EP.124 Catherine Raw, Managing Director of SSE Thermal

Published: Jan. 12, 2023, 4:01 p.m.

In this episode, Emma Woodward, Project Leader on Aurora\u2019s Advisory Team is joined by Catherine Raw, Managing Director of SSE Thermal to discuss low-carbon flexibility with focus on hydrogen and gas CCS within the power sector. \n\nCatherine joined SSE in April 2022 where she is responsible for the strategy, performance and development of the company\u2019s flexible power generation and energy storage activities. Previous to SSE, Catherine was Chief Operating Officer for North America and Chief Financial Officer for Barrick Gold and Managing Director and Fund Manager at Blackrock.\n\nEmma & Catherine discuss:\n\n\u2022\tThe importance of low-carbon flexibility in the power sector \n\u2022\tAdditional system needs and how thermal technologies might be able to provide low-carbon capacity\n\u2022\tThe work SSE is doing in this space\n\u2022\tThe progress needed in 2023 in order to support the development of low-carbon flexibility in the power sector