Ed Porter, Modo Energy

Transmission

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Transmission is the podcast for energy professionals navigating the global shift to a low-carbon power system. Hosted by Ed Porter, Transmission goes deep on battery storage markets, power market dynamics, and the commercial forces shaping the energy transition - with the people at the centre of it. Every week, we sit down with the CEOs, heads of trading desks, government advisors, policy architects, and leading practitioners driving change across the industry. These are practitioner conversations - focused on how markets actually work, where the real opportunities and risks lie, and what the...

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Ed Porter, Modo Energy

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Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

How to scale a global battery portfolio - from Poland to Japan (Gore Street Capital) 13.11.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. https://bit.ly/TheWeeklyDispatch Battery storage has moved from a niche technology to a cornerstone of modern power systems. But as the sector scales, investors face a new challenge: managing complexity a...

How to scale a global battery portfolio - from Poland to Japan (Gore Street Capital) Video 13.11.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. https://bit.ly/TheWeeklyDispatch Battery storage has moved from a niche technology to a cornerstone of modern power systems. But as the sector scales, investors face a new challenge: managing complexity a...

What’s driving America’s uneven battery energy storage boom (Modo Energy) 11.11.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. https://bit.ly/TheWeeklyDispatch From ERCOT to CAISO, MISO to PJM, regional differences are defining how clean energy assets are built, operated, and financed. Prices, policy, and technology are moving at...

What’s driving America’s uneven battery energy storage boom (Modo Energy) Video 11.11.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. https://bit.ly/TheWeeklyDispatch From ERCOT to CAISO, MISO to PJM, regional differences are defining how clean energy assets are built, operated, and financed. Prices, policy, and technology are moving at...

Building Britain’s biggest battery energy storage system with Lisa Mackay (Fidra Energy) 06.11.2025

As Great Britain connects its largest battery to the grid, the spotlight isn’t just on the technology - it’s also on the execution. Delivering storage at this scale requires coordination across engineering, operations, and markets. From grid connection challenges to day-to-day performance, success depends on much more than megawatts and megawatt-hours — it’s about precision, planning, and people....

Building Britain’s biggest battery energy storage system with Lisa Mackay (Fidra Energy) Video 06.11.2025

As Great Britain connects its largest battery to the grid, the spotlight isn’t just on the technology - it’s also on the execution. Delivering storage at this scale requires coordination across engineering, operations, and markets. From grid connection challenges to day-to-day performance, success depends on much more than megawatts and megawatt-hours — it’s about precision, planning, and people....

From IRA to OBBBA: Navigating US Energy Policy with Keith Martin (Norton Rose Fulbright) 04.11.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. https://bit.ly/TheWeeklyDispatch The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) changed everything for clean energy in the US. It unlocked hundreds of billions in incentives for renewables, storage, and manufacturing,...

From IRA to OBBBA: Navigating US Energy Policy with Keith Martin (Norton Rose Fulbright) Video 04.11.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. https://bit.ly/TheWeeklyDispatch The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) changed everything for clean energy in the US. It unlocked hundreds of billions in incentives for renewables, storage, and manufacturing,...

Unlocking investment for flexible assets with Roberto Castiglioni and Helena Anderson (Ikigai Capital) 30.10.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. https://bit.ly/TheWeeklyDispatch Flexible and hybrid energy projects are essential for a resilient, decarbonised grid but they’re still the hardest to finance. Investors know flexibility has value, yet tr...

Unlocking investment for flexible assets with Roberto Castiglioni and Helena Anderson (Ikigai Capital) Video 30.10.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. https://bit.ly/TheWeeklyDispatch Flexible and hybrid energy projects are essential for a resilient, decarbonised grid but they’re still the hardest to finance. Investors know flexibility has value, yet tr...

Rethinking energy retail in the US with Nick Chaset (Octopus Energy US) Video 28.10.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. https://bit.ly/TheWeeklyDispatch The US energy market is complex, fragmented, heavily regulated, and dominated by legacy systems that make innovation difficult. Yet in that complexity lies opportunity. As...

Rethinking energy retail in the US with Nick Chaset (Octopus Energy US) 28.10.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. https://bit.ly/TheWeeklyDispatch The US energy market is complex, fragmented, heavily regulated, and dominated by legacy systems that make innovation difficult. Yet in that complexity lies opportunity. As...

Can local flexibility markets fix grid congestion with James Johnston (Piclo) Video 21.10.2025

The grid was never designed for millions of distributed energy assets. Yet today, batteries, EVs, solar, and heat pumps are connecting faster than the network can reinforce - pushing grid capacity to its limits. The result? Growing connection queues, rising curtailment, and a system struggling to keep pace with electrification. So how do we move from a grid that reacts to constraints to one that a...

Can local flexibility markets fix grid congestion with James Johnston (Piclo) 21.10.2025

The grid was never designed for millions of distributed energy assets. Yet today, batteries, EVs, solar, and heat pumps are connecting faster than the network can reinforce - pushing grid capacity to its limits. The result? Growing connection queues, rising curtailment, and a system struggling to keep pace with electrification. So how do we move from a grid that reacts to constraints to one that a...

The flexibility blind spot in carbon accounting with Killian Daly (EnergyTag) Video 16.10.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. https://bit.ly/TheWeeklyDispatch Energy certificates were designed to support the growth of renewables but today they sit at the centre of a credibility problem. Many companies claim to run on 100% renewa...

The flexibility blind spot in carbon accounting with Killian Daly (EnergyTag) 16.10.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. https://bit.ly/TheWeeklyDispatch Energy certificates were designed to support the growth of renewables but today they sit at the centre of a credibility problem. Many companies claim to run on 100% renewa...

Managing merchant risk in clean power with Lee Taylor (REsurety) Video 14.10.2025
Managing merchant risk in clean power with Lee Taylor (REsurety) 14.10.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. https://bit.ly/TheWeeklyDispatch As more renewable energy connects to the grid, one question keeps coming up: who carries the risk when the wind doesn’t blow, or prices crash? The future of clean power do...

Carbon credits and the fight for transparency with Tommy Ricketts (BeZero Carbon) 09.10.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. Carbon markets promise a simple solution: buy a credit, offset an emission. But behind the scenes, things aren’t so straightforward. With credits treated like commodities but rarely verified with precisio...

Carbon credits and the fight for transparency with Tommy Ricketts (BeZero Carbon) Video 09.10.2025

Carbon markets promise a simple solution: buy a credit, offset an emission. But behind the scenes, things aren’t so straightforward. With credits treated like commodities but rarely verified with precision, buyers face a fundamental question: how do you prove the real impact of the carbon you’re paying for? In this conversation, Tommy Ricketts, co-founder and CEO of BeZero Carbon, unpacks why trus...

California’s biggest clean energy bottleneck with Ali Chehrehsaz (TerraVerde Energy) 07.10.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. California’s clean energy story is often told through solar and batteries, but the real challenge isn’t building the technology, it’s connecting it. Across the state, schools, water districts, and city go...

California’s biggest clean energy bottleneck with Ali Chehrehsaz (TerraVerde Energy) Video 07.10.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. California’s clean energy story is often told through solar and batteries, but the real challenge isn’t building the technology, it’s connecting it. Across the state, schools, water districts, and city go...

Why the ISP Puts Batteries at the Heart of the NEM with Alex Wonhas (AMPYR) 01.10.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. Australia’s energy system is at a tipping point. As more renewables come online, the challenge is no longer just about building generation but about ensuring the grid can handle it reliably, affordably, a...

Why the ISP Puts Batteries at the Heart of the NEM with Alex Wonhas (AMPYR) Video 01.10.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. Australia’s energy system is at a tipping point. As more renewables come online, the challenge is no longer just about building generation but about ensuring the grid can handle it reliably, affordably, a...

What sustainable investing looks like in practice with Shanu Mathew (Lazard Asset Management) 30.09.2025

Want the latest news, analysis, and price indices from power markets around the globe - delivered to your inbox, every week? Sign up for the Weekly Dispatch - Modo Energy’s unmissable newsletter. How do public markets really view the energy transition? And what signals are investors looking for before they back the companies building tomorrow’s energy system? Financing the energy transition isn’t...

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