Recruiting new employees is expensive. Replacing them? Even more so. But there’s a smarter way to build high-performing teams that stay: structured training. Whether you’re onboarding new starters or helping experienced hires level up, well-designed training is more than a nice-to-have — it’s a strategic investment. Done right, it improves retention, boosts job satisfaction, and…
Spinning thermal power stations store energy in the form of inertia. What does this have to do with blackouts in Spain and Portugal? Well probably nothing directly but let’s look at a secondary effect of that spinning inertia.
It’s not a new concept but the details are complex and intriguing. If technical issues are solved VPPs could be a significant, even game changing factor in the energy mix providing additional capacity and helping to distribute load both at local and national scales. What’s a VPP? The idea goes back a long way. When…
Over the last 20 years I’ve hired people into all sorts of Energy roles. If I was lucky, I’d find people with both the professional skills (software engineers, analysts, PMs, sales, marketing etc.) AND energy experience. I had the privilege to work with some extraordinarily talented people, both with and without prior energy experience. But…
