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Around the world, the energy sector faces a shared challenge: significant delays in acquiring gas turbines, a critical technology for grid expansion. In this episode of the EPRI Current, host Samantha...
5 Juni 202521min

52. What is the AI EFFECT on Europe’s Power Industry?
The AI EFFECT project aims to establish a European Testing and Experimentation Facility (TEF) for the energy sector to develop, test, and validate AI applications. Funded by Horizon Europe, the projec...
22 Maj 202524min

51. Lights out! Understanding the Iberian Peninsula Blackout
More than 52 years after EPRI was born as a result of a massive North American blackout, EPRI Current host Samantha Gilman speaks with Eamonn Lannoye, Director, EPRI Europe and Sean McGuiness Senior ...
12 Maj 202523min

50. We’re at DistribuTECH Talking Microgrids!
Recorded live from the show floor at DistribuTECH 2025 in Dallas, this episode of the EPRI Current examines microgrids and how utilities are using them to explore back-up power availability to improve...
24 Apr 202515min

49. Powering Europe’s Future: Innovation Through Collaboration
Host Samantha Gilman explores the energy innovation landscape in Europe with her guests Consuelo Fierro from National Grid, and Mark McGranaghan from EPRI. They discuss the prevalent innovation cultur...
2 Apr 202521min

48. Battery Energy Storage Safety: From Cells to Systems
Join EPRI experts Stephanie Shaw and Lakshmi Srinivasan of EPRI’s Energy Storage research area, and Southern Company’s Kieran Claffey to learn how research, risk assessment and analysis continues to i...
19 Mars 202521min

47. Just Keep Swimming: New Tech Enables Fish Migration at Hydro Dams
Teach a person to fish, and they’ll teach the rest of us how to innovate to preserve the species. Hydropower is one of the world’s oldest low-carbon sources of electricity generation. And as long as t...
6 Mars 202517min

46. The Quantum Challenge: Pioneering Fusion Technology
In this episode we explore how quantum computing could help solve key fusion hurdles—from plasma control to materials engineering—bringing us closer to a commercially viable fusion reactor. Join hos...
12 Feb 202522min


















