Power Plays
By Charlotte Kirk and Lucy Shaw
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Episodes: 26
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Join us - Dr Charlotte Kirk and Lucy Shaw - as we dive into the tech, finance and politics powering the energy transition each week.
We'll unpack what happened, why it matters, and what you need to know.
With deep industry insights and unique insider knowledge, we'll keep you up to date with all the Power Plays.
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Can America secure its renewable energy future without making it more expensive? With Oliver Badenhorst, VP at Solar Landscape
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Can Microreactors Deliver on the Nuclear Hype? With Guy Cohen from Currence
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Can the world copy Australia's data centre & renewables policy, with Hamish McKenzie from the Grattan Institute
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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How Battery Swapping Could Transform Electric Trucking, with Will Rowe, CEO of Swaptopus
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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What Miatta Fahnbulleh means for UK energy, with Sulaiman Ilyas-Jarrett
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Carbon Reimagined: eSAF Approval, On's Low-Carbon Running Shoes, CO₂ Electrolysis in India & Europe's €100 Billion Industrial Bet
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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From heatwaves to hidden capacity: How extreme heat is reshaping the electricity grid
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Can AI heat your home instead of overloading the grid?
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Will Burnham be good for UK energy policy? And how a US rule change could unlock distributed energy
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Part 2: Should the state intervene more in energy?
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Part 1: The Supply Chains Behind Nuclear Growth - From Critical Minerals Recovery to Uranium Enrichment, plus Energy Storage updates
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Nyobolt's ultra-fast charging batteries, Antora's giant thermal battery, and Trump's attempted coal revival
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Trump's trip to China on rare earths, electricity market reforms in the US, and the evolving Chinese EV market
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May 14, 2026 |
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The Renewable Grid (DERs, VPPs, and the Grid Edge), plus the UK’s Cost Reduction Policies
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May 03, 2026 |
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Heavy Industry and the Energy Transition: From Mining inputs and Coal, to Green Iron and Steel projects
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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Batteries: Peak Energy’s Sodium-Ion Commercialisation, Zenobē’s Electric Trucking Play, and Ascend Elements’ Recycling Bankruptcy
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Decarbonising Iron & Steel alongside Low-Carbon Cement, US Offshore Wind Cancellations, and UK turbine manufacturing rejections
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Power Plays Live at Octopus HQ: Over-hyped, Under-hyped or Hyped-just right
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Secondary Energy Commodities: Refined Fuels, Fertilizers, Helium, and Sulphur, and the UK’s Energy Resilience Response
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Energy Geopolitics: Global Market & Regional Trade Exposures, Foreign Exchange Pressures, and Crisis-Driven Electrification
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Resilience: Google’s interconnection strategies, Form’s LDES commercialization, Iranian energy implications, and distributed battery benefits
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Modernising the Grid: Solid-State Transformers, How coal is being co-opted for defence, and Space-Based Tech
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Critical Minerals: Microgrids, Rare-Earths, Copper recycling, and European Industrial Policy for Iron & Steel
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Deliverable Capacity: Flexibility, Storage, and the dark side of Data Centres Going Off-Grid
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Clean Firm Power: Geothermal matures, Fusion tests the market, and the UK's Warm Homes Plan
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Repricing Electricity: Tech to Deliver AI infrastructure, and the UK's Renewable Auctions
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Feb 19, 2026 |