Oct 27, 202634 min
What if a battery storage project could lock in its revenue before it's earned it? SSE and Statkraft have done just that with a battery revenue swap: SSE gave up the ups and downs of battery income for a fixed price...
business
Transmission
Hosted by Ed Porter, Modo Energy · business · EN-US
About this Podcast:
Transmission is the podcast for energy professionals navigating the global shift to a low-carbon power system. Hosted by Ed Porter, Transmission goes deep on battery storage markets, power market dynamics, and the commercial forces shaping the energy transition - with the people at the centre of it.Every week, we sit down with the CEOs, heads of trading desks, government advisors, policy architects, and leading practitioners driving change across the industry.These are practitioner conversations - focused on how markets actually work, where the real opportunities and risks lie, and what the data is telling us.We cover clean energy investing, capacity markets, balancing mechanism participation, and the evolving regulatory environment that shapes returns across geographies. Our coverage spans Great Britain, Germany, Spain, and the broader European energy transition, with regular episodes dedicated to the specific dynamics of each market.Transmission tracks the inflection points that
Pitch Analysis
Required Pod Score for this podcast. PitchCentric checks your profile against host openness, topical fit, and audience signals before you generate a pitch.
Contact path
Verified email
Booking probability
38%
Guest openness
Selective
80/100
Required Score
Sign up to generate a grounded pitch for Transmission.
Signup to Generate a PitchQuestions about Transmission
What is Transmission about?
Transmission is the podcast for energy professionals navigating the global shift to a low-carbon power system. Hosted by Ed Porter, Transmission goes deep on battery storage markets, power market dynamics, and the commercial forces shaping the energy transition - with the people at the centre of it.
Who hosts Transmission?
Transmission is hosted by Ed Porter, Modo Energy. The show has published 460 episodes to date.
What has Transmission covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Inside Great Britain’s First Battery Revenue Swap - SSE & Statkraft" (27 October 2026, 34 minutes), "Inside Great Britain’s First Battery Revenue Swap - SSE & Statkraft" (27 October 2026, 34 minutes), and "Battery Storage in Germany: A Grid Operator’s View - 50Hertz" (20 October 2026, 36 minutes).
How often does Transmission publish?
Transmission publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 460 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Transmission?
Booking probability for Transmission is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Transmission requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Transmission's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Transmission?
The strongest fits for Transmission are Electric Power. Transmission has a business audience.
About the host
Ed Porter, Modo Energy hosts Transmission, a business podcast with 460 episodes published.
Verified host email: ████████@████.comSign in to unlock →
Recent episodes
Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.
Oct 27, 202634 minWhat if a battery storage project could lock in its revenue before it's earned it? SSE and Statkraft have done just that with a battery revenue swap: SSE gave up the ups and downs of battery income for a fixed price...
Oct 20, 202636 minBattery storage in Germany has a grid connection problem: far more projects want to connect than the grid can take, so Germany has scrapped first come, first served and moved to a maturity-based allocation scheme that...
- Oct 20, 202642 min
Battery storage in Germany has a grid connection problem: far more projects want to connect than the grid can take, so Germany has scrapped first come, first served and moved to a maturity-based allocation scheme that...
Oct 6, 202639 minBatteries earn volatile revenues, but lenders want fixed ones. Financial swaps that trade a fixed payment for floating battery revenue, from day-ahead spreads to full revenue indices, are how that gap is starting to...
View More
- Oct 6, 202639 min
Batteries earn volatile revenues, but lenders want fixed ones. Financial swaps that trade a fixed payment for floating battery revenue, from day-ahead spreads to full revenue indices, are how that gap is starting to...
- Sep 29, 202634 min
Poland's battery storage market is skipping the pilot phase, with its first projects starting at 200MW, a size it took Germany five years to reach. And because of the way Poland runs its grid, two identical batteries in...
Sep 29, 202634 minPoland's battery storage market is skipping the pilot phase, with its first projects starting at 200MW, a size it took Germany five years to reach. And because of the way Poland runs its grid, two identical batteries in...
Episode #1
The Future Of The Gas Network - Cadent
Sep 22, 202636 minAs the electrification of heat increases and technologies like heat pump adoption grows, it's tempting to assume the gas network can simply be wound down street by street, in line with falling demand. But it’s not as...
Episode #1
The Future Of The Gas Network - Cadent
Sep 22, 202636 minAs the electrification of heat increases and technologies like heat pump adoption grows, it's tempting to assume the gas network can simply be wound down street by street, in line with falling demand. But it’s not as...
Sep 15, 20261h 3mThe grid is swapping spinning turbines for grid forming inverters, and something is getting lost in the trade. A turbine could always throw 5 times its normal output to clear a fault, for free, using nothing but...
- Sep 15, 20261h 3m
The grid is swapping spinning turbines for grid forming inverters, and something is getting lost in the trade. A turbine could always throw 5 times its normal output to clear a fault, for free, using nothing but...
- Sep 8, 202643 min
Joe McDonald says close to 30% of a business power bill can go to trading desks, balancing costs and wholesale market fees most customers never see. Behind suppliers can sit five or six more intermediaries, each taking...
Sep 8, 202643 minJoe McDonald says close to 30% of a business power bill can go to trading desks, balancing costs and wholesale market fees most customers never see. Behind suppliers can sit five or six more intermediaries, each taking...
- Sep 1, 202643 min
Battery storage went from an unproven bet to one of Europe's fastest-growing energy assets in a but the exceptional returns early investors saw have already faded as more batteries crowd the market. The real question...
Sep 1, 202643 minBattery storage went from an unproven bet to one of Europe's fastest-growing energy assets in a but the exceptional returns early investors saw have already faded as more batteries crowd the market. The real question...
Aug 25, 202639 minThis summer, Britain recorded its first ever four consecutive months of 35°C+ heat and according to the Climate Change Committee, the UK isn't ready for it, physically or emotionally. As political pressure mounts in the...
- Aug 25, 202639 min
This summer, Britain recorded its first ever four consecutive months of 35°C+ heat and according to the Climate Change Committee, the UK isn't ready for it, physically or emotionally. As political pressure mounts in the...
Aug 18, 202630 minPoland has cut coal's share of power generation from 95% to roughly 55% in a decade, with renewables generating over 30% of the country's power last year. That mismatch is already producing negative prices and turning...
- Aug 18, 202630 min
Poland has cut coal's share of power generation from 95% to roughly 55% in a decade, with renewables generating over 30% of the country's power last year. That mismatch is already producing negative prices and turning...
Recent guests
Recent guests on Transmission. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
S
Sam Wilson
Trevor Ellett Lecturer in Grassland Science, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
J
Joe McDonald
clinical psychiatrist; former National Clinical Lead for IT in mental health; advisory board member at The Access Group; Digital Health royalty, Sleepstation, SARD JV, Ethical Healthcare Consulting, Parsek Health
E
Emma Pinchbeck
Chief Executive Officer, Climate Change Committee
M
Marek Kubik
Managing Director, Fluence
Best industries to pitch Transmission for
PitchCentric classifies Transmission under these industries. Guests from them are the closest fit, and each links to the best podcasts in that industry.
Similar Podcasts
Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.
Podcasts like Transmission
Is this podcast yours and you'd like to remove or correct details? Request removal or email privacy@pitchcentric.com.
Questions about the free trial? See the pricing FAQ