SciencesPo Energy Podcast

Arthur Henriot: How much renewables can be integrated into an electricity grid?

Arthur Henriot is an advisor to the CEO of RTE, the French transmission system operator and an expert in the system integration of renewable energy. We discuss how much renewables we can expect to integrate into a grid and how to overcome common challenges such as variability of generation

European Gas Markets with Luca Franza

I’ll be talking this time with Luca Franza, a researcher at the Clingendael Institute, and lecturer at SciencesPo, about European Gas Markets, who the winners and losers are from Nord Stream II, and what the implications of branding American LNG 'Freedom Gas' are.

 

Carbon Capture & Utilisation - how can we use carbon dioxide in industry?

Today we are talking to Sebastian Escagues, a chemical engineer and consultant at ENEA Consulting who advises industrial companies as to how to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. 

We will be discussing industrial uses of carbon dioxide including synthetic fuels, how much they cost and how to make them cheaper.

Giacomo Luciani: Rentier states, Aramco & Iran

The shale revolution has profoundly changed global oil markets. This in turn has an important effect on oil producing states and their strategy to continue to produce rent from natural resources.

Today we are speaking with Giacomo Luciani, a creator of the rentier state theory, the scientific advisor for the International Energy program at SciencesPo.

Nuclear economics and public opinion: conversation with Valerie Faudon

Despite some clear advantages, nuclear energy suffers from an public image problem. In this episode we speak to Valérie Faudon head of the French nuclear society and board member at Orano, the French nuclear company. 

Nuclear energy basics: conversation with Dominique Greneche

This episode is designed for listeners who are relatively new to nuclear energy to introduce the history, technology, and common problems associated associated with it and their solutions.

Russian gas markets with Dr Tatiana Mitrova

Today we are talking with Dr Tatiana Mitrova a fellow at the OIES.  We discuss Russian gas markets and explore why Novatek has been so successful in LNG despite both not being directly linked to the Kremlin, and facing sanctions. We also look into Nordstream II to explore whether or not the project will be profitable.

What is the potential of energy efficiency? Conversation with Martin Schoenberg from the United Nations Environment Program

Energy efficiency is an essential pillar of any emissions reductions target. Today we are talking with Martin Schoenberg, an energy efficiency project coordinator at the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative. We discuss what the UN is doing to help energy efficiency, what the largest opportunities are, and how energy efficiency is necessary to sustain both high standards of living and meet climate goals.

Sanctions and oil markets: conversation with Homayoun Falakshahi from WoodMackenzie

Homayoun Falakshahi is a senior analyst at WoodMackenzie who focusses on oil and gas upstream in The Middle East and North Africa. We discuss sanctions on Iran and Venezuela and the effect on oil markets.

 

Hosted and produced by Paul David Evans with help from Siavash Barkhordar