Sam Fenwick
speaker
941 appearances
9 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 3 Aug
Sam Fenwick’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So we're halfway through our chain now and Gideon's going to give us a recap of where the money has got to.
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This is Business Daily from the BBC World Service.
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I'm Sam Fenwick and today we're following the money behind Europe's air conditioning boom.
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So you've been lucky enough to get your hands on a machine.
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Now you have to switch it on.
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The thing about air conditioning is that everybody wants it at the same time, a hot evening after a hot day.
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Dr Chris Roslow is a senior analyst at EMBA, a global energy think tank that tracks electricity markets.
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He's been watching what's happened to European power prices during this summer's heatwaves.
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Take me through then some of the figures that you've looked at.
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What sort of spikes have we seen during these prolonged heat waves that we've been experiencing?
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But there's a second thing pushing that price up, and it's nothing to do with the weather.
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The countries still more reliant on gas to get through the evening are buying it in a market that's dearer than it was.
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European gas is up by about two-thirds on this time last year, and that's because of the conflict in the Middle East and the disruption to shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, which raises the obvious question, does that get added to your bill too?
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So not immediately and not dramatically.
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The price spikes get averaged into what your supplier pays and then come back to you a few months later smooth flat.
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You'll never see the spike, but you will see the effect of it at the bottom of your bill.
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And where you live decides how hard it lands.
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So three times higher.
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The same continent, similar heat, same machines in the windows.
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The difference is what's behind the socket.
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