Did you know that offshore wind - at around 50% cheaper than gas to produce electricity - is one of the most cost-effective sources of energy? So the more wind power we have, the bigger the impact it can have.  

This week’s Energy Pod takes a deep dive into this topic, and specifically the impact that meeting the UK’s ambitious offshore wind targets – to increase capacity from 13.7GW to 50GW (265%) by 2050 - could have on UK energy costs.  

ABB’s wind experts, Per-Erik Holsten and Simon Wynne, discuss how realistic meeting these targets is and what needs to be done to make this happen.  If we get it right, offshore wind could play a big role in boosting the country’s energy security and powering every home in Britain with green electricity.  

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This week’s Energy Pod takes you back to World Water Day 2023, in March, when the United Nations (UN) launched a new water action agenda to highlight the continued urgency of our water crisis and report on progress made against their sustainable development goals. Featuring highlights from ABB’s Decoded podcast, it serves as a reality check of what needs to be done to meet the UN goals, with ABB research showing that wastewater treatment capacity needs to increase annually by 8.56 billion cubic meters – which means investment in an additional 469 treatment facilities per year.

Two specialists from ABB discuss the water scarcity crisis - in which 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water, more than 4.2 billion people lack safely managed sanitation, and a staggering 80 percent of wastewater flows back into the ecosystem without being treated or reused - and how technology can help solve it. 

Tune in to hear why addressing this crisis is more important than ever, and more specifically, how wastewater treatment can play a part in addressing global water scarcity.

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This week we take you back to CERAWeek, the world’s largest energy event that took place in March in Houston. Tune in to hear the highlights and understand the crucial conversations taking place between industry leaders and our executives, customers and partners. 

Dominating the agenda is the US Inflation Reduction Act and its impact on stimulating clean energy and related technology growth across the US. Brandon Spencer, President of ABB Energy Industries, talks first to Oscar Abbink, Director, Upstream Research Group at S&P Global and later to well-known technology evangelist Kevin O'Donovan on this burning topic. 

Want more? Find out how innovators already in the market are collaborating to help new energies to quickly scale and bring the production cost curve down. Listen to Andrew Stuart, President of Hydrogen Optimized and an ABB partner, as he speaks to H2 Tech about the challenge of decarbonizing hard-to-abate industries and the green hydrogen opportunity in this market and beyond.

Finally, Hart Energy connects with Johan de Villiers, senior vice president, head of global and strategic energy accounts at ABB as he describes our vision for autonomous operations and how they can significantly reduce offshore emissions.

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