“Anything that exists is possible” as Boulding’s first law prescribes. I was wondering why, in some places of the world, district energy systems were very flexibly integrated with the electricity system – while in other parts, they were not. So

How to fully decarbonise the Nordics

Aug 25th, 2021 42m 19s

A world premiere for your ears!Nordic Clean Energy Scenarios by Nordic Energy Research is the most comprehensive study of decarbonisation of the Nordics so far – out 7 September 2021.Energy Policycast is lucky enough to host two of the main a

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Bonus: Sounds of energy

Jun 29th, 2021 2m 58s

Our music and jingles are based in energy technologies - see for yourself in this short clip. Best wishes for the summer!Sound design by Dea Cisar.Hosted and produced by Daniel Sneum, Sustainability Division, Technical University of Denmark

Crowdsourced scenicness and acceptance of wind power

Jun 3rd, 2021 28m 56s

How does the beauty of the landscape, i.e. scenicness, play into the deployment of wind power? And how can we measure scenicness?Those questions are addressed by Professor Russell McKenna and his co-authors in the study Quantifying the trade-o

The hidden sides of wind repowering

May 25th, 2021 37m 57s

What happens when old wind projects are replaced with new capacity? Associate professor Lena Kitzing from DTU Wind Energy discuss her recent study - Multifaceted drivers for onshore wind energy repowering and their implications for energy trans

Importing waste: Good idea in a regional perspective?

May 11th, 2021 36m 48s

What should we do with waste - dump it nationally or ship across borders to burn? Does it make sense economically - and how about climate? This rare and very interesting topic is discussed by PhD Amalia Alonzo and Professor Marie Münster, based

Data centres - big deployment with a small splash

Apr 13th, 2021 44m 29s

How will various degrees of deployment of data centres impact a small country’s energy system? In this 2020-interview, Stefan Petrovic, now special advisor at the Danish Energy Agency, explains a very interesting study on Denmark by Stefan Petr

Are markets ready for biomethane?

Mar 23rd, 2021 27m 26s

Are markets mature for trading green gases like biomethane? Tara Amirkhizi, PhD from DTU, gives a status and describe her research within the FutureGas project on markets for biomethane. Florence School of Regulation's taxonomy on green gases

Citizen finance: 176 billion Euros for renewables

Mar 2nd, 2021 51m 47s

In today’s study, we take a look into the pockets of European citizens and find 176 BEUR of potential renewable financing. Enough to cut in half the investment gap of reaching 32% European renewable energy by 2030.PhD researcher Cristian Pons-

Sector, vector and smart sector coupling

Feb 17th, 2021 46m 56s

Get dressed for the buzz on sector coupling with professors Brian Elmegaard and Marie Münster from Technical University of Denmark. We discuss our work on the white paper Sector Coupling: Concepts, State-of-the-art and Perspectives. The study

Doing it right the first time: Electricity transmission (for offshore wind especially)

Feb 3rd, 2021 26m 17s

Which transmission architecture is the most beneficial to integrate large shares of renewable energy in the North Sea region? And what are the consequences of the planning horizon when planning such a system towards 2050? PhD researcher Juan G

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Teaser: Energy Policycast is back!

Jan 29th, 2021 2m 2s

After a small hiatus including finalisation of a PhD thesis and paternity leave, we're back with more informal and geeky discussions on energy policy, regulation, economics, systems and anything in between.Stay tuned and share our podcast with

TENTRANS: Large-scale renewables = large-scale local benefits?

Oct 24th, 2019 1h 6m

Research associate Holle Wlokas/Stellenbosch University presents her research on renewable energy in South Africa and beyond - including the TENTRANS project.In the episode, Holle recommends this social performance podcast.Illustration: The m

AURES I & II: Increasingly popular RE auctions

Sep 12th, 2019 1h

Senior researcher Lena Kitzing/DTU on AURES and AURES II.In the episode, Lena recommends the New Palgrave Dictionary of EconomicsIllustration: The multi-talented Luigi BottecchiaHost and producer: Daniel Sneum ([email protected])/DTU Management's

Flex4RES: Water flushes batteries away

Jul 5th, 2019 27m 52s

Flex4RES leader Klaus Skytte/DTU on results in the pipeline.Flex4RES - Shift - Negative CO2.Illustration: The multi-talented Luigi BottecchiaHost and producer: Daniel Sneum ([email protected])/DTU Management's Sustainability DivisionMusic: Raindr

Policies for flexibility: A Flex4RES perspective

Jun 7th, 2019 42m 40s

Prof. Peter Lund/Aalto University on the Flex4RES policy paper.Illustration: The multi-talented Luigi BottecchiaHost and producer: Daniel Sneum ([email protected])/DTU Management's Sustainability DivisionMusic: Raindrops by morgantj (c) copyright

PPAs: Good for the energy system – and for old ladies

May 13th, 2019 28m 40s

New study on power purchase agreements by Felipe Fausto/Flex4RES.In the episode, Felipe recommends this work on PPAs.Illustration: The multi-talented Luigi BottecchiaHost and producer: Daniel Sneum ([email protected])/DTU Management's Sustainabili

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Teaser: A research-based podcast on energy policy

May 13th, 2019 2m 31s

Energy Policycast: a new podcast on energy policy research covering economics, regulation, modelling + anything in between. Illustration: The multi-talented Luigi BottecchiaHost and producer: Daniel Sneum ([email protected])/DTU Management's Sustai