The Jolt: The FORESIGHT series, which keeps you updated on all the essential energy transition stories
Episodes
British coal mine nonsense, Denmark’s shipyard shame
01 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam reports on the biggest news developments from the world of energy and climate, including the UK government in co...
Trillions for clean energy, tennis star feels the heat
29 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam reports on the biggest news developments from the world of energy and climate, including trillions in clean ener...
The Jolt and Clean Energy Wire Review, #1
22 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this brand-new format, The Jolt and Clean Energy Wire combine forces to review some of the biggest and most interesting talking points from the wor...
Southeast Asia power problems, UK wind boost
18 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam reports on the biggest news developments from the world of energy and climate, including worrying power projecti...
Europe’s LNG problem, Australia begins historic climate court case
15 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam reports on the biggest news developments from the world of energy and climate, including worrying new prediction...
Batteries incoming, Sweden throws a tantrum
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam reports on the biggest news developments from the world of energy and climate, including a bright future for ene...
Great British clean power, Norway’s fossil fuel fandom
08 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam reports on the biggest news developments from the world of energy and climate, including how clean power has hel...
Mass gas waste, shipping’s green future back on course
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam reports on the biggest news developments from the world of energy and climate, including a damning report about ...
Fossil fuels in the crosshairs, wind farm profiteering
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam reports on the biggest news developments from the world of energy and climate, including the outcome of Colombia...
Fossil fuel phaseout planning kicks off
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam reports on the biggest news developments from the world of energy and climate Download our award-winning ap...
Crisis-mode activated, Russian oil splutters and starts
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam reports on the biggest news developments from the world of energy and climate, including the EU’s new crisis t...
Russia’s oil reprieve, Europe enters crisis mode
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam reports on the biggest news developments from the world of energy and climate Download our award-winning ap...
Europe’s governments urged to stand united through energy crisis
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam reports on the biggest news developments from the world of energy and climate Download our award-winning ap...
Iran talks stall, Hungary changes course
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam reports on the biggest news developments from the world of energy and climateDownload our award-winning app and ...
Making sense of energy crisis aid
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Sam looks into the kind of energy crisis measures governments are currently considering, plus Greece switches on a massive solar...
Industrial flexibility complexities
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into why requiring all industries to be more flexible to help the power grid is a difficult ask, plus more...
The Jolt Rundown - 27th March, 2026
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points from this week, including how The Jolt has evolved over the last two and a half years of energy transi...
E-Home Improvement
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into how homes can be electrified and whether it can be done for free. Download our award-winning app...
The Jolt Rundown - 20th March, 2026
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points from this week, including the ongoing disruption to global energy markets and the potential of balcony...
What China’s five-year plan means for its transition
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at what China’s next five-year plan means for its emissions reduction and transition to clean energy, p...
The Jolt Rundown - 13th March, 2026
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kira and FORESIGHT’s editor-in-chief Aoife Foley go over the biggest talking points from this week, including the repercussions of energy disruption...
Oil prices soar as Middle East conflict continues
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira brings you the top climate and energy stories from around the world, including the impact of conflict in the Mi...
The Jolt Rundown - 6th March, 2026
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points from this week, including the latest international energy market tensions triggered by the ongoing con...
Lessons from anniversary of Baltic grid independence
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into whether any fears about synchronising the Baltic power grid with Europe’s actually materialised, pl...
The Jolt Rundown - 27th February, 2026
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points from this week, including what recent developments mean for European Union climate policiesDownload ou...
Italy’s bill-buster could harm Europe’s carbon market
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into why Italy’s plan to reduce household energy bills might do more harm than good, plus the price of S...
The Jolt Rundown - 20th February, 2026
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points from this week, including the United States government’s continued rollback of climate policiesDownl...
A new guiding light for the energy transition
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at why the Paris Agreement’s temperature targets might have outlived their usefulness, plus France and t...
The Jolt Rundown - 13th February, 2026
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the big talking points from this week, including a renewed debate about the role of the European Union’s emissions trading syst...
Why offshore wind needs contracts for difference
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into why contracts for difference are now the go-to choice for offshore wind development, plus signs of li...
The Jolt Rundown - 6th February, 2026
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira celebrate a special milestone as The Jolt reaches 500 episodes! Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive fea...
How to give coal a second chance
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into why repurposing old coal infrastructure needs better planning, plus Europe’s fossil gas storage lev...
The Jolt Rundown - 30th January, 2026
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kira and Sam go over the big talking points from this week, including North Sea wind’s big week and Europe’s industrial policy woes Download ...
UK offshore wind’s next big challenge
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into how the United Kingdom can follow up on its record-breaking offshore wind auction, plus a slew of new...
The Jolt Rundown - 23rd January, 2026
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the big talking points from this week, including the European Union setting new clean power records and Donald Trump spouting mor...
Nigeria’s power delivery problem
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into why Nigeria’s energy transition is failing to make progress, plus Türkiye’s renewables sector en...
The Jolt Rundown - 16th January, 2026
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the big talking points from this week, including the United Kingdom’s offshore wind results and the European Union’s carbon b...
The energy transition’s bigger picture
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam introduces the newest member of the FORESIGHT team, plus Egypt decides to double down on renewables Downloa...
The Jolt Rundown - 9th January, 2026
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over what could be the biggest talking points in the energy transition this year, including fossil fuel policies and offshore wind’s...
How to get rid of wind farms
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into what preparations are needed to dismantle wind farms at the end of their life, plus Donald Trump begi...
The Jolt Rundown - 18th December, 2025
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points in the energy transition this year with their review of 2025 Download our award-winning app and e...
Electric or eclectic? EU’s 2035 car target in focus
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into why the car industry wants the European Union’s 2035 CO2 rules to be more flexible, plus Germany’...
The Jolt Rundown - 12th December, 2025
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points in the energy transition this week, including the European Commission’s plan to boost grid infrastru...
Curtail your energy bills enthusiasm
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into how the United Kingdom could bring down grid constraint costs, plus Norway says no to deep-sea mining...
The Jolt Rundown - 5th December, 2025
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points in the energy transition this week, including the European Union’s upcoming Russian gas imports banD...
Where was the world court’s landmark climate case at COP30?
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into why the International Court of Justice’s historic climate opinion was absent from COP30, plus Germa...
Indonesia’s unsustainable coal production
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks into challenges arising from Indonesia’s coal production, plus COP30 concludes without a roadmap away f...
The Jolt Rundown - 21st November, 2025
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points in the energy transition this week, including the latest from the COP30 summit in BrazilDownload our a...
Brazil’s e-mobility efforts explained
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into how Brazil is tackling its road transport emissions, plus a new push at COP30 to speed up phasing out...
The Jolt Rundown - 14th November, 2025
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kira goes over the biggest talking points in the energy transition this week with special guest Louise Burrows from the Global Renewables Alliance, in...
Brazil’s green shipping odyssey
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into the Brazilian shipping sector and how the COP30 host can help get global decarbonisation back on cour...
The Jolt Rundown - 7th November, 2025
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kira goes over the biggest talking points in the energy transition this week with special guest Linda Kalcher from Strategic Perspectives, including t...
Belgium’s community power risks unravelling
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into how Belgium risks tarnishing its community energy reputation, plus the Czech Republic’s new leader ...
The Jolt Rundown - 31st October, 2025
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kira and Sam go over the biggest talking points in the energy transition this week, including the United Kingdom’s wind auction wobble and what the ...
Paris Agreement 101
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at how the Paris Agreement came about and whether countries are living up to it, plus France’s politica...
The Jolt Rundown - 24th October, 2025
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points in the energy transition this week, including a packed week of energy and climate decisionmaking in th...
From doubling to tripling renewables
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at how a record year for rolling out renewables is only half the story to reaching a global goal, plus shi...
The Jolt Rundown - 17th October, 2025
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points in the energy transition this week, including Donald Trump’s latest attempts to bully the world into...
Denmark’s negative power price problem
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Dave looks into how negative power prices are creating a headache for Denmark’s electricity ecosystem, plus New Ze...
The Jolt Rundown - 10th October, 2025
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points in the energy transition this week, including renewables toppling coal and a hefty dose of hypocrisy a...
How ‘involution’ could slow down China’s energy transition
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Dave looks into how the concept of ‘involution’ is affecting China’s energy transition, plus the collapse of a...
The Jolt Rundown - 3rd October, 2025
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points in the energy transition this week, including reactions to China’s 2035 climate ambition and the Uni...
What the IMO’s net-zero framework could mean
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into the shipping industry’s next big climate plan, plus China hits back at criticism of its climate tar...
The Jolt Rundown - 26th September, 2025
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points in the energy transition this week, including the latest on climate from the United Nations General As...
Slow progress towards agreeing EU climate targets
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at the struggle to agree on the European Union’s 2035 and 2040 climate targets, plus the EU considers b...
The Jolt Rundown - 19th September, 2025
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points in the energy transition this week, including the European Union fudging its climate target deadlines ...
Electric cars turn a cost-competitive corner
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into how electric vehicles could soon “make motoring affordable again”, plus the race to approve the E...
The Jolt Rundown - 12th September, 2025
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the biggest talking points in the energy transition this week, including European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen’s annua...
Europe’s slow progress on wind energy
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at the state of the European wind sector, plus President Donald Trump’s shadow looms over solar’s US ...
The Jolt Rundown - 5th September, 2025
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira are back to go over the biggest talking points from the summer break, including offshore wind’s struggles and further backtracking on c...
Beyond wind: How CfDs could spur more clean energy
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into how contracts for difference can support energy technologies other than wind, plus Equinor comes to t...
The Jolt Rundown - 1st August, 2025
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the week’s biggest talking points, including the controversy surrounding the EU-US trade deal plus big banking energy transitio...
Aviation’s new kid on the runway
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, David takes off into the world of sustainable aviation fuels to explore the impact eSAF is having on the sector’s ...
The Jolt Rundown - 25th July, 2025
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira go over the week’s biggest talking points, including the “climate case of the century” and the European Union’s green relations w...
Meet the grid bottleneck buster
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at how a complex but effective power pricing model could solve some tricky transition problems, plus BP’...
The Jolt Rundown - 18th July, 2025
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Dave go over the week’s biggest talking points, including the latest on artificial intelligence’s immense energy demand and the advent of ...
Atomic AI rings renewables alarm bells
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at what impact Big Tech’s nuclear power-purchase-agreements might have on renewables, plus India rolls b...
The Jolt Rundown - 11th July, 2025
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dave and Kira go over the week’s biggest talking points, including the ongoing political fallout from the European Union’s proposed 2040 target, p...
Bezos-bashing plane tax scheme launches
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at a new initiative that aims to increase taxes on premium air travel, plus more bad news for global offsh...
The Jolt Rundown - 4th July, 2025
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira return to go over the week’s biggest talking points, focusing in on the EU’s new planned 2040 emissions reduction target Downloa...
Cities call for more say on EU climate policy
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sean looks at calls for cities to have a greater role in designing EU climate policy, plus an Australian green hydro...
The Jolt Rundown - 27th June, 2025
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira return to go over the week’s biggest talking points, including the potential end of the EU’s anti-greenwashing law, plus Brazil wants...
Can a Finnish city achieve carbon neutrality by 2029?
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sean looks at the steps the Finnish city of Turku is taking to achieve carbon neutrality by 2029, plus Kira reports ...
The Jolt Rundown - 20th June, 2025
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Kira return to go over the week’s biggest talking points, including Spain’s power blackout culprits and everything green transport, plus t...
Europe’s eSAFs opportunity risks nose diving
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at how Europe risks squandering its potential to be the world’s leading next-generation aviation fuel pr...
The Jolt Rundown - 13th June, 2025
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam and Kira discuss the week’s biggest talking points, including the ocean’s role in the energy transition and ...
Shells issue climate change warning
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at how climate change is affecting life in our seas and oceans, plus India decides to ramp up coal product...
The Jolt Rundown - 6th June, 2025
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam and Kira discuss potential boosts to floating wind and how the recent Polish elections could spell trouble for t...
European CCS set for oil and gas boost
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at how European oil and gas companies could kickstart the continent’s carbon capture industry, plus Chil...
The Jolt Rundown - 30th May, 2025
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam and Kira discuss whether the European Union is actually on track to meet its 2030 climate target, plus Syria beg...
Croatia’s efficient earthquake rebuild
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at how Croatia is building back better after its earthquakes, plus your daily updates on the biggest devel...
The Jolt Rundown - 23rd May, 2025
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira and Sam discuss the issues surrounding building renovation in Central and Eastern Europe, plus there’s some g...
Resetting EU-UK energy ties
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at how and why energy relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom should be improved, plus...
The Jolt Rundown - 16th May, 2025
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira and Sam look into how energy transition innovations can improve our lives, plus Germany’s struggle to cut tra...
Making wind power even greener
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks how the wind sector is trying to be as sustainable as possible, plus climate change threatens the world’...
The Jolt Rundown - 9th May, 2025
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira and David look into the rationale behind Europe’s plans to end its dependence on Russian energy, plus the lat...
Lessons learnt from Iberia’s blackout
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into what lessons can already be learnt from the Iberian blackout, plus Kira reports on the latest results...
The Jolt Rundown - 2nd May, 2025
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira and Sam look into why it’s important to get communication on the energy transition right, plus the Trump Admi...
Renewables must be vigilant against harming nature
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks into how renewable energy rollout can avoid clashing with nature protection efforts, plus Europe’s aviat...
The Jolt Rundown - 25th April, 2025
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam and Kira look into why energy security and the energy transition go hand-in-hand, plus France eyes a new British...