Talking energy...The UKERC Podcast

In this episode of our "Talking Energy" podcast UKERC Director Rob Gross is joined by Shell's Chief Economist, Mallika Ishwaran to discuss the Shell energy scenarios. In the podcast they discuss Mallika’s role at Shell, which focuses on analysing economic trends to shape long-term energy scenarios. It highlights the critical role of scenarios in managing uncertainties within the energy sector and how they differ to forecasts. It also covers topics such as how scenarios are used in decision making, their history at Shell, and it considers the latest scenarios, which now include energy security and geopolitics, reflecting the evolving and complex nature of global energy challenges.

In this episode, UKERC Director Rob Gross meets Demetrios Papathanasiou, Global Director of Energy and Extractives at the World Bank and Alex O'Cinneide, Founder and CEO of Gore Street Capital, to explore the crucial topic of investment in electricity storage as an enabler of expanding renewables and electricity grids around the world.

In this episode, UKERC Director Rob Gross is joined by Emma Piercy of the Food and Drink Federation, and Laith Whitwham of the Aldersgate Group, to discuss industrial decarbonisation. There has been lots of focus on the impact of the energy crisis on households, but what about impacts on industry? This podcast takes stock of UK industrial decarbonisation, it explores the impact of the energy crisis, current and future energy support mechanisms, and looks at the wider international context. It highlights the importance of decoupling gas and electricity prices to bring down energy costs, and the importance of a consistent and supportive regulatory framework.

In this podcast, Matt Hinde, Head of European Affairs at National Grid, joins Antony Froggatt and Caroline Kuzemko to discuss the UK and EU energy relationship in the context of the current energy crisis. The episode was recorded in November and looks at how the UK and EU are trying to phase down gas use, energy interconnectors, the deployment of renewables, and the importance of trade and cooperation. Guest biographies: Matt Hinde is Head of European Affairs at National Grid and is also a Board Member at the British Chamber of Commerce - EU and Belgium. Antony Froggatt is an energy policy consultant and a senior research fellow at Chatham House, and a senior researcher in the UKERC 'Energy in a Global' Context theme. Caroline Kuzemko is an Associate Professor in the University of Warwick’s Politics and International Studies department. She is Deputy Leader of the research theme ‘Energy in a Global Context’, and PI of the ‘Beyond Brexit: UK Zero Carbon Energy Policy’ project.