Energy Transition Today

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights The team look over the past week of news and give their views on market trends in the energy sector In the news this week, we cover the latest progress in floating offshore wind, where Corio Generation and Å Energi formed a partnership for a 1.5GW project in Norway. We report on the start of construction for the UK's biggest solar + battery storage hybri...

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights The team look over the past week of news and give their views on the top market trends in the energy sector This week we are celebrating the release of our latest market research report, Riskwatch . This report measures the investment attractiveness of Europe's renewable energy markets. It provides investors with a comprehensive overview of the renewable...

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights The team look over the past week of news and give their views on the top market trends in the energy sector In this week's episode, we closely examine the biggest investment news of the past week, including London CIV's multi-million package to back Macquarie's energy transition strategy and Brookfield's acquisition of leading transportati...

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights The team looks over the past week of news in the energy industry and give their views on some big market trends - joined by special guest Scott Lawrence Scott is a founding partner of Glennmont Partners, leads all of the firm’s solar initiatives and is actively involved in new financing initiatives.  Scott has worked in renewable energy power generation for m...

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights The team look over the past week of news in the energy industry and give their views on some big market trends On this week's episode we all take on the UK budget as we ask what it means for the UK's renewables market. What does it mean for nuclear to be declared 'sustainable'? Will the lack of direct support cause delays in the offshore s...

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights The team look over the past week of news and give their views on some big market trends From the news desk, Zach brings us up to date on the latest renewables news. Including a dive into CIP's latest South African acquisitions, and a look at Orsted's advancing  Swedish offshore wind developments, even as their Hornsea 3 plans are thrown into questio...

This week we put PPAs (Power Purchase Agreements) in the full spotlight. After releasing our European PPA Outlook report this week, Chendwa Chintu walks us through Europe's top markets, top buyers and sellers, and gives us a forward looking outlook on how past developments will affect the future. Also this week, Zach highlights some of the most interesting deals from the past week, including...

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights The team look over the past week of news in the energy industry and give their views on some big market trends On this week's episode, Robert brings us the latest updates from some of Europe's top funds including a scoop from NextEnergy's £595 million (€563m US$601m) fundraiser. After a flurry of closes this week, we look at their differing str...

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights The team look over the past week of industry news and give their views on some big market trends This week, there's been plenty of news from floating offshore wind projects from around the world. Zachary brings us up to date with the latest in South Korea, Taiwan, and Spain.  Robert gives us an in-depth look at how battery storage developer Zenobe was ab...

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights The team look over the past week of news and give their views on some big market trends From the news desk, Zachary shares the biggest moves of the week in offshore wind, from Dogger Bank's new extension, CIP's €8 billion move into the Portuguese market, to the planning issues holding back Hornsea 4.  On her Debut appearance, Dila Cebeci gives us an...

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights Exclusive interview with hydrogen expert, David Urry - Investment Director at Austrade. The team look over the past week of news and give their views on some big market trends From the news desk, Zachary brings us up to date with big deals done by CIP and TotalEnergies, Statkraft's latest PPAs, and the EU's new approach to taking on the US's IR...

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights The team look over the past week of news and give their views on some big market trends From the news desk this week, Rob takes us through oil giants moving into the US offshore market, Amazon's latest line of data centres in Dublin, and Macquarie's busy week buying and selling gas infrastructure. Also this week, Chendwa turns his attention to the r...

The Joint Venture podcast: How is Pexapark priming its renewables clients for success in 2023? Inspiratia meets Pexapark's VP of Product to discuss the company's exciting plans for the future In this episode of the Joint Venture, Robert Leeming sits down with Abhishek Jain who is VP of Product at Pexapark – the software and advisory company that has supported well over 80 PPA transaction...

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights The team look over the past week of news and give their views on some big market trends From the news desk, Rob takes us through how this week Shell acquired US charging company Volta, Gore Street moves into the US energy storage market, and SSE make a colocation first in Ireland.  This week, Capucine has turned her attention to the recommendations made in Ch...

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights The team look over the past week of news and give their views on some big market trends From the news desk, Rob takes us through how the biggest fish in the market are snapping up offshore and floating wind projects.  Chendwa gives us a quick 101 lesson on how to direct your global infrastructure fund in the midst of a recession.   And after some eventual pro...

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights In the first episode of 2023, the team picks apart the renewable announcements you missed from the holiday break, and helps to make sense of the big political stories of recent days.  From the news desk, Zachary makes his debut by taking us through a busy Christmas period in Scandinavia - with GIG making divestments in onshore while Greencoat snap up offshore...

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights The team look over the past week of news, and make some bold predictions about the future of the US and European markets From the news desk, Rob takes us through some of the latest renewables market updates in the run up to Christmas and Oliver has some policy updates from the UK and EU on hydrogen and state aid. Chendwa takes a deep dive into the PPA market...

The Joint Venture: inspiratia insights The team look over the past week of news, and put the most promising North African renewable market under the spotlight From the news desk, Rob bring us the latest updates; including major European solar acquisitions, huge steps forward in green hydrogen for aviation and green steel, and BayWa's move towards the Irish market.   Capucine also tells us abo...

In the first instalment of our new weekly podcast series - inspiratia insights - the team discuss the runners and riders of inspiratia's Energy and Sustainability awards. We also take a look at the latest industry news, as the mad scramble to close Q4 deals begins Rob talks us through Shell 's new Danish biogas acquisition, the rollout of fibre in rural Germany, and the projects funded b...

inspiratia's Head of Research, Omolola Coker, speaks with Moody's Benjamin Leyre and Simon Kornek from Statkraft about the market interventions Europe are undertaking in order to alleviate the energy crisis.  Reach out to us at: podcasts@inspiratia.com Find all of our latest news and analysis by subscribing to inspiratia For tickets to our events email conferences@inspiratia.com or buy t...

The Joint Venture: Voices from the hydrogen industry   In this episode Oliver catches up with five of the most interesting delegates at the World Hydrogen Congress in Rotterdam. This was an event where many of the top players in Europe came together to discuss the fast-evolving hydrogen market.  These discussions include how to build up new hydrogen-from-waste production projects, the role of gree...

In this episode, Omolola Coker and Oliver Carr chat with Marco Raffinetti, CEO of Hyphen Hydrogen Energy, about his plans to build a 3GW green hydrogen production facility in Namibia, worth US$10 billion.   We learn more about the tender process for this ambitious project and discuss the Namibian government's commitment to become a hydrogen exporter. The discussion also turns to the strategic...

In this episode, Oliver catches up with Richard Hulf and JJ Traynor from LSE listed investment fund HydrogenOne Capital. We discuss the fund's origin, investment philosophy, and grand visions for the future.   Our conversation touches on many of the topics that affect investment decisions in innovative hydrogen projects and businesses. These include the disruption to supply chains and importa...

In this episode Robert Leeming speaks to Massimo Resta, Partner at Zouk Capital, the London-based private-equity business that was responsible for raising the successful Charging Infrastructure Fund. During the episode, Robert and Massimo discuss the ongoing investment of the fund, the rise and fall of the SPAC deal, the investability of charging infrastructure and the long-term prospects for this...

In this episode, Oliver catches up with Stirling Habbitts from renewable financial advisory firm Green Giraffe. We discuss the intrinsically linked futures of offshore wind projects and green hydrogen production in the UK.  This episode touches on the fallout from the UK government’s Hydrogen Strategy, how to work with offtakers to build a financial case for green hydrogen projects, and gets into...