In this episode of the Energy Transitions podcast, Pamela Largue speaks with Christophe Williams, CEO of Naked Energy, to find out how their innovative solution of evacuated tubes produces both electricity and heat, converting up to 80% of the sun’s energy into usable power and hot water.
It's an important step forward in helping to decarbonise heat, the “warm elephant in the room” of climate action, says Williams.
In this episode you will learn more about:
Why the company chose to be called Naked Energy;
What it means to redefine a mature technology like solar power;
How Naked Energy is employing novel design techniques to achieve greater solar thermal efficiencies;
How the British Library is using solar thermal technology to decarbonise and keep precious knowledge safe;
The use cases for solar thermal technology in decarbonising the commercial and industrial sector;
Christophe’s journey from the creative industries into clean tech.
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Why the UK power sector needs more female leaders
In this episode of the Energy Transitions podcast, Pamela Largue has a candid conversation with Monica Collings, newly appointed Chair of POWERful Women and recent recipient of an OBE, about the pressing need for greater gender diversity in the UK energy sector.
Collings highlights the encouraging and disappointing results of POWERful Women's 2025 State of the Nation Report, and explains why deep structural change is needed to get the UK power sector's diversity strategy back on track.
In this episode you will learn more about:
How POWERful Women is tracking on its mission to achieve 40% of energy sector leadership and middle management roles to be held by women by 2030;
The standout results from POWERful Women's State of the Nation report;
How a lack of diversity is impacting the UK's energy sector;
How to attract and retain talented women with a supportive workplace culture;
Whether DEI needs to be reframed to achieve more;
Why diversity in leadership is good for business and critical for the energy transition.
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Advancing e-mobility through electric road innovation
In this episode of the Energy Transitions podcast, Pamela Largue speaks to Per Löfberg, Senior Project Manager at charging solutions scale-up Elonroad, to find out more about how charging innovation is helping to drive electrification.
In this episode you will learn more about:
The challenges facing e-mobility in Europe and limitations posed by the grid infrastructure and battery dependency;
How Elonroad's innovation is using conductive electric roads to enable on-the-go charging;
The differences between indictive and conductive charging;
Why road electrification holds great promise for port decarbonisation in particular;
Why the US, Sweden, France and Singapore are exploring e-mobility innovation like electric roads;
The popular use cases being explored for deployment of these systems;
Addressing regulatory and investment gaps hindering development of e-mobility innovation;
What's next for Elonroad on its innovation journey.
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The role of new nuclear in Sweden
In this episode of the Energy Transitions podcast, Pamela Largue speaks with John Ahlberg, Founder of nuclear scale-up Kärnfull, about the polarised opinions concerning Swedish nuclear energy and whether this divide still exists. Ahlberg also highlights the game changing technologies and business models that are building confidence in the sector.
In this episode you will learn more about:
Why nuclear energy is a controversial topic in Sweden;
Why the government is warming up to nuclear energy;
What technology options are most likely going to materialise in the country;
New business models that could influence the future development of the sector;
The challenges and pressure points in the region's electrification journey and the role of nuclear in mitigating these.
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Tapping the power of partnerships to drive innovation
In this episode of the Energy Transitions podcast, Pamela Largue speaks to Linda Wennberg, Agile Unit Leader Sustainable Energy at ABB's Smart Power Division, about how to foster innovation through effective partnerships.
In this episode you will learn more about:
The challenges and opportunities around innovation in energy;
Why acceleration and scalability are important to make the most of the opportunities to innovate;
Why companies that can quickly scale their innovations gain a competitive edge;
How to innovate in a sector where product lifecycles are decades long;
How the need for speed is changing the way engineers work on energy transition solutions;
The partnerships that ABB Smart Power has invested in to accelerate innovation;
The main technology/innovation trends that will have the biggest impact on the energy transition.
This episode is brought to you in partnership with ABB’s Sustainable Energy Unit
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Welcome to the Energy Transitions Podcast, brought to you by Enlit. In this bi-weekly podcast, your host Pamela Largue has engaging conversations with energy sector professionals at the forefront of the energy transition in Europe and beyond. Visit https://www.enlit.world/podcasts/energy-transitions/ for more information about the series and guests.
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