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The NPM Interconnections Podcast features in-depth interviews with top power, storage and data center industry insiders across the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
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Harmony Energy Development Director Frances Nicholson joins NPM to share experiences on project development in the UK over what has proved to be a highly active and pivotal recent period for the renewables sector in the country. Developers are routinely dealing with organised opposition to proposals, patchy political support, consent refusals and appeals, all while navigating through an at-times unpredictable and delayed connections reform process being undertaken to rationalise the gri...
Jeff Monday, Fluence's Chief Growth Officer, joins the NPM podcast this week to discuss lessons learned from his prior career in technology, with stints at Apple and Qualcomm, and how this influences Fluence's growth trajectory as it builds batteries serving both the grid and the rising tide of data centers. Later in the program, Jeff discusses how behind-the-meter technology has become a more reliable segment it pertains to power supporting data centers. NPM is a leading data, intelligence &...
On this week's episode Power Factors VP of Innovation Abilash Krishnan joins Andrew Burnes to discuss some of the challenges developers are facing when it comes to managing their growing portfolios of varying technologies, the continued growth of battery storage, and how that is fitting into the data center demand that we're seeing today. Krishnan also provides some information about Power Factors software and how they aid developers as they grapple with these issues. NPM is a leading data, i...
On this episode, Palladium Energy’s Chief Commercial Officer Nobel Chang discusses the developer’s strategy at sustaining renewable project growth amid AI-driven power demand. He reviews the company’s disciplined approach to development while navigating the shifting environment of rising power prices, fading tax credits, and evolving financing requirements. NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, stor...
On this week’s episode, we speak with Peter Pohlschroeder, head of the data centre division at German private bank HAL and vice chairman of the German Datacentre Association. Pohlschroeder explores Germany’s zoning and planning landscape, heat-reuse incentives under the Energy Efficiency Act, and the role of German data centres in the wider European market. He also discusses rising construction costs, longer delivery timelines, and why hyperscaler growth has fallen short of expectations. NPM ...
Izzet Bensusan, CEO and founder, of Captona, a late-stage investor in utility-scale renewable energy and clean fuels projects, joins the podcast this week to discuss market conditions for its business model, his take on the continued growth of merchant storage in ERCOT and how renewable natural gas, as an industry, is evolving. NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets ...
This week, Taaleri Energia managing director Kai Rintala joins NPM Europe editor Peter Kneller on the podcast to discuss the benefits of geographical diversification, the legwork that goes into securing PPAs, and the positive long-term outlook for European power demand. NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate communi...
Marc Pangburn, Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer for clean energy financier HASI, joins the podcast this week to discuss the impact of data center growth on the utility-scale solar and storage market, forecasts for how the distributed generation industry will play out in 2026 and also any immediate impacts felt by FEOC in the sector. NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center m...
On this week’s episode, Charlie Faulkner, CEO of EdgeMode, a global energy and AI data centre infrastructure company joins Ulan Harrison-Davies to discuss the recently announced 2 GW+ partnership with Blackberry AIF to develop sites in Spain and Panama. Faulkner also reviews the agreement with SUB1 to develop energy-efficient data centres in Europe, with initial projects planned in Sweden and Spain. NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led co...
In this episode, Perkins Coie Partner Jane Rueger and Associate Attorney Jacob Neeley join Kaitlin Fallowfield to discuss a 14-page preview recently released by PJM Interconnection detailing its plans for the new rules for data centers seeking to bring their own generation to the grid. The grid operator has been trying to come up with a framework to manage data center load and create more accurate forecasting measures. In December 2025, FERC ordered PJM to write its rules for co-location to i...
On this week’s podcast, we sat down with Giles Hanglin, CEO of the UK-based energy and data centre developer Apatura to discuss its impressive development pipeline and the case for building data centres in Scotland. Hanglin discusses the role of government policy — including Scotland’s designation as an AI growth zone — as well as the ongoing challenges around grid access and regulatory reform. Despite broader market constraints, Hanglin remains confident in Scotland’s competitiveness relativ...
On this week's episode, Pure Data Centres Group CEO Dame Dawn Childs DBE joins Madeline Sherratt to discuss her entrance into the data centre landscape following an exciting career spanning the Royal Air Force to engineering at London Gatwick Airport, the National Grid, and now Pure. The conversation includes a discussion on Pure's developments in FLAP-D markets, new opportunities following disruptive data centre moratoriums and the need for developers to become “power generation people” by i...
On this week's episode, TOBE Energy CEO Colby DeWeese joins host Andrew Burnes to discuss his new Oklahoma-based company and the ways it is differentiating itself from other green hydrogen providers through its unique electrolysis system. DeWeese also discusses why the company is focused exclusively on green hydrogen, use cases for its technology, and what he hopes to accomplish in 2026 along with a wider discussion about the state of hydrogen development in the US amid a backdrop of pu...
On this week's episode, esVolta CEO Randy Mann joins Andrew Burnes to discuss some of the issues facing a well-established storage IPP in the 2025 market landscape. The conversation includes a look into the realities of FEOC and the status of domestic and alternative supply, including alternate chemistries, as well as a look at how storage values are holding in ERCOT as new storage capacity enters the market. Randy also discusses the logistics and risk of entering newer markets and gets speci...
Laura Pagliarulo, CEO and co-founder of SolaREIT, joins the podcast this week to discuss the rise of powered land banks to support data centers and other forms of load demand. Later in the program, she also discusses the forecast for US battery energy storage and what growth might look like with FEOC restrictions being implemented in January 2026. *This podcast is sponsored by Meter. Meter provides full-stack, integrated networking. They design, deploy, and manage wired, wireless, and c...
Alight chairman and co-founder Harald Överholm joins NPM Europe on this week’s episode to give us his take on building a Nordic solar developer into an increasingly pan-European operator of both behind-the-meter and utility-scale, grid-connected PV assets. Harald also provides insight on how data centres could power the corporate PPA market across the Nordics for years to come, how Alight is targeting microgrids for future opportunities, as well as tips for solving the grid connection impasse...
On this podcast, veteran energy advisor Rob Sternthal, managing partner of Expedition Infrastructure Partners and Peter Kaufman, president and head of restructuring and distressed M&A for the Gordian Group, discuss their newly formed strategic partnership. The strategic partnership is aimed at helping renewable energy developers and owners deal with ongoing financial challenges in the sector and review what will be the likely outcomes for these developers. NPM is a leading data, intellige...
This week’s episode is the full recording of the panel discussion titled “Behind the Meter, Ahead of the Curve: Onsite Power for Data Centers,” held as part of NPM’s DG Development & Finance Forum on October 23, 2025 in New York City. Speakers include: Kevin Imboden – Global Director of Competitive Intelligence, EdgeConneXCharlie Daum – VP of Development and Origination, Generate CapitalDuncan Campbell – VP of Data Center Solutions, Scale MicrogridsHannan Happi – CEO and Co-Founder, Exowa...
Former FERC Commissioner Allison Clements joins the podcast to unpack Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s directive to bring large-load interconnections under FERC oversight. Now an advisor to the data center industry at ASG, Clements discusses the DOE initiative’s legal grounding and the wider energy policy landscape under the Trump administration. NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & da...
This week’s episode is the full recording of an NPM webinar discussion titled “Building Europe’s Digital Backbone: The Race for Data Centre Dominance,” held on September 30, 2025. Speakers include: Fabio Spucches – Chief Executive Officer, GreenfieldMargaux Harris – Investment Director, Rivage InvestmentMika Suomi – Head of Operations, PolarnodeJose Luis Arnau – Chief Commercial Officer, Nostrum Data CenterUlan Harrison-Davies – Senior Reporter, NPM Europe (m)The panel discusses how surging d...
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