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Laurent Segalen
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Award winning Investor in Renewable Energy. Podcast host
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🎙️Redefining Energy Ep190. Solar and Flex – Solar Power Summit 2025
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This Spring, I had the privilege to share a Panel at the Solar Power Summit in Brussels organised by Solar Power Europe.
🎙️Redefining Energy Ep190. Solar and Flex – Solar Power Summit 2025
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This Spring, I had the privilege to share a Panel at the Solar Power Summit in Brussels organised by Solar Power Europe.
August 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🎙️Redefining Energy Ep189. Energy Disruptions - (Gerard on "Clean Titans")

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A few weeks ago, my friend and co-host Gerard Reid came on the YouTube channel “Clean Titans” to about Energy Disruptions
August 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
🎙️Redefining Energy Ep188. US/Petrostate vs EU/Electrostate – a joint episode with Open Circuit
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Gerard and I were invited by Stephen Lacey for a great joint session on Open Circuit.
July 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Tesla’s results revealed an EV business on the slide, a management that barely talks about EVs and the usual wild claims about stuff happening in the next year or so - pending regulatory approval, of course
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July 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🎙️Redefining Energy Ep187. Texas: Power Surge or Power Splurge?
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Gerard and I dive deep into the Texas Energy system with
Arushi Sharma Frank
July 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
🎙️Redefining Energy Ep186. Power under Pressure: Fortum’s CEO on Datacenters’ growth and Russian Attacks
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I had the pleasure to sit with Markus Rauramo, CEO
Fortum and new President Eurelectric
July 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
🎙️Redefining Energy Ep185. Blackouts
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Gerard Reid and I welcome Steve Berberich, CEO CAISO
(2011-2020) to discuss Blackouts.
July 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
US electricity demand is expected to grow 25% by 2030 and 78% by 2050 from 2023 levels, according to a report by ICF.
According to Jefferies investment bank, utility capital expenditure is expected to hit $212.1bn in 2025, a 22% rise year on year and a 129% increase compared with a decade ago.
June 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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US energy groups spend record sums on power plants to feed data centres https://on.ft.com/46izZEO
US energy groups spend record sums on power plants to feed data centres
Rising capital expenditure raises fears of higher energy prices for consumers
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June 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🎙️Redefining Energy Ep184. Market dynamics and Pricing of Battery Materials
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Gerard Reid and I welcome Caspar Rawles COO @benchmarkminerals.bsky.social to discuss Lithium markets and more.
June 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Always very chic (and appreciated) to have your show quoted on @bloomberg.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🎙️Redefining Energy Ep183. Energy Security from the front line: Eastern Europe and Renewables
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Gerard and I welcome Dimitar Enchev CEO CWP Europe to discuss Renewables in Eastern Europe
June 16, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🎙️Redefining Energy Ep182. Broken grids and Datacenters load growth
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Gerard and I bring in Jereme Kent CEO One Power to discuss transformers and load growth
June 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Redefining Energy Ep180. The KKR Energy formula
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Gerard and I have the pleasure and privilege of welcoming Emmanuel Lagarrigue, Partner and co-head of Global Climate at KKR.
May 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Time to rethink the energy debate.

It is time to rethink the debate on the future of energy. This is a technology revolution driven by physics, economics and geopolitics, and galvanised by China.

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Rewiring the energy debate
The electrotech perspective
electrotechrevolution.substack.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🎙️Redefining Energy Ep181. "Hot Air" from Tony Blair
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Gerard Reid, Michael Barnard and I discuss the absurd report: "The Climate Paradox" by the Tony Blair Institute.
Special thanks to @mliebreich.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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It’s pretty remarkable that oil in nominal prices is at 2005 levels:
May 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Blackstone to acquire TXNM Energy in $11.5 billion deal reut.rs/43n9gE0
Blackstone to acquire TXNM Energy in $11.5 billion deal
Utility firm TXNM Energy said on Monday it would be acquired by the infrastructure unit of Blackstone in a $11.5 billion deal.
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May 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🎙️Redefining Energy Ep180. The KKR Energy formula
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Gerard Reid and I invite KKR's Emmanuel Lagarrigue to discuss Energy investment strategies
May 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🎙️Redefining Energy Ep179. The future of the Auto Industry: Winners, challengers and zombies.
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Gerard and I bring in @dunneinsights.bsky.social
to discuss the future of all major OEMs
May 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Redefining Energy Ep177. The Transatlantic Power Cable
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With co-founders Gerard Reid, Simon Ludlam and I addresses the North Atlantic Transmission One - Link project.
More details are available at nato-l.org
May 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🎙️Redefining Energy Ep178. Delivering the Wind Reset
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Gerard and I sit have a conversation with Ben Backwell, Chair of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), to unpack the current state of the wind industry.
May 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Today's #HydrogenSoufflé is brought to you by the smoking crater formerly known as Air Products' hydrogen strategy. CEO fired, $2.3bn write-off, $5bn underperforming projects, no green hydrogen from NEOM until at least 2030, 25% staff to be laid off. Brutal. www.gasworld.com/story/back-t...
‘Back to basics’ Air Products posts $1.7bn Q2 loss after projects exit
Recently installed Air Products CEO Eduardo Menezes put a brave face on the company’s financial performance today, saying several times in a lengthy earnings call that it was going “back to basics” af...
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May 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM