Energy Voice – Out Loud DC Thomson

Election excitement, Highland Hydro and W.I.N.E on to a winner~
 
Listeners in the UK may have seen there was a small political announcement this week... Rishi Sunak announced a general election will be held this summer.
 
Ed shares his excitement for hitting the polling stations on 4 July as the trio discusses what this means for the energy sector. Labour has outlined plans for no new oil and gas licences as the Tories pushed back the end date for the controversial windfall tax. Will UK energy firms be forced to pick the best of a bad bunch?
 
Next up Erikka makes her podcast debut from the Highlands as she has a look around a pumped storage hydro at Loch Ness. With scoping reports submitted the question on everybody's mind is 'how will this impact Nessie?'
 
Finally, Ryan has been chatting with Women In New Energy (W.I.N.E) co-founder Annabel Sall as the event is set to return later this year. Promoting diversity across the industry is important in solving the engineering challenges the UK faces as it transitions to cleaner technologies and W.I.N.E is looking to capitalise on last year's success by encouraging more women into the sector. 

A newly-announced Scottish ports alliance for offshore wind will “unashamedly” maximise the domestic supply chain, a top renewables boss has said.
SOWPA (Scottish Offshore Wind Ports Alliance) was unveiled on Wednesday at All-Energy in Glasgow, a collaboration of 13 Scottish ports to fast-track opportunities across manufacturing and fabrication, through to marshalling, assembly, and operations & maintenance.
It comes as a huge 30GW of ScotWind-related offshore capacity is due to be installed over the next decade, amid vast pressure on the supply chain.
 
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For our second All Energy Glasgow special, we chat with Jamie Robinson of Scottish Enterprise about the hydrogen opportunities available to businesses across Scotland and how they can tap into these with the help of Scottish Enterprise. Listeners can catch Jamie speaking on this at All Energy Glasgow on Thursday 16th May.   
 
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Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
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Join Erikka Askeland, reporter for Energy Voice at All Energy Glasgow as we speak to special guest Rachel McCaw. Rachel joins us from Scottish Enterprise ahead of her talk at All Energy on Thursday 16th  May.   We discuss the unique geothermal opportunities available to the Scottish energy sector and how businesses can take advantage of clean heat market opportunities.  
 
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Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
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Now that Repsol has settled its spat with Sinopec, the company has admitted it is “reviewing” its structure, with nearly 100 jobs expected to go. It set out plans recently for more activity, striking a slightly unusual tone – and failing to blame the windfall tax, unlike many of its contemporaries.
Should the UK have its own national champion for decarbonisation? As we head towards an election, the prospect of increased government intervention is looking more and more likely, but the exact shape of such a move is still unclear.
Allister rounds out the discussion today with a discussion of Energy Voice’s very own Road to Rosebank documentary. Stopping in before the expected hail of Oscars and BAFTAs, he sets the record straight on the creative process and his sterling voiceover work. 
 
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Events season is upon us, and so are supermajor Q1 results. If the news cycle wasn’t busy enough, Scotland’s first minister handed in his notice this week, so Ryan, Ed and Michael have their work cut out for them.
 
Ryan kicks off this week’s conversation with the situation at Holyrood and how energy transition policy played a part in Humza Yousaf’s downfall. This ties into the wider talking points heard across the industry that scoring political points will delay a just transition.  
 
Is Shell looking to list in New York? The supermajor’s CEO says it is on the cards but unlikely. Michael has been keeping track of the London-listed firm’s Q1 results as the trio discuss the merits of looking across the pond.
 
Finally, will solar have its day in the sun? Ed has been walking the show floor at not one but two conferences this week and has been focussing on the UK’s solar market. Tying back into the political football energy has become, industry says policy could be taking the shine off of solar.
 
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