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Energy Transition Today

Energy Transition Today is an inspiratia podcast and covers all aspects of the Energy Transition. From up-to-date information on the latest deals in the market to probing analysis of policy, technology, and financial trends. We bring you insightful interviews with key market players alongside the cutting-edge insights of our market experts.

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47:37

The future of the energy transition with Enfinity Global

Energy Transition Today ·

2026/02/17

Today’s podcast is the fourth in our four part series in partnership with Enfinity Global. Enfinity is one of Europe’s leading IPPs and the winner of inspiratia’s 2025 Developer of the Year and Financial Structure of the Year awards. In our series together, we explore the challenges, opportunities, and key decisions that European developers are faced with today and take a deep dive into understanding Enfinity’s approach to navigating - and shaping - the continent’s energy future. In th...

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35:17

Germany halts offshore wind tenders, Ørsted’s €1.44bn...

Energy Transition Today ·

2026/02/06

This week on Energy Transition Today, we examine Germany’s decision to pause its offshore wind tenders following the country’s first failed auction, and what the move signals for developer appetite across Europe’s offshore sector. We also cover Ørsted’s long-awaited divestment of its European onshore portfolio, TenneT Germany’s partial sale to KfW to unlock critical grid investment, and fresh hydrogen offtake developments linking Germany to Saudi Arabia’s green ammonia projects. Elsewhere, we...

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39:36

Unlocking capital for the energy transition with...

Energy Transition Today ·

2026/02/03

Today’s podcast is the third in our four part series in partnership with Enfinity Global. Enfinity is one of Europe’s leading IPPs and the winner of inspiratia’s 2025 Developer of the Year and Financial Structure of the Year awards. In our series together, we explore the challenges, opportunities, and key decisions that European developers are faced with today and take a deep dive into understanding Enfinity’s approach to navigating - and shaping - the continent’s energy future. In thi...

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28:27

France capacity market reform, North Sea Summit...

Energy Transition Today ·

2026/01/30

This week on Energy Transition Today, we unpack the rapid shift in the French battery storage market as it moves from a merchant niche to core energy infrastructure, driven by larger projects, longer durations and a coming overhaul of the capacity mechanism. We also cover outcomes from the North Sea Summit, including plans for multipurpose interconnectors and a 300GW regional offshore wind target, alongside UK transmission cost challenges, fresh onshore and BESS deal flow in Poland, Germany a...

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30:01

UK's AR7 fallout, Germany's gas win, Poland's bet on...

Energy Transition Today ·

2026/01/23

In this episode of Energy Transition Today, Leonard and Maja start with the fallout from the UK’s AR7 offshore wind auction, looking at record awarded volumes alongside cancelled projects and growing strain on the development pipeline. They then turn to Poland, where RP Global is progressing a highly leveraged, largely merchant onshore wind project, highlighting rising lender confidence in Central and Eastern Europe. The focus moves to the Netherlands and its decision to introduce...

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34:12

UK leads the offshore wind charge with AR7, Poland to...

Energy Transition Today ·

2026/01/16

In this week's episode of Energy Transition Today, we begin with all things offshore wind. From the stumbles of last year to the record success of UK's AR7 tender and what that mean for offshore wind targets for 2026. On to news, we breakdown financing for a host of technologies including solar, onshore wind and data centres. 00:00:58 | 2025 offshore wind auction failures 00:10:11 | 2026 offshore wind outlook and UK AR7 results 00:27:47 | Financing and M&A news across Europe Hosts: Maya C...

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39:06

Unlocking the battery storage opportunity with...

Energy Transition Today ·

2026/01/13

Today’s podcast is the second in our four part series in proud partnership with Enfinity Global. Enfinity is one of Europe’s leading IPPs and the winner of inspiratia’s 2025 Developer of the Year and Financial Structure of the Year awards. In our series together, we explore the challenges, opportunities, and key decisions that European developers are faced with today and take a deep dive into understanding Enfinity’s approach to navigating - and shaping - the continent’s energy future. ...

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30:59

US chooses Venezuelan oil over domestic wind,...

Energy Transition Today ·

2026/01/09

For the first Energy Transition Today episode of the year, we summarise the goings on over the past few weeks, starting with the US military intervention in Venezuela. The Trump administration’s intervention in Venezuela accompanied by a soft pledge to exploit the country’s oil resources has cast doubts over US’ energy transition targets. This move, barely two days into the new year, follows additional restrictions on 6GW of offshore wind capacity that is currently under construction. On this...

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27:54

EBRD's Ahmad El Mokadem on making battery storage...

Energy Transition Today ·

2025/12/19

In this episode Leonard speaks with Ahmad El Mokadem from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development about how energy storage is becoming bankable in Central and Eastern Europe. Both explores how the EBRD has shifted from post communist market building to scaling renewables, grids and battery storage, and why confidence, regulation and revenue certainty now matter more than technology. Ahmed shares insights on storage financing, private capital mobilisation, energy security after th...

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42:19

Commercialising Clean Energy with Enfinity Global

Energy Transition Today ·

2025/12/16

Today’s podcast is the first in our four-part series in proud partnership with Enfinity Global. Enfinity is one of Europe’s leading IPPs and the winner of inspiratia’s 2025 Developer of the Year and Financial Structure of the Year awards. In our series together, we explore the challenges, opportunities, and key decisions that European developers are faced with today and take a deep dive into understanding Enfinity’s approach to navigating - and shaping - the continent’s energy future. ...

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41:51

2025 in review: nuclear's return, wartime wind, and...

Energy Transition Today ·

2025/12/12

This end of year episode of Energy Transition Today dives into our energy transition highlights of 2025. Maya, Dan, and Leonard explore nuclear’s renewed momentum, the extraordinary progress of Ukraine’s Tyligulska wind farm built during active conflict, and the rapid rise of Poland and the wider CEE region as emerging hubs for renewables and battery storage. They look at offshore wind setbacks in the United States, the cooling of Europe’s hydrogen ambitions, and the strategic reset underway ...

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31:34

FIVE-E’s Valentina Mercati on how private equity can...

Energy Transition Today ·

2025/12/05

This episode features Valentina Mercati, the chief executive of FIVE-E Italy, who shares how private equity is reshaping early stage renewable development in one of Europes most complex markets. We explore how private equity accelerates solar, storage and biomethane projects, why permitting and grid issues continue to slow delivery in Italy, and how investors are navigating new rules, rising deadlines and shifting incentive schemes. Valentina also sets out where she sees the strongest opportu...

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38:20

COP's Michele Schiavone on why Italy is primed to...

Energy Transition Today ·

2025/11/28

In this episode, COP’s Michele Schiavone breaks down why Italy is primed for floating offshore wind and what it will take for the country to turn a vast early stage pipeline into real projects. The conversation explores the state of Italian offshore wind policy, the delay in national auctions, the progress of landmark projects such as Seven Seas Med, and the wider potential of floating wind across the Mediterranean. We look at the routes to market that investors need, the supply c...

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44:20

Germany’s power plan pivot, the EU’s e-SAF push and...

Energy Transition Today ·

2025/11/21

This week the team digs into Germany’s new power plant plan, the fast changing battery storage landscape, and what the latest grid data reveals about the scale of developer interest. We also break down the EU’s push to jump start sustainable aviation fuels and explore what is still missing to unlock real demand. In offshore wind we look at Poland’s first auction, GB Energy’s debut investment, and the final Celtic Sea award. The episode closes with an interview on the growing role of export cr...

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28:36

R.Power Renewables’s Jakub Fedorowicz on why Poland’s...

Energy Transition Today ·

2025/11/14

In this episode, host Maya sits down with Jakub Fedorowicz, Head of M&A at R.Power Renewables, to explore why Poland’s battery storage market is ready for take-off. Recorded at the Energy Storage Summit – Europe in Munich, the conversation delves into R.Power’s evolution from a solar developer to a multi-technology IPP, the country’s shifting regulatory landscape, grid access challenges and the growing investor appetite for storage. Produced and edited by Leonard Müller. Interested in tic...

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26:18

Estonia’s storage breakthrough, Hornsea’s mega deal &...

Energy Transition Today ·

2025/11/07

In this week’s episode of Energy Transition Today, we talk about a first-of-its-kind financing for battery storage in Estonia, a clear sign of lenders’ confidence in storage-only revenues. In the UK, Ørsted’s 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 project gets a $6.5 billion boost from Apollo Infrastructure Funds, one of the largest equity investments ever made in renewable energy, reviving optimism in offshore wind. Poland’s PGE prepares its 896 MW Baltica 1 project for the country’s upcoming offshore wind auctio...

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37:19

Ikigai’s Roberto Castiglione on how storage will...

Energy Transition Today ·

2025/10/31

In this episode, Leonard speaks with Roberto Castiglione, co-founder and CEO of Ikigai Group, about how Italy’s storage market is evolving in the wake of the MACSE auction results. They discuss Ikigai’s 2.3GW battery partnership with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, the country’s goal to deploy up to 15GW of storage by 2030, and how long-duration and non-lithium technologies could transform Europe’s grid flexibility. The conversation also delves into optimisation, co-location, and repoweri...

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46:46

ContourGlobal's Antonio Cammisecra: "renewables can't...

Energy Transition Today ·

2025/10/24

inspiratia sat down with Antonio Cammisecra, the chief executive of CountourGlobal, as the IPP gears up to celebrate its 20-year anniversary. Cammisecra walks us through the company’s history and its evolution towards clean energy transition. CountourGlobal began its life with a portfolio of gas assets but has since transitioned into one of fastest growing clean energy developer. Cammisecra outlines CountourGlobal and its near-term targets. He emphasises the inevitability of renewables and ho...

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40:47

MACSE’s low-price gamble, Europe’s offshore wind...

Energy Transition Today ·

2025/10/17

We are back with an epsiode packed with news for you. 00:02:21 | Italy's MACSE auction — how 10 GWh of storage cleared at rock bottom prices, why Enel dropped a smaller unit, and what thin margins and grid timing mean for delivery and the next rounds. 00:13:15 | Offshore Wind — UK’s permitting delays for the Five Estuaries, Outer Dowsing, and Morecambe wind farms; Poland’s push to fast-track its Baltic Sea auctions amid political tension; and Lithuania’s faltering tender that left Ignit...

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15:54

Intesa Sanpaolo's Luca Matrone on the state of...

Energy Transition Today ·

2025/10/10

In this episode recorded live at our Investing in the Energy Transition event in Milan, inspiratia speaks with Luca Matrone, Global Head of Energy at Intesa Sanpaolo, about how Europe’s leading lenders are navigating a rapidly changing energy market. Maya and Luca discuss the bank’s global renewable strategy, the outlook for hydrogen and storage, and why Italy’s regulatory framework continues to attract capital. From blended finance models to the future of SMRs, this episode explores where in...

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