Ogami Station

South Africa’s solar market has grown rapidly as households, businesses, and developers search for more reliable alternatives to load shedding and rising electricity costs. But limited transmission capacity, grid congestion, and connection delays are making it increasingly difficult to turn strong solar resources into operating projects.In this episode of Ogami Station, Martín Rimblas, Strategic Account Executive for the South African market at RatedPower, sits down to discuss the growth of private and utility-scale solar, the role of batteries in supporting constrained grids, the expansion of energy storage across Africa, and what developers need to consider when planning solar-plus-storage projects. 

This is the second part of our conversation about hydropower. To get the full picture, listen to part one first. Angie and Jeremy look at the challenges surrounding the technology, including the impact of reservoirs on rivers and communities, the effects of drought, and the question of whether hydropower should always be considered renewable.

How does moving water become electricity, and why don’t all hydropower plants need a massive dam?In this episode of Ogami Station, Angie and Jeremy explore how hydropower works, from run-of-river facilities to pumped storage, and why it remains an important tool for balancing modern power systems. Listen to part one to discover the basics and the role hydropower plays in the energy transition.

Southeast Asia is becoming one of the world’s most exciting renewable energy markets, driven by soaring electricity demand, ambitious solar targets, and a growing need for storage and stronger grids.  Angie sits down with Alicia Herrera, Sales Manager for Southeast Asia at RatedPower, to explore the opportunities and challenges shaping Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, and the wider region, from financing and regulation to grid integration and project bankability.

Green hydrogen is one of the biggest buzzwords in the energy transition, but what is it, how does it work, and why is it attracting so much investment?In this episode of Ogami Station, Angie and Pascale explore the global green hydrogen boom: how it’s produced with renewable electricity, why sectors like steel, aviation, shipping, and heavy transport are betting on it, and what challenges are slowing its growth.They also look at the global policy race, from Europe’s infrastructure plans to Latin America’s export ambitions, and ask where green hydrogen can truly transform the energy system, and where expectations may still be ahead of reality.