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The Joint Venture: inspiratia insightsThe team look over the past week of news, and put the most promising North African renewable market under the spotlight From the news desk, Rob bring us the latest updates; including major European solar acquisitions, huge steps forward in green hydrogen for aviation and green steel, and BayWa's move towards the Irish market.  Capucine also tells us about the how Morocco is really starting to flourish as the investment environment becomes more attractive. With help from inspiratia's riskwatch index. Hosted by:Oliver Carr - Senior Hydrogen AnalystRobert Leeming - Head of NewsCapucine Guillet - Energy and Infrastructure AnalystReach out to us at: podcasts@inspiratia.comFind all of our latest news and analysis by subscribing to inspiratiaFor tickets to our events email conferences@inspiratia.com or buy them directly on our website. Listen to all our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other providers.  Music credit: NDA/Show You instrumental/Tribe of Noise©2025 inspiratia. All rights reserved.This content is protected by copyright. Please respect the author's rights and do not copy or reproduce it without permission.

In the first instalment of our new weekly podcast series - inspiratia insights - the team discuss the runners and riders of inspiratia's Energy and Sustainability awards. We also take a look at the latest industry news, as the mad scramble to close Q4 deals beginsRob talks us through Shell 's new Danish biogas acquisition, the rollout of fibre in rural Germany, and the projects funded by the UK's new energy storage competition. We also reflect on inspiratia's recent Energy and Sustainability awards ceremony, where excellence was across the industry was recognised. Omolola talks us through the process of separating the lucky the winners from the crowded field.Hosted by:Oliver Carr - Senior Hydrogen AnalystOmolola Coker - Head of ReasearchRobert Leeming - Head of News Click here to view the full list of award winners and photos of the ceremony.  Subscribe and listen to all our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other providers. Reach out to us at: podcasts@inspiratia.comFind all of our latest news and analysis by subscribing to inspiratiaFor tickets to our events email conferences@inspiratia.com or buy them directly on our website. Listen to all our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other providers.  Music credit: NDA/Show You instrumental/Tribe of Noise©2025 inspiratia. All rights reserved.This content is protected by copyright. Please respect the author's rights and do not copy or reproduce it without permission.

inspiratia's Head of Research, Omolola Coker, speaks with Moody's Benjamin Leyre and Simon Kornek from Statkraft about the market interventions Europe are undertaking in order to alleviate the energy crisis. Reach out to us at: podcasts@inspiratia.comFind all of our latest news and analysis by subscribing to inspiratiaFor tickets to our events email conferences@inspiratia.com or buy them directly on our website. Listen to all our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other providers.  Music credit: NDA/Show You instrumental/Tribe of Noise©2025 inspiratia. All rights reserved.This content is protected by copyright. Please respect the author's rights and do not copy or reproduce it without permission.

The Joint Venture: Voices from the hydrogen industry In this episode Oliver catches up with five of the most interesting delegates at the World Hydrogen Congress in Rotterdam. This was an event where many of the top players in Europe came together to discuss the fast-evolving hydrogen market. These discussions include how to build up new hydrogen-from-waste production projects, the role of green ammonia a maritime shipping fuel and energy carrier, the relationships that need to be built between African and European nations to create a hydrogen economy, and the approach that the German government is taking to an auction-based hydrogen marketplace.   We spoke to:  Leonard Kempler, Chief Product Officer - Plagazi Elena Stylianou, Technology Manager (Ammonia/Hydrogen) - KBR, Inc. Oghosa Erhahon, Advisor (Global Hydrogen Diplomacy - Nigeria) - GIZ Dominik Liegl, Advisor (Global Hydrogen Diplomacy - Germany) - GIZ Timo Bollerhey, Chief Executive Director - HINT.CO / Managing Director - H2GlobalSubscribe and listen to all our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other providers. Reach out to us at: podcasts@inspiratia.comFind all of our latest news and analysis by subscribing to inspiratiaFor tickets to our events email conferences@inspiratia.com or buy them directly on our website. Listen to all our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other providers.  Music credit: NDA/Show You instrumental/Tribe of Noise©2025 inspiratia. All rights reserved.This content is protected by copyright. Please respect the author's rights and do not copy or reproduce it without permission.

In this episode, Omolola Coker and Oliver Carr chat with Marco Raffinetti, CEO of Hyphen Hydrogen Energy, about his plans to build a 3GW green hydrogen production facility in Namibia, worth US$10 billion. We learn more about the tender process for this ambitious project and discuss the Namibian government's commitment to become a hydrogen exporter. The discussion also turns to the strategic advantages of hydrogen production on the African continent and the responsibilities that first movers have on entering new markets.   Join us later this year at the Pan Pacific Hotel, London, for our Hydrogen Decade Summit where we‘ll be joined by more respected hydrogen leaders from across the industry. Tickets are FREE for inspiratia subscribers. Register here.Reach out to us at: podcasts@inspiratia.comFind all of our latest news and analysis by subscribing to inspiratiaFor tickets to our events email conferences@inspiratia.com or buy them directly on our website. Listen to all our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other providers.  Music credit: NDA/Show You instrumental/Tribe of Noise©2025 inspiratia. All rights reserved.This content is protected by copyright. Please respect the author's rights and do not copy or reproduce it without permission.

In this episode, Oliver catches up with Richard Hulf and JJ Traynor from LSE listed investment fund HydrogenOne Capital. We discuss the fund's origin, investment philosophy, and grand visions for the future.  Our conversation touches on many of the topics that affect investment decisions in innovative hydrogen projects and businesses. These include the disruption to supply chains and importance of energy security, the need for capital in an underserved market, and fostering new developments up and down the hydrogen value chain.  Join us on Wednesday 22 June at the Pan Pacific Hotel, London, for our Hydrogen Decade Summit where we‘ll be joined by more respected hydrogen leaders from across the industry. Tickets are FREE for inspiratia subscribers. Register here.Reach out to us at: podcasts@inspiratia.comFind all of our latest news and analysis by subscribing to inspiratiaFor tickets to our events email conferences@inspiratia.com or buy them directly on our website. Listen to all our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other providers.  Music credit: NDA/Show You instrumental/Tribe of Noise©2025 inspiratia. All rights reserved.This content is protected by copyright. Please respect the author's rights and do not copy or reproduce it without permission.

In this episode Robert Leeming speaks to Massimo Resta, Partner at Zouk Capital, the London-based private-equity business that was responsible for raising the successful Charging Infrastructure Fund.During the episode, Robert and Massimo discuss the ongoing investment of the fund, the rise and fall of the SPAC deal, the investability of charging infrastructure and the long-term prospects for this exciting sector.Reach out to us at: podcasts@inspiratia.comFind all of our latest news and analysis by subscribing to inspiratiaFor tickets to our events email conferences@inspiratia.com or buy them directly on our website. Listen to all our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other providers.  Music credit: NDA/Show You instrumental/Tribe of Noise©2025 inspiratia. All rights reserved.This content is protected by copyright. Please respect the author's rights and do not copy or reproduce it without permission.

In this episode, Oliver catches up with Stirling Habbitts from renewable financial advisory firm Green Giraffe. We discuss the intrinsically linked futures of offshore wind projects and green hydrogen production in the UK. This episode touches on the fallout from the UK government’s Hydrogen Strategy, how to work with offtakers to build a financial case for green hydrogen projects, and gets into the details of how floating offshore wind could revolutionise hydrogen production. Find the latest GHI report here:inspiratia > Renewables > Europe > UK > News > Green Hydrogen Index: inspiratia releases latest report on the UK’s hydrogen sectorCome along to our conferences: Offshore Wind Summit 2022 (inspiratia-offshore-wind.com)The Hydrogen Decade Summit 2022 (hydrogen-decade-summit.com)Reach out to us at: podcasts@inspiratia.comFind all of our latest news and analysis by subscribing to inspiratiaFor tickets to our events email conferences@inspiratia.com or buy them directly on our website. Listen to all our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other providers.  Music credit: NDA/Show You instrumental/Tribe of Noise©2025 inspiratia. All rights reserved.This content is protected by copyright. Please respect the author's rights and do not copy or reproduce it without permission.

In our latest episode, Head of Research at inspiratia, Omolola Coker, speaks with a diverse group of energy practitioners.She's joined by James Stainer, partner at global law firm Gowling WLG, Tim Foster - Head of Energy Services at Conrad Energy, Adam Clarke -  Managing Director at The Energy Consortium (TEC), and Chris Bowden - Managing director at Squeaky.The discussion dives into the current geopolitics of energy the industry fines finds itself in, tackling whether the prices we see today are transitionary, and if so, how can PPAs become more innovative in order to make such prices sustainable and meet the ever-changing needs of both offtakers and sellers.Reach out to us at: podcasts@inspiratia.comFind all of our latest news and analysis by subscribing to inspiratiaFor tickets to our events email conferences@inspiratia.com or buy them directly on our website. Listen to all our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other providers.  Music credit: NDA/Show You instrumental/Tribe of Noise©2025 inspiratia. All rights reserved.This content is protected by copyright. Please respect the author's rights and do not copy or reproduce it without permission.

In this episode, inspiratia's senior infrastructure analyst, Andrew Pope, speaks to Jonathan Evans, director of Total Data Centre Solutions, to discuss his views on where the data centre market is headed in 2022.With some major M&A activity taking place in the sector in recent years, notably KKR's US$15 billionn acquisition of CyrusOne, Jonathan imparts some of the deep knowledge gained from his decades of experience in data centre development to give us an idea of what major trends will emerge in the market over coming years.Primarily, the the discussion focuses on how the maturation of the data centre market in developed countries is influencing financing and M&A activity, while also touching on new themes including the potential shift in investor focus to emerging markets and the growing role of renewable power in data centre development.Catch us on Twitter: @thejointventur1 and subscribe and listen to all our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other providers.Reach out to us at: podcasts@inspiratia.comFind all of our latest news and analysis by subscribing to inspiratiaFor tickets to our events email conferences@inspiratia.com or buy them directly on our website. Listen to all our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other providers.  Music credit: NDA/Show You instrumental/Tribe of Noise©2025 inspiratia. All rights reserved.This content is protected by copyright. Please respect the author's rights and do not copy or reproduce it without permission.