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Ogami Station

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Ogami Station is RatedPower’s podcast that explores the future of renewable energy through smart, dynamic conversations. Each episode is a space for inspiration and learning, where industry professionals can discover trends, ideas, and experiences to boost both their careers and their businesses. Twice a month, Angie sits down with expert voices from across the energy sector to dive into the challenges and opportunities shaping the global energy landscape.

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S6 · E3
Friday · 12 min
(S6E3) Geothermal Energy: What's Happening Beneath Our Feet? (Part 1)
What if one of the most promising sources of renewable energy has been right beneath our feet all along? In this episode of Ogami Station, Angie and Angela López explore how geothermal energy works, why it can generate power around the clock, and how...
S6 · E2
October 15 · 18 min
(S6E2) South Africa’s Solar Shift: What Comes Next?
South Africa’s solar market has grown rapidly as households, businesses, and developers search for more reliable alternatives to load shedding and rising electricity costs. But limited transmission capacity, grid congestion, and connection delays are...
S6 · E2
September 30 · 20 min
(S6E1) More Than a Dam: How Hydropower Really Works (part 2)
This is the second part of our conversation about hydropower. To get the full picture, listen to part one first. Angie and Jeremy look at the challenges surrounding the technology, including the impact of reservoirs on rivers and communities, the...
S6 · E1
September 30 · 20 min
(S6E1) More Than a Dam: How Hydropower Really Works (Part 1)
How does moving water become electricity, and why don’t all hydropower plants need a massive dam? In this episode of Ogami Station, Angie and Jeremy explore how hydropower works, from run-of-river facilities to pumped storage, and why it remains an...
S5 · E18
August 6 · 21 min
(S5E18) Powering Southeast Asia: The Renewable Boom Reshaping ASEAN
Southeast Asia is becoming one of the world’s most exciting renewable energy markets, driven by soaring electricity demand, ambitious solar targets, and a growing need for storage and stronger grids. Angie sits down with Alicia Herrera, Sales...
S5 · E17
July 8 · 14 min
(S5E17) Green Hydrogen: The Fuel Everyone’s Betting On
Green hydrogen is one of the biggest buzzwords in the energy transition, but what is it, how does it work, and why is it attracting so much investment? In this episode of Ogami Station, Angie and Pascale explore the global green hydrogen boom: how...
S5 · E16
June 30 · 10 min
(S5E16) France’s Solar Puzzle: Policy, Grid, and the Race to Scale
France has big solar ambitions, but scaling isn’t simple. In this episode of Ogami Station, Angie talks with Elena Ginés about the policy debates, grid bottlenecks, curtailment, storage opportunities, and land challenges shaping France’s solar future....
S5 · E15
May 27 · 11 min
(S5E15) Floating Giants: How Offshore Wind Is Changing Energy
In this episode of Ogami Station, we dive into the fascinating world of offshore wind energy, where giant turbines, floating structures, and massive engineering projects are helping power the renewable energy transition. From extreme offshore...
S5 · E14
May 14 · 17 min
(S5E14) What happens when a solar plant hits year 10? Lessons from Italy
Italy’s early solar boom (2005–2015) is now facing a new challenge: aging PV plants. In this Ogami Station episode, Angie talks with Juanmi Sierra (Territory Manager for Italy, CEE & Balkans) about repowering, upgrading modules, inverters, or...
S5 · E13
April 29 · 16 min
(S5E13) Grid Congestion, Hybrids, and Bifacial Solar: What’s Next for Renewables
In this episode, Angie sits down with Jeremy,vthe mind behind RatedPower’s Renewable Energy and Solar Trends Report 2026, to unpack what’s really changing in the energy transition. The sector is confident, solar is still exploding, but the...
S5 · E12
March 25 · 13 min
(S5E12) How Circular Is the UK Solar Industry?
In this episode, we zoom in on the UK solar market and ask a simple question with big implications: as solar scales fast, is it scaling sustainably? We break down what “circularity” actually means in a solar context, from design choices and...
S5 · E11
March 8 · 12 min
(S5E11) The women who powered the sun before it was cool
Solar energy didn’t start in the 21st century. In this special International Women’s Day episode of Ogami Station, we look back at the women who helped shape solar and energy innovation long before it went mainstream, starting with pioneer Maria...
S5 · E10
February 17 · 13 min
(S5E10) Why floating solar could be the next big leap in renewables
Floating solar is no longer a futuristic idea, it is already reshaping the renewable energy landscape. In this episode, Angie and Ángela break down everything you need to know about floating PV. From how the technology works and why bifacial modules...
S5 · E6
January 22 · 10 min
(S5E9) Why talent shortages could slow the energy transition
In this episode, we dig into one of the most overlooked challenges in the clean‑energy transition: the growing gap between the speed of solar expansion and the people needed to power it. You’ll uncover the forces driving this talent crunch and why it...
S5 · E8
Dec 22, 2025 · 12 min
(S5E8) Keeping the lights on: strategies for balancing sun, wind & demand
Discover how modern energy grids tackle the unpredictability of solar and wind power. Join Angie and Pascale as they break down the science, technology, and strategies that keep our lights on, featuring real-world examples from California, Germany,...
S5 · E7
Dec 11, 2025 · 18 min
(S5E7) Solar, storage & strategy: navigating Germany’s renewable revolution
What happens when solar power surges and the grid can’t keep up? Host Angie and RatedPower’s Guillermo Caballero break down Germany’s Solar Peak Act, why negative electricity prices are making headlines, and how storage is now the name of the game....
S5 · E6
Nov 24, 2025 · 19 min
(S5E6) Agri-PV explained: the dual-use future of land
What if farmland could feed communities and power them at the same time? In this episode, Ángela steps from behind the scenes to share how agrivoltaics (Agri-PV) is transforming agriculture—making it possible to grow food and generate clean energy on...
S5 · E5
Nov 14, 2025 · 23 min
(S5E5) Australia’s battery boom: lessons from a global leader
Explore Australia’s Battery Storage Boom on Ogami Station! Angie sits down with Laura Rodriguez, RatedPower’s Territory Manager and former podcast host, to unpack why Australia leads the global energy storage revolution. Learn how arbitrage is...
S5 · E3
Oct 27, 2025 · 10 min
(S5E4) Too much sun, not enough grid: Iberia’s solar dilemma
Join host Angie and guest José Alcalde from RatedPower as they unpack the solar energy boom in Spain and Portugal—and the grid challenges that come with it. Discover why grid bottlenecks are slowing progress, how the April 2025 Iberian blackout...
S5 · E3
Oct 14, 2025 · 14 min
(S5E3) The future of solar: trends powering the green transition
Angie welcomes Jeremy Vickerman, author of RatedPower's annual Solar and Renewables Trends Report, to discuss the top solar energy trends for 2025 and beyond. Discover the promise and challenges of perovskite solar cells, why bifacial panels are now...

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