Episodios

  • Bonfire Special: Designing Enterprises for True sustainability
    Nov 5 2022

    Welcome to a Bonfire Night Special of the Engineering Ignition Podcast, hosted by Scott Buchanan.

    Scott is joined by Dr Steve Fawkes, the Managing Partner of the ep group, www.epgroup.com 

    Steven has been helping to drive greater levels of energy efficiency and sustainable energy for over 30 years, even before we started calling it the energy transition. 

    On this episode Scott & Steve discuss the need to change the design of enterprises in order to achieve true sustainability.

    Engineering Ignition Podcast sponsored by www.energyproltd.com,

    Bonfire Recruitment - www.bonfirerecruitment.com & www.bonfireengineering.com

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    31 m
  • The Energy of Everything & Climate Change with Allan Jones MBE, President of IEAC
    Sep 21 2020

    Welcome to this weeks Engineering Ignition Podcast, hosted by Scott Buchanan.

    Delighted to discuss - The Energy Of Everything & Climate Change with Allan Jones MBE, President & Chair of the International Energy Advisory Council.

    Key points of our discussion include:

    Background to energy efficiency

    • Decentralised energy • Fuel cells, Solar energy, alternatively fuelled transport, overcoming regulatory barriers, cogeneration and trigeneration community and district energy policy's & solutions • The first fuel cell energy plant in the UK, liquified natural gas refuse transport fleet and Climate Neutral Development

    International Energy Advisory Council (IEAC)

    Energy of Everything – The Future

    • New developments in solar cells and batteries, • Electric vehicle changes in behaviour, • Vehicle to grid (V2G), • UK gas heating ban for new homes from 2025, • Committee on Climate Change proposals to the replace the UK’s natural gas infrastructure with a hydrogen gas infrastructure, green hydrogen and Australian projects to export green hydrogen currently under way.

    Engineering Ignition Podcast by Bonfire Recruitment - www.bonfirerecruitment.com www.bonfireengineering.com

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    55 m
  • Where Next for Offshore Wind? With Steven Jermy, Executive Chairman of Wave Hub Ltd
    Aug 12 2020

    Welcome to this weeks Engineering Ignition Podcast, hosted by Scott Buchanan. We discuss - " Where next for offshore wind in the UK?"

    • What is floating offshore wind? • Why are we getting excited about Offshore Wind Energy? • Who should be interested in Offshore wind energy?

    This week Scott is joined by Steven Jermy, the executive chairman of Wavehub limited for the Experts & Leaders series. Steven is a fellow at the nautical institute and also at the institute of marine-engineering, science, and technology. He is a passionate offshore renewable energy professional and chartered marine renewables technologist with wide ranging operational and technical leadership experience.

    In addition to being chairman at wavehub Steven is a non-executive director for “lead for energy & marine" at Cornwall & Isle of Scilly local enterprise partnership and is the managing director of Tide Mills Ltd which is a tidal energy project development company focussing on the delivery of tidal range.

    Engineering Ignition Podcast sponsored by Bonfire Recruitment - https://www.bonfirerecruitment.com https://www.bonfireengineering.com

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    24 m
  • Waste to Energy - a hands on engineering experts perspective. Rhys Brown, Galliford Try
    Aug 3 2020

    Welcome to this weeks Engineering Ignition Podcast, hosted by Scott Buchanan.

    We discuss: "Waste to Energy, a hands on engineering experts perspective" with Rhys Brown at Galliford Try.

    Discussion points include: • What is missing in Energy from waste plant processes • Why is energy from waste important ? • Engineering challenges of producing energy from waste • The future of clean energy from waste in the UK and the challenges ahead • Evolution of energy from waste technology

    Engineering Ignition Podcast sponsored by Bonfire Recruitment - www.bonfirerecruitment.com www.bonfireengineering.com

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    18 m
  • "Accessing India" with Steven Fawkes
    Aug 3 2020

    Welcome to this weeks Engineering Ignition Podcast, hosted by Scott Buchanan.

    Scott is joined by Steven Fawkes, the Managing Partner of EnergyPro Ltd, www.energyproltd.com and is also a Partner at Cameron Barney, www.cameronbarney.com.

    Steven has been exposed to a number of energy related challenges over his tenure and has a superb perspective on:

    Energy efficiency, Energy sustainability, Energy transition and how to improve energy productivity within organisations of varying sizes and scale across the globe.

    Today Scott & Steven discuss “Accessing India” an incredible piece of his encapsulating career and also how he led the UK’s entrance into the Indian Energy market, what an incredible journey!

    This podcast focuses on Stevens journey of energy efficiency, energy sustainability and improving energy productivity to the Indian government and how this scenario positioned the UK to be in a strong position to introduce new business streams building on Stevens experience by taking energy transition focused businesses to India.

    Engineering Ignition Podcast sponsored by www.energyproltd.com, Bonfire Recruitment - www.bonfirerecruitment.com & www.bonfireengineering.com



    #bonfiretalent #Bonfirerecruit #business #teambuilding #projects #jobs #careers #jobsearch #hiring #businessowner #businessinvestor #leadership #leadershiprecruitment #experts #expertrecruitment #cleantech #cleantechjobs #solarjobs #solar #photonics #bonfireengineering #bonfiremanufacturing #windjobs #executivejobs #hireexecutive #executivesearch #technology #talent #bonfirerecruitment #bonfiresearch #love #bonfireprojects #projects #hseqjobs #projectengineer #projectmanager #electricalengineer #mechanicalengineer #controlsengineer #eci #ukengineer #engineering #automation #recruit #Humanresources #hr #teams #led #power

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    40 m
  • Engineering Ignition Podcast with Rosa Stewart, Founding Director of Spinning Reserve
    Aug 3 2020

    Welcome to this weeks Engineering Ignition Podcast, hosted by Scott Buchanan

    Scott is delighted to welcome Rosa Stewart - Founding Director of Spinning Reserve to the Leadership Podcast Series

    We discuss "How a start-up incubator project will help support tackling climate change and green recovery following COVID19 "

    What a great idea for furloughed employees to support business focused on developing clean energy!

    We wish Rosa all the success in pushing this through which will make a positive difference to the UK & Global environment long term.

    Engineering Ignition Podcast sponsored by Bonfire Recruitment - www.bonfirerecruitment.com www.bonfireengineering.com

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    21 m
  • Empowering employees to raise ESG concerns in an industrial work place, with Animah Kosai
    Jul 22 2020

    Welcome to this week’s Engineering Ignition podcast, presented by Scott Buchanan.

    Today Scott is joined by Animah Kosai, The founding director of Speak Up At Work. (www.speakupatwork.com)

    This weeks Scott & Animah discuss "Empowering employees to raise environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) concerns in an industrial work place"

    Animah has over 14 years legal council experience within the international oil & gas industry and has a real passion for improving working practices within all types of engineering and manufacturing industry's throughout the world across the environmental, social and corporate governance landscape.

    Animah Kosai founded Speak Up At Work to help organisations move from toxic to safe environments: focusing on sexual harassment, workplace bullying and whistleblowing.

    Animah was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1994, serving on the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee and as Chairperson of the KL Bar Environmental Law Committee in 2002/3.

    Animah draws upon her 24 years experience as a lawyer and counsel in the oil and gas industry. She worked as legal counsel for Schlumberger covering South East Asia (except Indonesia) and India.

    She became general counsel of Carigali Hess, a joint venture between Petronas Carigali and Hess, which is a major gas producer in the Malaysia-Thai joint development area.

    Animah is now based in London where she writes and advises.

    Engineering Ignition Podcast is sponsored by Bonfire Recruitment - www.bonfirerecruitment.com & www.bonfireengineering.com

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    39 m
  • Start-up incubator project with Rosa Stewart - Founding Director of Spinning Reserve
    Jul 9 2020

    Delighted to welcome Rosa Stewart - Founding Director of Spinning Reserve to the Bonfire Engineering Experts & Leadership Podcast Series.

    We discuss our HOT TOPIC of "How a start-up incubator project will help support tackling climate change and green recovery following COVID19 "

    What a great idea for furloughed employees to support business focused on developing clean energy! I wish Rosa all the success in pushing this through which will make a positive difference to the UK & Global environment.

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    22 m