The Energy Talk

Bonus Episode: Introducing our new team member

After a month's long absence we are finally back with another bonus episode. 
It is also my pleasure to introduce Jennifer as a new member of The Energy Talk team. 
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You can get in touch with us at the email: energytalkpodcast@gmail.com  or visit the webiste @ theenergytalk.com Thank you for listening, and see you next week.
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Special thanks to Jensen for providing the music used in this episode, you can find out more about his work here or with the link below.  http://theenergytalk.mystrikingly.com/blog/podcast-music
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Ruairi McLoughlin: Lighting Up The World With Solar

Light Up The World (LUTW) is a Canadian non-profit organization focused on the principle that access to energy changes lives. The organisation works in communities that don’t have access to electricity; now focusing operation in Peru. Joining us on this episode from Lima, Peru is Ruairi McLoughlin, the social enterprise manager of LUTW, Peru.  We talk about the importance of the work being done by LUTW and also about solar technology and energy access.  Ruairi also shares some of his own personal motivations behind the work he is doing, and how those motivations have taken him for an engineer in the UK, to lighting up homes for the first time in Peru. You can find out more about LUTW here or with the link below.   http://lutw.org/about-lutw-2about-lutwabout-lutw/about-lutw/  
And you can also connect with Ruairi here via email:  r.mcloughlin@lutw.org   Thank you Ruairi and the rest of the LUTW team for sharing your story and being part of this conversation.  
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This episode also includes some announcements about the podcast, you can get in touch with me at the email: energytalkpodcast@gmail.com  or visit the webiste @ theenergytalk.com Thank you for listening, and see you next week. 
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Special thanks to Jensen for providing the music used in this episode, you can find out more about his work here or with the link below.  http://theenergytalk.mystrikingly.com/blog/podcast-music 
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Laura Dafov: The Quest For Purpose... And Gas Hydrates

Laura Dafov joins the energy conversation this week from Texas, USA. 
She shares about her current role in BP, finding large deposits of Natural Gas Hydrates, which is a cleaner burning and abundant fuel source that could play a significant role in the global energy mix of the future.
Laura also shares the importance of being passionate about the work you do and always looking for new ways and people to learn from. It was truly a joy talking to and learning from Laura. 
You can connect with Laura on LinkedIn here and find out more about what she is up to, tell her Olu sent you :).
Thank you for listening to the episode this week, you can contact me to find out more about the show or just to share a bit about yourself with the email address: energytalkpodcast@gmail.com
Or visit the website @ theenergytalk.com
 
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Special thanks to Jensen for providing the music on this episode. Find more of his work with these links
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jensen_chuah/ 
Twitter: twitter.com/jensen_chuah 
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/jensenneedsfriends
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Helena Bennett: Starting Conversations About Climate Action

Helena joins the conversation this week from London, UK; and we have a very interesting conversation about climate change, renewable energy and environmental policy. 
We both discuss the importance of having proper dialogue and educating the general public of the little and big ways that climate change affects us all, in our lives and communities. 
I hope this episode will help you learn a bit more of how to engage people around you in conversation about the energy industry and sustainability. We all have a role to play in creating the kind of future we want to live in, and the only way we can get there is by making meaningful changes in our personal lives and communities. 
Think Globally, Act Locally. 
You can connect with Helena to find more conversation. 
Twitter - @helenarbennett_ 
Instagram - @earthbyhelena
 
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Special thanks to Jensen for providing the music on this episode. Find more of his work with these links
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jensen_chuah/ 
Twitter: twitter.com/jensen_chuah 
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/jensenneedsfriends
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Mark LaCour: A Close-up On The Oil and Gas Industry

Mark LaCour is an Oil and gas expert, and speaker. He is also the Editor-In- Chief of the OGGN (Oil and Gas Global Network), which produces the largest oil and gas podcasts in the world. 
In our conversation we dive into the complex Geo-politics surrounding the petroleum industry, specification the dynamic relationship between OPEC, Russia, and the USA. 
We also speak about the cooperate and environmental responsibilities the petroleum industry has to the world, and how some of the biggest names in Oil and Gas are preparing for the future of energy transition.
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Special thanks to Jensen for providing the music on this episode. Find more of his work with these links
 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jensen_chuah/
Twitter: twitter.com/jensen_chuah
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/jensenneedsfriends
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Bonus Episode: Why I Made This Podcast

Thank you to everyone who reads these descriptions, you're all awesome. 
Don't forget to rate and subscribe wherever you're listening to the podcast. 
There is a link in the description you can use to send voice messages, all voice messages will be played on the next episode (unless they're personal).
Have a great week and look forward for the next episode!
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Special thanks to Jensen for providing the music for this episode, find out more about his work here:
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Putra Adhiguna: How To Survive A Downturn

In 2013, a barrel of crude traded at an average of US$112/bbl. In early 2016, the price of oil hit an historic low of $26/bbl. 
This event lead to many people losing their jobs and drastically changed the way the oil industry operates in current day. 
Putra and I discuss this event, as he shares his own experiences of working in Halliburton, Indonesia when the down turn hit. Putra gives plenty of advice, encouraging patience to the young workforce and to never stop learning and constantly seek out new challenges to master yourself and improve.
The conversation also goes into energy policy in developing countries and global strides being taking to ensure a sustainable energy future for all.
You can connect with Putra here...
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Special thanks to Jensen for providing the music for this episode, find out more about his work here:
Instagram, Twitter, SoundCloud, YouTube
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Oluwatobi Babatunde: Data Driven Storytelling

Tobi is a young energy data analyst that brings data to life, he is currently developing his technical and entrepreneurial skills in Lagos, Nigeria. 
In this episode he joins me discuss the important role that data plays in the energy world. Our conversation focuses on developing countries, with Nigeria as a case study. We discuss why some individuals and organisations do not see the benefits that data management and analytics provides them. 
We also discuss the challenges of starting a business in a country that is just embracing new technologies, practices and ideas.
Find out more about Tobi's work here...
Resagratia
*I want to apologise to all my listeners for the poor audio quality in this episode, I'm learnig as I go with the podcast, but i promise to increase the production quality substantially in the coming episodes. Looking forward to serving you more engageing conversations about energy, and thank you so much for listening.
All my best,
Olu.
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Andres Bustamante: Sustainable Developments in South America

Joining us from beautiful Lobitos, Peru is Andres Bustamante; the first guest of the show and one of the founding partners of an NGO called ECOSWELL. 
He Joins me to discuss the origins of the group and what their challenges and motivations are, also we talk about how renewable technologies can be used to great effects in rural communities and how operations like theirs can be replicated in more communities through a new term I picked up from him called "Leap frogging". 
The aim of leap frogging is to encourage rural communities to adapt renewable technologies first instead of going through the conventional fossil fuel routes.
 https://www.ecoswell.org/home.html 
ecoswell is a non-profit organisation and have made a commitment to improve the local community they are in, they are open to donations and run a fantastic volunteer program year round. Follow the link above for more information. 
Andres will also be speaking at a panel in the International Student Energy Summit 2019 on the topic of leapfrogging, follow the link for more information.
 https://www.studentenergysummit2019.com/ 
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A Brief History Of Energy: First we made fire

The ancient Greeks gave the world many things, some of the greatest generals, philosophers and even the basis for modern democracy, but among the greatest things they left us are their stories. 
Welcome to the first Episode of the energy talk, here we start off with the story of Prometheus and his gift of fire to mankind. The story does a great job of showing the importance of energy and access to it, and just how much progress we gain because of effective use of energy sources. 
We take the journey to review all the current sources of energy we have, from fossil fuels to renewables and everything in between.
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