NTNU Energy Transition Podcast

About NTNU Energy Transition Podcast

The NTNU Energy Transition Podcast is a knowledge hub that aims to empower individuals and organizations in Norway, Europe and beyond to tackle climate change and move our global society towards carbon neutrality. New episodes every second Thursday. The podcast is hosted by the NTNU Energy Transition Initiative which was established to deliver world-leading research on energy transition strategies to achieve the Paris ambitions. You can find us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and on our webpage. Please reach out by mail to "julius.wesche@ntnu.no". Webpage ntnu.edu/energytransition

Publisher

NTNU Energy Transition Initiative

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Dec 2021

Latest episode

27 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

89 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Jun 2025

   #86 The Grid Gets Honest: Who Gets Access, and What Needs to Change (with Audhild Kvam, Tensio)

   Audhild Kvam, CEO of Tensio, discusses grid capacity limitations and smarter planning to unlock idle capacity for batteries, hydrogen, and heavy transport in this interview episode.

2. 

   22 May 2025

   #85 When the Lights Go Out: Lessons from the Iberian Blackout (with Kjetil Uhlen, NTNU IEL)

   Kjetil Obstfelder Uhlen analyzes the rapid Iberian Peninsula blackout, exploring interconnection limits and protection schemes, and offering fixes like synthetic inertia in this interview with the host.

3. 

   8 May 2025

   #84 Back to Black? Why Oil Majors Seem to Be Retreating From Renewables (with Michael Liebreich, Ecopragma Capital)

   In Episode 84, clean‑energy luminary Michael Liebreich joins the show to unpack why oil giants like Shell and BP appear to be throttling back on renewables just as the climate crisis intensifies. Drawing on decades in clean-tech finance and heavy-transport electrification, Liebreich argues that the pivot is less a U-turn than a short-term cash grab—and that the physics and economics of “not burning stuff” will ultimately win. Expect candid takes on capital markets, policy headwinds, and where the smartest money is flowing now, all delivered with Liebreich’s trademark data-driven bluntness.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

4.9 / 5

34 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

64

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

90

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