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Bite-Size Climate Tech
by Lydia.C
”Bite-size Climate Tech" is your go-to source for easy-to-digest content on the latest and most cutting-edge climate technology and topics of the day. With around 5min per per episode, this podcast is for non-engineers and everyday people like myself, to peak into the incredible world of climate tech.
Episodes
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The Fertilizer We Flush Away | Margaret Lumley, Roca Water
Why do we make nitrogen fertilizer, let some of its value end up in wastewater, spend effort removing it, and then manufacture more? Margaret Lumley, Founder & CEO of Roca Water, joins Bite-Size Climate Tech to explain how battery-inspired electrodes can selectively recover ammonium from...
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CO₂ to Ethylene with Alex Ip, CERT Systems
What do bananas, shampoo bottles, clothes and aviation fuel have in common? Ethylene. It is one of industry’s most useful building-block molecules, and today it is largely made from fossil feedstocks. In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, I speak with Alex Ip, Co-founder & CEO of CERT…
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What If Hempcrete Poured Like Pancake Batter? | Bison Biocomposites
What if hempcrete could pour like pancake batter? In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, Lydia talks with Dr. Marc Maguire, Chief Scientific Officer at Bison Biocomposites, about Biofill, a flowable hemp-based insulation designed to make a traditionally labor-intensive material fit more…
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Brineworks: From “Magic Box” to Upgraded Suit | CO₂ + H₂ for E-Fuels
What if the climate mission stays the same, but the technology gets a better suit? In this episode, Lydia catches up with Joe Perryman from Brineworks to unpack how the company evolved from its earlier ocean-based concept into a land-based system built around a closed saltwater loop. Brineworks…
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How Climate Tech Gets Out of the Lab | Prof. Vikram Yadav
Most Bite-Size Climate Tech episodes start with one technology. This conversation became something much bigger. Professor Vikram Yadav happened to be in London, the weather cooperated, and we recorded one of those rare in-person BSCT episodes. We start with intelligent bioprocessing and a...
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Can Cement Be Made With 85% Less CO₂ at the Same Cost? | Erin Bobicki, CURA
Cement’s hidden CO₂ problem begins inside the rock itself. Much of cement’s emissions does not come only from the fuel burned in a kiln. The CO₂ is chemically locked inside limestone. Dr. Erin R. Bobicki, co-founder and CEO of CURA, joins Lydia Chen to explain how the company aims to separate…
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The Protein Shake for Batteries? How LiRA Restores Lithium-Ion Packs | BSCT S5E4
Alex Ivanenko is back on Bite-Size Climate Tech. He first joined the show in Season 2 to talk about HyWatts and hydrogen reversible fuel cells. This time, he returns with a new company, The Lithium Company, and a new idea: LIRA, the Lithium Inventory Refill Agent. The simplest version? A protein...
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Can We Grow Oil From Algae? Ian Hu of Phycobloom
Algae already make oil. The hard part is getting them to share it. In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, Lydia speaks with Ian Hu, CTO and co-founder of Phycobloom, a synthetic biology company engineering microalgae to release oil while staying alive. Ian explains why crude oil originally…
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Can CO₂ Become Food? Arborea’s BioSolar Leaf Explained
At Innovation Zero, I spoke with Kaly from Arborea about BioSolar Leaf, a cultivation platform that uses carbon dioxide, sunlight, and microalgae to create food ingredients.What made this episode especially memorable for me is that Arborea’s story unexpectedly connected to one of my own London...
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Giving EV Batteries an NthLife™ with Samsar Resources
What happens to an EV battery after it stops powering a car? In the opening episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech Season 5, Lydia speaks with Guillermo Garcia, President and CEO of Samsar Resources, about battery circularity, reuse, and the company’s NthLife™ approach. Samsar designs, inspects, and...
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From lab to market, Season 5 of Bite-Size Climate Tech
Season 5 of Bite-Size Climate Tech is almost here.This time, we’re going from lab to market.Because climate tech is not just about brilliant science. It is about building solutions people can understand, trust, fund, buy, and scale.Or, as CLI would put it:Climate tech is just good…
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Season 4 Finale - Sunlight‑Powered CO₂ Capture & K‑Pop Carbon Tales
In this Bite‑Size Climate Tech finale, Dr Anna de Vries takes us from lab bench to lemonade stand to explain how photoacids could make carbon capture cheaper and greener. Traditional systems use heat or electricity to release CO₂, but Anna’s solution uses light‑reactive molecules that switch from...
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How Endolith’s Microbes Unlock Critical Minerals (with Dr. Liz Dennett)
Dr. Liz Dennett , founder and CEO of Endolith joins Lydia to unpack why copper remains indispensable, how ore grades have plummeted over the last century, and how her company uses AI‑guided microbes to unlock metals others leave behind. From hydrometallurgy to monster cookies, this episode…
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“BetterFeed™ – The tiny pill turning cow burps into productivity
Cows are upcyclers, turning grass into milk and meat—but their digestion also wastes up to 10 % of feed energy as methane. Methane has a global warming potential ~28–80× higher than CO₂. Our guest, Tom Williams (CEO & co‑founder of Number 8 Bio), explains how his team screened thousands of...
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This Carbon‑Capture Device Recharges Itself — NORMA’s Supercapacitor DAC
What if cleaning CO₂ from the atmosphere could be as efficient as charging a battery? In this bite-sized episode, we dive into a breakthrough that does exactly that. We're talking with Dr. Silvia Pugliese, co-founder and CTO of Norma, about her company's revolutionary approach to Direct Air…
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How Paper Survives Fire: The Art of Biochar with Billie Ireland
This might be our most unexpected story yet — where science meets art. Lydia meets Billie Ireland, an ecological artist using biochar — carbon made from organic material heated without oxygen — to create striking paper and rose sculptures. Hear how the same process that locks carbon underground…
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Ocean Soup Explained: How Alkalinity Draws Down CO₂ (Grace Andrews | Hourglass Climate)
In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, I sit down with Dr. Grace Andrews to explore Ocean Soup — the idea that adding minerals to the ocean is like adding ingredients to a recipe. Done right, it raises alkalinity, pulls CO₂ from the air back into the sea, and keeps our climate in balance.…
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Invisible Friends That Make Colour: Biobased Dyes with Lucie Semenec
Lucie Semenec (New Era Bio) shares how microbes can brew fossil-free dyes — scaling colour production that’s fast, eco-friendly, and full of imagination. She explains it for adults, and then “for an 8-year-old”: little invisible friends making colours, just like in Inside Out. A short but hopeful...
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How Electric Trucks See & Drive | Noamaan Siddiqi (Bristol Superlight)
In this short and fun episode, I speak with Noamaan Siddiqi, CEO & CTO of Bristol Superlight, about two key concepts powering electric trucks: Tune in for a playful yet insightful look at how trucks are learning to see, decide and drive — and why that matters for the future of climate tech....
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How Magnetic Waves Power Ocean Digital Twins & Find Nemo | Brendan Hyland, OIS
If your friend swam into an underwater cave to find Nemo 🐠, could you still talk to them? With the tech behind Ocean Information Services (OIS), you could. In this episode, founder & CEO Brendan Hyland explains how OIS’s AIIS (Artificial Intelligence Information Services) platform uses advanced...
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S4E3 - In-Situ Mineralization with Dr Phil De Luna
Note: Recorded on 6 May 2025 while Phil was Chief Science & Commercial Officer at Deep Sky. He has since left the company. Phil unpacks how injecting CO₂ into reactive rock locks it away forever, what it takes to fund this at billion-dollar scale. In this bite-size episode we dive into in-situ...
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Super Absorbent Polymers: Thirsty Dinosaurs, Mario Kart & Biodegradable Magic 🌱
EU regulations are changing—synthetic absorbent polymers will be banned in soils from 2028. What’s next? Enter A&B Smart Materials, pioneers of biodegradable, bio-based SAPs. In this episode from Innovation Zero, Amaury van Trappen de Buggenoms showcases SAPs’ powerful ability to absorb water…
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Sensor Fusion, The MRV for Ocean Carbon Removal | Allan Adams Founder of Aquatic Labs Explained
🚀 Welcome to Season 4! In our opening episode, physicist-turned-oceanographer **Allan Adams** (Founder & CEO, Aquatic Labs) explains how ultra-low-power “sensor fusion” platforms can watch seawater chemistry in real time—unlocking scalable, verifiable ocean carbon-removal.🌐 **Guest links** •...
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Why We’re Crowdfunding Season 4 (And Why Climate Tech Needs YOU)
Help us make climate tech fun, accessible, and hopeful—one bite-sized episode at a time.👉 Back Our Kickstarter Here: http://kck.st/43numngHi, I’m Lydia—host of Bite-Size Climate Tech, the podcast breaking down climate solutions into 5-minute stories for curious minds (and 8-year-olds!).Why This...
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🎙️ What’s pH Swing? A Fun Chemistry Breakdown for Carbon Capture! 🌊
In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, we dive into the world of pH Swing Carbon Capture with Deóis Ua Cearnaigh, CTO of Aeon Blue. This clever process uses acidity shifts to absorb and later release CO₂ from seawater, making it a promising tool for scaling marine carbon removal. But let’s…
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🌍 Can scientists track carbon storage like detectives? The Treasure Hunt of a Rock Weathering Measurement Detective
In this episode, I chat with Elliot Chang, Head of Partnerships at Lithos, about how Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) captures carbon and how researchers measure its success over time. 🔍 What’s the treasure hunt of CO₂ tracking? 🌱 How do soil samples tell a carbon story? 🕵️♂️ What’s the role of...
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🌍 Carbon-Based Energy Storage: From Mars to Earth with Noon Energy 🚀
In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, Chris Graves, CEO and Co-founder of Noon Energy, shares how their groundbreaking carbon-based energy storage technology is transforming renewable energy storage. Inspired by NASA’s Mars missions, Noon Energy’s solution could revolutionize how we store...
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How Pionix's Open-Source Software is Revolutionizing EV Charging
🚗 In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, Marco Möller, Co-founder and CEO of PIONIX, explains how their open-source software, is making EV charging smarter, more accessible, and reliable. 🌍 Their product acts as a universal translator between EVs and charging stations, ensuring seamless...
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How IoT and dMRV Are Changing Carbon Removal: Planboo’s CTO Explains
In this episode, Marc Hernandez Folguera, Co-founder and CTO of Planboo, shares how their IoT-enabled digital MRV system ensures automated, precise tracking for biochar projects. Using a fun analogy of toy cars signaling a garage to open, Marc explains how IoT technology is paving the way for...
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Same as LEGO? Replacing Fossil Products with Green Molecules
What if we could replace fossil-based products with sustainable green alternatives? In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, I’m joined by Koji Muto, Co-founder and CEO of Ki Hydrogen, to explore the concept of green molecules. Using LEGO as an analogy, Koji breaks down how many of the products...
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Nature Co-Design: How Can The Colors on Butterfly Wings Inspired Us
In this live episode from the Season 3 Launch Event at Minc in Malmö, Saurabh Tak returns to Bite-Size Climate Tech to explain nature co-design. Using the dazzling example of butterfly wings, he shares how materials and processes can be inspired by nature’s brilliance to create sustainable...
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Inside The Drop: Launching Season 3 at Sweden Malmo
Season 3 of Bite-Size Climate Tech kicked off at The Drop conference in Malmö, Sweden! Held on the final day of a 3-day event, the launch reflected the early stages of climate tech—messy, imperfect, but full of energy and hope for the future.Big thanks to the amazing people who supported and...
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€32M for Wave Energy! CorPower Ocean’s Clean Power from Wave Energy
In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, I sit down with Patrik Möller, CEO of CorPower Ocean, at the DROP conference to explore their innovative wave energy technology. 🌊⚡ CorPower is developing a way to harness ocean waves to generate clean, renewable energy, offering a sustainable solution…
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Does it Taste Like Fish? Betta Fish’s Plant-Based Tuna Seafood Made from Seaweed
In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, I chat down with Deniz, the CEO of Betta Fish, to talk about their revolutionary plant-based tuna made from seaweed! 🌊🌱 Designed to look and taste like real tuna, this eco-friendly alternative is already available in supermarkets, making sustainable...
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World's First Electric Engine with Airline Range! Cosmic Aerospace
In this special episode recorded at The Drop in Malmö, we dive into the groundbreaking innovation by Cosmic Aerospace. Their latest electric engine, which matches the performance of traditional jet engines, has the potential to redefine the future of eco-friendly travel. Join us as we talk to CTO...
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Parallel Carbon’s pH Swing: Producing Clean Hydrogen and Removing CO₂ CTO Explained
In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, I sit down with the co-founder and CTO of Parallel Carbon to dive into their innovative pH swing technology. Learn how this process captures CO₂ from seawater while simultaneously producing clean hydrogen, creating a sustainable solution for…
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Brineworks Before the Pivot (2024): The Seawater 'Magic Box'
📌 ARCHIVE · Recorded at The Drop, Malmö, in September 2024. Brineworks has since pivoted from direct ocean capture to direct air capture. Update (2026): Since this episode was recorded, Brineworks has pivoted from direct ocean capture to direct air capture. This conversation reflects an earlier...
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The DROP Conference Special Day 1 - Highlights
"Being able to wake up every morning and say, 'I'm doing something positive for this beautiful planet'—it's the best feeling ever." "I've got little kids, and they’re going to inherit this from us." 🌍 Throwback to the DROP conference a month ago! Highlights from Malmö, where I joined 1200-1400...
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How Advanced Nanomaterial is Making Direct Air Capture Affordable & Scalable, Founder Explained
🌍 S3E2 of Bite-Size Climate Tech! 🌿 This time, we're diving into how the technology behind Rohic, a direct air capture (DAC) company dedicated to drastically decreasing the costs of carbon capture through materials science and nano-scale architectures. 👉 Learn more about:...
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S3E1 - How Does Ocean Help Us Remove CO2? Co-Founder & CTO of [C] Worthy, Dr. Alicia Karspeck Explained
🌊 Welcome back to Bite-Size Climate Tech! 🌿 In the premiere of Season 3, we’re plunging into the depths of the ocean—the reason our planet shines as a blue gem from space. 🌍 This episode explores the ocean's incredible role in absorbing CO2, a natural process that has been safeguarding our...
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Season3 EP 1 Trailor - Exploring Ocean-Based Climate Solutions with Dr. Alicia Karspeck! 🌿
🌊 Season 3 Premiere: Exploring Ocean-Based Climate Solutions with Dr. Alicia Karspeck! 🌿 In the kickoff episode of Season 3, we dive into the vast ocean that covers 71% of Earth’s surface and holds 96.5% of its water. It's where life began and the reason our planet shines as a pale blue dot…
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Season 3 is Coming! 🎉 A Journey from Day 1 to Our Big Launch at The Drop Conference
🌟 Season 3 is almost here, and I couldn't be more excited! 🌟 This 8-minute video is a heartfelt recount of how we started from Season 1, the incredible conversations we've had, and the unexpected support we've received from all over. Every episode has been a step towards making climate tech...
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Clean Energy Innovation: Ammobia's Haber-Bosch 2.0 Approach, CTO Tristan Gilbert Explained
🌍 Episode 20 of Season 2! 🌿 This time, join me as Tristan Gilbert, CTO of Ammobia, walk us through their groundbreaking Haber-Bosch 2.0 process. Discover how this innovative technology is revolutionizing clean ammonia production, drastically cutting emissions and costs. It's a game-changer for...
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Recycled Molecules: Nature's LEGO with Pierre Fanfan, CEO of Probiosphere
Join us for an exciting interview with Pierre Naider Fanfan, the visionary founder of Probiosphere, recorded live at the Clenatech APAC conference in Singapore. In this episode, Pierre dives into the fascinating concept of "recycled molecules" and how his company's innovative approach to...
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Exploring Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement with Vycarb's CEO Garrett Boudinot
🌍 Episode 18 of Bite-Size Climate Tech Season 2! 🌿 I talked to Garrett Boudinot, CEO of Vycarb, to discuss their innovative approach to ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE). Vycarb is pioneering modular, autonomous systems that measure and sequester carbon dioxide in coastal waters, which contain...
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Revolutionizing Nuclear Energy: The ODIN Nuclear Reactor Explained, Professor Shwageraus
🌍 Episode 17 of Bite-Size Climate Tech Season 2! 🌿 This time, we're diving into Nuclear Nanoreactors! In this final part of our Innovation Zero series, I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Professor Eugene Shwageraus, the Lead of Nuclear Reactor Engineering at NANO Nuclear Energy. This...
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Hydrogel for Solar Panels and All you need to know about Biochar! | Innovation Zero Special
🌍 Episode 16 of Bite-Size Climate Tech Season 2! 🌿 This time, we're diving into into the groundbreaking innovations showcased at Innovation Zero. Join us as we feature two pioneering guests: the CEO of A&B Smart Materials and the CTO of ENCHAR. In this episode, our experts walk us through a...
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Rewriting the Carbon Tragedy: Dr. Nicholas on Mission Zero’s Love Story with CO2
🌍 Episode 15 of Bite-Size Climate Tech Season 2! 🌿 This time, we're diving into Direct Air Capture with Dr. Nicholas, The CEO of Mission Zero. Do you know this thing called Electrodialysis? It's widely used in wastewater treatment and the food and beverage industry. But did you know it's also...
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Hydrogen Power & Reversible Fuel Cells with Dr. Alex Ivanenko, CEO of HyWatts
🌍 Episode 14 of Bite-Size Climate Tech Season 2! 🌿 This time, we're diving into the critical role of hydrogen in sustainable energy with Dr. Alex Ivanenko, the visionary CEO and founder of HyWatts and how the reversible fuel cell technology HyWatt developed is going to solve the…
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Sustainable Heat Solutions: Exploring Caldera’s Warmstone Innovation with CEO James Macnaughten
🌍 Episode 13 🌿 This time, we're talking to James MacNaghten, CEO of Caldera about their revolutionary Warmstone technology and how its cutting-edge technology transforms intermittent renewable energy into reliable, on-demand heat for homes and industries. 👉 Learn more about Caldera:...
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”Bite-size Climate Tech" is your go-to source for easy-to-digest content on the latest and most cutting-edge climate technology and topics of the day. With around 5min per per episode, this podcast is for non-engineers and everyday people like myself, to peak into the incredible world of climate tech.
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