Power to the People

S1E11 - We sit down with Gerard de Leede, CTO of Solarge —one of the Netherlands’ most innovative solar companies—to talk about the growing problem of grid congestion and what can be done about it right now.  Solarge produces lightweight, toxin-free solar panels with a fair and transparent supply chain. Their mission? To lead the way in clean, responsible photovoltaic production.  But here’s the t...

S1E10 - Today we speak with Floor Alkemade, expert in systems change. Through the lens of systems change we see how the energy transition is connected to questions of economic survival of countries, energy policy and social behavior. We also discuss energy autonomy and the EU's dependency on gas and oil from other countries. Floor is a professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology and sp...

S1E9 - We speak with Mark Spijker about creating compelling stories to get people involved in the energy transition.   Mark is the main director of Arnhem Electricity Week and wants to make it the number one energy conference in Europe. He is a master in the art of Brand Building and has been shaping stories to make the energy transition speak to a broad audience. That is why we talk with him abou...

S1E8 - We speak with Professor Maarten Steinbuch about the rise of electric planes. Electric planes have a huge potential to replace short haul flight and revolutionize the aviation sector. Something that was hard to imagine 20 years ago is coming within hand reach. Maarten is a distinguished professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology. He has a very good eye for the influence that technol...

Today we speak with Marije Ruysch about energy poverty in the Netherlands. Marije is head of the energy bank Arnhem , where they strive for energy access for everyone. We speak with her about how energy is a basic life necessity and how it should be available for everyone in a rich country like the Netherlands.  The stories that she shares of people in energy poverty make us think again about our...

S1E6 - We speak with Doctor Gautham Ram about using electric vehicles to enhance grid capacity.   Gautham sees an important role for electric vehicles in the energy transition and frames them as big batteries on wheels. They can be used for energy storage, grid balancing services and very important today: enhancing the capacity of our electricity grid.  Gautham is an assistant professor at the Del...

E5S1 - We speak with Doctor Sietske Veenman at Arnhem Electricity Week about what we can know about how our projections about the future determine how we feel, think and act. Sietske is researching futures and their effects at the Radboud University of Nijmegen. She is specialized in environmental policy and governance. With her company Artemis Energie she helps organizations and governments act f...

S1E4 - We speak with Dr. Johan Enslin at Arnhem Electricity Week about his idea for a US supergrid. In the US, most renewable energy is generated in the middle and the south of the country. Most of this energy needs to be transported to the densely populated West and East Coast. This means a lot of energy needs to be transported over long distances. Johan comes up with a solution that uses the exi...

S1E3 - We speak with Laetitia Ouillet at Arnhem Electricity Week about Gas Plants as Transition Technology & Energy Poverty in the Netherlands. She is concerned about gas plants as a transition technology, because they may not be profitable with high integration of renewable sources. She is also confronted with energy poverty in her work and is surprised by how much this occurs in a rich count...

S1E2 - Auke and Michiel sit down with Gerwin Hoogsteen at Arnhem Electricity Week , expert in smart grid control and optimization at the University of Twente , to explore the future of our power infrastructure. We dive into the transition to a bottom-up energy grid, where decentralized energy sources, batteries, and grid-forming inverters challenge the traditional model of centralized, rotating ma...

S1E1 - We speak to Caroline Kamerbeek at Arnhem Electricity Week about the campaign she is running to accelerate the Energy Transition. DNV created two short films for this campaign that are becoming a much bigger success than she could ever imagine. The goal of the short films is to bring the Energy Transition very close to people so it can become relatable. She hopes to influence voters and gove...

Welcome to the Power to the People podcast! Great that you are a renewable energy enthousiast like us. In this episode we talk about why we make this podcast, what is it about and who we are. The energy transition might well be one of the biggest challanges we have ever faced as human kind. Therefor it deserves to be talked about in depth, truthfully and with concern for all. This is not a left or...