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08 Nov 2022Leaders in Cleantech #104 - Asif Ghafoor, Be.EV.00:44:46

What’s it all about?
Hot on the heels of their recent announcement of a £110m fundraise, I catch up with Be.EV CEO and Co-Founder Asif Ghafoor. We talk all things emobility, disruptive markets, fundraising, company culture, entrepreneur insanity and community-based EV charging hubs, and much more. 

About Asif Ghafoor: 
After 25 years working in UK infrastructure investment, Asif co-founded Be.EV to change the way public EV charging infrastructure is delivered: faster, fairer, rooted in local communities and nice to look at. Today, Be.EV is the fastest-growing public EV charging network in the North. It has just won the backing of Octopus Energy Generation, who are investing up to £110m to dramatically scale the network and take it national. It’s Octopus’ first investment in EV charging - and comes with a target of delivering 1,000 new charge points by 2024.

About Be.EV.:
Be.EV is the largest EV charging network across Greater Manchester, and is expanding at a rapid pace across the north of England in order to make charging simple, reliable, and effortless. They work closely with the communities in which they operate and were appointed by TfGM in 2019 to grow and maintain the city-region’s publicly owned EV charging network. This included a major upgrade of the existing network as well as the delivery of additional public and private funded chargers. Their mission is to give all drivers what they want: more chargers, in more places that they can access more easily and more cost-effectively.

Social links: 
Asif Ghafoor on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/asif-ghafoor-095486/ 
Be.EV. website: https://be-ev.co.uk/ 
Be.EV. on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeEV_Charging 
Be.EV. on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/be-ev/ 
Be.EV. on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Be.EVchargingnetwork 


About Hyperion Cleantech Group:
Hyperion Cleantech Group is the holding company for businesses focused exclusively in cleantech talent acquisition, retention, leadership development. working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy. We work across EMEA and NORAM,

About Hyperion Executive Search:

Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com


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15 Nov 2022Leaders in Cleantech #105 - Andreas Sedlmayr - instagrid00:38:17

What’s it all about?

I first saw Instagrid pitch at an investor event about 3 years ago, and they blew me away. Such an obvious idea, but difficult to do, such a big problem that no one thinks about, but Andreas and his Co-founder Sebastian did, and they are now scaling like crazy.  If you like batteries, tools, buildings, or clean air, you’ll love this episode.

About Andreas Sedlmayr: 

Andreas Sedlmayr is the Co-Founder and CEO of instagrid. Founded in 2018, instagrid is on a mission to remove polluting combustion engines from mobile energy provision, helping to decarbonize a vast number of industry sectors with construction and infrastructure as lead markets. Prior to founding instagrid, Andreas worked at the German Corporation Robert Bosch GmbH in various positions along the entire product lifecycle of battery systems. Andreas holds a PhD in Materials Science from KIT.

About Instagrid

Instagrid is a provider of portable battery storage to simply create mobile power infrastructures.
The start-up from Ludwigsburg was founded in 2018 by Dr. Sebastian Berning and Dr. Andreas
Sedlmayr, who are the managing directors of the company. Instagrid has developed the world’s
most advanced portable power pack to replace highly polluting petrol and diesel generators. The
product offers simple, flexible and emission-free access to grid-like power for professionals on the
move. Instagrids robust solution far exceeds the technical specifications and capabilities of what is

available on the market today. Compact and lightweight design, low operating costs and emissions-free, making it easier to work at temporary locations.

Social links: 

Andreas Sedlmayr LinkedIn: (19) Andreas Sedlmayr | LinkedIn 

Instagrid Website: Shop - instagrid
Instagrid on Facebook: (4) instagrid | Facebook
Instagrid on LinkedIn: (20) instagrid: Overview | LinkedIn 
Instagrid on Instagram: Instagridpower (@instagridpower) • Instagram photos and videos 

About Hyperion Cleantech Group:

Hyperion Cleantech Group is the holding company for businesses focused exclusively in cleantech talent acquisition, retention, and leadership development. working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as d

About Hyperion Executive Search:

Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com


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24 Nov 2022Leaders in Cleantech #106 - Mike O'Kronley - Ascend Elements00:48:45

What’s it all about?
Batteries, glorious batteries. With the exponential growth of battery demand for both electric vehicles, and grid storage, we’re already seeing resource challenges as mining and supply of materials tries to ramp up with this demand.  Given batteries are lasting in EV’s far longer than many expected, I thought large scale recycling of batteries was some time away, but it isn’t for an interesting reason, and it’s not to do with end of life batteries. Take a listen to what, and enjoy the episode.

About Mike O’Kronley: 
Michael O’Kronley was named CEO of Ascend Elements in March 2020 and has served on the company's board since 2017. Before Ascend Elements, he was Head of Corporate Strategy at A123 Systems. He has worked in the automotive and EV battery industries for over 25 years with previous business development, operations and engineering roles at Metaldyne Corp. and Robert Bosch. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Engineering from the University of Michigan.

About Ascend Elements:
Based in Westborough, Mass., Ascend Elements is revolutionising the production of lithium-ion battery materials by establishing a clean and sustainable supply chain using recycled feedstock. Its patented Hydro-to-Cathode™ technology directly synthesises new cathode active materials from spent lithium-ion cells more efficiently than traditional methods, resulting in reduced cost, improved performance, and lowered GHG emissions. With fewer batteries going to landfill and a cleaner manufacturing process, Ascend Elements is taking the lithium-ion battery industry to a higher level with a truly sustainable, closed-loop battery economy.

Social links: 
Mike O’Kronley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-o-kronley-32173715/ 
Ascend Elements website: https://ascendelements.com/ 
Ascend Elements on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AscendElements 
Ascend Elements on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/battery-resourcers/ 


About Hyperion Cleantech Group:
Hyperion Cleantech Group is the holding company for businesses focused exclusively in cleantech talent acquisition, retention, leadership development. working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs

About Hyperion Executive Search:

Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com


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07 Dec 2022Leaders in Cleantech #107 - David Martell – EVIOS00:42:12

What’s it all about?
Serial entrepreneur David Martell founded and floated a business, then founded and sold a business ($170m) to BP, now he’s at it again, founding Home EV Charging company EVIOS. David started his first emobility business ‘Chargemaster’ in 2008; how many EVs on the road then?  We discuss capital, profitability, fundraising, and of course EV Charging. Enjoy the episode.

About David Martell: 
David Martell, Chief Executive of EVIOS and Andersen EV, was an advisor on EV infrastructure to the Department for Transport from 1995 to 2000. He was the founder and CEO of Chargemaster, which went on to become the UK’s largest EV charging network and was acquired by BP in 2018.

He has unrivalled experience and knowledge of the EV sector in the UK – with extensive contacts within car manufacturers, energy suppliers, established infrastructure businesses, local authorities, installers and component suppliers. 

David has created a highly capable management team at EVIOS, with combined EV industry experience of over 25 years. The Andersen business was acquired by EVIOS Plc in October 2022. The two businesses will continue to operate independently.

About EVIOS:
EVIOS is a newly formed British company that manufactures the smartest electric vehicle home charge point on the market. The brainchild of David Martell (founder and former CEO of Chargemaster), the new EVIOS One features an intuitive, jargon-free interface and smartphone app that allow users to configure the chare point to suit their needs and preferences – prioritising the price, sustainability, or speed of each charge. 

From launch, the EVIOS One will be the only charge point that can be funded via interest-free monthly instalments, helping to make EV ownership a more viable option for more motorists. The EVIOS One is also the first unit of its kind to offer multi-user functionality and PIN-controlled access, making it a very practical real-world option for shared residential or business parking areas, or homes with more than one EV. 

EVIOS is a British company. Components are sourced from within the UK wherever practicable, and the home charger is designed, assembled and shipped from EVIOS’s new premises in Bedfordshire. New customers can book an installation quickly and easily via the EVIOS website. For more information, visit www.myevios.com 

Social links: 
David Martell on

About Hyperion Executive Search:

Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com


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17 Dec 2022Leaders in Cleantech #108 - Jules Besnainou - Cleantech for Europe00:45:02

What’s it all about?
What a year it has been for Cleantech in Europe, whilst investment wasn’t quite at the record level of 2021, it came in second, we saw tremendous policy and government acceptance of Cleantech as a strategically important sector for Europe and the EU. Jules Besnainou and his team at Cleantech for Europe have made a huge impact on both fronts. Here we discuss some of those highlights, and look at what we can expect, or hope for, in 2023. It’s Europe’s ‘man on the moon’ moment to be a global leader in the sector. Enjoy the episode.

About Jules Besnainou: 
Jules Besnainou is the Executive Director of Cleantech for Europe, the initiative bridging the gap between cleantech leaders and policymakers. He was previously a director at Cleantech Group, where he advised the world’s foremost cleantech investors, corporates and governments, helping them assess and invest in new innovations. After starting his career in San Francisco and London, he moved back to France to head the group's EU presence and clients. Jules graduated summa cum laude from Sciences Po Paris

About Cleantech for Europe:
Cleantech for Europe represents the trailblazers developing, deploying and investing in clean technologies across the EU. Our mission is to bridge the gap between cleantech and policy leaders, to chart a common path to decarbonisation, energy resilience and industrial leadership. Cleantech for Europe supports coalitions of cleantech investors, scale-ups and Members of the European Parliament. The initiative is supported by Breakthrough Energy, an organisation founded by Bill Gates.

Social links: 
Cleantech for Europe Twitter: https://twitter.com/cleantechforeu
Cleantech for Europe Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/74494891
Cleantech for Europe Website: https://www.cleantechforeurope.com/ 
Jules Besnainau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jules-besnainou-26a51b41/

About Hyperion Executive Search:
Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

If you want to grow your team, or move forw

About Hyperion Executive Search:

Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com


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11 Jan 2023Leaders in Cleantech #109 - Yaron Ben Nun – Nostromo Energy00:49:40

What’s it all about?

Solving some of our biggest issues in the C&I (Commercial and Industrial) sectors. Buildings use SO much energy, electricity, heat and of course cooling. As climate change increases tempretures, more cooling is needed, creating a negative feedback loop. My guest today addresses this and many other energy and emissions problems, using……Water. And a great lesson, sometimes we all need a direct and maybe not so friendly piece of advice to put us back on track. A great entrepreneur and technology story. I hope you enjoy the episode.


About Yaron Ben Nun: 

Yaron Ben Nun is Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Nostromo Energy, where his vision for reducing carbon emissions by decarbonizing buildings led to the development of Nostromo’s  novel IceBrick™ energy storage technology. Yaron has led the company through its pre-seed capital funding, to winning a $500,000 grant and two-year product development sponsorship from Shell Plc’s GameChanger Clean-Energy Accelerator, to the company’s first commercial deployment of its IceBrick™ technology at med tech company Medinol’s Jerusalem headquarters, to building a pipeline of projects in the U.S. and globally. As CTO, Yaron leads the overall vision and strategic development of Nostromo’s technology and product development, with the goal of making the IceBrick™ an industry standard and playing a key role in the emerging behind-the-meter energy storage arena.


Previously, Yaron served as the Head of Innovation at Lightapp Technology (now ZIRA),  an industrial analytics software company for operational excellence in energy management. Yaron also held a marketing position at a cleantech heat-pump technology company Phoebus Energy. Earlier in his career, Yaron served as a combat pilot, flying an A4 Skyhawk in the Israeli Air Force.


About Nostromo Energy:

Nostromo Energy provides a sustainable energy storage solution for commercial and industrial buildings that reduces carbon emissions and energy costs and increases reliability. Nostromo’s clean, safe and highly efficient IceBrick™ solution transforms how buildings use energy for cooling. This solution stores energy during off-peak or surplus solar energy hours, so it can be used for cooling during peak demand hours. Founded in 2017, Nostromo is publicly listed in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.


Social link

About Hyperion Executive Search:

Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com


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17 Jan 2023Leaders in Cleantech #110 - Graham Hill - The Carbonauts00:40:31
What’s it all about?
Taking people and companies on a sustainability journey, cutting through the misinformation, lies and overwhelming amount of information to help take small collective steps that make a difference. An early internet tech founder with multiple exits, Graham is on a mission to get society to the tipping point of behaviour change to make sustainable living a way of life for all. We talk about his entrepreneurial journey, the rewards and challenges, the desire to keep building and his passion as an environmentalist to help everyone to make difference.

About Graham Hill: 
One of Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business" and featured on the covers of Inc. and Dwell Magazines, Graham is a successful serial entrepreneur and highly sought-after speaker known for his ability to eloquently explain how we can all create a simpler, wealthier, greener and happier planet. 
He has presented at many prestigious conferences around the world, including two main-stage TED Talks that have received 11M+ views, and was the Founder of Treehugger.com 

Graham is the founder and CEO of The Carbonauts. They help Fortune 1000 companies build climate-literate, sustainability enthusiastic cultures via tools such as live, interactive sustainability workshops. 
Their clients include giants such as Amazon, Chanel, News Corp, Toyota, AT&T, Warner Brothers, Discovery, Netflix, Dow Jones, and HarperCollins. 

About The Carbonauts:
On a decades long, multi-company mission to help humanity move into the bright green future.

A natural sequel to TreeHugger.com, The Carbonauts inspires and guides people towards compelling, low-footprint ways of living and working by offering them live, time-efficient zoom courses that make it easy for them to slash their footprints at home and work while saving money and influencing others. 

Clients include Amazon, Chanel, News Corp, Toyota, Zurich Insurance, AT&T, Warner Brothers Discovery, Netflix and many more.

Our goal is to build movements within companies that reach ~25% of the staff at which point the company culture will rapidly mobilize towards drawdown and beyond.

Social links: 
The Carbonauts Twitter:  (21) TheCarbonauts (@WeTheCarbonauts) / Twitter
The Carbonauts Linkedin:  (8) The Carbonauts: Overview | LinkedIn 
The Carbonauts Website: The Carbonauts – Become a Carbonaut!
The Carbo

About Hyperion Executive Search:

Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com


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01 Feb 2023Leaders in Cleantech #111 - Max Beaumont - SkyTree00:49:54

What’s it all about?
Direct Air Capture, space geeks, a founders journey, the trials and tribulations of a cleantech CEO, self-awareness, new pastures and ventures, and what it really means to be successful. A fascinating and candid conversation with a founder I’ve known for many years, sharing his journey and his life beyond a cleantech CEO.

About Max Beaumont: 
Max is the founder and strategic adviser to Skytree (www.skytree.eu). Before starting Skytree in 2010 (with zero experience in business until then), he was a system engineer at the European Space Agency working on CO2 removal hardware to maintain air quality for astronauts. Max is British and has a Physics degree. He is a PADI advanced diver, occasionally writes, runs a product development agency (https://numa.studio) and is the proud owner of two dogs.

About The Skytree:
Skytree develops and deploys smart technology that captures atmospheric carbon dioxide. While creating a tool to combat climate change, the company also enables the use or storage of its CO2 to aid societies and businesses around the world 
Stats 
•€8M raised to date
•€25M valuation (Q1 2023)
•Headcount > 30 FTE incl. x4 PhD researchers
•Deals closed with multinationals in Japan, UK, Germany & France
•16 patents
•>20 prototypes
•HQ in Amsterdam with sales offices in US and APAC
•Spin-out from the European Space Agency

Social links:  
The NUMA on Linkedin:  NUMA: Overview | LinkedIn
The Skytree on Linkedin:  Skytree | We're Hiring 🚀: Overview | LinkedIn
The  NUMA Website: Home - Numa Studio
The  Skytree Website: Skytree | Scalable Carbon Removal Solutions
Max Beaumont LinkedIn:  Max Beaumont | LinkedIn

About Hyperion Executive Search:
Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com 

EPISODE LINKS HERE
Max Beaumont on Medium: Max Beaumont – Medium 

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If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com


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21 Feb 2023Leaders in Cleantech #112 - Rubina Singh – Octopus Ventures00:40:22

What’s it all about?
Deeptech, Innovation, and creating the ecosystems that drive both forward. My guest, Rubina Singh has a fabulously broad career in cleantech, from a solar engineer to a leader in Deeptech investment. We discuss innovation, barriers, challenges and solutions, deeptech, and diversity and inclusion. Enjoy the episode.

About Rubina Singh: 
Rubina is a pre-seed deeptech fund manager at Octopus Ventures where she focuses on investing in deeptech enabling a sustainable planet. Previously, she established and led the innovation division at British Gas and the net-zero strategy at Centrica Ventures. She started her career as a solar engineer at Fraunhofer, where she headed up Fraunhofer TechBridge, a division dedicated to validating and backing early-stage cleantech. She also holds advisory roles with the European Innovation Council’s deep tech programme and the Solar Impulse Foundation and sits on the board of POWERful Women. 

Rubina has published several technical papers and thought leadership on cleantech innovation in the likes of IEEE and TechCrunch, and has a B.Eng. and M.Eng. in sustainable energy engineering.  She has won three awards for her contribution to the energy sector, including the Innovator Award 2022.

About Octopus Ventures:
At Octopus Ventures we invest in the people, the ideas and the industries that will help change the world. Our investment team is built to specialise in the six areas where we see the most potential for growth and innovation: health, fintech, climate tech, deep tech, consumer and B2B software. Since 2008 we have backed over 130 teams, including Zoopla Property Group, Secret Escapes, Depop and Cazoo. With £2 billion under management and investing over £200 million a year, Octopus Ventures is one of the largest and most active venture investors in Europe.

Social links:  
Rubina Singh LinkedIn:  (2) Rubina Singh, M.Eng. | LinkedIn
Octopus Ventures on Linkedin:  (2) Octopus Ventures: Overview | LinkedIn
Octopus Ventures Website: Home - Octopus Ventures | Venture Capital
Octopus Ventures on Twitter: (20) Octopus Ventures (@OctopusVentures) / Twitter
POWERful Women on Linked In: (2) POWERful Women: Overview | LinkedIn

About Hyperion Executive Search:
Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extra

About Hyperion Executive Search:

Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com


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01 Mar 2023Leaders in Cleantech #113 - Daniel Epstein – Unreasonable00:43:06

What’s it all about?
Entrepreneurship, Impact, global challenges, technology and being Unreasonable, and an impatient optimist and possibilist!  An action packed conversation with award winning entrepreneur and leading Impact pioneer Daniel Epstein of Unreasonable Group. What does it take to succeed, and what help is out there, and how do we repurpose capitalism. Enjoy the episode.

About Daniel Epstein: 
Daniel Epstein is the CEO and Founder of Unreasonable, an organization dedicated to supporting growth-stage entrepreneurs who are profitably solving global issues. Daniel’s life has been shaped by a fundamental belief that entrepreneurship is the answer to solving some of the problems we face today. 

Recently Daniel was named by Fortune Magazine as one of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders, alongside the likes of Bill Gates & Tim Cook. Daniel was also awarded Inc. Magazine's “30 under 30 entrepreneurs”, and Forbes identified him as one of the “top 30 most impactful entrepreneurs.” He also received the prestigious “Entrepreneur of the World” award along with Richard Branson & the President of Liberia at the Global Entrepreneurship Forum. Beyond his capacities at Unreasonable, Daniel is a frequent keynote speaker, moderator, thought-leader, and advisor.

About Unreasonable:
Unreasonable is an international company – we support a fellowship for growth-stage entrepreneurs, channel exclusive deal flow to investors, and we partner with institutions to discover profit in solving global problems. Since 2015, Unreasonable has partnered with leading, influential partners including Barclays, Nike, and the US Department of State to co-found strategic global initiatives designed to support growth-stage entrepreneurs, whose companies have a social and or environmental impact baked into the DNA of their business model.

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Daniel Epstein LinkedIn: (2) Daniel Epstein | LinkedIn 
Unreasonable on Linkedin:  (3) Unreasonable: Overview | LinkedIn
Unreasonable Website: Unreasonable Group
Unreasonable on Twitter: (7) Unreasonable (@unreasonable) / Twitter
Unreasonable on FaceBook: (3) Unreasonable | Facebook
Unreasonable on Instagram: Unreasonable (@unreasonable) • Instagram photos and videos

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08 Mar 2023Leaders in Cleantech #114 - James Johnston - Piclo00:43:10

What’s it all about?
Flexibility. Not Yoga, but the essential tools to enable the energy transition. Too often renewable assets, energy storage and EV charging at mass are help back due to grid blockages and constraints. Flexibility in the system is required to unlock some of these blockages. We talk grid flexibility, international expansion and the road from PhD to Entrepreneur with Piclo CEO and Co-Founder James Johnston.

About James Johnston: 
James Johnston is the CEO and Co-founder of Piclo, the world’s leading independent grid flexibility marketplace. Prior to Piclo, James spent 3 years researching microgrids at University of Strathclyde. James is also the founder of Solar Sketch, a design company for the solar industry and worked at international engineering firm Arup. James is a published author contributing chapters to Academic Press books on peer-to-peer energy and local flexibility trading.

About Piclo:
Piclo Flex is a leading independent marketplace that brings together Flex Providers with System Operators to procure local flexibility services.

As our energy systems become cleaner, more distributed and diversified in response to the climate crisis, our grids come under more stress and face challenges in maintaining the delicate balance of supply and demand. 

Our marketplace enables technologies such as renewables, batteries and electric vehicles to provide local flexibility to our distribution networks, smoothing out the complex transition to a decarbonised future and delivering low-cost and resilient grids.

Social links:  
James Johnston LinkedIn:  James Johnston | LinkedIn
Piclo on Linkedin:   Overview | LinkedIn
Piclo Website: Piclo — The UK's leading independent marketplace for flexible energy systems.
Piclo on Twitter: (5) Piclo (@PicloEnergy) / Twitter


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15 Mar 2023Leaders in Cleantech #115 - Stephen Robinson - Fully Charged Recruitment00:42:09

What’s it all about?
Talent. Jim Collins said, ‘Great vision without great people is irrelevant’. Something I firmly
believe and it’s why I created Hyperion Executive Search, and more recently, along with Stephen
Robinson, and the Fully Charged Show, Fully Charged Recruitment. We talk about Steve’s
background and experience, and delve into some of the talent issues faced by cleantech companies hiring, and by those who want to work in the sector, but don’t currently.

About Stephen Robinson:
Based in Liverpool, Stephen is the Managing Director of Fully Charged Recruitment Ltd. With over a decade of experience hiring in the global energy, automotive and cleantech sectors, Stephen has a wealth of experience building and leading teams across the UK and Middle East. For the past 6
years, Stephen has specifically been driving our growth in the EV and Future Mobility sector,
becoming a ‘go to’ for companies looking to expand their teams across Europe and North America. He now leads Fully Charged Recruitment, building teams across not just emobility but across the clean energy and mobility transitions.

About Fully Charged Recruitment:
Created to help Cleantech companies to find exceptional talent, and exceptional talent to find
awesome Cleantech careers. A partnership between the Hyperion Cleantech Group and the Fully
Charged Show. We have decades of experience in the clean energy and clean mobility sectors, and
a network that is second to none. 

Fully Charged Recruitment helps our clients to recruit roles across all disciplines and job functions in the Mid to Senior sector (Our sister company Hyperion Executive Search hires at C-Suite, VP and
Heads of… Levels). 

We were born of a simple and shared mission. Both Hyperion Cleantech Group and Fully Charged Show share a passion to drive the clean mobility and clean energy transitions. We believe through education and entertainment, and through supporting Cleantech companies to scale, and talented individuals to find impactful, meaningful and important work, we can play our part in these transitions. 

If you are a cleantech company looking to scale and hire outstanding talent, or if you are that talent looking for guidance and the right career opportunity, contact one of the team.

Social links: 
Stephen Robinson on LinkedIn: (4) Stephen Robinson | LinkedIn
Stephen Robinso

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29 Mar 2023Leaders In Cleantech #116 - Dr Nicholas Hawker & Dr Robert Trezona - First Light Fusion00:43:25

What’s it all about?

Cheap, abundant, low carbon energy. Looking at a Deeptech that has huge and literally game-changing capabilities. There has been much excitement, investment, and some key milestones in Nuclear Fusion in the last year. This week I have not one, but two guests, a Fusion founder and CEO, Dr Nick Hawker, and his investor, Dr Robert Trezona of Kiko Ventures. This is such an exciting space, and things are happening now that give rise to great optimism we can achieve Fusion power within a couple of decades. In the meantime, let’s get as much solar and wind in the ground as we can, but here could be cheap, abundant, safe, baseload.


About Nicholas Hawker: 

Nicholas is the Co-founder and CEO of First Light Fusion. Nick’s research into fusion began in 2007 as part of his Master’s thesis, where he worked at the University of Oxford with Yiannis Ventikos. This work continued into a DPhil, where he performed hydrodynamic simulations of shock-driven cavity collapse. These simulations showed that cavity collapse leads to inertial confinement of the gas inside the cavity and revealed that extreme states of matter could be reached, possibly entering the regime for fusion. To explore the concept of energy generation via this process, Nick and Yiannis co-founded First Light Fusion Ltd in 2011. Nick also spent three years tutoring at Lady Margaret Hall during his studies. After finishing his DPhil in 2012, Nick joined First Light Fusion as CEO and CTO, and continues to oversee the technical vision of the company.


About First Light Fusion: 

First Light Fusion was founded by Professor Yiannis Ventikos, Head of the Mechanical Engineering

Department at University College, London, and Dr Nicholas Hawker, formerly an Engineering lecturer at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.


The company was spun out from the University of Oxford in July 2011, with seed capital from IP Group plc,Parkwalk Advisors Ltd and private investors. Invesco and OSI provided follow-on capital.

The business has grown from a research-focused university project to a fully-fledged company that has developed not only a strategy for how to make fusion energy work, but also a sustainable business model based on the technology.


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19 Apr 2023Leaders in Cleantech #117 - Lindsey Higgins – Pale Blue Dot00:41:29

What’s it all about?
Impact! Climate science, behaviour change, story telling and combating FUD!  I loved this conversation with climate scientist Dr Lindsey Higgins. Bringing her talents, passion, and education to bear at one of the leading seed impact VCs, Pale Blue Dot, Lindsey shares her journey, her insights and her cats ears for an inspiring and entertaining conversation.

About Lindsey Higgins: 
Lindsey Higgins is a climate scientist and communications specialist from Buffalo, New York, USA. She received her PhD from Stockholm University in Physical Geography, where her research focused on human-environment interactions around climate change and freshwater resources. Today, Lindsey is Head of Climate Insights at the early-stage venture capital firm Pale blue dot in Sweden. Her work focuses on understanding the science behind climate tech innovations to help guide investment strategies and decisions, and she is passionate about bridging gaps between research and the entrepreneurial world. In 2022, Lindsey was named one of the nine people who mattered in European climate tech by Sifted.

About Pale blue dot: 
Pale blue dot is a €87M seed-stage venture capital firm, investing in climate tech startups that reduce and reverse the climate crisis and help us prepare for a new world. Pale blue dot is based in Malmö, Sweden, and invests in early stage companies in Europe and the US.

Social links:  
Lindsey Higgins on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lhigg/ 
Lindsey Higgins on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thelindscape  
Pale blue dot on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/palebluedotvcclimate/  
Pale blue dot on Twitter: https://twitter.com/palebluedotvc 
Pale blue dot Website: https://paleblue.vc/ 

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Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com 

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Sceptical Science- Explaining climate change scienc

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26 Apr 2023Leaders in Cleantech #118 - Zena Everett00:43:36

What’s it all about?
Company culture, high performing teams and leadership. I speak with long time friend and collaborator Zena Everett about these topic and more as we dig into our personal and client experiences in this field for many years. It ended up a fluid and hopefully very valuable conversation. I look forward to your feedback.

About Zena Everett: 
Leadership Coach and in-demand Speaker Zena Everett is the author of Mind Flip, Take the Fear out of Your Career and the award winning, best-selling Crazy Busy Cure.

Originally a recruitment entrepreneur, Zena sold her business in 2007 then studied an MSc in Career Management and Coaching.  She then took further post-graduate qualifications in psychological coaching and leadership with neuroscience (MIT Sloan Business School).   She has coached on the Executive MBA Programme at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School and is a member of the Associate Faculty at Henley Business School.

Zena is a regular speaker on Crazy Busyness and Leadership for the London Business Forum.


Social links:  
Zena Everett on LinkedIn: Zena Everett MSc | LinkedIn 
Zena Everett on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZenaEverett1?s=20 
Zena Everett Website: https://www.zenaeverett.com/ 


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If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com 


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The Crazy Busy Cure: https://www.zenaeverett.com/the-crazy-busy-cure/
Mind Flip: https://www.zenaeverett.com/book/
The One Thing   The One Thing, Essentialism The Disciplined Pursuit Of Less 2 Books Collection Set: Amazon.co.uk: Gary Keller, Greg McKeown: 9789123777822: Books 
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10 May 2023Leaders in Cleantech #119 - Domenico Traverso00:39:37

What’s it all about?
Innovation and Intraprenuership! How can large organisations be disruptive, innovative and avoid the challenges of inertia that so often exist in corporations. Domenico has been doing this for many years, in more than one corporation. Danfoss are hugely active in the energy efficiency in buildings and industry, as well as the electrification on transport. Being a founder isn’t for everyone, but you can still be creative and disruptive, and work in a corporate environment, if the company has the right mindset.


About Domenico Traverso:
Passionate leader, entrepreneur at heart, outgoing by nature. On a mission to be ahead of the pack and outperform the competition. Sparking innovative thinking and driving cultural change. Track record of sustainable business transformations, turnarounds, profitable growth, and scaling innovation from various international leadership positions.
At Danfoss, he is responsible for Editron, a global business changing the way the world moves with electric and hybrid powertrain systems, and the Incubation Division, a portfolio of 6 high-tech and high-potential global business units, developing innovative solutions for electrification, autonomous driving, digital hydraulics.
Co-founder of Leadership Challenges, a podcast series debating how the working landscape is transforming with professionals from globally leading organizations and institutions.
Domenico lives in Hamburg, Germany, and he has three children.

About Danfoss: 
Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.
Our solutions are used in such areas as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, automotive, marine, and off- and on-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, as well as district-energy infrastructure for cities.
Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned, employing more than 42,000 people, serving customers in more than 100 countries through a global footprint of 95 factories.

Social links:  
Domenico Traverso on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/domenicotraverso/  
Domenico Traverso Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leadershipchallenges 
Danfoss on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/com

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16 May 2023Leaders in Cleantech #120 - Uri Levine00:25:09

What’s it all about?
Entrepreneurship, and the journey of failures. Uri Levine is the founder of not one, but two Unicorns, Waze and Moovit. He continues to be an active entrepreneur and investor, but his passion to help create more start-up success stories, and to support entrepreneurs led him to write ‘Fall in love with the problem, not the solution’. According to Steve Wozniak (Apple co-founder) it’s the ‘bible’ for entrepreneurs, I’d have to say it’s indispensable, especially for B2C and App founders, but for anyone building, or thinking of building a business. I caught up with Uri prior to an investor event in Prague. I hope you enjoy the episode.

About Uri Levine: 
Uri is a passionate serial entrepreneur and disruptor. He co-founded Waze, the world’s largest driving traffic and navigation app, in 2007. The app, nowadays used by more than 750 million drivers around the globe, was acquired by Google in June of 2013 for $1.1 billion. Another achievement he is proud of is Moovit, ‘Waze for public transportation’, where he was the first board member and an investor. Moovit, which is used by more than 750 million individuals worldwide, was acquired by Intel for $1 Billion in 2020.

Since Waze’s acquisition, Uri is actively pursuing his dream to create significant value for large audiences through the series of startups he founded. His vision is specifically intended to disrupt inefficient markets and improve under-functioning services, focus on solving ‘BIG problems’, saving consumers time and money while empowering them.

Committed to spreading entrepreneurial thinking, it was only natural for Uri to take the next step with writing the book, “Fall In Love with the Problem – Not the Solution, a Handbook for entrepreneurs”

In line with his vision, Uri dedicates significant time to public speaking engagements to audience around world, inspiring them through the lens of entrepreneurship and disruption, speaking of contemporary revolutions of markets and startups. Uri’s presentations rely heavily on his entrepreneurial and personal experiences with the intention to benefit people from the lessons he has learned and look back on both success and failures he has witnessed along his path.

Uri is also motivated to encourage the next generation of thinkers and innovators and leads an academic workshop entitled “How to Build a Startup”, aimed at undergraduate and graduate leve

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07 Jun 2023Leaders in Cleantech #121 - Will Tope00:44:17


What’s it all about?
Sodium metal batteries have hit the headlines of late, with major announcements from BYD and CATL for use in electric vehicles. I speak to CCO or LiNa, a UK start-up developing Sodium batteries for stationary storage, now beyond TRL6 and making good traction. We talk tech, but also the journey of Will Tope, from O&G to Cleantech, from global corporate to small start-up. Enjoy the episode.

About William Tope:
Will is the Chief Commercial Officer at LiNa Energy, with over 10 years of global experience in the energy industry, working across oil and gas business development, corporate strategy, and power trading where he focused on grid-scale batteries. Will leads the planning, development, and implementation of strategies to commercialize and scale-up LiNa Energy’s technology, forming partnerships with customers in target storage markets and with manufacturing partners. Will has a Masters in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bath.


About LiNa Energy: 
At LiNa Energy, we are leading the charge to develop and commercialise high-performance solid state sodium batteries, with a focus on the renewable energy storage market. 
Our battery technology is built around proven technology based on 1980s sodium chemistry, with modern materials science and advancements in fuel cell ceramics. As well as improving standards in safety, performance, and sustainability, we can commercialise faster by reducing lab development time and lowering the cost of deployment. Materials are abundant and thanks to our patented design, our batteries are ideal for mass manufacture.
All of which means less risk to investors, partners and customers. Today, we are well on our way to offering a market-ready solution and are seeking additional partners to help us stress test the product and leverage the opportunity. 
Our strategy is to target fast-growing economies, such as India, where the performance challenges around lithium are more acute and the potential to make a difference quickly is greatest.

Social links:  
William Tope on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamtope/ 
LiNa Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lina-energy/ LiNa Energy website: http://lina.energy/ 

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14 Jun 2023Leaders in Cleantech #122 - Tore Harritshøj - Spirii00:42:01

What’s it all about?
Seamlessly easy EV charging and the evolution to a full stack of revenues and grid services, the
mobility transition supporting the energy transition. Also, the challenges and motivations of a co-
founder CEO, and his own transition from corporate to start up life, the importance of good people
and letting go.

About Tore Harritshøj:
Tore is an experienced Chief Executive Officer of Spirii, with a demonstrated success in the utilities
solutions industry. Skilled in People and Change Management, Design Thinking & Innovation,
Business Development within Mobility, Life Cycle management, Energy solutions, and Wind & Solar
Energy production. Professional International board experience with a MS focused in Econ from
Copenhagen University and international management schools.
Driving a wide range of innovative subsidiaries and partnerships within sustainable solutions
(Refarmed, Racell, Geoop, Spectro Inlets, Grøngas, Sønderjysk Biogas, Limfjorden Biogas).

About Spirii:
Leading the charge toward simpler, smarter eMobility. Spirii enables an accelerated transition
towards sustainable transportation by offering innovative, agile, and end-user oriented e-mobility
charging solutions build on their evergreen platform.
Spirii enables you to easily deploy and scale a bespoke commercial EV-charging solution – backed
by a cloud platform with a continuously-developing feature suite.

Social links:
Tore Harritshøj on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%F0%9F%8C%8E-tore-harritsh%C3%B8j-
b02b394/overlay/contact-info/
Spirii on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spirii/
Spirii website: http://www.spirii.com/

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Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the
sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous
cleantech economy.

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20 Jun 2023Leaders in Cleantech #123 - Jørgen Erdal - Evyon00:42:17

What’s it all about? Batteries, smart use of second life batteries. There is of course so much demand for new batteries, and that won’t go away, but soon we have a lot of batteries too useful to recycle just yet, but not useful for electric vehicles of first use cases. Entrepreneur and founder, Jorgon Erdal shares his vision and experience building a business to take advantage of this opportunity, and to play a large and important role in the energy transition. We also delve into his background and the importance of proactively building company culture. About Jørgen Erdal: As the Co-founder & CEO of Evyon, Jørgen is fully devoted to maximizing the value of every Battery, by converting a growing volume of discarded batteries into high-quality battery energy storage systems. With his passion to create a positive impact on the planet, Jørgen and his team at Evyon are in a leading position to reach their ambition of becoming the European leader in reused batteries in 2025. Jørgen is also a Co-founder of Protect Our Winters's branch in Norway, a worldwide NGO working to raise awareness of climate change within the winter sports community. As an ex-BCG consultant specializing in renewable energy strategy, financing, operating models, and more, he supported some of Europe's largest energy companies to succeed in the energy transition. During his time at BCG, Jørgen was also the main driver of the local and regional sustainability activities of BCG as a company. Jørgen holds a Master's Degree of Science in Electrical Energy Engineering from The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and ETH Zürich. Jørgen's master's thesis was to develop a stochastic optimization algorithm for how to operate a residential battery system in order to maximize its value under different tariff structures. About Evyon:  Evyon is a Norwegian Antler portfolio company founded in 2020 by Jørgen Erdal and Radu Achihai. Evyon exists to enable maximum value generation from second-life batteries by repurposing them in a safe, data-driven, and cost-effective way. Evyon’s proprietary hardware and Battery Cloud ecosystem enable the conversion of EV batteries into high-quality, affordable, and plug-and-play battery energy storage systems. Towards 2030, the amount of discarded EV batteries is estimated to grow to more than 200 GWh per year - the equivalent of more than 3 million EVs. Most of these are expected to be fully functional with less t

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28 Jun 2023Leaders in Cleantech #124 - Christophe Williams - Naked Energy00:42:02

What’s it all about?
The often overlooked issue of renewable heat. I take dive into the world of solar thermal with Hyperion client Naked Energy. Co-founder and CEO Christophe Williams has a great founder story too, from inventors genes to global advertising exec, to cleantech founder. Christophe shares about the Cinderella story of solar thermal, and well as the trials and tribulations of founding and scaling a tech business.

About Christophe Williams:
Christophe is the CEO and Co-Founder at Naked Energy. Prior to that, Christophe has been connected to the renewable energy industry for generations. His first inspiration was his grandfather Peter Williams who worked with renowned engineer Stephen Salter in the 1970s to develop 'the oscillating duck', a form of oscillating wave technology generating clean electricity. 

Christophe previously worked as a senior creative executive in the advertising industry for over fifteen years, gaining many awards from prestigious organisations such as ‘Creative Circle’ and ‘Clio’. He has worked with major blue-chip clients and global brands such as Microsoft, Barclays, BMW, Sony and also directly with a number of UK government bodies, including DEFRA and the Central Office of Information on high profile advertising campaigns on sustainability.

About Naked Energy: 
Naked Energy is a British design and engineering business, leading the global innovation in solar heat and solar PVT. Naked Energy’s mission is to change energy for good, by decarbonising heat, the largest global energy end use in buildings across the world. Naked Energy’s high energy density solutions are capable of decarbonising heat cost-effectively and with limited space; its solar PVT technology delivers up to 3.5 times the carbon savings per m2 in comparison to conventional solar PV.

Social links:  
Christophe Williams on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophe-williams-3b12102b/ 
Christophe Williams on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Xtophe_Williams 
Naked Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/naked-energy-limited/ 
Naked Energy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NakedEnergyLtd 
Naked Energy website: http://www.nakedenergy.com/ 

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04 Jul 2023Leaders in Cleantech #125 - Jo-Jo Hubbard - Electron00:41:50

What’s it all about?
Flexibility, curtailment and how to use software, as well as new infrastructure to create the resilient, flexible, fit for purpose grid we need now and for the future. We also talk co-founding a company at 21, the challenges and opportunities this brings, building teams, culture, and how an English Literature graduate falls in love with energy and builds a cleantech business. 

About Jo-Jo Hubbard:
Jo-Jo started her energy career in cleantech financing and investment, specialising in solar, wind and batteries. She spent 2 years at McKinsey focusing on digital transformation before co-founding Electron. 
As well as being Co-Founder and CEO of Electron, Jo-Jo also acts as: 
A UK Government advisor on Net Zero (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-holds-first-net-zero-council)
A UK regulator advisor on network regulations (https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/docs/2021/01/biogs_updated_for_ed2_final_1.pdf)
A member of the National Grid Technology Advisory Council (https://www.nationalgrideso.com/what-we-do/our-people/esos-stakeholder-groups/eso-technology-advisory-council-tac)

About Electron: 
Electron is a tech start-up which enables grid operators, local energy markets and distributed energy assets to unlock value in decarbonising energy systems, believing that energy systems need digitally optimised marketplaces to deliver net zero in a cost efficient and resilient way for generators, operators and consumers.

Social links:  
Jo-Jo Hubbard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-jo-hubbard-76bb7723/ 
Electron on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/electron-platform/ 
Electron website: https://electron.net/ 

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If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com 

Chapters:

0:00 | Introduction to Jo-Jo
0:27 | Jo-Jo's journey to founding Electron
5:49 | The evolution

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11 Jul 2023Leaders in Cleantech #126 - Helen Czerski00:52:57

Helen Czerski

What’s it all about?
Letting lose my inner nerd! I’ve known Helen for some time, known in a loose sense, we shared a panel session at a Fully Charged event some years ago, and I’ve watched with enthusiasm much of her TV and Fully Charged presenting, When I saw she’d written a book about a gigantic solar powered machine, I needed to know more! But seriously, the topic of how our planet works has held my interest and curiosity since I was a child. Helen’s latest book, ‘The Blue Machine’ was a must read, and inviting her to the podcast to share more really is me indulging that inner nerd, and hopefully yours too. Enjoy the episode.

About Helen Czerski: 
Helen was born in Manchester. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University College London. As a physicist, she studies the bubbles generated by breaking waves in the ocean to understand their influence on weather and climate. 

Helen has been a regular presenter of BBC TV science documentaries since 2011. She also hosts the Ocean Matters podcast, is part of the Cosmic Shambles network, and is one of the presenters for the Fully Charged Show. She has been a science columnist for the Wall Street Journal since 2017 and she is the author of the bestselling Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life, Bubbles: A Ladybird Expert Book, and Blue Machine: how the ocean works.



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Helen Czerski on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-czerski-045b956/  
Helen Czerski on Twitter: https://twitter.com/helenczerski   
Helen Czerski on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helen_czerski/ 
Helen Czerski Website: https://www.helenczerski.net/ 


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Episode Links:
Blue Machine: Blue Machine by Helen Czerski | Waterstones 
The fascinating physics of eve

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02 Aug 2023Leaders in Cleantech #127 - Christoph Berger - vilisto00:41:31

Christoph Berger - vilisto


What’s it all about?
Renewable Heat, as we’ve featured recently, so often the elephant in the room. Addressing the needs of decarbonising heat is critical to the clean energy transition. In this episode we address heating and inefficiency in commercial and public buildings as I speak to CEO and Founder of Vilisto, Christophe Berger. Having recently raised a £5m they are focused on scaling to bring their solutions to a wider audience.

About Christoph Berger:
Christoph Berger is Co-Founder and CEO of vilisto. During his studies of Energy Systems at the TU Hamburg and UC Berkeley, Christoph first came into contact with the topic of heat management. His scientific research focused on evaluating and implementing methods of predicting future energy demand in buildings. He soon realised that especially non-residential buildings are often heated inefficiently and that the solutions available on the market were not able to comfortably solve this challenge. Backed up by the results of his study and based on his expertise in energy systems, Christoph then founded vilisto in 2016 with co-founders Christian Brase and Lasse Stehnken.

About vilisto: 
vilisto digitizes the heat management of non-residential buildings and in turn helps companies and public clients reduce their heating costs and CO₂ emissions by up to 32%. At the heart of their digital heat management solution is the intelligent thermostats with an integrated, patented presence detection and learning algorithms that automatically manages the individual room temperature. In addition, a connected online platform allows for a central and efficient management of property portfolios. So far vilisto has optimized a wide range of customer buildings across the DACH-region with convincing savings results and won prestigious awards like the German Innovation Prize for Climate and Environment, demonstrating an essential path that realizes both – the ecological and the economic dimension of a sustainable energy transition.

Social links:  
Christoph Berger on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christoph-berger/ 
vilisto on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vilisto/ 
vilisto website: https://www.vilisto.de/ 


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06 Sep 2023Leaders in Cleantech #128 - Marc Multin - Switch00:42:08

What’s it all about?
A seamless e-mobility experience!  From Phd to Founder, solving some of the key technical aspects of a fully integrated user experience for changing at all scales, public, fleet, residential and all of these combined. We talk company culture, talent, hiring better than yourself, motivation on dark days, optimism for the future, fundraising, expansion and much more besides. Enjoy the episode.
About Marc Multin:
Marc is the CEO and visionary force behind Switch, a deep-tech company in founded in 2020 to reshape the EV charging landscape. Armed with over 13 years of experience in the EV industry and a PhD in Computer Science, he has become a global authority in EV communication standards. Switch has forged an innovative, vertically integrated solution encompassing the cutting-edge EV charger OS, Josev, and the transformative Switch cloud platform. As a co-author of ISO 15118, Marc has trained over 100 companies worldwide on this future-proof technology.

About Switch: 
Switch is a fast-growing deep tech and knowledge company offering the only future-proof and backwards-compatible EV charging system on the market. The combined Switch system is set to heal the globally fragmented ecosystem across locations and operators. It brings unmatched customer convenience and the potential to increase revenue with Plug & Charge, Vehicle-to-Grid and Advanced Diagnostics. Its vertically integrated architecture helps EV charging businesses improve customer retention, match the reliability of fueling stations and exceed them in return on investment. The company, based in London, is a team of 35+ with a growing list of high-profile clients which includes charge point OEMs and charging networks. Founded in 2020 by Dr Marc Mültin, a world-renowned leader in the communication standards that underpin the global EV charging ecosystem.
Social links:  
Marc Multin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcmueltin/    
Switch on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/switch-ev/  
Switch website: https://www.switch-ev.com/ 


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12 Sep 2023Leaders in Cleantech #129 - Hannah Scott – Climate Tech Supercluster00:42:43

What’s it all about?
Innovation and University spin-outs! In particular we look at the UK scene and support in the Oxford, Cambridge, London triangle. I had a great conversation with CEO of Oxfordshire Greentech, Hannah Scott about the support and challenges and opportunities facing founders, universities and the ecosystems that support them. Enjoy the episode.

About Hannah Scott:
Hannah Scott is the Co-Founder and CEO of business network Oxfordshire Greentech, which aims to grow and support the county’s low-carbon economy. Hannah leads the organisation in managing and engaging Oxfordshire Greentech’s members, connecting them with funding, identifying new customers, technologies and business expertise as well as facilitating scale-up innovation. She also works with key institutions across Oxfordshire to advocate for more ambition around net zero in strategies for the county.
Since launching Oxfordshire Greentech in 2019, Hannah has led the team in delivering numerous successful events, commercial opportunities, and projects for an ever-growing community of over 100 members.

About Climate Tech Supercluster/Oxfordshire Greentech: 
Climate Tech Supercluster is an ecosystem of talent, technology and investment across the UK, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Co-founded by Oxfordshire Greentech, Cambridge Cleantech and Liminal, Climate Tech Supercluster’s mission is to showcase, develop and scale climate-critical technologies by bringing together innovators, investors and institutions across the region and globally.
Oxfordshire Greentech is a business network supporting the growth of the low-carbon sector in Oxfordshire. Started as part of the OxFutures programme, a £3.2m project to boost low carbon economic development in Oxfordshire, it was supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and run through a collaborative partnership between the Low Carbon Hub, Cherwell District Council, Bioregional, Oxford City Council, the University of Oxford, and Oxford Brookes University. Now a separate entity, we’ve been flourishing as our own network since March 2020. 
Social links:  
Hannah Scott on LinkedIn: Hannah Scott | LinkedIn     
Climate Tech Supercluster on LinkedIn: Climate Tech Supercluster: Overview | LinkedIn
Climate Tech Supercluster website: ClimateTech SuperCluster
Oxfordshire Greentech on LinkedIn: (3) Oxfordshire Greentech: Overview | LinkedIn

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19 Sep 2023Leaders in Cleantech #130 - Ulrich Seitz – Climate Impact Investor00:31:01

What’s it all about?
The A-Bomb- No not that one. Why does no one talk about Adaptation? Of course we should and must keep working on inventing, scaling and investing in technologies that combat climate change, and help prevent the worst outcomes, but we’re already well down the path of negative climate feedback loops. We have to talk about, and invest in technologies that help mitigate the worst of what is already happening, and what’s to come. Floods, water shortages, food disruption, climate refugees and extreme weather events. They are here, we can’t ignore it.  
About Ulrich Seitz:
Entrepreneurial and purpose driven business leader with 15+ years of experience in clean-tech and sustainability. Thereof 10 years as venture capital investor, managing director and board member of various growth companies to reduce CO2 emissions and deliver financial returns with proven track record and impact. Co-Founder of several deep tech companies in the cleantech and semiconductor industry. Set up the corp. venture investor BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures GmbH and managing it for 6 years. Currently active as advisor for cleanech investors on the topics of climate adaptaton and portfolio management.

Social links:  
Ulrich Seitz on LinkedIn: (2) Ulrich Seitz | LinkedIn     
BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures on LinkedIn: (2) BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures: Overview | LinkedIn 
BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures website: BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures GmbH (baywa-re.com)
(3) Oxfordshire Greentech: Overview | LinkedIn

Episode Links:
Climate Adaptation Climate Adaptation | United Nations
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26 Sep 2023Leaders in Cleantech #131 - Alexander Helling – Baseload Capital00:42:49

What’s it all about? 

Geothermal. How big is the opportunity to exploit this renewable resource for heating, cooling and for power generation? Where are the hot spots (excuse the pun), what are the business models and use cases? How can we use heat to cool a warming world! This and all things Geothermal. 

About Alexander Helling:

As CEO, Alexander is in charge of Baseload Capital’s investments and overall portfolio performance. He has extensive experience in international project finance as well as founding, operating, and running companies. Alexanders key competence lies in equity and debt finance having spent more than 20 years of raising capital and structuring corporate debt and project finance structures for projects and companies. He is motivated by working with companies that have a higher purpose like the energy transition and how we can speed the transition up by new technologies, smart funding solutions and motivated teams.

About Baseload Capital 
Baseload Capital is a specialized investment entity that leads partnerships to scale up geothermal power deployment worldwide. Geothermal power comes from the Earth’s inner core and provides a fossil-free, stable, 24/7 available baseload for electricity and heating and cooling. We work with like-minded investors to fund geothermal energy projects and tap into the planet’s largest renewable energy source that lies right beneath our feet. 

We establish operating companies in global locations, which comprise the Baseload Power organization. They partner with local communities and power providers to commission, permit and build Baseload Capital-funded geothermal power plants. 
Together we dream of a planet in balance with resilient societies that run on renewable energy.
We will be part of this transition by leading partnerships to scale up geothermal project development.

Social links:  
Alexander Helling on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-helling-177140a/
Baseload Capital on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/baseload-cap/
Baseload Capital website: https://www.baseloadcap.com/


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About Hyperion Executive Search:
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03 Oct 2023Leaders in Cleantech #132 - Joshua Aviv – SparkCharge00:41:44

What’s it all about?
Speeding the mobility transition where grid connections and EV infrastructure are lacking, expensive or flaky. Award winning entrepreneur Josh Aviv has developed both a unique product and business model that delivers electrons where you are. This is not so much for drivers who run low on range, although that too, but about getting fleet users up and running quickly, smoothly and reliably with a Charging as a service (CaaS) solution.

About Joshua Aviv:
Joshua Aviv is a certified data scientist and the founder and CEO of SparkCharge. His experience in the cleantech and automotive OEM Industry spans 10 years, and he is a dynamic figure in the cleantech community. Aviv has raised over $50 million to advance EV charging infrastructure and clean initiatives across the country.

About SparkCharge:
SparkCharge is a pioneering technology company at the forefront of revolutionising the electric vehicle (EV) charging landscape. With a commitment to making EV charging accessible, convenient, and efficient, SparkCharge has developed innovative solutions that address the challenges faced by both EV owners and the broader charging infrastructure. They have created the world's first portable DC fast charger, the Roadie. The Roadie powers its charging-as-a-service programs that deliver the EV charge to the vehicle wherever it is parked. By bringing the DC fast charge to the vehicle, regardless of grid access, SparkCharge can help accelerate the adoption of EVs for businesses and consumers. Learn more on sparkcharge.io

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Joshua Aviv on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-aviv/   
SparkCharge on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sparkcharge/
SparkCharge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sparkcharge?s=20
SparkCharge website: sparkcharge.io



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07 Nov 2023Leaders in Cleantech #133 - David Watson – Ohme00:45:56

What’s it all about?
Flexibility, the energy transition, the mobility transition, convergence, entrepreneurship, luck, customer focus and Apples!! There is a whole lot to unpack in this episode, and some great insights and advice into the energy and mobility transitions, entrepreneurship, and the joys, challenges and opportunities that come with them all. Enjoy the episode.

About David Watson:
David Watson worked in the financial markets as a risk manager and portfolio manager at investment banks and a hedge fund, focused on asset-backed securities and credit instruments.
He co-founded Temporis with business partner Derry Guy in 2010, investing in renewable energy and clean technology to help create a positive impact for the environment.
In 2017, he co-founded Ohme also with Derry Guy when researching clean energy projects and saw an opportunity to adjust demand to meet supply using electric vehicles. He envisioned a smart charging system that would encourage customers to charge at off-peak times by reduced rates with suppliers even sometimes paying them to charge during times of over-supply.
He bought a Tesla and came up with the idea of controlling charging with a smart cable and giving customers better and more visible control. The first working prototype for the Ohme Home Charger was produced in 2018 (it’s still in David’s office today) and Octopus was the first supplier with the final production version in 2019 taking advantage of Octopus’s agile overnight tariffs for EV drivers.
Ohme has also been named by outside investors as a ‘gigacorn’ – a company that has the potential to get rid of one gigatonne of CO2 from the atmosphere per year.
About Ohme: 
At the forefront of EV charging, Ohme offers a dynamic smart charging system solution for consumers, business and fleets that enables consumers to charge at off-peak times and reduce their charging costs and environmental impact. Ohme has been named by outside investors as a ‘gigacorn’ – a company that has the potential to get rid of one gigatonne of CO2 from the atmosphere per year.
Ohme is the official charger provider for Mercedes-Benz UK, Polestar and the Volkswagen Group in the UK and Ireland, Volvo Car Ireland, the NHS and customers on the Motability scheme, the largest UK fleet operator in the UK, and has been named as 2023 Fast Track Company of the Year by UK Green Business and the Best Electric Charging Point Pr

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20 Dec 2023Leaders in Cleantech #134 - Anton Arts SET Ventures00:28:51

What’s it all about?
An end of year reflection on the cleantech funding landscape during 2023, and a view of a leading European Cleantech VC on what will be the defining technologies for investment in 2024. Some tips for founders who need to raise in the first half of 2024, and some optimistic thoughts to end the year.

About Anton Arts: 

Anton Arts is a Managing Partner at SET Ventures since 2018. He is a board member of Green Eagle Solutions, ESFORIN, instagrid and GreenFlux (acquired by DKV). From 2010 until 2018, he was an independent advisor providing strategic advisory and corporate finance services to deeptech companies. Before that, Anton was a Partner at US firm New Venture Partners where he worked closely with the R&D organizations of major European technology companies such as Philips to incubate and invest in spin-out transactions. Prior to NVP, Anton was a Partner at Gilde IT Fund, a leading international venture capital fund based in the Netherlands that he joined in 1997. His track record includes 20+ investments and exit transactions valued at €1B+. He started his career at Uniface, a successful Dutch software company acquired 
by Compuware in 1994. Anton holds a degree in Business Administration from 
Nyenrode University.

About SET Ventures:
Since 2007, Amsterdam-based SET Ventures has invested in digital technology for a carbon-free energy system by backing pioneering founders with capital, community, and insights. SET Ventures invests in companies with sustainable solutions and a strong digital DNA leading the systemic change of how energy is 
generated, distributed, stored, and consumed in sectors such as distributed infrastructure, energy retail, buildings, mobility, and industry as well as enabling technologies.


Social links: 
Anton Arts on LinkedIn: (99+) Anton Arts | LinkedIn 
SET Ventures website: HOME - SET Ventures
SET Ventures on Linked In: (99+) SET Ventures: Overview | LinkedIn

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Hyperion Executive Search is a global executive search firm, who specialise in hiring C-suite, Board, VP’s, Heads of, and other Leadership roles in the cleantech sector. We work with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrep

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04 Jan 2024Leaders in Cleantech #135 - Bill Esterson - MP Shadow Minister00:42:57

What’s it all about?
Policy and government. For a long time I’ve said that the cleantech sector has done well despite, not because of politics and policy. I do however think that to truly scale we do need politicians and policies to support the energy and mobility transitions, and over the last years we have seen this increase. But we still have a deeply entrenched fossil fuel funded government in the UK, and in many partsof the world, and the Orange buffoon lurking again in the US.  I’ve recently seen a number of posts from the Labour Party, and Bill Esterson in particular that gave me hope for the UK at least, when and if they get elected. I thought I’d ask Bill to join me to share some thoughts, as a former entrepreneur turned Shadow Minister/Minister. A bit different but I hope you enjoy the episode. 

About Bill Esterson:
Bill Esterson was first elected Labour MP for Sefton Central in 2010 and is Shadow Minister for Roads. His brief includes the automotive sector, roads and motoring, logistics, decarbonisation, air quality and integrated transport. 

Mr Esterson has previously served on the frontbench as Shadow Minister for Business and Industry, Shadow Minister for Small Business, and Shadow Minister for International Trade. He was a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Education, Housing, Communities & Local Government and Treasury Committees between 2010 and 2015, is Treasurer of the Tribune group of Labour MPs, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, vice-chair of the All Party Group for Children in Care and Care Leavers, vice chair of the All Party Group on Carbon Capture and Underground Storage and vice-chair of the All Party Group on Hydrogen. 

Before entering Parliament, Mr Esterson started and grew a number of businesses between 1995 and 2010, alongside serving as a local councillor. He graduated from Leeds University in 1990 with BSc Hons in Maths and Philosophy and trained as an accountant after graduating.

Social links:  
Bill Esterson on LinkedIn: Bill Esterson | LinkedIn
Bill Esterson on X: (16) Bill Esterson (@Bill_Esterson) / X (twitter.com)
Bill Esterson website: Bill Esterson

Chapters: 

00:00:00 - Introduction to Bill
00:04:28 - Recovering from the financial crisis
00:09:20 - Becoming a Clean Energy Superpower
00:14:11 - Grid Connection Challenges in the UK

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16 Jan 2024Leaders in Cleantech #136 - Stephen Brittain - Insurtech Gateway00:46:17

What’s it all about?

The perhaps surprising insurtech solution to unlocking innovation and scaling for clean technology deployment. We've often discussed how business model innovation can be as important if not more so, than technological innovation. Fundability and risk can be inhibitors, can insurance innovation solve that problem? Take a listen as I explore this topic the with co-founder of Insurtech Gateway.

About Stephen Brittain:

Stephen co-founded the Insurtech Gateway in 2016,  using his 15 years of innovation experience to help bring disruptive insurtech businesses like FloodFlash, By Miles, Collective Benefits and IBISA to market.  Previously, as Hambro Perks first Creative Director, he supported their growing portfolio (including Sipsmiths, Laundrapp, Takumi, TheDots) through early-stage development and testing. This, combined with previous agency projects (including Native, SeymourPowell, BBC, Nike, DEFRA) gave Stephen a deep understanding of startups, strategic innovation and translating this to investors. As an avid designer and entrepreneur himself, Stephen has won several awards including Sunday Times Ski Product of the Year, for his map business MountMaps. Stephen is now focused on supporting Insurtech Gateway’s founders tackling complex climate and social challenges.

About Insurtech Gateway:

The specialist insurtech investor. Insurtech Gateway is on a mission to support founders tackling complex climate and social challenges.
 
The Gateway incubates early-stage founders to de-risk their regulatory and insurance metrics. Founded in 2016, the Gateway has authorised incubators in London and Sydney, supporting 28 portfolio companies, live in 97 countries, working with 26 insurers. The Gateway would like to meet early-stage founders with game-changing ideas or products, and progressive (re)insurers who are interested in collaboration.

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction and Background of Insurtech Gateway
00:07:41 - Enabling Smart People to Succeed
00:15:47 - Unlocking Opportunities in the Renewable Energy Industry
00:23:15 - Mitigating Risk in the Insurance Sector
00:30:57 - Global Solutions for Global Problems
00:38:23 - Unlocking Solutions for Risk Prevention and Innovation

Social links: 
Stephen Brittain on LinkedIn: Stephen Brittain | LinkedIn

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Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

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24 Jan 2024Leaders in Cleantech #137 - Akshat Rathi - Bloomberg News00:45:08

What’s it all about?
People, Policies and Technology. Unsung cleantech heroes, why we shouldn’t worry too much about Trump in the Whitehouse, at least where the IRA is concerned. I take a deep dive into the economic and technological drivers of the energy and mobility transition with Bloomberg Climate reporter and Author of Climate Capitalism, Akshat Rathi, it’s a great episode, Take a watch/listen.

About Akshat Rathi:
Akshat Rathi is an award-winning senior climate reporter for Bloomberg News. He is the host of Zero, a weekly climate podcast for Bloomberg Green and writes a weekly newsletter on climate solutions.
He has a PhD in chemistry from the University of Oxford, and a BTech in chemical engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai. He has worked for Quartz and The Economist.
About Climate Capitalism:
Our age will be defined by the climate emergency. But contrary to the doomist narrative that’s taken hold, the world has already begun deploying the solutions needed to deal with it.

On a journey across five continents, Climate Capitalism tracks the unlikely heroes driving the fight against climate change. From the Chinese bureaucrat who did more to make electric cars a reality than Elon Musk, to the Indian entrepreneur showing how to deploy solar on a tight budget, or the American oil executive building the technology that can reverse climate damages, we meet the people working to scale technologies that are finally able to bend the emissions curve.

Through stories that bring people, policy and technology together, Akshat Rathi reveals how the green economy is not only possible, but profitable. This inspiring blend of business, science, and history provides the framework for ensuring that future generations can live in prosperity and that the wheels of progress don’t falter.

Social links: 
Akshat Rathi on LinkedIn
ZERO Podcast: Zero
ZERO Newsletter on Linked In
Climate Capitalism book

Chapters:

00:04:13 - Unlikely Heroes in the Clean Tech Industry
00:09:08 - Overcoming Industry Resistance
00:18:58 - Hope for Climate Change Solutions

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Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

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06 Mar 2024Leaders in Cleantech #138 - Gavin White - About:Energy00:44:03

What’s it all about

Batteries, patents, entrepreneurship, and the founder’s journey. I first met my guest Gavin White at Energy Tech Summit in Warsaw a little over a year ago. So much has happened in that time, and he and business partner Kieran O’Regan have built an outstanding team and offering to the battery and automotive sector, with clients including Porsche. From PhD student to patents to a lifelong ambition to build a company. I hope you enjoy the conversation.

About Gavin White:

Gavin White is the co-founder and CEO of About:Energy, a leading battery data and software company he started in 2022 together with Kieran O'Regan. Their shared mission is to accelerate the transition to electrification by providing the tools and data needed to optimise battery design.
During his PhD research on measuring lithium-ion battery thermal properties at Imperial College London, Gavin invented a novel testing method and obtained a patent. Recognising the commercial potential, he joined forces with Kieran, an expert in electrochemical modelling, to launch About:Energy.
As co-founders Gavin and Kieran lead the company's vision to transform battery testing and modelling. Their aim is to become the central hub for battery data, where any company can access the information they need to build the right battery for their specific application.
Beyond his pioneering technology work, Gavin is deeply passionate about STEM education and equal opportunities. He volunteers extensively as a STEM ambassador and exemplifies how combining technical expertise, business acumen and values with the right partnership can create transformative solutions to global challenges.

About About:Energy: 

About:Energy is the leading battery software company headquartered in London. The company has focused on building a portfolio of battery measurement and modelling capabilities to provide a software solution for battery design and use. About:Energy provides organisations with the tools to streamline their R&D, reducing time-to-market and enhancing battery system performance. About:Energy’s data informs better decision-making across the value chain, from mine to end-of-life. These activities include battery system design, lifetime prediction, and cell optimization.

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27 Mar 2024Leaders in Cleantech #139 - Andres Anijalg – Roofit00:38:25

What’s it all about?

Solar. Beautiful Solar roofs. This harks back to my early days in solar, founding a solar EPC which initially at least focused of residential roofs, before expanding to include large commercial installations. Roofit have a unique, aesthetic solar roof solution, just at a time when both energy costs and EU legislation are driving the uptake of retrofit and newbuild solar rooftop installations. Our entrepreneur in the episode is a former banker and dirty energy developer turned cleantech pioneer and Founder. We take a dive into his and his companies growth story, and some of the key elements behind their success so far, and the journey ahead, including another funding round.

About Andres Anijalg:
Andres Anijalg is the co-founder and CEO of Roofit.solar. He has been active in the power industry since 2007 as the head of international development projects at Enefit, the biggest renewable energy producer in Baltics. He was leading the development of a $2.3 billion, 500MW greenfield power plant project in Jordan (middle east) as the CEO of Attarat Power Company. This is where he also understood that fossil fuel does not have a future and started with Roofit.Solar. Andres has been also working almost 10 years in the Scandinavian banking sector, holds his MBA degree from the University of Tartu and has been studying at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Proud father of 3 children. 
About Roofit: 
It all started with dissatisfaction with what traditional solar panels look like. Now we assist homeowners around the world to convert their homes into sustainable net-zero buildings.

Chapters:
00:00:00 - From Banker to Solar Entrepreneur: Introducing Andres
00:04:27 - The Innovation in Roofing Technology
00:08:43 - Starting from Scratch: Funding and Manufacturing Challenges
00:12:38 - Contract Manufacturing and Lower Costs
00:16:56 - The Benefits and Challenges of Rooftop Solar Installation
00:20:58 - The Estonian Startup Ecosystem
00:25:01 - Current Status of Fundraising and Expansion Plans
00:29:08 - Building Awareness of Solar Solutions
00:33:29 - Organizational Structure and Company Culture

We bring 2-in-1 solar roofs to homes and businesses all over the world, helping to build renewable electricity production. We give you solar energy from your rooftop without a compromise on aesthetics. 

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17 Apr 2024Leaders in Cleantech #140 - Davor Sutija – NexWafe00:38:14

What’s it all about?
Solar. But not rooftops this time, the other end of the value-chain. Wafers are not only a large part of the cost of solar modules, producing them is also very energy intensive, and therefore carbon emitting. Through innovation in this part of the process Nexwafe hope to make the manufacture of solar modules, cheaper, cleaner, and to bring manufacturing at scale to Europe, North America, and India, and beyond. We need how much solar? We’re heading to Terawatt territory. We need innovations like this. Enjoy the episode

About Dr Davor Sutija:
Dr. Davor Sutija's serial entrepreneurial goal is to inject radical go-to-market strategies into companies with potentially game-changing technology, repositioning them for success. He has shown the ability to help companies capture market share in a number of seminal industries, such as Enterprise Search, Photovoltaics, MEMS sensors, Printed Electronics and Industrial AI, and has a proven track record of success. Davor joined NexWafe in 2020 as CEO and has successfully secured $75M in private equity funding to assist with the company’s pivot to accelerate technology development with a view to rapid product commercialization. Previously, Davor was co-founder and CEO of SiNor AS, the sister company of ScanWafer in REC, and CEO of publicly traded Thinfilm. He was also SVP Enterprise Products at FAST, when it was acquired by Microsoft for $1.3B USD. Davor is a graduate of the Jerome Fisher Management and Technology program at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and holds M.S./Ph.D. Chemical Engineering degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a Hertz Foundation Fellow.

Social links: 
Andres Anijalg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davorsutija/
NexWafe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexwafe/
NexWafe website: https://www.nexwafe.com/

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25 Apr 2024Leaders In Cleantech #141 David Trainavicius – PVCase00:33:55

What’s it all about?
Solar. Another part of the value-chain explored by this BNEF award-winning, Mega-funding round landing solar SaaS start-up/scale-up. We speak with founder and CEO David Trainavvicius about the journey so far.

About David Trainavicius:
David is the Founder and CEO of PVcase. He has been involved with a wide variety of solar projects since 2009, gaining expertise in the European solar power market and regulations. He has an in-depth knowledge of solar energy systems, including roof mounts, ground mounts and façades.
Under his leadership, PVcase has become a leading design software in the PV market.

About PVCase:
PVcase creates advanced software to break logjams in the engineering and construction of renewable energy projects, making them less labor-intensive, time-consuming, and complicated. Our technology enables developers to complete projects faster, more efficiently, and more precisely – accelerating the global transition to clean energy. It’s the top choice of renewable energy design professionals and development companies in nearly 80 countries. PVcase puts an end to clunky processes and corrupted data and clears our path to a net-zero economy.

In 2024 PVcase was recognized as #104 in the Financial Time’s index of Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies and selected for. and winning the Bloomberg NEF’s prestigious Pioneer Award. David recently penned a byline for Renewable Energy World on what he believes to be the most pressing issue constraining renewable energy growth, data risk.

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction to David
00:03:24 - The Birth of PVCase and the Challenges
00:07:17 - Transitioning from Engineering to SaaS Business
00:14:29 - Maintaining Culture During Growth
00:17:48 - Building a Strong Company Culture
00:21:14 - Disrupting Incumbents in the Market
00:25:13 - The Growth of the Solar Industry
00:29:12 - Hybrid Projects and the Combination of Different Types of Renewable Energy

Social links: 
David Trainavicius on LinkedIn
PVCase on LinkedIn
PVCase on YouTube
PVCase on X
PVCase website: 

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Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

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01 May 2024Leaders In Cleantech Bitesize #142 Federico Cristoforoni – Net Zero Insights - Q1 Funding Trends00:18:07

In start-up world everyone wants to know about the deals. Who raised what, which VC's are spending some of that 'dry powder' all these things are important, but looking at the bigger trends is perhaps more useful.

In this Bitesize episode I speak with Federico Cristoforoni of Net Zero Insights about some of the trends is their Q! Quarterly Report. We discuss some of the key themes, but you can access the full report here.

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Federico
00:01:40 - State of the Industry Update
00:03:27 - Economic Uncertainty and Investment Trends
00:05:24 - Changing Dynamics and Mega Deals in the Marketplace
00:07:20 - Scaling up Technologies for the Future
00:09:12 - Increasing Non-Dilutive Rounds in the Industry
00:11:24 - European Clean Tech and US Investment
00:13:30 - Analysis of Funding for Physical vs. Digital Solutions
00:15:18 - The Skew Towards Larger Infrastructure and Scale
00:16:53 - Deep Dive into the Clean Tech Market

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22 May 2024Leaders In Cleantech #143 Dr. Ian Campbell – Breathe Battery Technologies00:45:22

What’s it all about?
Batteries. More specifically, software enabled batteries helping to make Electric vehicles, consumer electronics, and wearables, more efficient, providing better customer experiences. I speak to another start-up spun out of Imperial College London, with a novel and proven set of products and technologies moving forward the transition towards better, longer lasting and faster charging vehicles and devices. A great spin-out journey. I hope you enjoy the episode.

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction and Background
00:04:54 - Technological Developments and Investments
00:09:48 - Enabling More with Power and Materials
00:14:35 - Expanding Battery Attributes for Customer Satisfaction
00:19:28 - The Importance of Translation in Battery Systems
00:24:06 - Establishing Technical Credibility with Large Players
00:29:03 - The Challenge of Talent Acquisition and Culture Building
00:34:11 - Focus and Timing in Business Growth
00:39:10 - Shifting Priorities in the Automotive Sector
00:44:08 - Ian's Journey and Future Plans

About Dr. Ian Campbell:
Ian is passionate about mathematics, computing and batteries. He cares about climate protection and dreams of a world with clean air. He’s excited by a future with electric cars, boats and aircraft but frustrated by the barriers imposed by current battery technologies. In response, he began researching lithium-ion batteries at Imperial College London in 2015. In 2019 he graduated with a PhD in the topic and experience consulting to a range of industries. Today, he merges his passions at Breathe, where he and his team are working to overcome those barriers.
Outside of work, he enjoys competing in motorsport and triathlons. Since 2019 he prepares, runs and drives a Formula Ford in events such as the Walter Hayes Trophy at Silverstone.
• PhD in lithium-ion battery engineering
• Consulted on vehicle electrification to a range of industries
• Produced battery modelling codes used around the world
• Published in leading electrochemistry journals on optimal cell design using physics-based battery models and cell-health evaluation using real-time capable methods

About Breathe Battery Technologies:
Breathe Battery Technologies (“Breathe”) is more than a battery performance company. Since being spun out of Imperial College in 2019, Breathe’s focus has been on building battery techn

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12 Jun 2024Leaders In Cleantech #144 Joachim Rupp – Detra Solar00:37:39

What’s it all about?

Solar, and moving from corporate life to a start up. I first met my guest today, Joachim Rupp at a start-up within a corporate, building Viessmann’s Photovoltaic business, before that he’d been in some big corporate roles, more recently we helped him secure the CEO role at a Lithuanian solar scale-up, Detra Solar. We talk solar evolution and trends, but also the challenges and rewards of a career transition. Enjoy the episode.

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction and Backgrounds
00:03:43 - The Role of Engineering in Solar Projects
00:07:37 - Consistency and Documentation
00:11:53 - Collaboration and Unity across a Growing Team
00:15:39 - Human Resources
00:23:56 - Transitioning from Corporate to Startup
00:27:56 - Concerns and Excitements in the Solar Industry
00:36:14 - Closing Words

About Joachim Rupp:
Joachim Rupp has a strong background in Electrical Engineering and Business, with over 20 years of experience in the renewable energy field. His expertise covers Solar Energy, Energy Storage, EV Charging, Heating and Cooling Systems, Energy Management, and Systems Integration.
Throughout his career, Joachim has made significant contributions to leading companies like Hitachi and Samsung. He uses his technical and business skills to drive innovation and improve operations. Joachim is deeply committed to the Energy Transition and actively works to reduce CO2 emissions, promoting a cleaner and more sustainable planet. His dedication helps address current energy challenges and lays the foundation for a sustainable future.

About Detra Solar:
Detra Solar is a leading ISO 9001:2015 certified Solar & Storage design, engineering, and consulting firm. Over the 13 years of our experience we have delivered 45 GWp worth of projects across 50+ countries which equals to providing power to over 21 million households. Proudly, we are the birthplace of PVcase, the industry-standard solar engineering software.
Specializing in Solar & Storage designs, we prioritize quality offering a unique blend of short-term savings and long-term profitability. Through our boutique approach, we provide highly optimized, tailor-made solutions, setting us apart in the solar engineering landscape.

Social links: 
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26 Jun 2024Leaders In Cleantech #145 Keith Bradbury – Ember00:45:17

What’s it all about?
Clean, efficient, reliable, electric public transport. After traveling by Bus and Coach across five continents, Keith Bradbury and Co-Founder Pierce Glennie made the switch from Fintech to Cleantech, with a solution to the cost, pollution and unreliability and hassle of public transport. Ember was born, you can hear the story from inception to recent A-round fundraise, and plans for the future. Enjoy the episode.

About Keith Bradbury:
Deep generalist. Hopeful sceptical empiricist. Rock climber. Wants to go to space.

About Ember:
Ember is building the future of intercity transport – fully electric and tech enabled. Our goal is to replace the private car with a better alternative which makes your whole journey, from A to B, seamless. Our full stack platform powers the operations, the charging infrastructure, and the entire customer experience. As a result, we're running the highest mileage EV's in the world on the most demanding routes.

We’re a tech company, not a traditional bus operator. We've built a platform that coordinates our entire operation – everything from monitoring vehicles and controlling chargers to selling tickets and calculating ETAs. This allows us to use electric buses more intensively than anyone else in the world, leading to a massive emissions reduction. It also helps us provide a much better passenger experience, with innovative features like demand-responsive stops

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Ember: Revolutionizing Inter City Transport
00:05:01 - The Genesis of the Idea of Electric Coaches
00:09:47 - Delivering a Better Passenger Experience
00:14:32 - The Ember Platform and Managing the Customer Experience
00:19:35 - Starting and Scaling the Business
00:24:31 - Developing our own charging Hub
00:29:23 - Long-termism and Commitment in Startups
00:33:59 - Scaling the Business and Future Opportunities
00:39:06 - Delivering a Great Experience
00:43:58 - Ember Buses in the Future

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Ember on LinkedIn
Ember Website

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10 Jul 2024Leaders In Cleantech #146 Malin Carlstrom – Climentum Capital00:39:51

What’s it all about?
Investing in Hardtech! Yes, it’s true, some VC’s do invest in hardtech/deeptech, knowing the specific challenges of supporting companies of this nature to scale. This week I speak with Malin Carlstrom of Danish VC Climentum Capital about scaling deeptech, the importance of team, the usefulness (and otherwise) of advisors and NED’s, and the ‘perfect storm’ giving optimism about the chances for climatetech to have its’ day.

About Malin Carlstrom:
Malin has spent the last two decades investing for leading financial and corporate Venture Capital funds. She is an engineer with a passion for deep-tech and energy transformation, and she is deeply connected in the Nordic VC ecosystems. Malin has previously worked as an investor at Industrifonden, Verdane, SEB, and ABB, building extensive experience in sourcing, deal-making, portfolio management and exiting. As of 2022, Malin is a General Partner at Article 9 fund Climentum Capital, which focuses on hardtech companies that abate large scale CO2 emissions.

About Climentum Capital: 
Climentum Capital is a Venture Capital firm based in Copenhagen, Berlin and Stockholm. The General Partners Malin Carlström, Dörte Hirschberg, Morten Halborg and Stefan Maard invest in European B2B climate hard tech startups. 
Climentum targets late Seed and Series A investments in the five sectors that generate more than 90% of emissions in Europe: energy, industry, food & agriculture, buildings and transportation. 

The pioneering Article 9 fund has a double incentives structure, with carry indexed on both CO2 emissions reductions and financial returns. 
Climentum’s portfolio includes Qvantum, Aegir Insights and Jolt.

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Malin Carlstrom on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malin-carlstrom/
Climentum Capital on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/climentum/
Climentum Capital website: https://www.climentum.com/

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24 Jul 2024Leaders In Cleantech #147 Joost Kruytzer – Big Circle Ventures00:41:05

What’s it all about?
Building cleantech start-ups, at scale. It can be confusing, the world of Incubators, accelerators and venture builders, also known as start-up studios. Who does what, how and why? In this episode we clarify some of those things, but discuss so much more about the why and how of new cleantech venture builder Big Circle Ventures, with founder CEO Joost Kruytzer. Joost is a very experienced venture builder, recently moving from healthtech to cleantech following a passion to address some of our biggest challenges. I hope you enjoy the episode.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:46 Understanding Venture Building
02:13 The Genesis of Big Circle Ventures
03:57 Scaling Startups: The Big Circle Approach
05:35 Clarifying Venture Builders vs. Accelerators and Incubators
07:24 The Journey from IP to Startup
13:59 The Importance of Culture in Startups
18:28 Ambitions and Future Plans for Big Circle Ventures
24:29 Challenges and Rewards in Venture Building
32:52 Focus Areas and Opportunities in Climate Tech
35:21 Call to Action: Collaborate with Big Circle Ventures
39:56 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

About Joost Kruytzer:
Theoretical physicist turned management consultant turned deeptech venture builder. Driven by positive impact. Built up NLC as its COO, to become Europe’s largest healthtech venture builder, creating over 100 ventures along the way. Earlier this year he founded BigCircle Ventures, applying a similar model to tackle the world’s climate and circularity challenges
About BigCircle Ventures: 
BigCircle Ventures scouts promising deeptech and turns this into successful startups that tackle the world's climate and circularity challenges. BigCircle Ventures is set up to become the world’s largest greentech venture builder. We bring a unique flow of early stage innovations to the market, to boost the world’s journey towards net zero and circularity. The world needs greentech, but promising inventions often stay untouched on a shelf, hidden in a university, research institute or company. We will tackle this problem by using our proven venture building model and fund.

Social links: 
Joost Kruytzer on LinkedIn
BigCircle Ventures on LinkedIn

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18 Sep 2024Leaders In Cleantech #148 Quentin 'Q' Scrimshire – Modo Energy00:39:17

What’s it all about?
Energy Storage, to infinity and beyond!  How do you forecast and predict revenues from your energy storage assets, even if not built yet? Modo have a range of solutions to help asset owners, developers and investors to answer these questions. We also dive into the challenges and experiences of high growth, from pivoting and fundraising to new market entry and building and retaining high performing teams.

About Quentin Scrimshire:
Quentin ‘Q’ Scrimshire has over a decade of experience working in battery energy storage and power markets, covering asset development, financing, construction, trading and optimisation. Before co-founding Modo Energy in 2019, he led Kiwi Power’s European energy storage business (acquired by ENGIE). Previously, he was an engineer at Centrica PLC working on capital projects across offshore wind, oil & gas, thermal power, peaking plant and energy storage. He holds his Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manchester.
About Modo Energy:
Modo Energy is a B2B SaaS platform that helps renewable energy companies, funds, utilities, and banks manage and value their energy assets. The company specializes in batteries and provides data, analytics, and forecasting to help customers understand the financial performance of their energy assets.

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Modo Energy on LinkedIn: Modo Energy: Overview
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Podcast

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:40 Meet Quentin Scrimshire of Modo Energy
01:11 The Vision and Mission of Modo Energy
02:19 Global Expansion and Market Focus
02:56 Quentin's Journey in Energy Storage
04:48 Founding Modo Energy: Challenges and Pivots
15:37 Leadership and Company Culture
27:13 Customer-Centric Approach and Community Building
35:57 Future Plans and Closing Remarks

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Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

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10 Mar 2021Vaitea Cowan, Enapter – 7200:35:32
Green Hydrogen! It’s hard to do or read anything in the sustainable technology sector without hearing about Green Hydrogen at present. What part does hydrogen have to play in the clean energy and mobility transitions? I’ve been working recently with hydrogen founders and entrepreneurs and I’m really intrigued as to where and how we could or should utilise hydrogen in the decarbonisation mission we share in the sector. Having had CEOs of fuel cell and hydrogen flight companies on the podcast recently, this week we hear from a hydrogen electrolyser start up founder about her opinion and her areas of focus, as well as her journey and experience as a leading woman in the cleantech sector.About Vaitea CowanVaitea Cowan believes green hydrogen is the future of energy. After being named "Women Leader" in the World Bank Intern Program, and winning case competitions in University, she moved to Thailand. She met her cofounders in Chiang Mai and helped make the Phi Suea House a communication and collaboration platform for hydrogen in Southeast Asia. Shortly after, they cofounded Enapter, which scales the production of hydrogen generators. The team has grown from 11 to over 130 in 3 years. She has the clear intention of inspiring and hiring more women. She is on the Forbes Under 30 in Energy 2020 list and has won several awards for Enapter. Today, she spearheads the communications efforts from Berlin. As a Pacific Islander, her personal mission is to provide clean energy independence to Polynesia.About EnapterEnapter is an award-winning company manufacturing highly efficient, modular hydrogen generators based on Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) electrolysis technology. Its patent-protected core technology has a 10-year proven track record and allows for the creation of unique, low-cost, and compact electrolysers. They are used in more than 30 countries, in industries like energy, mobility, telecommunications, heating and more. Enapter has offices in Italy, Germany, Thailand and Russia.Social linksVaitea Cowan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaiteacowan/ Enapter Website: https://www.enapter.com/ Enapter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Enapter_ Enapter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enapter/ About Hyperion Executive Search:Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and succe

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17 Mar 2021Gretchen Bakke, Author – 7300:47:06
One of the biggest challenges I face is trying to keep up with all the great books my guests recommend as part of the show. One that I absolutely loved and found incredibly useful was The Grid: The fraying wires between Americans and our energy future. After the recent black outs in Texas I thought it a great time to speak with the author Gretchen Bakke, and ask why that happened, what needs to change, and what opportunities that creates for cleantech start-ups, scale-ups and VCs. I’m delighted that Gretchen accepted my request and joins me on the podcast this week.About Gretchen Bakke: Gretchen is interested in what people do when the systems they rely upon stop working. Whether speaking of the end of political systems like communism, infrastructural systems like the electric grid, economic systems like whaling, energetic systems like fossil fuels, or cultural systems like the contemporary university what unites my work is an abiding concern for both the inventive creativity and the normative impulses that systemic collapse begets. What is the nature of renewal, she asks, and what do people, diversely, make of things when all that is solid fades unexpectedly into air. About Grid- The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future:“A remarkable achievement. Bakke deftly shows us how a system most of us are happy to ignore–the electrical grid–is both inseparable from everything we think of as civilization and on the verge of complete failure.” Paul Roberts, author of The End Of Oil and The Impulse Society. “This book, about our aging electrical grid, fits in one of my favorite genres: ‘Books About Mundane Stuff That Are Actually Fascinating.’ … even if you have never given a moment’s thought to how electricity reaches your outlets, I think this book would convince you that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world. I think you would also come to see why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean-energy future.” - Bill Gates, “My Favorite Books of 2016Social links: Gretchen Bakke on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretchen-bakke-485067135/ Gretchen Bakke Website: http://bakkeconsolidated.org/about.php About Hyperion Executive Search:Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering w

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Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.

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24 Mar 2021Craig Evans, ESS – 7400:40:22
What’s it all about?Flow batteries have had their technical and commercial challenges over the years, so it’s good to see that the technology is really starting to get traction in that 6-12 hour storage category. It’s also good to hear a good traditional ‘started in my garage’ cleantech start-ups story, just watch for the EPA. This week I talk to Craig Evans about scaling a the flow battery technology and company of ESS Inc.About Craig Evans: Craig Evans is the President and CEO, and a founder of ESS Inc. Having started ESS from his garage in 2011, he led the company to the commercialization of the Iron Flow Battery system in 2016. Prior to ESS, Craig was the Director of Design & Product Development at ClearEdge Power Inc. His team designed the ClearEdge5, a 5kW combine-heat-and-power fuel cell system, which was successfully commercialized in 2010. This product received both CSA International certification in North America and KNREC certification in Asia. Craig began his career at United Technologies Corporation (UTC) where he held technical leadership positions in their Fuel Cell business and, prior to that, as a project engineer in the Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine business. In 2006, He was awarded the distinguished George Mead Award, the highest honor for individual engineering achievement at UTC.Craig Evans has authored over 15 patents and patent applications. He holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University, an MS in Finance from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.B.A from Carnegie Mellon University.About ESS:ESS’s mission is to bring to market the cleanest, lowest-cost long-duration energy storage systems. Which are the catalyst for a sustainable energy future.Established in 2011, ESS Inc. manufactures low-cost, long-duration iron flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications requiring 4+ hours of flexible energy capacity. Our long-duration energy storage platforms, the Energy Warehouse™ (EW) and Energy Center™(EC), use iron, salt, and water for the electrolyte, and deliver an environmentally safe, long-life energy storage solution for the world’s renewable energy infrastructure.Based in Wilsonville, Oregon, ESS Inc. was founded by a team with deep experience in fuel cells, electrochemistry, advanced material science and renewable energy. After five years of intensive innovation, engineering development and rigorous testing a

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08 Apr 2021Greg Jackson, Octopus – 7500:49:23
What’s it all about?Going Double Unicorn in 5 years, and still knowing you are still only at the beginning of the journey! I speak to tech founder and CEO of Octopus Energy Greg Jackson about how he used tech as the platform to disrupt one of the industries most resistant to, and in need of disruption- energy supply. With a focus on technology solving problems, and driving down costs, AND a focus on creating cultures which support and empower people to be their best and most creative. I hope you enjoy this slightly longer than usual episode.About Greg Jackson: Greg is an experienced digital entrepreneur, passionate about making the green energy revolution affordable through technology.He’s founded a number of successful businesses, including e-commerce company C360, built HomeServe’s innovation business and is an angel investor in a wide range of tech start-ups. He alsoserved as Director of several innovative businesses, including Zopa, the world’s first peer to peer lender, which has now lent almost £2bn fairly and responsibly whilst generating excellent interest rates for lenders.Greg founded Octopus Energy in 2015. It uses technology to be highly efficient – empowering customers with a full digital experience, and then using the same systems to provide the highest standards of support to its customers by phone, email and chat. This technology allows Octopus to challenge normal energy models, bringing transparent, low pricing to new and loyal customers.Octopus is a recognised innovator, delivering time-of-use tariffs at scale, driving EV adoption and helping make the smart grid a reality.About Octopus EnergyIn the UK, Octopus now stands at 2 million customers, growing by 2500-3000 per day, and is the only energy supplier recommended by consumer champions Which?, for four years in a row. Followingsignificant investment from Tokyo Gas and Origin Energy in December 2020, Octopus became a tech ‘double unicorn’ valued at well over £2 billion. With operations in the US, Germany, Australia, NewZealand and Japan, Octopus expects to expand its platform into many more markets over the next few years.Social linksCraig Evans on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregsjackson/ Octopus Energy Website: https://octopus.energy/ Octopus Energy on Twitter https://twitter.com/octopus_energy Greg Jackson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/g__j Octopus Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/octopusenergy/ About Hyperion Exec

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21 Apr 2021Michael Sachse, Dandelion Energy – 7600:43:56
What’s it all about?Addressing the heating issue through geothermal energy, even at a domestic level. I’ve seen Dandelion growing, and raising funds and thought it is a technology we haven’t yet covered on the podcast, so I was delighted when Michael agreed to join me and tell his, and their story, and how heat pumps are one more solution in our armoury.About Michael Sachse: Michael Sachse is an experienced executive who has previously scaled start-ups through periods of rapid growth. Sachse was previously CEO of Stardog, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at NEA, and Chief Marketing Officer at Opower, where he helped to guide the company through its IPO and acquisition by Oracle.About Dandelion Energy:Dandelion Energy's mission is to enable the widespread adoption of geothermal. The company offers homeowners affordable geothermal heating & cooling systems as an alternative to gas, oil, propane, or electric heating. Originally conceived at X, Alphabet’s innovation lab, Dandelion is now an independent company offering geothermal heating and cooling systems to homeowners, starting in the Northeastern US. The team brings leadership experience from X and SolarCity, and shares a personal commitment to mitigate climate change by making renewable technologies more accessible.Dandelion’s modern geothermal heat pump systems provide efficient heating, air conditioning, and warm water at significant savings over older fossil fuel burning devices. Dandelion systems eliminate the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, improve indoor air quality, and allow people to reduce their home’s #1 source of harmful carbon pollution.Social links: Michael Sachse on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-sachse/ Dandelion Energy Website: https://dandelionenergy.com/ Dandelion Energyon Twitter https://twitter.com/DandelionEnergy Dandelion Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dandelion-geothermal/ About Hyperion Executive Search:Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperion

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19 May 2021Lubomila Jordanova, Plan A Earth – 7700:46:31
Lubomila Jordanova is a cleantech force of nature. A passionate founder, leader and connector of people. I’ve enjoyed working with Lubomila via the Greentech Alliance, and seen how she has built and raised funds for the innovative Plan.A Earth platform, and transitioned the business during Covid. She has a great story and energy, and was delighted to be able to share that on the podcast.About Lubomila Jordanova: Lubomila Jordanova is the founder and CEO of PlanA.Earth, a Berlin-based startup developing an end-to-end platform that enables companies to measure, monitor and reduce their environmental footprint and improve their ESG performance. She is also the co-founder of the Greentech Alliance, a community of 500+ startups which are connected to over 350+ advisors from VC, media and business, who help them monthly with advice and feedback. Prior to Plan A, she worked in investment banking, venture capital and fintech in Asia and Europe. She was recently announced as Marshall Fund Fellow for 2021 and 100 Top Women in Germany 2020.About PlanA.Earth:Plan A is an end-to-end platform that lets companies measure, monitor and reduce their environmental footprint and improve their ESG performance. PlanA.Earth empowers enterprises to manage their company sustainably by transforming environmental insights into positive business results. The firm has been recognised by the President of the European Commission as a key player in the field. The product calculates company emissions through automated data collection processes, removing the need for cross-department data collection hassle. It then monitors emissions over time, allowing the client to understand their progress and see how they compare to industry benchmarks. Finally, the product creates tailored action plans and automated, custom recommendations blending reduction and compensation that help businesses take action. The product visualizes results, progress, and action steps in one coherent company dashboard, and offers exportable non-financial reports that clients can publish per governmental or investor request. Social links: Lubomila Jordanova on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ljordanova/ PlanA.Earth Website: https://plana.earth/ PlanA.Earth on Twitter https://twitter.com/planaearth?lang=en Lubomila Jordanova on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LubomilaJ PlanA.Earth on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/planaearth/ PlanA.Earth on Facebook: https://www.faceboo

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02 Jun 2021Dr Graham Cooley, ITM Power – 7800:39:55
What’s it all about?Green Hydrogen! I’ve been aware of Graham and the work of ITM for some time, since meeting their Germany team at Power to X event in Dusseldorf, and seeing the scale of their recently expanded manufacturing capacity, I thought it would be a great time to have CEO Dr Graham Cooley on the podcast. Hydrogen is still in some ways contentious, but as I’ve said many times, it’s about the right tech solving the right problem. There is much to be done to replace grey/dirty hydrogen with green hydrogen, and it was fascinating to hear Graham’s take on this.About Graham Cooley: Dr Graham Cooley joined ITM Power as CEO in 2009. ITM Power was the first hydrogen related company to be listed on the London Stock Market and has been developing electrolyser equipment for over 20 years. Graham started his career in the power sector in 1989 joining the CEGB and became Business Development Manager at National Power plc and then International Power plc developing energy storage and new generation technologies. Before joining ITM Power Graham was CEO of Sensortec Ltd, founding CEO of Metalysis Ltd, a spin out from Cambridge University and founding CEO of Antenova Ltd. Graham has a PhD in physics, an MBA and is a Fellow of the Institute of Metals, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM). Graham also sits on a number of industry bodies and is a member of the UK Government’s Hydrogen Advisory Council.About ITM Power:ITM Power plc manufactures integrated hydrogen energy solutions for grid balancing, energy storage and the production of renewable hydrogen for transport, renewable heat and chemicals. ITM Power plc was admitted to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in 2004. In October 2019, the Company announced the completion of a £58.8 million fundraising, including an investment by Linde of £38 million, together with the formation of a joint venture with Linde to focus on delivering renewable hydrogen to large-scale industrial projects worldwide. ITM Power operates from the world's largest electrolyser factory in Sheffield with a capacity of 1GW (1,000MW) per annum. Customers and partners include Sumitomo, Ørsted, Phillips 66, Scottish Power, Siemens Gamesa, Cadent, Northern Gas Networks, Gasunie, RWE, Engie, GNVert, National Express, Toyota, Hyundai and Anglo American among others.Social links: ITM Power Website: www.itm-power.comITM Power on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ITMPowerPlcITM Power on Flickr: ITM Power | Fli

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16 Jun 2021Juliet Davenport, Good Energy – 7900:39:21
In my early days in renewable energy Good Energy were one of the few companies out there providing customers with clean energy to the consumer. They were a pioneer and inspiration as I co-founded my solar business. Now, many years later I have had the opportunity to have CEO and Founder Juliet Davenport share her founding story, and much more besides. An engaging and passionate climate activist, entrepreneur and climate scientist makes for an interesting story and set of experiences. I hope you enjoy the episode.About Juliet Davenport Juliet is the Founder and a Non-Executive Director of Good Energy Group plc – a renewable energy company with a mission to power a greener, cleaner future together with its customers. Juliet was Good Energy’s CEO for 19 years, working on ideas to fight climate change and transform the energy sector for the better. In 2013, she was awarded an OBE for services to renewables. She currently sits on the board of the Renewable Energy Association and Innovate UK and is Vice President of the Energy Institute. In July 2020 she was appointed as a new board member of The Crown Estate. In addition, she sits on the advisory boards of leading UK think tanks, including Energy Systems Catapult, Aurora, Oxford Energy, and LSE’s Grantham Institute. Juliet has various scholastic credentials with academic organisations, including University of Wales, Imperial College, Bristol University, Birkbeck and LSE, where she has various roles and accolades, with the ambition of influencing the next generation to think about the energy transition and our low carbon future. Juliet is passionate about creating a business that does good; one that can deliver the needs of society in a purposeful way. As part of this vision, she is working with the British Academy’s Future of the Corporation project, thinking about a better future.About Good EnergyGood Energy is a generator and supplier of 100% renewable power and an innovator in energy services. It currently owns two wind farms, six solar farms and sources electricity from a community of 1,600 independent UK generators. It has over 250,000 home and business customers.   Since it was founded 20 years ago by Juliet Davenport, the company has been at the forefront of the charge towards a cleaner, distributed energy system. Its mission is to support UK households and businesses generate, store and share clean power.  Social links Personal website https://julietdavenport.com

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30 Jun 2021Patrick Sheehan, ETF Partners – 8000:33:51
What’s it all about?Money and People, the two main ingredients for a successful business (a damn good product/service is the other). More specifically it’s the RIGHT money and the RIGHT people. The right people is something we specialise in at Hyperion Executive Search, but I love to engage with passionate, experienced and mission driven VC’s and Investors who can provide money and so much more. The right money! Though Patrick expresses that all money is good! We talk about future trends, and how to get the money your start-up or scale-ups needs.About Patrick Sheehan: Patrick started the firm in 2006 to demonstrate that venture capital could foster innovation that provides prosperity that is sustainable for our planet. In that time ETF Partner has supported numerous innovative companies that create positive impact. Currently Patrick represents the firm on the Boards of ELeather, Wirepas, Telensa, Zeelo and Tomorrow.Patrick has worked in venture capital since 1985, when he joined 3i. He was instrumental in founding 3i's venture capital practice in the early 1990s and subsequently, in the late 1990s, was the founding Managing Director of its Silicon Valley operation.Prior to his career in venture capital, Patrick was a research engineer in electronics, working on fibre optic signal processing for GEC, and before that advising on advanced antenna designs as a technical consultant for Marconi Space Systems while completing a PhD in electronics.Patrick was a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Invest Europe from 2007 to 2010, during which time he also chaired the Venture Capital Committee.About ETF Partners:Since 2006, ETF Partner, has been investing in technologies companies that help tackling the climate emergency. Our Aim Demonstrating that technological innovation offers compelling answers to one of the most pressing problems of the world, achieving Sustainability Through Innovation.Social links: ETF Partners on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/environmental-technologies-fund---etfPatrick on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-sheehan-76182/ETF Partners website: https://etfpartners.capital/About Hyperion Executive Search:Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrep

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14 Jul 2021Toddington Harper, Gridserve – 8100:48:44
Toddington’s is a fascinating story, if you want to know about his childhood of TV powered by Solar in the deserts of Bahrain, or why he’s named after a service station, listen to our first conversation (episode 15- link below), but on this episode we focus on the concept of ‘Sun to wheel’, using solar power and batteries to power fast charging of electric vehicles through Electric Forecourts and Electric Highway hubs. The Gridserve story is a great one, enjoy the episode.About Toddington HarperToddington is a second-generation solar energy and energy storage professional, whose parents pioneered some of the world’s first commercial deployments of solar energy and battery storage systems more than 45 years ago. He has spent virtually his entire career focused on delivering sustainable energy solutions, including creating five successful sustainable energy and low carbon businesses which he has led as CEO over the last 19-years. Prior to establishing GRIDSERVE Sustainable Energy Ltd, Toddington was co-founder and CEO of BELECTRIC UK (2010 & 2011 solar world market leader), responsible for the development, construction and financing of c.350 MWp of utility scale solar farm & solar rooftop projects, including a 3.5MWp 20-acre solar rooftop project for Rolls-Royce.At BELECTRIC UK Toddington built a multi-award winning team that delivered a fully integrated development, construction, financing, operation, maintenance, asset management solar energy & energy storage business. The business was successfully sold to RWE Innogy (largest European utility) in December 2016.Toddington created GRIDSERVE to deliver sustainable energy and move the needle on climate change. GRIDSERVE’s first major success was winning the highest price battery storage enhanced frequency response contract with National Grid, where GRIDSERVE was awarded one of only seven successful contracts out of 208 tendered. Since then GRIDSERVE has grown from strength to strength. In 2019, against the odds of a year dominated by Brexit, GRIDSERVE pushed through, pioneering and delivering the UK’s largest and most technically advanced hybrid solar projects, and becoming the UK solar energy and technology market leader.About GRIDESERVEGRIDSERVE® is a tech-enabled international sustainable energy business, whose purpose is to #deliver sustainable energy and move the needle on climate change. We develop, build, own and operate ‘sun-to-wheel’ hybrid solar, energy storage,

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29 Jul 2021Ben Irons, Habitat Energy – 8200:37:34
What’s it all about?Energy Storage!! More importantly optimising and commercialising grid scale energy storage assets. I first met Ben at a conference in London some years ago. He has since gone on to co-found one of the leading energy storage optimisation companies, recently expanding into Australia and the US. We have a dive into battery tech, long duration storage, entrepreneurship, and internationalisation. I hope you enjoy the episode.About Ben IronsBen is a co-founder of Habitat Energy, where he leads their international business development and partnership activities. Ben was previously an Executive Director and board member at Aurora Energy Research where he founded and then led their consulting practice for 4 years, and before that, Strategy Director at Centrica Energy, and energy and sustainability consultant and McKinsey & Company in London. Ben has a first-class honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from New Zealand, and an MPhil and DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford.About Habitat EnergyHabitat Energy was founded in 2017 to operate and manage battery storage assets and renewable energy. Habitat has independently developed a market leading trading platform based on algorithmic and machine learning techniques that can handle the intensive forecasting and computational demands of battery storage and market optimisation, complemented by a traditional trading team. Habitat’s system also incorporates deep insight into the physical capabilities and degradation of battery storage, offering a profit maximising rather than revenue maximising approach. Habitat was recently awarded the optimization contract for the world’s largest solar powered vanadium flow battery in Australia, and currently operates over 200 MWh of storage assets in the UK. Habitat’s platform is consistently ranked by independent third parties as the highest performing in the UK in terms of revenue per MW.Social links: Ben Irons on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-irons-a59359/ Habitat Energy Website: http://www.habitat.energy/ Habitat Energy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/habitat_energy About Hyperion Executive Search:Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the

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11 Aug 2021Greg Smithies, Fifth Wall – 8300:46:29
What’s it all about?I was delighted when the Fifth Wall people reached out about the podcast. For some time I’ve wanted to address areas of the climate challenge, and areas of technology that are hugely important, but don’t often get much press or attention, including on this podcast. In particular the Built Environment is of enormous importance to us all on many levels, it is of course where we live and work, and because of that impacts not just our immediate lives, but as you will hear, contributes far more to carbon emissions than transport, which gets most coverage at present. Greg has a great background, including reporting directly to Elon Musk at the Boring Company and Neuralink. Take a listen.About Greg Smithies: Greg is a Partner at Fifth Wall, where he co-leads the Climate Technology Investment team.Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Greg was a Partner at BMW i Ventures where he led the Sustainability investing practice, investing in companies such as Prometheus Fuels, and PureCycle (NASDAQ: ROCH). Before joining BMW i Ventures, Greg led Finance & Operations for both The Boring Company and Neuralink simultaneously.Greg started his investment career at Battery Ventures where he covered early-stage enterprise technology startups, as well as industrial technology buyouts. Successful exits from his work there include Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc.), and IST (acquired by Scott Brand).Greg was born in Pretoria, South Africa, and currently lives in Oakland, CA. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School where he received a BS in Economics and a BS in Computer Science.About Fifth Wall:Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, Fifth Wall, a Certified B Corporation, is the largest venture capital firm focused on technology-driven innovation for the global real estate industry. With approximately $2.5 billion in commitments and capital under management, Fifth Wall connects many of the world's largest owners and operators of real estate with the entrepreneurs who are redefining the future of the Built World. Fifth Wall is backed by a global mix of more than 70+ investors from 15 countries, including Acadia Realty Trust, Azora, BNP Paribas Real Estate, British Land, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, D.R. Horton, Equity Residential, Gecina, GLP, Hines, Host Hotels & Resorts, Hudson Pacific Properties, Ivanhoé Cambridge, Jamestown, Knight Frank, Lennar, Lowe's Home

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16 Aug 2021Fully Charged Live, Robert Llewellyn & Dan Ceasar - 8400:44:21
What’s it all about?At last. With caution and compliance being followed, live events are back. I expect very many of the Leaders in Cleantech audience are familiar with the all things clean mobility and energy Youtube Channel Fully Charged. As well as having over 800,000 subscribers and 2 million monthly views, the Fully Charged team have also been running fantastic events, in the UK and Austin, Texas. Then Covid interrupted that flow. Now they’re back, starting in the UK in September 2021. I speak to Fully Charged Founder and host Robert Llewelyn (TV actor/presenter and Red Dwarf cult hero) and my good friend Dan Ceasar (CEO and now also a presenter) to look forward to what we can expect at this event, and other international events to follow.About Robert Llewellyn: Robert Llewellyn is a British actor, presenter and writer, famous for his thirty-year stretch as the rubber-masked mechanoid Kryten in the much-loved science fiction comedy, ‘Red Dwarf’. With his interest in engineering, Robert then turned his hand to presenting the long-running TV gameshow, ‘Scrapheap Challenge’ and also ‘How Do They Do It?’ and ‘Carpool’.In 2010, after being blown away by early Electric Cars, Robert launched Fully Charged, a YouTube channel focussing on the future of electric vehicles, of all shapes and sizes, and clean energy. Fully Charged has exceeded 55 million views around the world and Robert was recently acknowledged as ‘Tech Legend’ at the T3 Awards.About Dan Caesar: Clean Energy promoter since 2005, Electric Car driver since 2015, Dan has 25 years’ experience in digital, events and media. He's worked with, or on, the following in that timeframe: Accelerating Clean Technologies, Ceres Power, CORGI, Department of Energy & Climate Change, Energise Communications, Homebuilding & Renovating Show, Solar Media, Wolseley Plc; Renewables Roadshow, Renewables Awards, Renewable Heat Incentive Roadshow, Energy Storage Alliance, Energy Saving Home at the National Homebuilding & Renovating Show, Installer/Green Installer Magazine, House of the Future/Installer LIVE and Place Magazine.About Fully Charged:The origins of Fully Charged lay in the question, ‘is it possible for humans to no longer need to burn things to live, to work and to travel?’ An unachievable destination perhaps, but an important direction of travel as the world responds to air pollution and climate breakdown. Our recent Fully Charged survey shows that our audience want to liv

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20 Aug 2021Nick Stokman, Rockstart – 8500:33:24
What’s it all about?One of the things that drives me most is helping cleantech founders and start-ups to scale and bring great products and solutions to the world. I do this through the Hyperion Executive Search team, through mentoring for accelerators and incubators like Plug & Play, and Foresight Cananda, and through this podcast. This week I’m keen to share a great new Rockstart accelerator opportunity. Doors close to entry on 30th September, so take a listen, and see if this could be the catalyst for you and your idea or company to come to life.About Nick Stokman: Nick is the former Investment Director at Lucros Investment, responsible for building a portfolio of direct equity (VC and PE) and fund investments within the technology sector focused on the energy transition. Nick has 13+ years of transaction experience in an international setting, including 11+ years of experience within the energy investing segment ranging from large (multi billion) project/development investments & financings, to early & late stage VC (up to Series H), and fund investments. Before joining the Rockstart team he was an investor and a mentor for startups in the Smart Energy programs (on behalf of Lucros). Next to his role at the Rockstart Energy Fund, Nick holds non-executive board positions at two cleantech startups. Nick holds an MSc from Erasmus University.About Rockstart:Rockstart is a global accelerator-VC empowering purpose-driven founder. Through its €22m fund focused on Energy startups, Rockstart is dedicated to finding and investing in top tier founders. Rockstart Energy is for early-stage startups contributing to the energy transition and driving the transformation towards renewable, clean and low carbon energy solutions. The fund is looking to make new investments in the coming months in promising startups, specifically in these three areas of interest: oRenewable energy generation oLow carbon solutionsoMobilitySocial links: Website: https://www.rockstart.com/energy/energy-2021/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rockstartTwitter: https://twitter.com/rockstartFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/rockstartAbout Hyperion Executive Search:Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in t

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01 Sep 2021Mark Futyan, Anesco – 8600:41:57
What’s it all about?It’s great to hear about start-ups, and those journeys, but we all know scale is what we want, it’s not easy, but you can have more impact and do more ‘good’ when you have scale. I’ve seen Anesco grow over the last ten years and make a real impact in the deployment of solar and energy efficiency in particular. It was great to have time to speak to the (relatively) new CEO Mark Futyan about the company culture, growth and plans for the future, as well has his thoughts on the path to Net Zero.About Mark Futyan: Mark Futyan is CEO of Anesco, a renewable energy business focused on solar PV, battery storage and energy efficiency. He is committed to championing the low carbon agenda and believes that Anesco have a key role to play in enabling investment in low carbon infrastructure. Since being appointed as CEO in February 2020, Mark has re-focused the organisation on its core services offering, established a new market optimisation business line and overseen a change in ownership. Prior to Anesco, Mark worked for Centrica, Interconnector UK, Booz Allen and Air Products. Mark held a number of executive roles at Centrica, which included running the international power generation and storage portfolio, advising the CEO and optimising the 7,000 strong UK residential services team. He holds a Chemical Engineering degree from Cambridge and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Mark is married with three children and enjoys cycling and mountaineering.About Anesco:Anesco is a market leader in renewable energy, managing the development, design, construction, maintenance and market optimisation of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. The company has constructed more than 100 solar farms, while its O&M service is monitoring more than 24,000 sites. Anesco was the first company in the UK to achieve subsidy-free solar; first to introduce utility-scale energy storage and first to co-locate energy storage with existing solar sites to meet the ROC requirements. To date, the technologies the company has deployed and manage are generating over 1GW of renewable energy.Social links: Mark Fuytan on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-futyan/ Anesco Website: www.anesco.co.uk Anesco on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnescoLtd Anesco on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/anesco-limited/About Hyperion Executive Search:Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative

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07 Oct 2021Lukasz Bednarski, Lithium: The Global Race for Battery Dominance and the New Energy Revolution – 8700:42:13
What’s it all about?In a nutshell, Lithium! So much is spoken about the supply and availability of Lithium, and about the Lithium battery sector, from availability of source material, the impact of extraction, and of course the geopolitics of lithium and battery supply. There is no doubt these are huge topics, with a significant impact on how and if we can make the transitions to clean energy and mobility that are essential to the future of our economy, society, and the human race’s survival! So what is the story? Take a listen and find out.About Lukasz Bednarski: Lukasz Bednarski is an author, battery materials analyst and a former commodity trader.About ‘Lithium: The Global Race for Battery Dominance and the New Energy Revolution’:“Lithium: The Global Race for Battery Dominance and the New Energy Revolution” travels from the salt lakes of the Tibetan plateau, where Chinese government–linked companies extract lithium, to Argentina, Chile and Bolivia, which hold the world’s biggest resources of the mineral. It reveals superpowers’ struggle to secure strategic supplies, and the astonishing efforts of lone-wolf inventors and entrepreneurs. The book also explores the environmental impact of lithium extraction, the limits to battery electrification, and lithium battery recycling as the way forward.Social links: Lukasz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LithiumResearch About Hyperion Executive Search:Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com EPISODE LINKS Lithium: The Global race for Battery dominance and the New Energy Revolution! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lithium-Global-Battery-Dominance-Revolution/dp/1787385639/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1633536261&qsid=258-2814752-9203612&refinements=p_27%3ALukasz+Bednarski&s=books&sr=1-1&sres=1787385639&text=Lukasz+Bednarski Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribeI'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website,

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20 Oct 2021Jules Besnainou, Cleantech for Europe – 8800:39:37
What’s it all about?I first met Jules through his work at Cleantech Group, but was delighted when I saw, via a number of VC contacts, that he was leading the Cleantech for Europe initiative. I’ve worked for and with many of the VC’s involved, and their portfolio companies. This is a great initiative, with the mission to help the EU lead the race to net zero by putting innovation at the center of the public policy debate, and building bridges between the EU’s cleantech community and policymakers. In President Von der Leyen's words, we are here to seize the EU's man on the moon moment. No small ambition or challenge. I talk to Jules about the state of play in Europe, how it compares to the US and how the EU can seize its moment.About Jules BesnainouJules Besnainou leads Cleantech for Europe, an initiative supported by Breakthrough Energy and 12 EU cleantech VCs, aiming to help the EU lead the race to net zero by building bridges between cleantech and policy leaders. Jules is a director at Cleantech Group, the global authority on clean technology innovation. In his decade at the company, Jules has advised the world’s leading cleantech investors and corporates, helping them assess new innovations and deploy capital. After starting his career in San Francisco and London, he moved back to France to focus on European clients and strategy. Jules graduated summa cum laude from Sciences Po Paris.About Cleantech for EuropeCleantech for Europe’s mission is to help the EU lead the race to net zero by putting innovation at the center of the public policy debate, and building bridges between the EU’s cleantech community and policymakers. In President Von der Leyen's words, we are here to seize the EU's man on the moon moment. The initiative is powered by Cleantech Group, supported by Breakthrough Energy and gathers 12 leading EU cleantech venture capital firms.Social linksCleantech for Europe Twitter: https://twitter.com/cleantechforeuCleantech for Europe Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/74494891Cleantech for Europe Website: https://www.cleantechforeurope.com/ Jules Besnainau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jules-besnainou-26a51b41/About Hyperion Executive SearchHyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with f

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03 Nov 2021Doron Myersdorf, StoreDot – 8900:43:10
What’s it all about?Extreme fast charging of electric vehicles! I love batteries, and cars, and of course electric vehicles, and I’ve been watching Storedot for some time, and how they are creating batteries that can charge a car fully in 5 minutes. Now I don’t mind a 30-40 minute charge whilst stopped at a service station, or trickle charging at home, but for some people it’s still a barrier to entry, and faster charging will remove another excuse for adoption, and make it easier for us all. A great story of cross discipline research and collaboration. I hope you enjoy the episode.About Doron MyersdorfAs the CEO of StoreDot, Doron brings vast experience in business and technology management to StoreDot. Prior to founding the company, he served as senior director of SanDisk SSD Business Unit (NASDAQ: SNDK), establishing and managing the division in Israel, building product strategy, marketing and business development, resulting in sales to leading laptop makers amounting to over $100M in revenue in under 3 years.Previously, he was VP Flash and Operations of systems, a flash memory global leader, where he managed strategic sourcing of $1B annually, resulting in annual revenue of over $1.5B. Doron’s diverse record also includes founder and CEO of InnerPresence, a Silicon Valley security software company, and co-founder and VP business development of Siftology, a pioneer in interactive media search.Earlier, as Partner at Tefen – Semiconductor Operations Management, Doron managed US West Coast operations, in charge of the design and setup of over 40 semiconductor, pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing facilities worldwide.Doron holds PhD in R&D Management (1994), MSc in information systems (cum laude, 1991) and BSc in Industrial Engineering Management (cum laude, 1989) - all from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.About StoreDot:StoreDot is a pioneer and leader of extreme fast charging (XFC) batteries that overcome the critical barrier to mainstream EV adoption – range and charging anxiety. The company has revolutionized the conventional Li-ion battery by designing and synthesizing proprietary organic and inorganic compounds, making it possible to fully charge an EV in just five minutes – the same time it takes to refuel a conventional combustion engine vehicle. StoreDot’s battery technology is optimized for best driver experience with XFC in Li-ion batteries, as well as future technologies for extreme energy

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15 Dec 2021Stephen Fitzpatrick, Vertical Aerospace – 9000:41:35
What’s it all about?The electrification of transport continues at pace (literally and metaphorically), and one of the most interesting areas of growth, particularly for those who have to deal with high levels of local and regional road traffic congestion, is electric taxi’s. One of the leading pioneers in this sector is Vertical Aerospace. I was able to speak to founder and CEO Stephen Fitzpatrick ahead of his hot footing to New York to ring the bell on their NYSE public Listing on 16th December. We talk disruption, electrification, innovation and of course entrepreneurship. I hope you enjoy the episode.About Stephen Fitzpatrick: Cleantech entrepreneur Stephen Fitzpatrick founded Vertical Aerospace in 2016, an electric aircraft company which is pioneering electric aviations. The Bristol, UK-based company has partnered with Microsoft, Rolls-Royce, Honeywell, GKN and Solvay to build one of the world’s most advanced electric VTOLs (vertical take-off and landing). Its VA-X4 aircraft will be capable of speeds of 200mph, a range of over 100miles, near silent when in flight and with zero operating emissions. Vertical has 1,350 conditional pre-orders of its aircraft for $5.4bn from the likes of American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Avolon and Bristow. The VA-X4 will be delivered to its customers, after certification, in 2024.Stephen is also the founder of OVO Energy, the UK’s largest independent energy company supplying British homes with 100% renewable energy. OVO hopes to decarbonise 5m British homes by 2030.About Vertical Aerospace:Vertical Aerospace is pioneering electric aviation. Over the past five years, Vertical has focused on building the most experienced and senior team in the eVTOL industry, who have over 1,700 combined years of engineering experience, and have certified and supported over 30 different civil and military aircraft and propulsion systems. Vertical’s unrivalled top-tier partner ecosystem is expected to de-risk operational execution and its pathway to certification, allow for a lean cost structure and enable production at scale. Vertical has received conditional pre-orders for a total of up to 1,350 aircraft from American Airlines, Avolon, Bristow and Iberojet, which includes pre-order options from Virgin Atlantic and Marubeni, and in doing so, is creating multiple potential near term and actionable routes to market. In June 2021, Vertical Aerospace announced a SPAC merger with Broadstone Acquisition Corp

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26 Jan 2022Francis Wang, NanoGraf – 9100:40:06
More energy dense, faster charging batteries. Batteries, or any energy storage of all natures, are so critical to the ongoing energy and mobility transitions. One of the areas that doesn’t get much thought, but is so critical, is material science, the materials which enable bigger, better, faster, more efficient batteries. This week I speak to Francis Wang, CEO of Nanograf. From PhD to entrepreneur and CEO, he has a great story to tell, and some superb insights into both the startup entrepreneurial journey, and the whole battery industry. I hope you enjoy the episode.About Francis Wang: Francis serves as the Chief Executive Officer for NanoGraf Technologies, a leading advanced materials company in the energy storage space. He brings over 20 years of experience in technology innovation and commercialization in the energy storage and clean energy spaces. Prior to NanoGraf Technologies, Francis was a founder and Director of Energy Storage Center at the National Institute of Clean Energy in Beijing, China from 2010-2015. Francis’s experience in energy storage spans a range of magnitudes from very small (uW-mW) forms of storage for portable electronics and medical applications to very large (kW-MW) for transportation and the grid. He has held positions in some of the world's largest battery, consumer products and energy companies, including Duracell, Proctor & Gamble, Gillette, Boston Scientific and the Shenhua Group. Francis received his Ph.D. in 1998 from the Department of Chemistry at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is the author of over 45 US and International patents, over 20 scientific publications and a recipient of the National Thousand Talents award in Energy Storage.About Nanograph:NanoGraf is an advanced battery material start-up and spinout of Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory whose novel silicon-graphene anode battery material enables a quantum leap in lithium-ion battery energy and power density. NanoGraf’s patented battery material enables longer-lasting, higher-energy, and higher-power, lithium-ion batteries for electronics ranging from consumer electronics to electric vehicles to grid-scale energy storage.Social links: Francis Wang LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francis-wang-3643273/ Nanograf LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sinode-llc/ Nanograf Twitter: https://twitter.com/NanoGrafTech Nanograf website: https://www.nanograf.com/ About Hyperion Exec

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16 Feb 2022Jeff Bishop, Key Capture Energy – 9200:46:56
What’s it all about?I love how Jeff and Dan have built Key Capture Energy to be a leading player in the utility scale energy storage sector since founding not many years ago. I first met and worked with Jeff Bishop three years ago, and we recorded one of the early episodes of the podcast. So much has changed in the business and the sector I wanted to share that journey, and Jeff’s thoughts and insights for energy storage for the next three to five years, and his insights into important leadership and diversity challenges in the sector.About Jeff BishopJeff Bishop is a clean energy entrepreneur and a leader in the US energy transition, focusing on the intersection of finance, commercial, technology and policy. Jeff is the CEO and co-founder of Key Capture Energy, one of America’s largest owner/operators of stand-alone battery storage projects. Prior to founding Key Capture Energy, Jeff held senior positions at Brookfield Renewable and EDP Renewables – two of the largest renewable energy companies in the United States. In these roles, he was responsible for financial analysis, corporate development, and market design -- focusing extensively on building new markets for renewable energy to compete in. Jeff got his start in renewable energy working for a wind energy developer in Morocco in 2002. Jeff has served on, and often led, the boards of clean energy advocacy organizations at the federal, regional, and state level -- including the Energy Storage Association, Renewable Energy Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition, the Maine Renewable Energy Association, and the Alliance for Clean Energy New York.Jeff holds a MBA from Chicago Booth and a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rice University. He is currently on leave from his Masters in Electrical Engineering degree at the University of Utah. As a Thomas J. Watson Fellow, Jeff spent a year researching renewable energy failures in Uganda and Botswana. Jeff was a Forbes Thirty Under Thirty – Energy award winner in the program’s inaugural year in 2011.Jeff is a mediocre skier and a tenacious bicycle commuter (and includes in his public transportation advocacy a previous board membership at BikeHouston). Jeff and his partner, Boyu, live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Jeff is active in the broader LGBT equality movement; he served on the board for the Montrose Center, a non-profit empowering Houston’s LGBT community, as well as co-chaired the Rice Univer

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02 Mar 2022Duncan Grierson, Clim8 Invest – 9300:42:59
What’s it all about?Never a more important time than to think about where you spend your time (working time) and where you put and spend your money. This week I speak to serial cleantech investor and entrepreneur Duncan Grierson about his new venture, Clim8 Invest, and cleantech/fintech company making ESG investing readily available and much more transparent. I hope you enjoy the episode.About Duncan GriersonDuncan has 20 years as a cleantech entrepreneur and venture investor. He is now building another company with a big mission, Clim8, a fintech focused on investing into companies making an impact on climate change. As Founder CEO raised over £100m in venture capital from Goldman Sachs, Fidelity et al, built several cleantech companies in waste-to-biofuel, plastics recycling, solar battery storage, wind turbine composites and invested in many others especially in digital solutions for the energy transition. Winner of EY Entrepreneur of Year Cleantech award. Started in venture capital with top tier venture fund TCVC in London, Silicon Valley and Paris.About Clim8 InvestThe Clim8 platform provides a simple way to invest into a targeted portfolio of publicly listed companies that are already making an impact in tackling climate change. Sectors covered by Clim8 include clean energy, clean technology, sustainable food, smart mobility and recycling. They have raised £12 million in funding to continue extending the app, and their investors include Channel 4 Ventures and a venture capital fund backed by the British Business BankSocial linksDuncan Grierson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncangrierson/ Clim8 Invest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clim8invest/ Clim8 Invest Twitter: https://twitter.com/clim8invest Clim8 Invest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clim8invest/ Clim8 Invest Website:  https://clim8invest.com/ About Hyperion Executive SearchHyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy. We work across EMEA and NORAM, with teams based in the UK, Germany and the US.If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.c

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23 Mar 2022Alex Gruzen, Witricity – 9400:48:35
What’s it all about?Wireless charging!! We accept this as obvious for our smart phones, but less so for cars and vehicles of all types, but it was a flat phone battery that inspired the technology behind wireless charging leader Wi-Tricity. I speak with CEO Alex Gruzen about the technology, applications, and how close we are to simply driving over a charge pad, walking away, and coming back to a full battery. It’s far closer than you may think.About Alex Gruzen: Alex Gruzen is the CEO of WiTricity, the industry pioneer in wireless power transfer over distance and founder of electric vehicle wireless charging technology. Before WiTricity, Gruzen co-founded Texas-based Corsa Ventures, where he focused on building leading technology companies via early-stage investments. Prior to Corsa, he was the Senior Vice President of the Consumer and Small Medium Business Product Group at Dell, and previously led the company’s global notebook computer business. His experience spans product development, global sales and marketing, operations and growth through mergers and acquisitions, having also held leadership roles at Hewlett Packard, Compaq and Sony. Gruzen holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a S.M. and S.B. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).About Witricity:WiTricity is the global industry leader in wireless charging, powering a sustainable future of mobility that is electric and autonomous. WiTricity’s patented magnetic resonance technology is being incorporated into global automakers’ and Tier 1 suppliers’ EV roadmaps and is the foundation of major global standards developed to support wide-scale adoption. Advancements like dynamic charging of moving vehicles, and the charging of autonomous robots and vehicles without human intervention all depend on WiTricity technologyThe WiTricity Halo™ upgrade for electric vehicles will deliver 11 kW wireless charging, enabling a charge rate that provides up to 35-40 miles of driving range per hour of charging time, a speed and efficiency on par with today’s Level 2 AC plug-in chargers.WiTricity’s wireless EV charging technology has made it possible to charge the Genesis GV60 without a plug by simply parking and charging over the charging pad.FAW showcased its HongQi E-HS9 parking and charging autonomously built on WiTricity’s magnetic resonance wireless charging.Social links: Alex Gruzen LinkedIn: https://www.linked

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04 May 2022Dr. Alex Ivanenko, HyPoint – 9500:39:14
What’s it all about?Electric Flight!! We had just before Christmas an episode on battery flight, we turn our attention again to fuel cell Hydrogen powered flight. This is one of the use cases in transport I do see hydrogen having a big part to play. I talk technology, timelines, talent, and territory ( I like alliteration!) with CEO and Co-Founder Alex Ivanenko of Hypoint, developing the powertrains for regional electrified aviation. I hope you enjoy the episode.About Dr. Alex Ivanenko: Dr. Alex Ivanenko is the co-founder and CEO of HyPoint, the NASA award-winning Silicon Valley startup pioneering air-cooled hydrogen fuel cell systems for aviation and urban air mobility. Prior to founding HyPoint, Alex held senior sales roles at both 3M Corp. (NYSE: MMM) and Owens Corning (NYSE: OC). He attended Saratov State Technical University, where he received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees, both in engineering, as well as a Ph.D. in electrochemistry. He splits his time between HyPoint locations in Menlo Park, California, and Sandwich, England.About HyPoint:HyPoint develops industry-leading hydrogen fuel cell systems for zero-emission aviation, aeronautics, and urban air mobility. Its NASA award-winning system features an innovative "turbo" air-cooling and oxygen supply system to deliver unprecedented energy density and specific power performance compared with existing battery and hydrogen fuel cell systems, dramatically increasing zero-emission aircraft operational time, utilization rate, and flight range at a lower total cost of ownership. HyPoint is backed by leading venture capital firms and has offices in Silicon Valley and the United Kingdom.Social links: Dr. Alex Ivanenko LinkedIn: HyPoint Website: HyPoint - we make zero emission air transport possible HyPoint on LinkedIn: (55) HyPoint: Overview | LinkedInHypoint on Twitter: HyPoint (@hypointinc) / TwitterAbout Hyperion Cleantech Group:Hyperion Cleantech Group is the holding company for businesses focused exclusively in cleantech talent acquisition, retention, leadership development. working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy. We work across EMEA and NORAM, with t

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18 May 2022Janelle Wang, Acton – 9600:36:57
What’s it all about?eScooters, eBikes, last mile solutions and all things Micro-mobility. Great to see how design thinking and innovation applies not just to technology, but to company cultures and business models. This week I talk about the challenges and opportunities for micro-mobility and mobility as a service across cities in various parts of the world, and how building an innovative company culture has helped Acton grow rapidly and globally.About Janelle Wang: Co-Founder and CEO of Acton, Janelle is a Designer turned Entrepreneur with 15 years of Strategic Planning, New Category Creation & Design Thinking for Fortune 500s to Start Ups, bringing breakthrough Innovation and Sustainability to reality. She is leading the charge to help shape a new, more efficient, vibrant and livable urban environment. She holds 50+ patents in micromobility and sustainability solutions. Janelle has an M.S. in Industrial Design from Purdue University.Janelle was selected as one of “19 Influential Women In Mobility” in 2019, she was awarded Female CEO of the Year in 2016, and has been featured in WSJ, FastCompany, CNN, VOGUE, BBC, and more..About Acton:ACTON, headquartered in Silicon Valley, offers Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) solution packages from multimodal vehicles to advanced IoT to move people and goods efficiently & intelligently. ACTON partners with automakers, cities, ride-share operators, and private property owners. Together, we make our cities better places to live.ACTON is unique in its range of mobility solutions on offer. ACTON has won numerous awards and has been featured in various media, internationally. ACTON creates excellence in riding dynamics, safety, serviceability, ease of use, design aesthetics, and sustainability. With over 100 patents, more than 100 cities globally, tens of millions of rides, ACTON is leading the way.Social links: Janelle Wang on LinkedIn: (61) Janelle Wang | LinkedInActon website: ACTON | Supercharging City 3.0 | CaliforniaActon on LinkedIn: (61) ACTON: Overview | LinkedInActon on Instagram: ACTON (@actonallday) • Instagram photos and videosAbout Hyperion Cleantech Group:Hyperion Cleantech Group is the holding company for businesses focused exclusively in cleantech talent acquisition, retention, leadership development. working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cle

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01 Jun 2022Aidan McClean, UFO Drive – 9700:47:30
What’s it all about?Disruption, I love cleantech disruption, and if ever there was a market that needed disruption it was car rental. On so many levels. And that is exactly what Aidan McClean has done. We talk about that, but also the transition from corporate to start-up life, the challenges of starting from scratch, fundraising, hiring, family life, EV and Clean Energy myths and host of other topics in this fascinating chat. My first podcast recorded in a Tesla Model 3 too.About Aidan McClean: Aidan McClean is an entrepreneur and clean technology investor who co-founded the world’s first all-digital all-electric car rental company, UFODRIVE. He is passionate about exposing the truths beyond the hype around the rise of electric vehicles. His extensive research led to him writing his explosive book ELECTRIC REVOLUTION, published in March 2022. A keen cyclist and outdoorsman, Aidan was not an early adopter or advocate for electric vehicles, or particularly aware of environmental matters. However, the more he researched air pollution, climate change and the impact of fossil fuel-powered vehicles, the more passionate he became about the role electric vehicles will play in averting the impending climate disaster.About UFO DriveAidan left behind a successful 25-year career in the financial services sector in 2017 to found UFODRIVE with his business partner and COO, Renaud Marquet. UFODRIVE was born out of a desire to help accelerate the move to clean mobility and a passion for great customer experience, guided by the following principles: easy booking; no queuing; no paperwork; great cars; transparent, all-inclusive, simple pricing; no confusing insurance options; no refuelling; and great value for money.McClean and Marquet set out to examine the car rental business in detail and understand what customers really want. In tandem they studied the coming revolution in electric cars. By combining the smartphone revolution with the coming electric car revolution, UFODRIVE has developed something unique. Its car rental location - the ‘UFO Landing Bay’ - is where customers can arrive and drive – all with just their smartphone. UFODRIVE now has 18 locations across 8 countries in Europe with many more opening, including in North America and beyond.In February 2022, UFODRIVE announced a $19m series A investment round, led by Hertz. Following blind-tests of the UFODRIVE platform, the global car rental giant had decided that it was the

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15 Jun 2022Anton Arts, SET Ventures – 9800:46:13
What’s it all about?The right people with the right ideas and the right money change the world. Impact investing is talked about a lot these days, but my guest this week has been making real impact through cleantech investments for many years. We talk about what makes an investable start-up or founding team, what areas of technology and disruptive business models are receiving investment, and same example companies from seed to exit. I hope you enjoy the episode.About Anton Arts: Anton Arts is a Managing Partner at SET Ventures since 2018. He is a board member of Green Eagle Solutions, ESFORIN, instagrid and GreenFlux (acquired by DKV). From 2010 until 2018, he was an independent advisor providing strategic advisory and corporate finance services to deeptech companies. Before that, Anton was a Partner at US firm New Venture Partners where he worked closely with the R&D organizations of major European technology companies such as Philips to incubate and invest in spin-out transactions. Prior to NVP, Anton was a Partner at Gilde IT Fund, a leading international venture capital fund based in the Netherlands that he joined in 1997. His track record includes 20+ investments and exit transactions valued at >€1B. He started his career at Uniface, a successful Dutch software company acquired by Compuware in 1994. Anton holds a degree in Business Administration from Nyenrode University.About SET VenturesSince 2007, Amsterdam-based SET Ventures has invested in digital technology for a carbon-free energy system by backing pioneering founders with capital, community, and insights. SET Ventures invests in companies with sustainable solutions and a strong digital DNA leading the systemic change of how energy is generated, distributed, stored, and consumed in sectors such as distributed infrastructure, energy retail, buildings, mobility, and industry as well as enabling technologies.Social links: Anton Arts on LinkedIn: (99+) Anton Arts | LinkedIn SET Ventures website: HOME - SET VenturesSET Ventures on Twitter: SET Ventures (@SET_Ventures) / TwitterSET Ventures on Linked In: (99+) SET Ventures: Overview | LinkedInAbout Hyperion Cleantech Group:Hyperion Cleantech Group is the holding company for businesses focused exclusively in cleantech talent acquisition, retention, leadership development. working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and succe

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29 Jun 2022Laurin Hahn, Sono Motors – 9900:45:04
What’s it all about?An affordable solar powered car! And so much more. Laurin Hahn is a founder and entrepreneur with a vision to see solar power on every vehicle, as a way to remove reliance on fossil fuels. It’s been an inspiring journey that I have been watching for many years from afar. We also talk about growth, leadership, values and the road from crowdfunding to IPO. And a lot more. I hope you enjoy the episode.About Laurin Hahn: Laurin Hahn is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sono Motors. Driven by the ambition of realizing system change, he decided to stop his studies in Electrical Engineering and to fully dedicate to the development of an efficient, affordable electric vehicle, suitable for everyday use and whose battery can be additionally charged by the sun – the Sion. Based on this project and the vision of a sustainable mobility concept independent of fossil fuels, Sono Motors GmbH was founded in 2016 by Laurin Hahn, Jona Christians, and Navina Pernsteiner. Since 2021, the company has no longer focused solely on the development of the Sion, but has expanded its business field to include the sale and licensing of the company‘s own solar technology. In the same year, Laurin, along with Jona, successfully launched Sono Motors on the US tech exchange Nasdaq under the ticker symbol SEV. In addition to his role at Sono, Laurin Hahn is also a member of the Entrepreneurs for Future. In 2020, Sono Motors and its founders were awarded as number one of the Most Innovative Start-ups in Mobility by Forbes. He has been selected for Business Punk magazine‘s Watchlist 2022. In the same year, Capital selected Sono Motors as one of Germany‘s most innovative companies. Laurin was also nominated by the German Startups Association as Founder of the Year 2022.About Sono MotorsSono Motors (NASDAQ:SEV) is pioneering solar mobility with Sion, the world's first commercially-available solar-electric passenger vehicle (SEV), as well as a portfolio of integrated solar technologies. Backed by a strong global community, Sono Motors has amassed more than 18,000 reservations for the Sion, which will be commercially available in Europe in 2023. Sono's licensed solar technology can be seamlessly integrated into a variety of vehicles — including buses, trucks, trailers, and more — to dramatically extend range, reduce fuel costs, and further reduce total carbon footprintSocial linksLaurin Hahn on LinkedIn: Laurin Hahn | LinkedInSono

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08 Sep 2022Brendan P. Keegan, Merchants Fleet - 10000:46:23
What’s it all about?The electrification of Fleet transport, and more so about disruption and leading markets and businesses through change. There are so many challenges, but so many opportunities in our cleantech disruptions, and here I talk CEO and business Thought Leader Brendan Keegan about how his business is leading the electrification of fleets in North America.About Brendan P. KeeganBrendan P. Keegan is the Chairman, CEO & President of Merchants Fleet, the fastest-growing FleetTech company in North America. Keegan is an award-winning 6-time president and chief executive officer, having raised nearly $5.0B in capital and returned over $10.0B to investors. With a background in the financial services, technology and professional service industries, Keegan has led companies ranging from 500 to 10,000 employees. He started his career at EDS as a systems engineer; there, Keegan progressed through the ranks rapidly, becoming the youngest Chief Sales Officer at a Fortune 100 company. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, MBA from George Washington University, and Executive Certificates from Harvard, Columbia, UPenn, MIT, Yale and the University of Chicago.About Merchants FleetMerchants Fleet® is the fastest growing fleet management company in North America, providing flexible funding and service options for organizations that leverage vehicles to run their operations. Merchants offer comprehensive & customizable fleet solutions, serving as a single source for all vehicle needs. Their programs range from long-term leases to monthly rentals, including unique options such as rent-to-lease and own-to-lease. With over 160,000 managed vehicles nationwide, their team of experts have experience working with nearly every industry, from corporate fleets to last mile delivery to franchise systems, offering the most high-touch service and innovative experience across the industry. Merchants Fleet is headquartered in Hooksett, New Hampshire, and its Innovation Center is located in the Chicago, Illinois area. About Hyperion Cleantech GroupHyperion Cleantech Group is the holding company for businesses focused exclusively in cleantech talent acquisition, retention, leadership development. working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with found

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21 Sep 2022Max Ter Horst – Rockstart00:42:46
What’s it all about?Accelerators! What are they, what do they do, and should you join one (if you are an early stage founder/entrepreneur). I speak With Max Ter Horst, entrepreneur and Managing Partner at Rockstart cleantech accelerator about what they are all about, how they help, and what part an accelerator plays in the cleantech ecosystem. I also speak to a couple of founders who have been through the programm to get their thoughts. Luuk Veeken, CEO and Founder of Dexter Energy Services, and Pedro Pinto, Co-Founder and CEO of Fibersail. I hope you enjoy the episode.About Max Ter Horst: Max is Managing Partner of Rockstart’s Energy Fund, offering early stage startups access to capital, market, expertise and community through a customized accelerator program and follow-on investments up to series B.Max is Dutch and based in Amsterdam. He has been active in renewable energy since 2003, when he helped Essent (currently RWE) to establish their wind business in Germany. As Director at EWT, the largest Dutch wind turbine manufacturer, he was responsible for corporate finance, business development and strategy. Further, he was co-founder and CEO of e-kite, a Dutch start-up which developed kite power systems.Before entering the renewable energy sector, Max worked several years at McKinsey, as Engagement Manager. He holds MSc degrees in Chemical Engineering at Delft University of Technology, Business Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam and an MBA from INSEAD.About Rockstart:Rockstart is an early stage investor that empowers purpose-driven founders across three domains: Energy, AgriFood and Emerging Technologies. Rockstart Energy funds and empowers founders building scalable innovations leveraging emerging technologies and new business models, which are key to slowing down the pace of climate change. The fund was closed in 2022 at €27m.Rockstart has invested in more than 280 startups and its alumni value to date is more than $1bn. Rockstart is an international team of 45+ professionals dedicated to empowering purpose-driven founders to become scalable and drive positive change on a global scale. The company has offices in Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Bogota.Social links: Rockstart website: https://rockstart.com/Rockstart on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rockstartRockstart on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rockstart/Rockstart on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RockstartAcceleratorRockstart on Linked In:

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28 Sep 2022Philipp Schröder – 1KOMMA5°00:44:51
What’s it all about?Keeping the increase in global temperatures to below the 1.5 degrees agreed at the Paris climate change summit. My guest today, Philipp Schroeder has been instrumental in the growth of Tesla in Europe, the growth of Sonnen globally, and now throws his talent, connections and money into changing the landscape of last mile delivery of residential and small commercial solar, heat pumps, EV Charging infrastructure and energy supply. A big task, but already with much traction, and some big investment. I hope you enjoy the episode.About Philipp Schröder: As a former Country Director of Tesla Germany & Austria and as Managing Director of Sonnen, Philipp was part of some of the most successful cleantech companies globally. Raised on an organic farm in northern Germany he now heads 1KOMMA5° as CEO, closed the largest CleanTech Series A in Europe in 2022 and is on track to deliver a vertically integrated one-stop-shop for solar, heat pump and electric charging for Europe.About 1KOMMA5°1KOMMA5° was founded in the summer of 2021 by entrepreneurs and industry experts with the aim of enabling people in Germany and Europe to lead a CO2-free life.This is implemented by providing technology for a decentralised, clean energy supply, mobility and heat, as well as intelligent energy management.1KOMMA5° participates in particularly innovative craft businesses in the fields of photovoltaics, electricity storage, charging infrastructure and heat pumps in order to strengthen regional crafts on the one hand and to enable high-quality advice and installation for customers on the other. In addition, 1KOMMA5° is working on the networking and control of decentralised generation systems with the aim of fully leveraging the potential of the decentralised energy transition. To this end, all installed systems are to become part of a central IOT system.Social links: Philipp Schröder LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipp-schr%C3%B6der-b94b6576/ 1KOMMA5° Website: https://www.1komma5grad.com/de 1KOMMA5° on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1KOMMA5GRAD 1KOMMA5° on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1komma5grad/ 1KOMMA5° on Instagram: 1KOMMA5° GmbH (@1komma5grad_com) • Instagram photos and videos 1KOMMA5° on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1KOMMA5GRAD About Hyperion Cleantech Group:Hyperion Cleantech Group is the holding company for businesses focused exclusively in cleantech talent acquisition, retention, leadership deve

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12 Oct 2022Alex Bazhinov – Lumin00:41:44
What’s it all about?I love this stuff!! Smart grids for the home, community and beyond. I also love when entrepreneurs from a fossil fuel, or ‘dirty’ world see the light and create great cleantech businesses. Never has energy been a bigger topic in the average household. The silver lining in the present energy and inflation crisis is that cleantech solutions make even more financial sense, as well as reducing carbon emissions. I talk to Alex about his business, his technology and the future of the Grid.About Alex Bazhinov: An inventor and entrepreneur, Alex is driven by the vision of the energy grid that encompasses the many distributed energy resources. He had the idea for Lumin while tending to his first start up, DreamPower, which he founded at the University of Virginia’s iLab while earning his graduate degree at UVA’s Darden School of Business. Alex hails from Moscow, Russia, where he held senior finance positions in global firms–spending six years at Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest nickel and palladium producer, and as CFO at the global manufacturing conglomerate, Sandvik.Alex’s passion for a business challenge is aligned with his concern for the planet, having witnessed first-hand the negative impact of fossil fuel production around the world. When not chasing patents, Alex is busy at home with three young children and looks forward to his next sailing trip with his wife and first mates in training.About Lumin:Lumin® is the pioneer and market leader for responsive load management, adding exceptional value to residential microgrids by balancing home energy supply and demand. Lumin helps homeowners automatically or manually control their personal microgrid and enhance and protect their investment in solar PV and energy storage.Social links: Alex Bazhinov on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alexanderbazhinovLumin website: https://www.luminsmart.com/Lumin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/luminsmartLumin on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/luminsmartLumin on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/luminsmart/About Hyperion Cleantech Group:Hyperion Cleantech Group is the holding company for businesses focused exclusively in cleantech talent acquisition, retention, leadership development. working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entreprene

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14 Nov 2018This Week In Cleantech - Episode 100:50:01
This week David is joined by eMobility insider Roger Atkins, they discuss, among other things, Tesla’s market capitalisation, city wide diesel bans, the German luxury auto brands and their electrification issues, mobility as a service, the costs of battery storage and the pending Chinese eMobility scale up.About our guest Roger Atkins on Linked In. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogeratkins/Roger Atkins at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/electricvehiclesoutlook News stories discussed this week Tesla Market Cap. https://www.electrive.com/2018/11/09/tesla-now-more-valuable-than-bmw-after-market-capitalization/BNEF Battery Storage forecast: https://www.electrive.com/2018/11/11/battery-development-to-cost-1-2-trillion-by-2040/ Paris to launch worlds biggest electric bike scheme: https://www.electrive.com/2018/11/11/paris-to-launch-worlds-largest-electric-bicycle-fleet/More German cities banning Diesel cars: https://phys.org/news/2018-11-german-court-diesel-cologne-bonn.htmlVW the latest to join Chinese autonomous driving consortium: https://www.carscoops.com/2018/11/vw-latest-join-baidus-apollo-self-driving-consortium/Follow us onlineTwitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantechFacebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

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21 Nov 2018Matt Allen, Pivot Power - Episode 200:37:31
This week I’m joined by CEO of Pivot Power, Matt Allen. If you are in the cleatech sector you would have been hard pushed not to have seen the exciting news and developments at Pivot Power in the last few months. Pivot Power are developing, funding and operating large scale battery storage projects connected directly to the transmission system, providing, among other services, EV Charging infrastructure.About our guestMatt Allen on Linked In. https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-allen-318b426/Pivot Power on Twitter https://twitter.com/_PivotPowerNews stories discussed this weekCapacity Market Suspension and implications https://www.current-news.co.uk/news/government-may-recover-capacity-market-payments-following-ecj-rulingBEIS – Energy Trilema over!! (Tory government against solar and onshore wind?) https://www.current-news.co.uk/news/energy-secretary-heralds-the-end-of-the-trilemma-as-new-energy-policy-principles-unveiledCalifornia, PG&E replacing 3 gas plants with Storage. Cheaper to build storage than run the plants!! https://www.utilitydive.com/news/storage-will-replace-3-california-gas-plants-as-pge-nabs-approval-for-worl/541870/Pivot Power Video https://www.pivot-power.co.uk/#open-videoFollow us onlineTwitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantechFacebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

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29 Nov 2018Artur Sychov - Episode 300:43:22
This week David talks to entrepreneur and founder Artur Sychov about his journey from realising his product vision, to choosing to walk away from the company he created. We all know life as a cleantech entrepreneur is not easy, bringing a product to market in a nascent sector especially so. Having the right investor/funder is also mission critical. Artur shares some his experiences, learnings and advice from this thrilling but ultimately frustrating experience.About our guestArtur is a former investment banker and energy trader, a Finance and Management MBA, that fell in love with the Tesla Model S, and developed an EV Charging product for multi-storey car parks and parking houses, despite being a finance person, not an engineer. He has learned enormously from his recent experiences and will be back soon with a new project.Artur Sychov in Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/artursychov/Easycharge.me on Fully Charged https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT86ICX6VsIFollow us onlineTwitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantechFacebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

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05 Dec 2018Emma Pinchbeck, RenewableUK - Episode 400:47:27
About our guestEmma Pinchbeck is an Executive Director of RenewableUK. In that role she sets the overall strategy for the organisation's communications and policy teams. She is a passionate advocate for renewables in government and business, and regularly appears as an expert on the energy sector in the media.Before joining RenewableUK, Emma headed up Climate Change & Energy at the NGO WWF-UK, where she worked on issues like the international UN Paris Agreement on climate change, and a successful campaign to secure a phase out coal-fired power generation in the UK. Before WWF-UK, Emma worked in private consulting as an energy policy expert and in finance. She has an MA from the University of Oxford. Outside of the office, she is a mentor to young women in the energy sector, and is a keen competitive rower.Emma Pinchbeck on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmalucypinchbeck/Renewable UK https://www.renewableuk.com/Stories discussed:British Wind Power Sets New Generation Record https://cleantechnica.com/2018/12/04/british-wind-power-sets-new-generation-record/Uber, Centrica join ‘world’s biggest’ electric vehicle impact trial https://insights.hyperionsearch.co.uk/post/102f6q5/uber-centrica-join-worlds-biggest-electric-vehicle-impact-trial Follow us onlineTwitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantechFacebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

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12 Dec 2018Lukas Neckermann - Episode 500:45:26
This week David talks to Lukas Neckermann, smart mobility consultant, author and key note speaker.About our guest...Lukas Neckermann is Managing Director at Neckermann Strategic Advisors, a consultancy based in London with a focus on emerging new mobility trends and their strategic impact. He has 20 years of leadership experience in automotive, media, and financial services.He began his automotive career in BMW’s Central Marketing department in Munich, where he codeveloped the first BMW.com website, helped launch the innovative Z8 sports car, and – as an internal consultant – recommended pricing, marketing communication, and positioning strategies for BMW’s brands (BMW, MINI, Rover, Land Rover, and MG). Lukas joined Allianz in 2002, reporting to the Group’s CEO, Michael Diekmann. He rose through various strategic and line leadership functions at Allianz, including Head of Business Development for Allianz Automotive. He is an advisor to three startup companies: NEXT Future Transportation Inc. based in Silicon Valley, as well as Flock and Splyt, both based in London.Lukas is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), Adjunct Instructor at New York University, and has lectured and taught courses to executives from over 40 countries; he is frequently called upon as a keynote speaker on “The Mobility Revolution”, as well as on leadership, and innovation.He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Science and Technology Studies from Cornell University, and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business. Lukas is the author of three books, The Mobility Revolution (Matador Business Press 2015), Corporate Mobility Breakthrough 2020 (Corporate Vehicle Observatory 2016), and Smart Cities, Smart Mobility (released End of 2017 in four languages).LINKS:Lukas Neckermann on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukasneckermann/ Neckermann Strategic Advisors https://www.neckermann.net/The Mobility Revolution: Zero Emissions, Zero Accidents, Zero Ownership https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mobility-Revolution-Emissions-Accidents-Ownership/dp/1784622478/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1544536916&sr=1-2Smart Cities, Smart Mobility: Transforming the Way We Live and Work https://www.amazon.co.uk/Smart-Cities-Mobility-Transforming-Live/dp/1788032780/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1544536916&sr=1-1

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19 Dec 2018Dan Caesar, The Fully Charged Show - Episode 600:45:09
Dan Caesar, is a Director of The Fully Charged Show, he is responsible for scaling up the Fully Charged YouTube channel and Live events. Dan has long been a passionate advocate for all things Cleantech. Dan has held senior Comms roles with cleantech organisations, including Ceres Power, and formerly organised renewable energy and cleantech roadshows and events. Dan is an avid and passionate EV Driver, and very much enjoying his 300 mile range Hyundai Kona.

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08 Jan 2019Jeff Bishop, Key Capture Energy - Episode 700:42:19
This week David talks to Jeff Bishop, CEO of US based energy storage developer and start up Key Capture Energy.As CEO of Key Capture Energy, Jeff is responsible for overseeing mergers and acquisitions, capital allocation, financing, as well as ensuring all regulatory requirements are met. Jeff has spent his career working on utility-scale renewable energy projects and has a proven track record in the energy sector at the intersection of finance, commercial, political and regulatory.Prior to founding Key Capture Energy, Jeff worked at Brookfield Renewables and EDP Renewables, where among other areas, he oversaw market development that led to contracts for nearly a billion dollars of new wind projects. Previously, Jeff was at Horizon Wind Energy where he was responsible for the financial models for $2 billion of operating wind farms and worked on the sale of the company from Goldman Sachs to EDP Renewables.Jeff has led or been a board member of renewable advocacy groups such as Renewable Energy Northeast, the Alliance for Clean Energy New York, and the Maine Renewable Energy Association. Jeff has an MBA from the University of Chicago, a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rice University and is currently working on his MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah.Jeff Bishop on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-bishop/ Key Capture Energy https://www.keycaptureenergy.com/FOLLOW US ONLINETwitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantechFacebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

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18 Jan 2019Marek Kubik, Fluence Energy - Episode 800:46:39
This week David talks to Marek Kubik, Market Director at Fluence Energy. Marek leads Fluence’s UK and Ireland client solutions team and is responsible for overseeing Energy Storage sales and project proposals across UK&I, the Middle East and Africa. He has 9 years engineering and sustainability experience, including an instrumental role in the UK’s first commercial battery storage array in 2015 and more recently a record breaking UK 120MW energy storage portfolio transaction; the largest in the world to date. A tech futurist and TEDx speaker, Marek was also named a 2017 honouree of the Forbes 30 Under 30; a list that recognises important young entrepreneurs and industry leaders. Fluence is the result of two industry powerhouses and pioneers in energy storage joining together to form a new company dedicated to innovating modern electric infrastructure. In January 2018, Siemens and AES launched Fluence, uniting the scale, experience, breadth, and financial backing of the two most experienced icons in energy storage. Their mission is to create a sustainable future by transforming the way we power our world.As a leading energy storage company, 100% dedicated to the sector, they bring the proven technology solutions and services that overcome the commercial and regulatory barriers that stand in the way of modernizing our energy networks.The Fluence team encompasses more than 10 years of experience deploying and operating energy storage across 17 countries and 6 continents. They drive change by opening new markets to storage around the world, with the largest deployed fleet of energy storage projects of any company.•The $0.08/kWh PPA prices in Hawaii for 262MW solar + 1048MWh storage described by Wood Mackenzie as ‘mind blowing’ https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/hawaiian-electric-industries-announces-mind-blowing-solar-plus-storage-cont •Also, relatedly our parent AES having just inaugurated a 28MW + 100MWh storage project, the world’s first ‘solar peaker’ https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/aes-completes-its-record-breaking-solar-and-battery-plant-on-kauai •"I can beat a gas peaker anywhere in the country today with a solar-plus-storage power plant," Tom Buttgenbach, president and CEO of developer 8minutenergy Renewables LLC, said in an interview. "Who in their right mind today would build a new gas peaker? We are a factor of two cheaper” https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/tr

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23 Jan 2019Devrim Celal, CEO of Upside Energy - Episode 900:46:08
This week David talks to Devrim Celal, CEO of Upside Energy. Devrim is a highly successful, award winning entrepreneur with a career spanning leadership role in technology, finance and energy.Educated in Paris, London and Yale, where he was a Fulbright scholar, Devrim has since held senior roles at A T Kearney where he led strategy development, Sapient where he established the European operations and as a partner at Lansdowne Corporate Finance. He is now CEO of UK energy tech company Upside Energy, leading the organisation from its initial days as a start up to its dynamic growth in this fast-growing sector. He is an avid athlete having been a regular competitor in endurance running events. He runs to promote awareness of and raise funds for MS related charities.Working in the cloud, in real-time, the Upside Platform can respond rapidly to market signals and deploy new solutions as the energy system evolves. This means we can give our customers immediate visibility of their energy usage and device performance, identifying opportunities as they emerge. The Upside Platform can connect to a wide range of devices, including battery storage systems, electric vehicles, UPS and heating and cooling systems. Providing real-time data and advanced forecasting, it enables our customers to fully optimise their return on investment and market positioning, by dispatching demand-side flexibility in real-time.Devrim Celal on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/dcelal/ Upside Energy on Twitter https://twitter.com/upsideenergyUpside Energy https://upsideenergy.co.uk/Delta EE report on aggregators https://www.delta-ee.com/delta-ee-blog/demand-side-response-aggregators-the-race-to-profitability.htmlBOOK RECOMMENDATIONFrom good to great- Jim Collins - https://www.delta-ee.com/delta-ee-blog/demand-side-response-aggregators-the-race-to-profitability.htmlTwitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantechFacebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

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30 Jan 2019Martijn Lopes Cardozo, Black Bear Carbon - Episode 1000:48:32
Martijn Lopes Cardozo is a Dutch entrepreneur and international executive. He spent several years in the US where he built and grew a number of technology companies, all of which had successful exits. Upon his return to The Netherlands in 2008 Martijn joined several large corporations in strategy and M&A roles. He now brings the circular economy to tires as the CEO of Black Bear Carbon, the tire-to-Carbon Black upcycling company, which earlier this week was selected as a Global Cleantech 100 company for the second year running. Martijn holds a MSc degree in Applied Physics from TU Delft and an MBA from Harvard Business School.Are you worried about tires? With climate change and ocean plastic keeping us up at night, probably not. But every year, more than 1.5 billion polluting end-of-life tires enter the global waste stream, with no sustainable solution for their re-use. Until now. Black Bear upcycles end-of-life tires to produce sustainable, high-quality Carbon Black. This replaces virgin Carbon Black traditionally produced by burning oil – preventing CO2 emissions and solving the global waste tire problem.Black Bear sells their recovered Carbon Black to major clients worldwide for use in tires, technical rubber, coatings, plastics and inks, including the coatings multinational AkzoNobel and more than 30 other strategically-chosen customers. Black Bear currently operates an industrial-scale prototype plant in the Netherlands, which is capable of processing more than 1 million tires annually. Their plan is to lead the transition towards a circular economy for tires by rolling out hundreds of tire upcycling plants with local partners around the world, focusing on Europe for their next plants. When Black Bear reaches their full potential of repurposing every end-of-life tire with their circular solution, they will reduce global annual oil consumption by more than 215 million barrels.Black Bear’s energy-positive process for producing the world’s first Cradle-to-Cradle certified™ Carbon Black is scalable, quickly implementable, and by far the most cost-effective way of producing Carbon Black. Their automated, IoT-optimised production follows a circular economy model: tire rubber with all steel removed is carbonized -- carefully heated in the absence of oxygen. This creates gas, crude oil, electricity and solid char. The solid char is processed to create high-quality rCB, while the oil, gas and energy produced can either powe

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06 Feb 2019Hugo Tilmouth, ChargedUP - Episode 1100:46:52
About our guest...Hugo Tilmouth, CEO and Founder of ChargedUP, dubbed by the BBC as "The Boris Bike of Phone charging.” After studying both a degree and Masters in Renewable Energy Engineering Hugo spent time with payment processing start-up Tilt, and innovative cleantech start-up Pavegen, which generates clean energy from footfall. He went on to co-found ChargedUp in 2017.ChargedUp has a distributed network of shareable power banks across London, allowing their users to keep their mobile phones charged up whenever you are out and about. ChargedUp is revolutionising the way you charge your phone on the go. Simply, rent a power bank, charge your devices and then return it to any station across the network. You now never need to worry about charging your phone on the go again!ChargedUp Batteries combine cutting edge technology with green electricity to become the best solution to your battery life problems. Includes iPhone, Micro-USB and USB Type C cables.The company have ambitious plans to scale internationally. GUEST LINKS HEREHugo Tilmouth on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugotilmouth/ ChargedUp on Twitter https://twitter.com/ChargedUpWorld ChargedUP on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ChargedUpWorld/ ChargedUp https://www.chargedup.green/ EPISODE LINKS HEREM&S will let you charge your phone for 50p at new vending stations https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/ms-vending-machines-you-charge-13949898 Podcast recommendationsMasters of Scale https://mastersofscale.com/How I built this https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this Follow us onlineTwitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantechFacebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

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13 Feb 2019Scott Shepard, Free2Move - Episode 1200:33:56
Scott Shepard, Chief Commercial Officer, Free2Move, is an urbanist, mobility expert, board advisor, and thought leader who is passionate about the intersection of cities, mobility, and innovation. Possesses a unique balance of technical, operational, and consulting experience, within the domains of shared mobility, sustainable transport, and urban strategy.Frequent public speaker on shared mobility, public transport innovation, mobility technologies, and urban transport policy. Implements and delivers complex mobility solutions, providing thought leadership, strategic planning, project delivery, and executive consulting to startups, investors, agencies, and corporations.Technical expertise in transport policy & strategies, urban planning & design, information & communication technology, and integrated payment systems. Skilled in international business development, strategic marketing, product launch, technical program management, and P&L responsibilityScott Shepard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-s-7482a7a/ Free2move on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Free2MoveApp Free2move: https://www.free2move.com/MOVE conference https://www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/move/index.stm Book recommendationsDavid Byrne – Bicycle Diaries https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bicycle-Diaries-David-Byrne/dp/0571241034 Upton Sinclair – The Jungle https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jungle-Clydesdale-Classics-Upton-Sinclair/dp/1945186046/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1550010611&sr=1-1Follow us onlineTwitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantechFacebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

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20 Feb 2019Kristof Vereenooghe, EVBox - Episode 1300:40:14
Kristof Vereenooghe is the CEO of EVBox, the global market leader in charging solutions for electric vehicles and related cloud services. Mr. Vereenooghe is a proven technology executive with deep SaaS-Cloud software expertise and a track record in transforming startups into key players in their industry. Before joining EVBox, Mr. Vereenooghe had a leading role within different startups that have become key players in their industry such as Bynder, LUMA Marketing Technologies and Xeikon.EVBox is the leading global manufacturer of electric vehicle charging stations and charging management software. With over 60,000 charging points across more than 45 countries worldwide, EVBox helps electric drivers get access to charging infrastructure at any point in their journey.Founded in 2010, EVBox made its breakthrough when the market for electric vehicles (EVs) was still in its infancy. Its founders set their hearts and eyes on a clear concept: a fully modular charging station that facilitates easy installation, maintenance upgrades, and above all, uncompromising quality and durability.Soon, EVBox became the sole supplier of public charging infrastructure in cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Monaco. Meanwhile, EVBox played an active role in promoting Smart Charging technologies and roaming of charging infrastructure with industry partners and public organizations.In 2017, EVBox was acquired by energy utility and global service provider ENGIE, who identified EVBox as a disruptive, leading cleantech company making a difference in the fast-growing industry of electric mobility. In 2018, EVBox acquired the ultra-fast charging station manufacturer EVTronic, adding 700 previously installed fast charging stations to EVBox’s European network.Today, with projects running across Europe, North America, South America, and Asia, EVBox moves forward by perfecting its original recipe with a second generation of hardware and software that are easy to use, energy-efficient, scalable, and future-proof.Kristof Vereenooghe on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristof-vereenooghe-24a4a52/ EVBox on Twitter https://twitter.com/evbox EVBox https://evbox.com/rEVolution conference https://www.revolution19.amsterdam/ (For an EVBox exclusive 25% off use this link: https://www.revolution19.amsterdam/?promo=EVBoxSocial25.)Twitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantechFacebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/Instagram https://www.instag

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27 Feb 2019Jan Michael Hess, Ecosummit - Episode 1400:47:28
If you are in the European cleantech start-up ecosystem, it would be very hard not to know of Jan Michael Hess. Jan is the life and soul of any party, and in particular those he hosts after each day at the Ecosummit. This year Ecosummit celebrates its’ tenth anniversary. The list of cleantech start-ups that have pitched at the event over the years is a veritable who’s who of successful companies, along with some of the most focused VC’s and CVC’s, not to mention some super sector service providers, like Hyperion 🙂About our guestJan is Founder of Ecosummit and Ecosummit Ventures. Ecosummit is Europe’s leading conference for smart green startups, investors and corporates. Our vision is to automate sustainability in energy, mobility and cities. Our events are startup markets enabling business development, co-investing, open innovation, corporate venturing and M&A. Since 2010, Jan organised 19 conferences in 5 countries. Ecosummit TV on YouTube provides over 1.000 videos (450.000 views).Ecosummit Ventures will be a new smart green VC in Berlin that invests in promising European software and hardware startups with B2C and B2B business models in energy, mobility and cities. Ecosummit Ventures leverages the deal flow, investor network and track record of 19 Ecosummit conferences in 5 countries since 2010. The initiator of Ecosummit Ventures is Jan Michael Hess, the founder of Ecosummit. We’re looking for 2 GPs with VC track record and green heart beat to join as co-founders as soon as possible.Prior to founding Mobile Economy in 2000, Jan worked for Pixelpark, Icon Medialab and Ciao as Strategy Consultant, Senior Project Manager and Head of Marketing and Sales. Holding a business degree from the University of Mannheim, he lives in Berlin with his wife Simone and their son Mateo and is a big fan of Yoga, Japan and Jazz.Jan Michael Hess on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/janmichaelhess/EcoSummit on Twitter https://twitter.com/ecosummitEcoSummit https://ecosummit.net/EcoSummit on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/ecosummitTVNews stories discussed this weekVenture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist https://www.amazon.co.uk/Venture-Deals-Smarter-Lawyer-Capitalist/dp/1118443616EcoSummit Ventures https://ecosummit.net/venturesFollow us online, write a review (please) or subscribeI’m very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. C

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06 Mar 2019Toddington Harper, GRIDSERVE - Episode 1500:49:12
Toddington Harper, CEO of GRIDSERVE, is an experienced clean-energy entrepreneur, executive and investor with more than 16 years of CEO experience across five sustainable energy companies. Toddington has developed and built over 350MW of solar and battery projects in the UK generating in excess of £200M of revenues over a 4-year period. He was previously the co-founder and CEO of BELECTRIC UK before selling the business to RWE Innogy in December 2016.GRIDSERVE is a tech-enabled international sustainable energy business which develops, builds, owns and operates solar energy and battery storage solutions for critical power infrastructure. GRIDSERVE’s team have been responsible for the development, construction and operation of more than a gigawatt of solar energy and energy storage solutions, including connecting over 100 utility-scale sustainable energy projects to the UK grid. GRIDSERVE is interested in exploring new project opportunities, funding partners, and making new connections, for both hybrid solar farms and Electric Forecourts®Toddington Harper on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddington/ Toddington Harper on Twitter https://twitter.com/toddington_h GRIDSERVE on Twitter https://twitter.com/GRIDSERVE_HQ GRIDSERVE website https://www.gridserve.com/GRIDSERVE to deploy 60 MW of bifacial-plus-tracking projects in the UK https://www.pv-magazine.com/2019/03/01/gridserve-to-deploy-60-mw-of-bifacial-plus-tracking-projects-in-the-uk/GRIDSERVE launch ELECTRIC FORECOURTS https://www.gridserve.com/post/copy-of-design-a-stunning-blogThink and grow rich – Napoleon Hill - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Think-Grow-Rich-Original-Restored/dp/0990797600/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1551797546&sr=8-1&keywords=grow+and+think+richElon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future https://www.amazon.co.uk/Elon-Musk-Billionaire-SpaceX-Shaping/dp/0753555646/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1551797670&sr=8-1&keywords=elon+musk+autobiography Follow us onlineTwitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantechFacebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

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27 Mar 2019Jordan Brompton, myenergi - Episode 1600:43:27
Jordan is one of these people who is so passionate about life. Anything that is giving a good message for the future of our planet and sustainability she is all for. Jordan has always had a very entrepreneurial spirit starting work at a very young age and naturally progressing within any company she has ever worked for to managerial status quickly. Her background consists of radio presenting, renewable energy sales, education, to setting up her own business up in Distribution of cycling products.Lee and Jordan linked back in 2011 during Lee’s time with the company 4eco the manufacturer of an eco-power diverter that heats the home owner’s immersion heater with surplus solar power. Jordan really found her passion within the Renewable Industry and knew this is where she belonged, Jordan brought the company millions of pounds worth of sales within her 2-year period in the company.Jordan has been instrumental in the success of myenergi really driving the brand forward and pushing it out to a very large audience, within minimal time and with a minimal budget.Lee and Jordan have created a market leading brand out of their little base in Binbrook/ Lincolnshire. Lee develops the products with his team, Jordan brings them to market, they’re the ultimate dream team, or pinky and the brain as Jordan often describes them both. The pair have grown the company from a small team of 6 to now just under 50 people, attracting investment from prestigious businessmen Sir Terry Leahy (Ex CEO of Tesco) & Bill Currie of the William Currie Group. The pair invested £1.2 million to help the team grow, manage cash flow and secure components overseas to meet demand.On a personal level Jordan has done a lot of travelling and has been around the world and back, her favourite place being California. She adores her husband, family and friends and is about to birth her first child. Jordan loves anything spiritual or ‘conspiracy based’. She classes herself as awakened & conscious. She listens to Podcasts her favourite being Joe Rogan and is a huge fan of Elon Musk’s work.Jordan see’s herself with the myenergi brand way into the future, it’s her personal mission to turn it into a global trusted household name, being a big part of the energy and transport revolution.Jordan Brompton on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanbrompton/ Jordan Brompton on Twitter https://twitter.com/JordeeGee myenergi on Twitter https://twitter.com/MyEnergiLTD myenerg

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03 Apr 2019Javier Cavada, Highview Power - Episode 1700:42:08
On route to Boston, via London, I took the opportunity to meet Javier Cavada at the Highview Power offices in central London. We thought we might be able to break some big news, but alas that will have to wait for a future episode, but nonetheless we had a great conversation around long duration energy storage, and the prospects of a 100% renewable energy grid.About our guestDr. Javier Cavada joined Highview Power as CEO and President in September 2018 with the mission to drive the ambitious global expansion strategy for the company’s proprietary cryogenic energy storage technology. Cavada previously spent 17 years in leadership positions at Wärtsilä Corporation, one of the world’s top technology companies in the energy market. As president of Wärtsilä’s energy division and member of the corporation’s executive board, Cavada led the company’s drive toward 100% renewables, spearheading a deep transformation that enabled the company to become a leading system integrator.Under Cavada’s leadership, Wärtsilä’s global market share in gas and liquid fuel power plants grew from nine percent to 21 percent. His long career at Wärtsilä also included extensive international experience, including executive roles in China, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Finland. In combination with these executive roles, Cavada chaired the board of Greensmith Energy Management Inc. He has also held leadership roles within the German multinational firm Robert Bosch in the fields of automotive technology and manufacturing. Cavada holds a PhD in industrial engineering and among other awards has been recognized as a Distinguished Alumni by the University of Cantabria in Spain.Highview Power is a designer and developer of a proprietary cryogenic energy storage technology that delivers reliable and cost-effective long-duration energy storage to enable a 100% renewable energy future. Its proprietary technology uses liquid air as the storage medium and can deliver anywhere from 20 MW/80 MWh to more than 200 MW/1.2 GWh of energy has a lifespan of 30 to 40 years. Developed using proven components from mature industries, it delivers pumped-hydro capabilities without geographical constraints and can be configured to convert waste heat and cold to power.Javier Cavada on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/javiercavadacamino/Javier Cavada on Twitter https://twitter.com/CaminoCavadaHighview Power on Twitter https://twitter.com/HighviewPowerHighview Power w

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10 Apr 2019Ramya Swaminathan, Malta Inc - Episode 1800:34:57
It was very flattering when a Google Moonshot company, invested in by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos funded Breakthrough Energy Ventures, called to ask for help to scale their team. I took the opportunity whilst in Boston, MA, meeting the team, to record this episode with CEO Ramya Swaminathan, and to hear what’s it like to have such auspicious origins and investors, and what pressure that brings.About our guestRamya Swaminathan joined Malta from Rye Development, where she was CEO, co-founder and Member of the Board of FFP New Hydro. Under her leadership, Rye Development grew to be the leading developer of new hydropower projects in the United States and its portfolio of development projects, held at its holdco affiliate, FFP New Hydro, advanced from concept through FERC licensing and late stage development financing. She was also responsible for the expansion of Rye’s platform into energy storage, with the addition of two sizable pumped hydro storage development projects in the Pacific Northwest. At Rye Development, Ms. Swaminathan led a multi-disciplinary team, with specialists in engineering and construction, regulatory and environmental aspects, and power marketing. She also led the company through several financing rounds, both at the platform and the project levels.Prior to her work in the hydropower space, Ms. Swaminathan was a public finance banker, most recently as a Director at UBS, where she focused on public power clients and senior managed more than $10 billion in financings. Ms. Swaminathan holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and a BA in Anthropology from Amherst College.The Malta concept is built upon well-established principles in thermodynamics for a system that stores energy as heat (in molten salt) and as cold (in a chilled liquid). The project was incubated at X, Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory, which applies audacious thinking and radical new technologies to solve the world’s most challenging problems. Based on the research they’d seen, X identified the Malta system as a product that had the potential to unlock a wealth of inexpensive clean energy to address global energy demands.X’s team designed individual system components and evaluated whether the concept could work in the real world at a competitive price-point. The next two years were spent incubating the concept with a focus on derisking the most challenging concepts first. When it became clear that the tec

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17 Apr 2019Martijn Lammers, Lightyear - Episode 1900:39:49
Martijn Lammers is one of the founders of Lightyear, he is currently responsible for strategy. After having won the World Solar Challenge with a team of students, and gradating his masters in industrial design from Eindhoven University of Technology, he founded Lightyear with a team of 5 aiming to accelerate the adoption of electric cars. More specifically, Lightyears mission is to provide clean mobility for everyone. Their first car, Lightyear One, is an ultra-efficient car with solar cells integrated in the hood and roof of the car. Due to its efficiency, Lightyear One is partly self-sufficient, and can be charged by normal outlet at any other time ensuring it can independent of charging infrastructure. Lightyear One is in an exclusive segment costing €119.000 before taxes, enabling Lightyear to deliver a truly ground breaking product and developing the necessary technology to matchLightyear is working with a team of 130 people based in Helmond, the Netherlands combining young and experienced A-players to form a strong team capable of achieving Lightyear's mission. Lightyear is currently in the process of building its first full prototype, to be completed in the second half of this year. The launch of this prototype will also be Lightyears launch to the public. Since the inception of Lightyear, there has also been a focus on the commercial validation of the concept as well resulting in over 80 Lightyear One's to be reserved and paid for. This group of ambassadors forms a strong backbone of Lightyears success so far.Martijn Lammers on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/martijn-lammers-70131b18/ Lightyear on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/company/lightyear.one/ Lightyear Cars on Twitter https://twitter.com/lightyear_cars Lightyear website https://lightyear.one/ Lightyear on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lightyear_cars/ Lightyear on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/lightyear.cars/Introduction to Lightyear on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_QAWVUoZFg The Lean Start-up- Eric Ries https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0670921602/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0Design driven innovation – Roberto Verganti https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1422124827/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1Twitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantechFacebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

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24 Apr 2019Logan Goldie-Scot, BloombergNEF - Episode 2000:49:23
Logan heads up the Energy Storage insight team at BloombergNEF. He leads the company’s analysis on the global energy storage markets, providing insight on technology, markets, policies and regulation, and the competitive landscape. He also oversees BNEF’s Supply Chain focus area, a cross-company effort to provide insights on the battery supply chain, manufacturing, sustainability and advanced materials.He advises utilities, technology companies, investors and policymakers across these fields. He has authored numerous research papers and regularly speaks at international conferences and in the mainstream media. He was previously a Senior Associate within the Energy Smart Technologies team and regularly works on consulting projects for clients. He joined the company in 2009 as an analyst focused on the wind and solar sectors across the Middle East and Africa. Logan holds an MA (Hons) from Edinburgh University in ArabicPrior to joining the company, he has previously worked at the Next Century Foundation which is a nonprofit political think tank focused on conflict resolution.With a team of experts spread across six continents, BloombergNEF (BNEF) leverages the world’s most sophisticated data sets to create clear perspectives and in-depth forecasts that frame the financial, economic and policy implications of industry-transforming trends and technologies.BNEF clients include corporate strategy and business development professionals, finance professionals (traders, analysts, portfolio managers), as well as policy makers and regulators. They work with the largest corporations across utilities and generation, oil & gas, equipment manufacturers, banking and finance, and government.Their team of experts, spread across six continents, provides independent analysis and insight by looking at specific sectors in depth, as well as cross-sector and cross-geography trends and implications."Logan Goldie-Scot on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/logan-goldie-scot-95724216/ Logan Goldie-Scot on Twitter https://twitter.com/LoganGoldieScot BloombergNEF on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/company/bloomberg-new-energy-finance/ BloombergNEF on Twitter https://twitter.com/BloombergNEF BloombergNEF website https://about.bnef.com/The Silk Roads: A New History of the World - Peter Frankopan https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silk-Roads-New-History-World/dp/1408839970The Powerhouse: America, China, and the Great Battery War - Steve Levine https://www

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01 May 2019Dr. Fabian Lemke, nuventura - 2100:44:35
Dr. Fabian Lemke is a co-founder and managing director at nuventura. Together with nuventura, Fabian is working on eliminating SF6 – the most potent greenhouse gas – from the electricity grid. Their innovative switchgear technology simply replaces SF6 with dry air, which not only leads to environmental benefits, but also enables significant performance advantages.A switchgear is an absolutely essential component of an electricity grid. It controls and distributes electrical power flow in the electricity grid network. Existing gas insulated switchgear (GIS) predominantly use sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) – the most potent greenhouse gas in existence - as an electrically insulating medium and often also as a breaking medium. The gas is 23,500 times stronger than CO2 in terms of its global warming potential (1). It also has an extremely long lifetime of 3,200 years (2). Our aim is to eliminate SF6 from the electrical grid while improving the switchgear ‘s performance.Prior to nuventura, Fabian worked for 5 years in the energy sector for McKinsey and 3 years as a founder and CEO of Sanubi. He holds an engineering degree in Reactor Technology from the RWTH Aachen University and a PhD in Engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Fabian is a proud father of two little girls.Fabian Lemke on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabianlemke/ nuventura on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/company/nuventura-gmbh/ nuventura website https://www.nuventura.com/21 Lessons for the 21st Century - Yuval Noah Harari https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1787330672/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2Getting to Yes: Negotiating an agreement without giving in - William Ury & Roger Fisher https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1847940935/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0Twitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantechFacebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

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15 May 2019Sabine Scheunert, Daimler Group - 2200:29:28
Sabine Scheunert studied Business Mathematics in Bielefeld, Germany, and European Business Management at the German Business School (FDHW). In 1998, subsequent to graduation, she launched her career in the automobile industry at BMW, where she occupied a number of positions in Germany and France, ultimately in an executive function in product management, before relocation to Eastern Europe for BMW in 2006. In 2010 Sabine Scheunert joined PSA Peugeot Citroën in Paris and worked for the French automobile manufacturer as the worldwide head of Customer Relationship Management for all the brands under the PSA banner. As the first ever female CEO within the PSA Peugeot Citroën Group, Ms. Scheunert managed business activities for the Group’s Citroën brand in Shanghai from the beginning of 2015 until her move to Mercedes-Benz.Since joining Daimler Group Sabine has been heading up the new digital unit at Mercedes-Benz as Vice President Digital & IT Marketing/Sales Mercedes-Benz since July 2016. This newly created function brings with it responsibility for the whole range of associated IT-based marketing, sales and after-sales activities – and for the entire scope of digital customer experiences for the Mercedes-Benz brand. In addition to the continued expansion of the company’s pioneering IT landscape, Sabine Scheunert’s remit also includes the development of new and profitable customer-centric digital services. The digital unit operates on a global scale and cooperates with a wide range of incubators and start-ups – right around the world. Sabine Scheunert is also the CIO of Mercedes me, the Mercedes-Benz personalised customer portal.Sabine Scheunert on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabinescheunert/Daimler on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/company/daimler/Daimler website https://www.daimler.com/en/Twitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantechFacebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

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23 May 2019Petr Míkovec, INVEN CAPITAL – 2300:27:44
Petr Míkovec is Managing Director and co-founder of INVEN CAPITAL where he is responsible for overall fund strategy including fundraising, deal sourcing, investment process and portfolio value enhancement. Petr was directly responsible for the successful raising of EUR 50 million from the European Investment Bank, investments into sonnen https://www.sonnenbatterie.de/en/start, tado° https://www.tado.com/de/ and Cloud&Heat technologies https://www.cloudandheat.com/de where he serves as an Advisory Board Member. In addition to this, Petr represents INVEN at the Corporate Club of Environmental Technologies Fund based in London. Petr has over 10 years of experience in the Energy sector, and over 5 years in Investment Banking. Prior to joining INVEN, Petr worked at various positions in CEZ a.s. where he, as Corporate Development Director, implemented the corporate venture fund as one of the key building blocks of CEZ group strategy and raised EUR 190 mil from CEZ group. He introduced the scenario approach to valuations and supervised/led valuations of large investments and divestments between EUR 100 million and EUR 1 billion.Prior to his energy career, Petr worked as the Head of Online Business at Patria Finance (leading investment bank in CZ, member of KBC Group), where Petr turned firms Patria Online and Patria Direct to profitability within two years. Petr holds a Master’s Degree in Finance and Managerial Information Systems at the University of Economics in Prague. He graduated with the highest GPA in his class and completed an eight month Professional Diploma Program in Business administration, including taking part in an International Internship program as equity analyst at Technovision management fund (hedge fund based in Los Altos Silicon Valley) at UC Berkeley XT (California).Petr Míkovec on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/petr-m%C3%ADkovec-ba654a14/ Inven Capital on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/company/invencapital-cz/ Inven Capital website http://www.invencapital.cz/ Inven Capital at EcoSummit 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz6b63XznxcTwitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantechFacebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/Guy Kawasaki https://guykawasaki.com/

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