All Episodes of The smarter E Podcast

Solarize Africa – Energy Transition in Africa

Episode 136 with Dr. Rethabile Melamu, CEO at SAPVIA & Herbert Friese, General Manager of Dutch & Co.

AWARDs Special: These Innovations are Driving the Emobility and Solar Industries

Episode 135 with Markus Emmert, Chairman of the Bundesverband eMobilität and Prof. Dr. Michael Powalla, Member of the Board of the Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg ZSW.

How Close Are We to V2G Becoming a Daily Reality?

Episode 134 with Dr. Stefan Perras & Thomas Gereke of Siemens.

Digitizing the Energy System with Digital Twins and Smart Grid Indicators

Episode 133 with Peter Vermaat, Secretary General, EU DSO Entity.

What´s up With the Energy Transition in Mexico ?

Episode 132 with Angélica Soto, CEO of Nexus Energía México and Rosanety Barrios, member of the Board of Directors of the National Solar Energy Association (ANES).

Are We Experiencing a Successful Renaissance of PV Production in Europe?

Episode 131 with Prof. Dr. Peter Dold, Head of the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics (CSP).

Sustainability: How Can Solar Best Support Nature Conservation and Biodiversity?

Episode 130 with Lina Dubina, Policy Advisor for Sustainability at SolarPower Europe.

Heat Pumps, Solar Thermal and More – How Do We Master the Heat Transition?

Episode 129 with Christian Fink, Managing Director of the AEE - Institute for Sustainable Technologies in Austria.

Quality Assurance for Solar EPCs (Engineering, Procurement, Construction)

Episode 128 with Alden Lee, Head of Solar Procurement/Logistics/Quality at ABO Wind.

Don't Let the Lights Go out – What About the Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure?

Episode 127 with Maarten Hoeve, Director Technology, European Network for Cybersecurity (ENCS).

Battery vs. Hydrogen in Heavy-Duty Transport – Which Drive Type Will Prevail?

Episode 126 with Christopher Hecht from the Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives at RWTH Aachen University and Member of the Project Hydrogen Compass.

E-Mobility: More Profit for Manufacturers Through Rapid Transformation?

Episode 125 with Christian Hochfeld, Director of Agora Verkehrswende

The Car as Home Storage – What Is the Added Value for Users?

Episode 124 with Timo Kern, Head of Energy System and Markets at the Research Center for Energy Economics (FfE) in Munich

Diverse but Thriving – Energy Transition in the MENA Region

Episode 123 with Denisa Fainis, secretary general at MESIA, The Middle East Solar Industry Association

Energy Transition Outlook – How Can We Achieve the Climate Targets?

Episode 122 with Ditlev Engel, CEO of Energy Systems at DNV

Working at the Base – and at the Limit: How Municipal Utilities Are Implementing the Energy Transition Locally

Episode 121 with Rainer Stock, Rainer Stock, deputy head of the energy industry department and head of the network management division at VKU e.V.

Solar PV – Challenges and Opportunities of Ensuring Continued Asset Quality

Episode 120 with Adele Ara, Head of Global Business Operations at Lightsource bp

A Heart for the Power Grid - How Heat Pumps Provide Balance in the Energy System

Episode 119 with Egbert Tippelt, Product Manager Heat Pumps, Viessmann

Green Hydrogen: Electrolyzer Solutions for Sustainable Energy Systems

Episode 118 with Dr. Fabio Oldenburg, Senior Consultant at Apricum & Co-founder and CTO of Gaia Membranes AG

Hybrid Power Plants: The Future of Reliable Power Generation

Episode 117 with Dr. Julia Badeda, member of the management board at ABO Wind

Green Roofs and PV: Contradiction or Opportunity?

Episode 116 with Gunter Mann from the Bundesverband Gebäudegrün e.V. and Immanuel Schäfer from the Bodensee Stiftung

Hard Shell, Smart Core: Why Inner Values Count in Industrial Energy Storage Systems

Episode 115 with Julian Jansen, Director of Growth and Market Development (EMEA) at Fluence

The Beginning of the Green Hydrogen Age – What Else Does It Need?

Episode 114 with Prof. Dr. Christopher Hebling, Head of Hydrogen Technologies at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE

European Distribution Systems – Ready for Smart Grids?

Episode 113 with Carmen Gimeno of GEODE, the European Association of Independent Electricity and Gas Distributors

Who Is in Charge of E-Mobility?

Episode 112 with Christoph Stürmer, equity partner and leader of the automotive practice at Vindelici Advisors AG

E-mobility: What Questions Keep Fleet Managers

Episode 111 with Team at CleanElectric, the emobility podcast

Virtual Power Plants – The Power of Many

Episode 110 with Aleksandra Radwanska and Leonard Hirsch from Next Kraftwerke

This is How Sector Coupling and Vehicle-Integrated Power Generation Succeeds

Episode 109 with Oliver Mayer, Head of Energy Department, Bayern Innovativ GmbH

What is "Smart Charging" and How Can Electric Car Drivers Benefit from it?

Episode 108 with Baerte de Brey, Chief International Officer at ElaadNL and Vice President at AVERE

How Citizens Take the Energy Transition into Their Own Hands

Episode 107 with Andreas Henze, CEO of Bürger Energie Genossenschaft BEG

How Start-ups are Driving the Mobility Revolution

Episode 106 with Benedikt Gerber, eQuota & Harald Baumeister, Sopago

Agri-PV: Opportunities for Agriculture and Energy Transition

Episode 105 with Stefano Amaducci, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Investments in Renewable Energies – Approaches for Investors, Banks and Insurance Companies

Episode 104 with Stefan Garche, VDE Renewables

The Growth and Growth of the Global Energy Storage Market – Trends, Innovations & Developments

Episode 103 with Sergio Duenàs, Strategen

Solar Thermal and PV in Latin America – an Emerging Market

Episode 102 with Marisol Oropeza and Nelson Delgado

Life Cycle Analysis: The True CO₂ Emissions of All Drives

Episode 101 with Johannes Buberger, Universität der Bundeswehr

Bake Bread While the Sun Shines: Solarbakery for Off-Grid Rural Communities

Episode 100 with Simon Zimmermann, Solarbakery

Congestion in the Grid? How We Can Regulate Energy Flows in the Future

Episode 99 with Ulrich Hempen, international key account and industry management of energy and process technology, WAGO

Facts and Fairytales of Floating Solar Solutions

Episode 98 with Arnoud van Druten, Director business unit Floating Energy solutions, Sunprojects group

How startups are driving the energy transition

Episode 97 with Andreas Kuhlmann. CEO of dena

Second Life as a leverage to refinance the transition?

Episode 96 with Claudius Jehle. CEO of volytica

Why is AC bidirectionality key to large-scale V2G implementation?

Episode 95 with Dennis Schulmeyer, LADE

Brazil's further way to become and maintain a global player on the solar market

Episode 94 with Rodrigo Sauaia, ABSOLAR

Second Life, Zero Life and more - What does the future hold for energy storage?

Episode 93 with Franz-Josef Feilmeier, Fenecon

Power Sector Accelerating E-Mobility: Can Utilities turn EVs into a Grid Asset?

Episode 92 with Bruce Douglas, Eurelectric

Grid-safe integration of e-mobility - why battery electric vehicles save us from blackout

Episode 91 with Markus Wunsch, Netze BW

What opportunities and challenges do PPAs bring to the energy industry?

Episode 90 with Annkathrin Rabe, Statkraft

Decentralized energy supply as the basis of a clean energy system?

Episode 89 with Gerrit Wörner, sonnen GmbH

How to break away from fossil fuels with hydrogen?

Episode 88 with Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm, H2.B

Sector coupling in the neighborhood – the key to the energy transition?

Episode 87 with Dr. Claudia van Laak and Dr. Karsten Schmidt, Open District Hub e.V.

No heat transition without solar thermal energy

Episode 86 with Karin Rühling, TU Dresden

The Sky is the Limit – How Hydrogen will Power Aviation

Episode 85 with Prof. Dr. Josef Kallo, CEO of H2Fly

Geld verdienen mit dem eigenen E-Auto: THG-Quote und mehr

Episode 84 with Marcus Fendt, Managing Director, The Mobility House

BIPV – Buildings as Power Plants of the Future?

Episode 83 with Dieter Moor, CEO Europe, ClearVuePV

Business under Power: Promotion of Charging Systems for E-Vehicles

Episode 82 with Conrad Hammer from the National Charging Infrastructure Control Center in Berlin

The Unexpected Return of Nuclear - What to Make of it?

Episode 81 with Dr. Paul Dorfman, Associate Fellow, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex

Systemvision 2050 – Wie sieht das klimaneutrale Energiesystem der Zukunft aus?

Episode 80 with Thomas Dederichs, Head of Energy Policy at Amprion .

Sunny Outlook for Photovoltaics & Storage in Europe

Episode 79 with Michael Schmela, Executive Advisor and a member of the leadership team of SolarPower Europe.

Retrofitting: Vom Verbrenner zum Stromer – eine Lösung für nachhaltige Mobilität?

Episode 78 with Heiko Fleck, Managing Director of Fleck GmbH.

Grüner Wasserstoff als Lösung einer verlässlichen Stromversorgung?

Episode 77 with Fabian Jochem, Head of Strategy at SMA Sunbelt.

Disruption der E-Mobilität – Tesla als Wegbereiter

Episode 76 with Christoph Krachten, science journalist and bestselling author of the book "Tesla or how Elon Musk is revolutionizing electromobility".

Dynamic Change in the Storage Market: Developments, Trends & Challenges

Episode 75 with Anil Srivastava, Chief Executive Officer, Leclanché

Neue Bundesregierung gleich Neue Energiewelt? Das erwartet uns 2022

Episode 74 with Joachim Goldbeck, CEO of Goldbeck Solar GmbH

Wasserstoff - Dekarbonisierung des Gebäudesektors – Warum wir es uns nicht leisten können, ihn nicht zu haben

Episode 73 with Leonie Assheuer, EU Affairs Manager at Viessmann.