INSPIRE-ing Energy Talks

SGS INSPIRE hosted a podcast discussion on the progress and challenges of fuel quality in West Africa. On April 1, 2023, the Dutch Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) enforced a policy to limit sulfur (maximum 50 mg/kg), benzene (maximum 1% v/v) and manganese (maximum 2 mg/l) in gasoline when exporting to West African countries. This podcast investigates the impact of this policy an...

SGS INSPIRE and expert Agustin Torroba analyzed the current state and future prospects of the global biofuel market, with a focused overview of Latin America’s role, identifying key opportunities, challenges, and strategic implications for energy transition, investment, and policy-making up to 2040. 

SGS INSPIRE interviewed Anna Venturini, Policy Director at the European Biogas Association (EBA) and Giuseppe Welz, expert in alternative propulsion/gas business development at IVECO Group. The discussion covered the regulatory landscape, market challenges, and opportunities for biogas and biomethane in road transport, as well as their potential to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors like aviation a...

Episode 10 of our Energy Talks podcast focuses on the new European Commission and its expected priorities on transport policies and regulations for the next 5 years. SGS INSPIRE Claire Couet interviewed guest speaker Julia Poliscanova, Senior Director for Vehicles & E-mobility supply chains at influential European NGO Transport & Environment (T&E). She explained that her organization’s...

Episode 9 of our Energy Talks podcast is a conversation on road transport decarbonization policies, especially the case of Brazil, with Daniel Amaral, the Director of Economic and Regulatory Affairs at ABIOVE, the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries. The interview, carried out by SGS INSPIRE Business Development Manager, Claire Couet, also included Henry Gomez, SGS INSPIRE Market Ana...

The eighth episode of our podcast is a conversation with Professor Andrei Belyi, CEO of consulting energy firm Balesene and Adjunct Professor in Law and Policy at the University of Eastern Finland. The interview covered the expected use of renewable and low-carbon fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping sector. Professor Belyi explained that very low sulfur fuels such as cryogen...

The seventh episode of our podcast is a conversation with Koen Noyens, Head of Public Affairs at Milence. Milence was established in mid-2022 as a joint venture between Daimler Truck, the TRATON Group, and the Volvo Group. Koen Noyens explained that Milence will roll out a network of public charging facilities for long-haul heavy-duty vehicles across Europe. The target is to build a minimum of 1,7...

The sixth episode of our podcast series is a conversation with Ralf Diemer, Managing Director of the E-fuel Alliance, a cross-sectoral coalition created in 2020 to promote the industrialised production of e-fuels on a global scale. The alliance has members based in 17 different countries and from 4 continents. The member companies are active in various sectors: oil and gas, on-road transport, avia...

In this episode, SGS INSPIRE interviewed Laurent Donceel, Deputy Managing Director at industry federation, Airlines for Europe (A4E), and Klaas Pel, Global Head of Aviation Regulation at Neste. Together, they discussed the impact of the EU Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate of 2% usage for all aircrafts departing from EU airports effective as of January 1, 2025. This concerns all flights, domestic...

In this episode on ethanol blending in gasoline, focusing on the case of India, SGS INSPIRE senior market analyst, interviews Dr. Ramakumar, former R&D Director and Board member of Indian Oil. Together, they explore the reasons for India’s decision to start blending ethanol in gasoline in 2003, following Brazil’s path. They discuss the current level of ethanol in India’s gasoline and the feasi...

At the beginning of this year, SGS INSPIRE launched its podcast series on energy in transport called INSPIRE-ing Energy Talks. We aim to have a new episode every two months and SGS INSPIRE users are welcome to propose topics and join us as speakers! In episode three, SGS INSPIRE market analyst Lucky Nurafiatin chats to Dr. Oki Murza, senior vice president of research and technology innovation at P...

In January, SGS INSPIRE launched its first podcast on energy in transport called INSPIRE-ing Energy Talks. We will have a new episode every two months and INSPIRE users are welcome to propose topics and join us as speakers! In this episode, Lucky Nurafiatin spoke with Salah Mahdy, a global director for renewable hydrogen at Howden and Dhanisha Juleemun, a market analyst for Africa and Europe in SG...

In January SGS INSPIRE launched its first podcast on energy in transport called INSPIRE-ing Energy Talks. We will have a new episode every two months and INSPIRE users are welcome to propose topics and join us as speakers! In our first podcast, Lucky Nurafiatin discussed biofuels mandates and feedstock availability with Jose Angel Olivero Garcia from LIPSA. Countries with vast domestic vegetable o...