BetaTalk - The Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Heating Podcast
"Nathan is brilliant at making the complicated simple..." Amber Rudd (Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 2015-16)
BetaTalk is an award winning podcast for Local Authorities, Social Housing Groups, Think Tanks, Government, Journalists, Consultants, Developers, Gas, Oil and Heat Pump engineers and the general public.
It is hosted by Nathan Gambling who's family have been involved with heat pump technologies for nearly half a century.
"Nathan is one of the UK's clean heat leaders, so I always watch him closely..." Chris Stark (former CEO of the Climate Change Committee and Head of UK Gov. Mission Control)
The podcast features guests from the policy world as well as some of the UK's remarkable heating engineers. It discusses challenges and opportunities with decarbonised heating.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 167
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
What Does a New Government Mean for Energy and Heat Decarbonisation
In the first episode of season 10 which is being sponsored by Ultimate Renewables Supplies Nathan speaks with Madeleine Gabriel the Mission Director for Sustainable Future mission at N…
Fabric Fifth - has SHDF Mismanagement Wasted Tax Payers Money?
In this episode I spoke to Nigel Banks, Technical Director at Octopus Energy. Nigel is author of Fabric Fifth which many now see as the common sense approach to retrofitting and decarb…
A conversation with Champion Heat Pump Installers
Nathan sat down with three regional winners for the 2024 Heating Installer Awards.
They explain their winning installs as well as well as discussing the current trends happening in the i…
Heat Pump & Fabric First Debate Featuring the Insulation Manufacturers Association
Nathan was grateful the IMA reached out to ask if their CEO, Simon Storer, could come on the podcast to contribute to a very interesting debate.
Nigel Banks from Octopus (who wrote this…
The Heat Pump Installer Network
Nathan sat down to chat all things heat pumps and training with Clayton Brown from CB Heating.
EDF acquired CB Heating back in 2022 which is one of the largest heat pump installation ent…
Radiator Outputs Could Cause Heat Pump Problems
Heat pumps move energy from and energy source e.g. air, ground water (hence they are called :air source, ground source) to a sink.
The sink is the emitter system within a home e.g. radia…
The Ideal Experience for a Heat Pump Customer
In this episode Nathan chats to Paul Eastwood, Head of Energy Systems Planning at OFGEM and the past Senior Climate and Energy Advisor at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Offic…
Current Issues at the Heat Pump Coalface
Nathan chats to Barry Sharpe from Renewable Heat, Emma Bohan from IMS Heat Pumps and Steve Webster from EGE Energy about the MCS hybrid consultation, heat pump training as well as glyco…
How Swedish Company AIRA Will Help the Heating & Energy Transition
Sweden have had a long tradition with heating technologies and have incredible expertise regarding heat pumps.
Nathan talks to the Swedish company AIRA, the new entrant to the UK's heat…
You are a Special Group of People - Thank you
As the title states, you are a very special group of people to me. You listen to me ramble on about heating for a start and I am very grateful for that.. So, thank you. I appreciate tha…
Coding the Heating Industry
Season 9 is sponsored by Grundfos and in this episode Nathan speaks to James Twallin about the software and codes behind the heating industry.
Learn more about heat pum…
Is MCS Fit For Purpose?
In this episode Nathan chats to Paul Spence, a very competent and highly regarded heating engineer. Paul installs a range of heating system types including heat pumps.
It's a long but hi…
Look at the Best Performing Heat Pump Systems in Real Time
Here is the link to the heat pump installer survey (lot's of prizes to be won)
In this episode Nathan speaks with Glyn Hudson and Trystan Lea who along with open source enthusiasts have …
How Do We Get Flexible Demand on the Electric Grid
Nathan speaks with Sandra Trittin, co-founder of tiko Energy Solutions and co-host of the podcast Talking New Energy from LCP Delta.
Joining Sandra is Talking New Energy's other host Jo…
Industrial Heat Solutions with Caldera
In the first episode of a new season Nathan chats to James Macnaghten, CEO of Caldera.
Caldera manufacture and supply thermal storage solutions for industrial heat processes.
Get early a…
A Live Chat with Ian Rippin CEO of MCS
This was a recorded live show at Installer 2023 and featured Ian Rippin from MCS along with Ken Bone and Leah Robinson from Your Energy Your Way.
Ian discusses the consultation and the n…
Making the Transition Work for Both Consumers and Installers
Econic is a new venture from Nathan's friend Christophe Grossbaier.
Its aim is to make the transition from gas boilers to heat pumps smoother for both customers and installers and uses …
Are Heating Manufacturers Misinterpreting Building Regs
Nathan dives into the history of heating systems and looks at why chemical inhibitors were introduced to prevent corrosion.
He also points out that manufactures are possibly misinterpret…
Listening to the heating engineers
In this episode Nathan interviews Faye Wade, his favourite academic researching the heating industry. This is because Faye understands that the most vital component of the industry is t…
Special Bulletin: The Heat Pump Ready Programme Episode 1
Alongside usual episodes from the BetaTalk Podcast, Nathan will be helping the Carbon Trust and the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero disseminate knowledge around the learnings…