Continuing my Energy Transition Journey

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Yet another one of those most intense periods of researching and then absorbing the material around different energy issues.

Everywhere you turn, you stumble across reports on one aspect or another of the energy transformation we are undertaking.

I am looking at this energy transition through the eyes of the innovator, as it offers so much in new solutions and designs that any innovator would love to be part of.

My big move this week was to determine my Energy Transition journey

I added my dedicated website on innovating4energy.website. It stays a W-I-P but its role is to keep the offer separated but also be highly support in this posting site as the more dynamic place for breaking news, discoveries and progress and combined they underscore the value position offering.

I am taking on the front end of the energy transition as my advising positioning.

More on that in future posts. Continue reading →

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Contact and Credentials

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The Energy Transition needs significant innovation application.

I work as a transition advocate for innovation, ecosystems, within IIoT, and the energy system as my points of focus. I relate content to context to give greater knowledge and build the transition narratives we are all undergoing. I have been investing my time in growing my understanding, expertise, and thinking over these “core” topics.

My Innovation intent has been central to this for twenty years in consulting, mentoring and advising. This has progressively ‘funnelled down’ into recognizing the value of ecosystems as the business design for innovation in the future, to thrive and deliver more significant value creation especially in the Energy Transition that is underway.

We are innovating experts positioned at the Front End of the Energy Transition to accelerate your thinking and support the shaping of future opportunities that give growth and impact potential

I run a specialized advisor and mentoring business; it is small but has an intense focus on its clients’ needs.

Paul Hobcraft    Email: paul@agilityinnovation.com

Swiss based +41 91 751 4350.

LinkedIn Profile link:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-hobcraft-innovation/

Posting reference sites:

https://innovating4energy.com

http://digital4energy.com

http://paul4innovating.com

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Challenges within the Energy Transition

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Should we allow energy to continue in its current system, reliant on fossil fuels, old, inadequate energy systems, and unreliable infrastructure solutions, so what are all the challenges within the Energy Transition? 

Or do we finally recognize, power solutions need to change radically into sources of energy, based more on renewables, that provide cleaner, more naturally sustaining environments based on wind, the sun, and natural conversion of water or the increased use of biomass? 

The energy ecosystem is not impacting many; it is affecting us all 

We are all impacted; energy drives much of our lives, and innovation feeds that appetite.

We do need to recognize that the energy transition, as its end product, electricity, is what we all have become highly dependent upon.

Electricity is powering and linking into each of our economies, into our societies. Yet we are facing a stark choice for our earth.

It is how we innovate our energy solutions will enable us to move towards a clean energy future

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Points of Value

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What we offer is exploring the Energy Landscape in Understanding and then translating that in the Energy Value Positioning Offering, these are our points of extracted value

It is the researching, knowledge and insights gained that give awareness, growth opportunities and the necessary identification. Our role is to extract this orientation and give the identification by our front end work

Connecting Innovation is visualized in this Mind Map of the possible connecting parts.

Translating any positioning needs to be thought through and based on a detailed evaluation of where new thinking comes into play

 

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Partnering your Energy journey

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Partnering in your energy journey: We believe we can offer fresh knowledge, momentum and understanding on what is occurring and needed in the new innovation and technology identification. Based on research and know-how we want to be your partner in building out the future validation of new technology, leading to sustainable change and new growth opportunities through accelerating the innovation focus.

Out intent

  • We have clear aspiration to be a trusted advisor that offers inputs into your business planning, understanding and strategy.
  • We aim to share your journey by looking to achieve a sustaining engagement and ongoing value that is different and valuable throughout the work we undertake.
  • We are innovative, look to integrate and collaborative and provide experienced judgement.

We provide a unique blend of services within the Energy Transition.

  • Analysis, support, research, evaluations, and feasibility assessments
  • Assessment & Positioning, Business Planning support and Concept Selection Inputs
  • Development orientated, project and portfolio driven.
  • Informative, specialised articles for journals, blogs for internal and external publication.
  • We provide market opportunity reports, facilitation of meetings and guidance provision.
  • Produce original thought leadership and articles on different social media platforms.
  • Speak and represent, if needed at, as and when necessary
  • Offer up to date industry commentary and fresh insights to the change energy landscape.
  • Exploring routes to market, business introductions, identifying opportunity spaces.
  • Providing awareness and orientation clarifying the growth opportunities for initial scoping.

These lead to:

  • New emerging business model investigation, market and economy positioning.
  • Innovation development support, acceleration and building capacity and competencies.
  • Technology foresights and Innovation Identification spotting; discover, define & develop.
  • Finding growth opportunities and delivering the knowledge bridge support.
  • Identifying the knowledge gaps for building greater impact and value
  • The contribution into the building of growth roadmaps
  • A blend of business services based on innovation, ecosystems, IIoT and Energy Transition.
  • Provide the platform for rapid learning, knowledge sharing, problem resolution.
  • We compose written exploration on specialised topics and subjects, such as innovation, technology, hydrogen, renewable energies, energy transition trends.
  • The alternative of ecosystem & platform designs to approach new business opportunities.

We operate at the Front End of the Energy Transition

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Putting innovation intensity into the Energy transition

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The level of innovation intensity within the Energy Transition is a fascinating one, and it is one I continually place more and more a focus upon.

I think it is worth referencing here how the IEA breaks down to track clean energy progress, it is a pathway that needs innovation to be central.

The thinking within post has been inspired by the IEA report  Tracking clean energies IEA report, published last year and has significantly crystallized my own views or thinking on the need to accelerate innovation as central to the Energy Transition.

The IEA track the following aspects of the energy system; power, fuel, industry, transport, buildings, and energy integration. That gives innovation focus a sound way to break down the complexity within the transformation underway.

Just reflect how difficult this energy transition actually is. Continue reading →

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Are we seeing the Apple of Hydrogen in Plug Power?

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This Monday, January 11th, 2021 Plug Power (PLUG) closed at $53.97 in the latest share trading session, it has gained 98% over the past month. Today with a fresh expansion announcement it is standing at $64.02 at this moment of time. Clearly, Plug Power is outpacing the Industrial Sector. It belongs as one of the alternative energy company stocks that focuses on green hydrogen, the present ultimate answer to as close as you can get to a zero-carbon fuel.

So what is going on? What is causing this incredible jump and market sentiment?

To add a little more to this “what is going on” let me do something else.

Why do I compare Plug Power to Apple in past years? It is simply how its stock has rapidly accelerated away in the past year or perhaps the growing expectation of sizable growth to come, on new products and market penetration. 

A year ago, Plug Power struggled to raise money, but it has been executing on a plan consistently in the past few years that is beginning to pay off. Continue reading →

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My Job: Sparking Innovation within the Energy Transition

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Why did I choose to give a specific focus on different aspects of innovation within the energy transition? Well, it is simple for me. I have focused on building capabilities, competencies and capacity to innovate for 20 plus years. Innovation has been my core area of focus. Today, I am channelling that specifically towards the building of innovation within our Energy Transition

The real imperative for finding new innovative technology is critical. We have such a real threat of climate change and any pathway to meet the Paris Agreements, where all countries pledged to keep the rise of the global temperature below 2 degrees C by 2050 and ideally try to work towards the position of 1.5-degree C above pre-industrial levels. These target goals mean bringing our temperatures down dramatically.

The critical period for transforming energy is coming in this current decade. We need to speed up that transformation.
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Restating my energy purpose for delivering in 2021

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Reflecting back, moving forward. As we begin 2021, we all have had even more time to reflect on “that year” of 2020. For me, that was my “Energy Transition” year.

I really value these reflective periods. They allow you to simply “recalibrate” so you can at least start the new year off on a more purposeful set of objectives, those strategic stakes in the ground. Of course, you can argue these can simply end up as new year resolutions, often broken in the first few weeks, but hopefully, these objectives stay anchored into the ground as a firm intent, they become the foundation to build out from. Well, that’s my intent.

When I reflect back on the 2020 year, I have recognised the needs to make a significant energy change. As I posted my critical top six energy developments in 2020 in this recent post “Energy Progress- the best of 2020 leads to a great 2021″ it triggered a deeper evaluation to lead out to 2021.

The key to 2021, in my opinion, will be a real breakthrough year of innovation, based on technology invention.

“2020 advanced the commitment to the shift from fossil fuel to renewables that has real momentum in the coming years. 2021 will be the breakthrough year where the energy transition has the unstoppable forces happening.”

We are all wanting to look forward, to a different, a more engaged world in 2021. Continue reading →

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Energy Progress- the best of 2020 leads to a great 2021.

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Being restricted, not able to travel has its benefits, you gain more time to climb into your own reading, research or passions. For me, this has been my “Energy Transition” year.

The sheer amount of articles, reports or webinars around all aspects of energy have been partly overwhelming but significant in their reference and knowledge gaining. This intensity of purpose towards the energy transition has given me an enormous boost in its understanding.

When I reflect back on this 2020 year, recognising the needs to make a significant energy change has really gained a very high awareness.

2020 advanced the commitment to the shift from fossil fuel to renewables that has real momentum in the coming years. 2021 will be the breakthrough year where the energy transition has the unstoppable forces happening. Continue reading →

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