Welcome to an electrifying brand-new season!
Come join us as we explore the exciting world of energy, from today’s cutting-edge technology to iconic moments in energy history.
Whether you’re an industry veteran, an aspiring engineer, or simply passionate about all things sustainability, we’ve got you covered with thought-provoking discussions and insights from the most brilliant minds in the industry.
Latest episode
Supply Chain Management Excellence: Enhancing Global Strategies
This episode examines the importance of supply chain management in high-voltage products and how its role transcends basic cost-cutting when it comes to procurement. SCM involves mastering strategies that enhance an organization’s competitiveness, drive sustainability, and establish resilience in the face of global disruptions.
You can also read about it here: Global supply chain management excellence: Innovative strategies for success
CIGRE special episodes
Reliable, scalable, and compact – that’s EconiQ™!
In this CIGRE special episode part 1, we invited our guest speakers, Navid Mahdi Zadeh, Global Portfolio Manager for the High Voltage Products business unit, and Arthouros Iordanidis, Head of Global Product Group Circuit Breakers and Grid Components, to take us on a fascinating journey about the history of EconiQ and how it became a frontrunner in sustainable innovation.
You can also read about it here: EconiQ™: A powerful portfolio of high-voltage solutions for a sustainable energy future
Hitachi Energy unveils two iconic SF₆-free world-firsts!
This electrifying episode features Markus Heimbach, Managing Director of the High Voltage Products business unit at Hitachi Energy, and Christian Ohler, Head of Global Product Group Switchgear. Our experts share captivating details about these new EconiQ technologies and how they are paving the way beyond SF6 with the lowest carbon footprint.
You can also read about it here: Hitachi Energy leads the charge with new SF₆-free EconiQ™ solutions
Episode 5
Unlocking the secret to seamless high-voltage operations
Operations involve all the activities you need to do to make sure everything runs smoothly.
To tell you more about it, we invited Dirk Uhde, Head of HSE and Operations at Hitachi Energy. In this episode, he walks us through the operations process and the strategies implemented that make it more sustainable.
Episode 4
The wonders of a switchgear factory
A factory is far from a plain and boring building; it’s a bustling hive of creativity and innovation where raw materials are transformed into groundbreaking technologies.
Our guest, Claire Carmona, Operating Unit Manager of the Gas-Insulated Switchgear factory in Europe, guides us through the manufacturing process and shares the ins and outs of a state-of-the-art factory.
Episode 3
High-voltage R&D powers the future
Research & Development (R&D) is the driving force behind new innovations and better solutions. It is the key to advance high-voltage solutions by creating significant and high-quality improvements.
Tune in to this episode where Markus Bujotzek gives an inside look at the R&D process for high-voltage technology, revealing insights into how various challenges were solved and breakthrough innovations were made.
Episode 2
The high-voltage basics
High-voltage systems consist of several components, each serving a significant function to ensure the grid is reliable, stable, and safe.
In this episode, hear Dr. Christian Ohler breaks down the fascinating world of high-voltage systems, from different types of switchgear to the mechanics behind electricity pylons.
Episode 1
The energy transition and the history of the electrical grid
The energy transition, or ‘Energiewende’, refers to the shift from fossil fuels to renewable resources and more importantly, its bigger goal is to cut CO2 emissions overall, and high voltage is essential to achieving this.
In our first episode, Dr. Markus Heimbach takes us through the history of the grid, explains why energy networks vary across the world, and tells us about the game-changing high-voltage innovations that are shaping the grid today.