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From FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, Watt Matters is a podcast all about the energy transition and the shift to a decarbonised economy. Through biweekly debates and discussions on the energy transition in Europe, North America and around the world, Watt Matters focuses on how to achieve thriving renewable energy markets and liveable cities through the right mix of policy, regulation, finance and technology.
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From FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, Policy Dispatch is a podcast all about the policies that underpin the energy transition. This is what will make or break the global decarbonisation effort. Through biweekly, short-but-sweet episodes, the Policy Dispatch will aim to explain what governments in the globe’s key markets are doing to boost clean energy and create sustainable ecosystems.
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Welcome to Speaking Freedom Radio, where we take Life Enhancement Coaching to the next level. This show is about the many issues of life ranging from parental relationship, marriage, dating, veteran issues, sex, business, and getting the most out of life to name a few topics. Speaking Freedom Radio caters to its listeners and social media following platforms so, if there is an issue or topic you would like to discuss let us know and our producers will review it. The host Kaci is also a publi ...
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Methane is the greenhouse gas that often lives in the shadow of its more infamous cousin, carbon dioxide. But methane is a massive problem nonetheless due to its fast-acting impact on the climate.Global action is starting to take off and will be on the agenda at the COP28 summit. The European Union recently agreed on new rules that will aim to redu…
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There are no studies where absolute zero emissions can be reached with reductions alone, meaning carbon removals are crucial to reaching ‘net’ zero emissions, according to the IPCC. After the world has reached that point, any remaining emission would need to be countered by an equivalent removal from the atmosphere.Because of this, the world of car…
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Public transport operators are highly visible to the wider public. Increasingly their services are being electrified or run on clean energy. In this special live episode, Watt Matters delves into the procurement issues these operators are facing when it comes to low-carbon solutions.The transport sector is a crucial area of the economy that needs t…
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Since 2015, Poland has been governed by the Law and Justice Party, which has been sceptical about EU climate policy and been at loggerheads with Brussels over rule of law, leading to the suspension of EU funds, including those earmarked for the green transition.This could all be about to change following October’s national election, where the oppos…
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Every year, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) puts together a report, looking at the cost of renewable power production. 2022’s shows that, despite inflation, the cost has dropped.According to the report, the global weighted average levelised cost of electricity from new utility-scale solar, onshore wind, bioenergy and geothermal pr…
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New Zealand Aotearoa is infamous for its breath-taking scenery, remote location in the Pacific Ocean, all-conquering rugby team and being the backdrop for the Lord of the Rings. 'The Land of the Long White Cloud' is, like every other country on Earth, presented with some difficult and complex energy transition hurdles that will have to be overcome.…
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In a special live recording of the podcast, Michael Liebriech, Katharina Umpfenbach and Dennis Hesseling join the team to discuss shifting the energy infrastructure of today into a decarbonised system of tomorrowSufficient and effective physical infrastructure—either electricity cables or gas pipelines—is vital for a successful energy transition. B…
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Transport in the Balkans leaves a lot to be desired. Badly connected and lacking investment, the region sorely needs a mobility policy boost. This week, one of the top officials tasked with doing just that joins the show.In Europe’s southeast, the Balkan peninsula has a transport dilemma. Relatively short distances between cities take hours to navi…
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The energy crisis put a spotlight on energy usage for British consumers as soaring bills dropped through letterboxes across the country. Renewable solutions can help tackle high prices, as well as lower emissions, and companies like Scottish Power are trying to roll these out.Heat pumps, solar panels and other solutions offer healthier home environ…
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Decarbonisation is happening across sectors, and although the pace may at times be less than required, the direction of travel is generally the correct one. Industries and businesses are all starting to actively engage with the energy transition in one shape or another. That means there is a role for firms to help other companies clean up their act…
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The energy transition is a big puzzle for Australia, an important player in the fossil energy world, with large coal and gas reserves. It ranks eighth highest globally for emissions per capita and first for coal power emissions per capita, according to Climate Action Tracker, an independent scientific project.In the last few years, the country has …
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2023 has been a big year for energy and climate developments already even though we are only just over the halfway point. From the fallout of the energy price crisis to the beginnings of a ‘green gold rush’, there has been plenty of energy transition news to report on and analyse. How is industry actually going to decarbonise? What is going on in t…
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In the past 12 months, the energy transition has had some successes: the Inflation Reduction Act in the United States and the EU’s response in the form of the Net Zero Industry Act are both designed to turbocharge green investments.But there is still the overwhelming feeling that progress is slow. With the recent wildfires in Greece and the repeate…
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The Energy Charter Treaty has been referred to as a “relic of the past” and “a chimaera of the energy industry” during the three decades it has been in force. Many see it as a crutch for the fossil fuel sector and an unnecessary weight that is dragging down the green transition. Some countries have signalled their intent to leave the agreement, Ita…
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As we move into the second half of the year, a key trend of the first part of 2023 is the confidence that surrounds the solar sector. With a number of new policy packages announced over the past 12 months, the industry is buoyed by new momentum.In its latest Market Outlook, SolarPower Europe, a trade association, revealed that 239 gigawatts (GW) of…
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Australia’s industries are thirsty for power and its energy exporters supply a lot of the world with cheap coal and gas. But as the world changes, Australia’s way of doing business will have to as well. Long-accused of being a laggard in the shift towards green energy systems, Australia has a net-zero goal and a 2030 emissions target, but little el…
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The European Union is currently working on a law to monitor and tackle methane emissions, which have a significant impact on the climate and have, so far, been somewhat overlooked in EU legislation.There are moves, both internationally and on the EU level, to tackle these emissions, including a pledge made at COP26 to reduce emissions by at least 3…
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When the United States unveiled its Inflation Reduction Act and showed off the billions of dollars in financing that it is offering for industries like renewable energy, carbon capture, clean mobility and more, the first question was: how will Europe respond? Not long after Joe Biden’s administration debuted the IRA, the European Union published it…
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The smart use of energy within buildings could help support the energy transition. Most of us spend most of our time in buildings, and they are responsible for a huge share in overall emissions. The smarter use of energy, installation of smart controls and energy efficiency could help buildings play a role in the energy transition, and provide some…
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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People on average spend 90% of their time in buildings, be it at home, at work or using public services like schools and hospitals. That explains why such a large portion of energy demand is soaked up by buildings and why such a huge chunk of emissions are produced by them. To decarbonise our edifices, several policies have to work harmoniously tog…
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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A number of synergies have yet to be unlocked between district heating and cooling networks and industries, with both sectors looking to decarbonise. Both sectors are highly complementary.The ability to recover excess heat from industrial processes—and more recently the likes of data centres—is opening new opportunities to help decarbonise district…
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Reducing agriculture emissions is a big part of climate action and the wider energy transition. ‘Greenhouse gases’ may well be a term straight out of the farmyard but the sector is struggling to rid itself of those polluting emissions, despite attempts to clean up farming. Unlike power generation and transport, where much of the progress will be ma…
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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A growing trend within the energy transition is the use of energy communities – collectives of neighbours or nearby residents and end-users coming together to promote and source renewable energy for their own benefit.Yet this shift away from the traditional centralised energy system brings with it its own set of challenges.Our guest on the podcast …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Dr. Kaci Owner and founder of Speaking Freedom is a Certified Life, Sex & Relationship Coach, Long Time Published Author of It’s My Time, 2006, Podcast Host, Business Strategist, Non-Christian Ordained Minister, and Mediation Specialist. After overcoming all the obstacles of Life, Dr. Kaci grew into a well-rounded and compassionate leader, who has …
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Think about the United States’ relationship with cars and the first thing that comes to mind is probably gas-guzzling SUVs and gigantic pickup trucks roaring down an arrow-straight freeway.However, that may soon be an anachronistic impression of US transport now that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has tabled a new plan that would scrub b…
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