of PV Production in Europe? Episode 131 with Prof. Dr. Peter Dold, Head of the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics (CSP). |
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| Sustainability: How Can Solar Best Support Nature Conservation and Biodiversity? Episode 130 with Lina Dubina, Policy Advisor for Sustainability at SolarPower Europe. |
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| Heat Pumps, Solar Thermal and More – How Do We Master the Heat Transition? Episode 129 with Christian Fink, Managing Director of the AEE - Institute for Sustainable Technologies in Austria. |
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| Quality Assurance for Solar EPCs (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) Episode 128 with Alden Lee, Head of Solar Procurement/Logistics/Quality at ABO Wind. |
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| Don't Let the Lights Go out – What About the Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure? Episode 127 with Maarten Hoeve, Director Technology, European Network for Cybersecurity (ENCS). |
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| Battery vs. Hydrogen in Heavy-Duty Transport – Which Drive Type Will Prevail? Episode 126 with Christopher Hecht from the Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives at RWTH Aachen University and Member of the Project Hydrogen Compass. |
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| E-Mobility: More Profit for Manufacturers Through Rapid Transformation? Episode 125 with Christian Hochfeld, Director of Agora Verkehrswende |
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| The Car as Home Storage – What Is the Added Value for Users? Episode 124 with Timo Kern, Head of Energy System and Markets at the Research Center for Energy Economics (FfE) in Munich |
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| Diverse but Thriving – Energy Transition in the MENA Region Episode 123 with Denisa Fainis, secretary general at MESIA, The Middle East Solar Industry Association |
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| Energy Transition Outlook – How Can We Achieve the Climate Targets? Episode 122 with Ditlev Engel, CEO of Energy Systems at DNV |
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| Episode 121 with Rainer Stock, Rainer Stock, deputy head of the energy industry department and head of the network management division at VKU e.V. |
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| Solar PV – Challenges and Opportunities of Ensuring Continued Asset Quality Episode 120 with Adele Ara, Head of Global Business Operations at Lightsource bp |
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| A Heart for the Power Grid - How Heat Pumps Provide Balance in the Energy System Episode 119 with Egbert Tippelt, Product Manager Heat Pumps, Viessmann |
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| Green Hydrogen: Electrolyzer Solutions for Sustainable Energy Systems Episode 118 with Dr. Fabio Oldenburg, Senior Consultant at Apricum & Co-founder and CTO of Gaia Membranes AG |
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| Hybrid Power Plants: The Future of Reliable Power Generation Episode 117 with Dr. Julia Badeda, member of the management board at ABO Wind |
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| Green Roofs and PV: Contradiction or Opportunity? Episode 116 with Gunter Mann from the Bundesverband Gebäudegrün e.V. and Immanuel Schäfer from the Bodensee Stiftung |
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| Hard Shell, Smart Core: Why Inner Values Count in Industrial Energy Storage Systems Episode 115 with Julian Jansen, Director of Growth and Market Development (EMEA) at Fluence |
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| The Beginning of the Green Hydrogen Age – What Else Does It Need? Episode 114 with Prof. Dr. Christopher Hebling, Head of Hydrogen Technologies at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE |
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| European Distribution Systems – Ready for Smart Grids? Episode 113 with Carmen Gimeno of GEODE, the European Association of Independent Electricity and Gas Distributors |
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| Who Is in Charge of E-Mobility? Episode 112 with Christoph Stürmer, equity partner and leader of the automotive practice at Vindelici Advisors AG |
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| E-mobility: What Questions Keep Fleet Managers Episode 111 with Team at CleanElectric, the emobility podcast |
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| Virtual Power Plants – The Power of Many Episode 110 with Aleksandra Radwanska and Leonard Hirsch from Next Kraftwerke |
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| This is How Sector Coupling and Vehicle-Integrated Power Generation Succeeds Episode 109 with Oliver Mayer, Head of Energy Department, Bayern Innovativ GmbH |
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| What is "Smart Charging" and How Can Electric Car Drivers Benefit from it? Episode 108 with Baerte de Brey, Chief International Officer at ElaadNL and Vice President at AVERE |
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| How Citizens Take the Energy Transition into Their Own Hands Episode 107 with Andreas Henze, CEO of Bürger Energie Genossenschaft BEG |
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| How Start-ups are Driving the Mobility Revolution Episode 106 with Benedikt Gerber, eQuota & Harald Baumeister, Sopago |
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| Agri-PV: Opportunities for Agriculture and Energy Transition Episode 105 with Stefano Amaducci, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore |
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| Investments in Renewable Energies – Approaches for Investors, Banks and Insurance Companies Episode 104 with Stefan Garche, VDE Renewables |
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| The Growth and Growth of the Global Energy Storage Market – Trends, Innovations & Developments Episode 103 with Sergio Duenàs, Strategen |
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| Solar Thermal and PV in Latin America – an Emerging Market Episode 102 with Marisol Oropeza and Nelson Delgado |
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| Life Cycle Analysis: The True CO₂ Emissions of All Drives Episode 101 with Johannes Buberger, Universität der Bundeswehr |
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| Bake Bread While the Sun Shines: Solarbakery for Off-Grid Rural Communities Episode 100 with Simon Zimmermann, Solarbakery |
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| Congestion in the Grid? How We Can Regulate Energy Flows in the Future Episode 99 with Ulrich Hempen, international key account and industry management of energy and process technology, WAGO |
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| Facts and Fairytales of Floating Solar Solutions Episode 98 with Arnoud van Druten, Director business unit Floating Energy solutions, Sunprojects group |
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| How startups are driving the energy transition Episode 97 with Andreas Kuhlmann. CEO of dena |
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| Second Life as a leverage to refinance the transition? Episode 96 with Claudius Jehle. CEO of volytica |
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| Why is AC bidirectionality key to large-scale V2G implementation? Episode 95 with Dennis Schulmeyer, LADE |
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| Brazil's further way to become and maintain a global player on the solar market Episode 94 with Rodrigo Sauaia, ABSOLAR |
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| Second Life, Zero Life and more - What does the future hold for energy storage? Episode 93 with Franz-Josef Feilmeier, Fenecon |
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| Power Sector Accelerating E-Mobility: Can Utilities turn EVs into a Grid Asset? Episode 92 with Bruce Douglas, Eurelectric |
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| Grid-safe integration of e-mobility - why battery electric vehicles save us from blackout Episode 91 with Markus Wunsch, Netze BW |
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| What opportunities and challenges do PPAs bring to the energy industry? Episode 90 with Annkathrin Rabe, Statkraft |
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| Decentralized energy supply as the basis of a clean energy system? Episode 89 with Gerrit Wörner, sonnen GmbH |
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| How to break away from fossil fuels with hydrogen? Episode 88 with Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm, H2.B |
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| Sector coupling in the neighborhood – the key to the energy transition? Episode 87 with Dr. Claudia van Laak and Dr. Karsten Schmidt, Open District Hub e.V. |
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| No heat transition without solar thermal energy Episode 86 with Karin Rühling, TU Dresden |
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| The Sky is the Limit – How Hydrogen will Power Aviation Episode 85 with Prof. Dr. Josef Kallo, CEO of H2Fly |
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| Geld verdienen mit dem eigenen E-Auto: THG-Quote und mehr Episode 84 with Marcus Fendt, Managing Director, The Mobility House |
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| BIPV – Buildings as Power Plants of the Future? Episode 83 with Dieter Moor, CEO Europe, ClearVuePV |
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| Business under Power: Promotion of Charging Systems for E-Vehicles Episode 82 with Conrad Hammer from the National Charging Infrastructure Control Center in Berlin |
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| The Unexpected Return of Nuclear - What to Make of it? Episode 81 with Dr. Paul Dorfman, Associate Fellow, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex |
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| Systemvision 2050 – Wie sieht das klimaneutrale Energiesystem der Zukunft aus? Episode 80 with Thomas Dederichs, Head of Energy Policy at Amprion . |
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| Sunny Outlook for Photovoltaics & Storage in Europe Episode 79 with Michael Schmela, Executive Advisor and a member of the leadership team of SolarPower Europe. |
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| Retrofitting: Vom Verbrenner zum Stromer – eine Lösung für nachhaltige Mobilität? Episode 78 with Heiko Fleck, Managing Director of Fleck GmbH. |
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| Grüner Wasserstoff als Lösung einer verlässlichen Stromversorgung? Episode 77 with Fabian Jochem, Head of Strategy at SMA Sunbelt. |
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| Disruption der E-Mobilität – Tesla als Wegbereiter Episode 76 with Christoph Krachten, science journalist and bestselling author of the book "Tesla or how Elon Musk is revolutionizing electromobility". |
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| Dynamic Change in the Storage Market: Developments, Trends & Challenges Episode 75 with Anil Srivastava, Chief Executive Officer, Leclanché |
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| Neue Bundesregierung gleich Neue Energiewelt? Das erwartet uns 2022 Episode 74 with Joachim Goldbeck, CEO of Goldbeck Solar GmbH |
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| Episode 73 with Leonie Assheuer, EU Affairs Manager at Viessmann. |
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