Imperial Business Podcast

In this week’s Green Minds episode, Jim sits down with Tim Turner from Kona Energy. Together, they go through the battery’s revenue stack and hear about career opportunities in the energy sector. This is the second part of a two-part episode. 

 

Key Highlights: 

Summary of the GB electricity market  The need for battery and their role in the system  A closer look at what a battery storage project really is  The development process of a battery storage project  The revenue stack of a battery storage project  Future trends in the battery space  Navigating a...

In this week’s Green Minds episode, Jim sits down with Tim Turner from Kona Energy. Together, they go through GB’s electricity market and learn about how to develop a battery storage project. This is the first part of a two-part episode. 

 

Key Highlights: 

Summary of the GB electricity market  The need for battery and their role in the system  A closer look at what a battery storage project really is  The development process of a battery storage project  The revenue stack of a battery storage project  Future trends in the battery space  Navigating a...

This week's episode of Green Minds features Charlotte Owen, Growth Director at Hemiko. 

 

Hemiko is one of the leading end-to-end service providers of heat networks in the UK and has recently announced a heat network project that will offer clean heat to every building in an English town with a population of over 100,000 people. 

 

In this episode, Charlotte sets out heat networks’ contribution to net zero and energy affordability and Hemiko’s exciting work to deliver town and city-scale heat networks. She also reflects on her experience of working in a country with...

This week's episode of Green Minds features Christian Sigmund, co-founder and CEO of Hamburg-based startup WILDPLASTIC. WILDPLASTIC aims to recover as much wild plastic waste as possible from the environment and return it to the recycling cycle. Working with collection organisations in regions severely affected by the plastic crisis, WILDPLASTIC purchases wild plastic and transforms it into new products such as WILDBAGS and mailing bags made of WILDPLASTIC. 

 

In this episode, Chris shares his journey from working at companies like YouTube and Google to co-founding WILDPLASTIC. He provides valuable insights into WILDPLASTIC's mission, operations and fu...

This week's episode of Green Minds features Julian Kakarott, Founder and CEO of the Hamburg-based startup CarbonStack. CarbonStack uses blockchain technology, remote sensing, environmental modelling and artificial intelligence (AI) to offset carbon emissions through a transparent reforestation scheme. 

 

This episode delves into Julian's journey and motivations for founding CarbonStack. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated with afforestation and reforestation projects in Germany, and the role of carbon credits in these initiatives. 

 

For listeners interested in learning more about CarbonStack, a link to the website can be foun...

Giulia is the Commercial Strategy Director at EFG, a leading competitive gaming and esports company. From being a professional basketball player to Imperial Business School to working for companies such as Formula 1 - she’s had such an inspiring career.  
She talks about her different roles, her career trajectory and her experience being a woman in a male dominated industry.  

Co-founder of Happy Fan, John Grabowski, talks about his career in the sports industry and beyond. From starting in one of the biggest sport and entertainment companies - IMG - part of Endeavor, to being the commercial director at move.ai, and now delivering fan data integration solutions to the sports industry with Happy Fan. You can find John on linkedin as “John Grabowski, MBA” and at john@happy.fan 

This week’s episode of Green Minds features Haysam Azhar, who works as an analyst working on blended finance transactions for developing countries at the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). The CPI is an analysis and advisory organisation with expertise in finance and policy. Its Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance has mobilised over $4 billion to address climate change.  

 

In this episode, guest co-host Huzefah and Lorenzo interview Haysam about his personal motivations for working on tackling climate change, how his undergraduate degree spanning seven countries shaped his outlook, his work at the CPI developing blended finan...

In this week’s Green Minds episode, Jim sits down with Wen-Yu Weng, a consultant at PA Consulting specializing in clean energy, climate, and  sustainability. Together, they navigate the outlook for energy in 2024 and discuss career prospects in the green energy space. 

 

Key Highlights: 

Offshore wind development in the UK after AR6 and in the US.  What we think about Nuclear in the energy transition  Implications of involvement of oil producing countries in COPs  Navigating a career in the green energy space  Fun question: what is the place of Bitcoin in the energy transition 

 

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This week’s episode of Green Minds features Annie Shepperd OBE, whose decorated CV includes Chair of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), former Chief Executive of Salix Finance, and former Chief Executive of Walsall Council and the London Borough of Southwark. 

 

In this episode, guest co-host Laurence and Lorenzo interview Annie about the role of local government in achieving net zero, Salix Finance’s role in delivering energy efficiency and clean heat in the UK, how to create leaders in the fight against climate change, and CIWEM’s work to ensure clean dr...