In this episode of the Energy Transitions podcast, Pamela Largue speaks to Kim Getgen, CEO and Founder of InnovationForce, about how to navigate this unknown landscape in a strategic way that creates value for utilities. Getgen also unpacks the necessary elements for an innovation ecosystem that will ultimately modernise technology, business processes and the future of work.

Listen to this episode to learn more about:

• How utilities can navigate bureaucracy and mitigate innovation risk
• Avoiding the trap of continuous improvement
• How to maximise available budgets
• Establishing innovation mindsets and creative agility and overcoming status quo thinking
• Achieving strategic alignment with the utility leadership
• Understanding why the lack of collaboration between the US and Europe is a failed opportunity

Kim Getgen will be moderating a panel at Enlit Europe in Milan, from 22-24 October. Join the session, Unblocking Europe's Innovation Pipeline, to learn more about how to ensure Europe's innovation ecosystem functions properly.

In this episode of the Energy Transitions podcast, Pamela Largue speaks to Carol Johnston, VP of Energy, Utilities and Resources at enterprise software company IFS. Johnston unpacks how AI is revolutionising the way utilities operate, the risks associated with delaying digitalisation and how AI will ultimately optimise the relationship between mortals and machines.

Listen to this episode to learn more about:

• How technology maturity is facilitating AI's increasing role in the utility business
• Why we need AI for a successful and swift energy transition
• How AI is proving to be a game changer in managing the grid and distributed energy resources
• How to manage the impact AI's energy demand is placing on the grid
• Where is AI causing the most disruption and providing the most benefit
• Key use cases of AI in utility operations
• How to maximise a digitalisation strategy
• How to prepare the workforce to ensure AI is optimised
• The safeguards needed to mitigate risks of deploying AI

In this episode of the Energy Transitions podcast, Pamela Largue gains candid perspectives on the UK's CCUS market from Lorenzo Sani, power and utilities analyst at independent financial think tank Carbon Tracker. Sani shares findings from Carbon Tracker's latest reports which show the technology has shown little evidence of cost improvements and scalability.

In this episode you will learn more about:

• Why the UK's CCUS ambitions are not realistic and need to be reconsidered;
• The importance of policy to set realistic targets and why the UK's new Labour government needs to go back to the drawing board;
• Where CCUS will have the greatest impact in reaching decarbonisation targets;
• The challenges presented by upstream emissions for blue hydrogen and gas-CCS;
• How to ensure the carbon market is fit for purpose.