Sustainable Energy Asia Podcast
Our podcast strives to shine a spotlight on the actors driving the energy transition sector and on critical issues for Asia and the world to achieve net zero. Through thought-provoking conversations, we aim to provide visibility to pressing topics in sustainable energy. From nickel mining in Indonesia to EV battery advancements, solar development, and Taiwan’s offshore wind projects, we shed light on the challenges and breakthroughs shaping Asia’s energy landscape.
Episodes
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Ep 21 Decarbonizing small and remote grids with hydrogen with Mathieu Geze
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Mathieu Geze, Director for Asia at HDF Energy, an European IPP specialised in hydrogen solutions, shares his view on the challenges of decarbonising small grids and how HDF Energy can provide a green baseload solution combining solar, battery and a hydrogen system.
Based in Indonesia, Mathieu explains why HDF Energy has opted to start developing projects in the country and shares the challenges and successes of his journey developing projects in Eastern Indonesia.
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Mike Thomas, Founder and Managing Director at the Lantau Group explained the ins and outs of the Singapore electricity market and discussed the project to import renewable electricity into Singapore from neighbouring countries. Mike shared his over 30 years of energy analyst experience and described the main drivers of the electricity market in Singapore.
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Thomas Briault, Energy leader at Arup in South East Asia discussed the hydrogen value chain. He explained with talent how hydrogen is being produced, stored, transported, and used and its potential to decarbonise the world.
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Ep 18 Volt Rush and China’s role in the EV battery supply chain with Henry Sanderson
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Henry Sanderson, Managing Editor at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, presents his book Volt Rush: the winners and losers of the race to go green. In this very well-researched book, Henry presents the battery technologies, the materials essential for EV batteries and the leading players in this industry. We focus our discussion on the many Chinese companies playing a central role in the EV battery supply chain.
We cover the following topics
Battery: The role played by CATL in the global battery value chain and the personal story of its founder Robin Zeng
Lithium: How lithium is extracted and processed in Chile and Australia and why lithium extracted from the spodumene is 7 times more carbon intensive than the Li extracted from Li brine
Lithium: How Ganfeng Lithium and Tianqi Lithium are involved in the Li supply chain and how they have built their dominance over the years
Cobalt: The role of the Congo DRC in the global cobalt supply chain and the role of the two dominant players Huayou Cobalt and Glencore
Cobalt: The Amnesty 2016 report exposing issues around artisanal mining and child labour in the cobalt mining sector in Congo DRC and the impact of the report
Nickel: How Tsingshan positioned itself to benefit from Indonesia's ban on raw Nickel ore export in 2020, and how it succeeded in dominating the nickel industry with its investment in the Morowali industrial park
Nickel: The environmental impact of processing nickel for stainless steel and battery material
Deep-sea mining: Recent developments of deep-sea mining potential in the Clarion-Clipperton zone
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Friday Jul 21, 2023
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Olivier Duguet, Founder and CEO of the onshore wind developer, The Blue Circle, imparted his experiences in wind project development across Europe and Southeast Asia. We discussed about the key influencers for the cost reductions and technological advancement in wind energy over the past decade, and elements underpinning The Blue Circle's successful bid in the 2023 Thailand Renewable Energy Auction.
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Ep 16 Vietnam PDP8 at last with Giles Cooper
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Giles Cooper, Managing Partner in Vietnam at a leading international law firm Allens, shared his views on the recently approved Power Development Plan 8 (PDP8) in Vietnam. We discussed about the key highlights from the PDP8, the next steps and the broader implications for renewable energy development in Vietnam.
Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
Putra Adhiguna, Energy technology lead in a think tank, explores Indonesia's nickel and battery industry and EV development. We discussed Indonesia's role in the global nickel supply chain and the key players shaping the local landscape. Putra shared his view on the impact of the choices made by legacy automakers on Indonesia's decarbonisation path and what the government can do to foster the development of the nickel industry and electrify Indonesia's roads.
Putra is Energy technology lead at Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
Putra's articles:
Indonesia’s nickel edge yet to show up in its electric vehicles
Electrifying Indonesia’s road transport
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Ep 14 Decarbonization through biogas and biomethane with Kunal Shah
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Kunal Shah Chief Growth Officer of Anaergia presents the importance of biogas and biomethane in reducing GHG emissions and their role as alternative renewable energy. The conversation also touched upon biogas and biomethane’s potential market size, global development, incentives, and their role in the energy transition journey.
Saturday Feb 04, 2023
Ep 13 Saving the planet without the bullshit with Assaad Razzouk
Saturday Feb 04, 2023
Saturday Feb 04, 2023
Assaad Razzouk, CEO of Gurin Energy and host of the Angry Clean Energy Guy presents his new book "Saving the planet without the bullshit". His book cuts through the misinformation and provides straight-to-the-point solutions to the climate issue. Assaad offers readers clear and sometimes surprising advice on how to eat, how to drink, what to wear, and how to invest to fight climate change. He sheds light on actions that matter and the ones that does not. A core message of his book is why and how we should phase out oil, gas, and coal and why we can be distracted from this critical goal.
His book: Saving the Planet without the bullshit
His podcast: The Angry Clean Energy Guy
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Ep 12 Voluntary carbon markets with Jay Mariyappan
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Jay Mariyappan, Partner at EEAM discussed the voluntary carbon markets. In this episode, Jay defines voluntary carbon markets in comparison to the compliance ones and explains how corporate commitments toward net zero are key drivers of the development of voluntary carbon markets. This episode also touches on the fundamental issue of heterogeneity and the quality of carbon offsets. In the end, Jay provides his view on the applicability of blockchain to this market.