Laurent Segalen

3 days ago | energycentral.com | Laurent Segalen

image credit: Credit: Redefining Energy / Dunne insights May 12, 2025 7:26 am GMT6 views Access Podcast / Audio On one hand, tariffs are causing significant disruption in the global automotive industry. On the other, the electric vehicle (EV) market continues to surge, seemingly unaffected. According to the latest Q1 2025 data from Rho Motion, 4.1 million EVs were sold globally in Q1 2025—a 29% year-over-year increase compared to Q1 2024.

1 week ago | energycentral.com | Laurent Segalen

As GWEC has just released its flagship Global Wind Report 2025—a must-read for anyone serious about the energy transition—they reflect on wind power’s progress. While the sector has continued to grow, it's been outpaced by solar and storage, grappling with supply chain bottlenecks, technical hurdles, and an all-out culture war driven by fossil fuel interests and political headwinds.

2 weeks ago | energycentral.com | Laurent Segalen

There's been a great deal of excitement and curiosity surrounding the idea of a Transatlantic Interconnector. So, as co-founders, Laurent Segalen, Gerard Reid and Simon Ludlam have decided to release a special episode to bring our listeners up to speed on where things currently stand. While we can’t dive into our discussions with governments and system operators—those are protected by NDAs—rest assured, those conversations are very much underway, as you might expect.

1 month ago | energycentral.com | Laurent Segalen

As we start receiving data for the year 2024 in terms of Energy Production and Consumption, it is time to have a forensic analysis of the global Energy Complex in 2024. Last month we had the always comprehensive IEA Global Energy Review, and now to go deep into Electrification, we just received the Ember's sixth Global Electricity Review. Laurent and Gerard brought in two of its three authors: Dr Katye Altieri and Nicolas Fulghum to discuss the main finding.

1 month ago | energycentral.com | Laurent Segalen

image credit: Credit: Redefining Energy / Cresta Apr 7, 2025 7:30 am GMT13 views Access Podcast / Audio The Energy Transition encompasses more than just power and AI. Laurent and Gerard have chosen to explore the niche yet crucial areas of waste gas, biofuels, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and emissions capture. At the heart of this journey is Cresta, a $2 billion specialist fund positioned at the intersection of Private Equity and Infrastructure.