Energy in Conversation Season 2 is coming on the 26th of January! Featuring young energy professionals from around the world as part of the EI's Generation 2050 initiative.

Clean cooking – tackling the silent tsunami

Sep 14th, 2021 32m 49s

About 3 billion people globally depend on open fires or inefficient stoves and fuels to cook their food. This has serious impacts on our climate and environment, as well as health and livelihoods, especially for women and children. The World He

Financing the Low Carbon Transition

May 24th, 2021 27m 54s

The world’s commitment to hold global temperature increases to well below 2°C will require significant changes to large-scale infrastructure. New assets require planning and financing, and investors are looking for guarantees that their investm

Unlocking the Grid

Mar 10th, 2021 34m 1s

Clean electricity is crucial for achieving a sustainable, low-carbon energy system. We already use it to charge our phones and light our homes – but we are also set to use it to decarbonise other sectors like heat and transport. Great progress

Making CCUS a Reality

Feb 10th, 2021 29m 41s

In their landmark Net Zero report, the UK’s Climate Change Committee states that carbon capture and storage (CCS) “is a necessity, not an option” for reaching net-zero emissions. Despite growing global consensus of its importance, there are onl

Career with a Conscience

Jan 26th, 2021 33m 21s

To kick off our new season, the Energy Institute’s Chief Executive Louise Kingham chats with two talented young professionals to explore their motivations as they progress in the energy industry. Mervin Azeta (Schlumberger), and David Davidson

Raising energy access and lowering emissions

Feb 18th, 2020 29m 2s

Those with the least income are spending the most on energy, and will be the worst affected by climate change. In the final episode of its first season, Energy in Conversation is taking on two of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) wh

Oil and gas in a net zero world

Feb 4th, 2020 36m 32s

In a world banishing greenhouse gas emissions, all parts of the global economy will have to adapt. This episode asks an existential question for the energy sector: what will today’s oil and gas companies look like in the net zero world of 2050?

Nuclear power in the balance

1 Jan 21st, 2020 20m 45s

You may think low carbon power generation is a recent innovation. On this episode, we consider a source of electricity which has been providing zero-carbon power for decades – nuclear power. Our first guest, Kirsty Gogan considers how nuclear s

The heat equation

Dec 10th, 2019 26m 21s

Our latest episode explores the routes to decarbonising domestic heat. Hear from expert guests, Dr Tim Rotheray and Adam Madgett, about the need to balance both sides of the heating equation - energy efficiency and clean heating sources. We foc

Energy's digital upgrade

Nov 26th, 2019 29m 43s

This week we focus on the UK's digital energy switchover - like TV and banking, retail energy is getting a 21st-century upgrade. But 1 in 10 UK adults are not internet users, and the same proportion are in fuel poverty. Can a digital energy fut

Food waste? Not cool

Nov 12th, 2019 30m 6s

Our first episode takes place at the intersection of food and energy - two systems which are central to human wellbeing and climate change. Getting food from farm to table is taking a toll on the environment, and 1/3 of all food produced never