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CORE Knowledge
by Nick Cestari
CORE knowledge is a podcast devoted to exploring the many facets and immense potential of an old, but newly revivied energy source; Geothermal. The aim is to engage the energy, policy making and the investment communities in order to spur innovation in the geothermal space and also bring awareness to the immense potential it has to be a baseload energy source for the future.
Episodes
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Sage Geosystems | Cindy Taff on CORE Knowledge Podcast
The geothermal landscape has evolved quite a lot in the last 5 years since I began recording episodes here on this show, we have seen billions in capital raised, successful pilots, full scale commercial projects constructed and lately a record breaking IPO. Zooming in, 5 years ago I sat down with...
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Critical Energy | Spencer Jackson on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Factory built, deployed in modules, cost effective, flexible power generation systems for geothermal? That's right, Critical Energy is aiming to change the landscape for geothermal development timelines with their cutting edge, factory built, modular ORC turbines. Spencer Jackson, Founder and…
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GeoExchange Australia | Yale Carden on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Ever wanted a lower electrical bill during the summer or winter? Look no further than your friendly geothermal heat pump, that uses the ambient temperature of the Earth to heat or cool your home, office building, school, etc. It has often been overlooked in areas with hotter climates, regions…
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Cascade Institute | Peter Massie on CORE Knowledge Podcast
The role that research centers play in any energy ecosystem are extremely vital. We have seen this play out in the Oil and Gas space, mining, environmental, and so on. Well, Geothermal is no different. The Cascade Institute is on a mission to unlock ultra-deep geothermal resources within Canada...
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IEA | Heymi Bahar on CORE Knowledge Podcast
The Future of Geothermal. What is it and how does it play out? The recent report by the IEA with the aforementioned title "The Future of Geothermal" goes into detail on the past, present and future of geothermal, new technologies, startups, oil and gas crossover, and so much more. It is well…
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ENNA Geo | Boris Vidos and Ivana Ivancic on CORE Knowledge Podcast
The heat beneath your feet. We say it at the beginning of every episode, and we mean it. There exists an immense energy source everywhere you are beneath your feet. Our goal is to shed light on the amazing people and companies working to bring geothermal projects to life. This week, Croatia is…
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Strataphy | Ammar Alali on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Heating and cooling as an industry is one of the main offenders when it comes to emissions and accounts for a large pull on the energy sector as well. So, how do you solve the problem of decreasing energy demand while increasing resiliency and sustainability? Geothermal. The Earth has a stable...
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GEORG | Sigurdur Markusson on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Innovation is at the heart of the energy industry and with geothermal it is no different. Sigurdur Markusson has been involved in a variety of projects that have dealt with harvesting geothermal energy and using it to sustainably produce food and now takes over the role of managing director at...
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GeoExchange | Celia Wells on CORE Knowledge Podcast
The Earth's heat produced from radioactive decay in the core has many benefits once recovered and brought to the surface. Most focus is placed on its ability to provide baseload power, which is important, but arguably the most widespread use case being heating and cooling gets overlooked....
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Magnitude Global Finance | Amanda Lonsdale on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Large scale energy infrastructure projects require significant up-front investment and usually carry a considerable amount of risk. How the projects are financed plays a key role in the success of the project and future scalability. Geothermal is no different than the Oil and Gas industry, solar,...
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World Geothermal Energy Day | Blue Spark and Microseismic on CORE Knowledge Podcast
World Geothermal Energy Day 2024 - CORE Knowledge got to be a part by helping to raise awareness, be a voice and spread educational content around geothermal and what roles it can play in the energy ecosystem of today and tomorrow. I sit down with Jason Fisher from Blue Spark and Peter Duncan…
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Steam Geothermal | William Thompson on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Today's episode brings a perspective from a company that gets to be a part of a myriad of geothermal projects all across the globe. Steam Geothermal, an owner's engineering consultancy specializes in simply coming in alongside the developer to fill gaps where their expertise is lacking on top of...
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Whitebark Energy Ltd | Adam Stepanoff on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Australia is no stranger to natural resources; they are a powerhouse in the mining and petroleum industry and now are a burgeoning developer in the renewable energy space. With energy security and sustainability top of mind for many in today's world, Australia is tackling this by exploring all...
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MB Century | Robert Mandjes and Greg Thompson on CORE Knowledge Podcast
When designing and developing a project, it is important to consider the full generation life cycle in order to incorporate efficiencies, cost savings, safety measures, inclusivity, and so much more. In the case of geothermal, it allows for innovative thinking around how to incorporate a mindset…
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Devon Energy | Kyle Haustveit
Often times in the midst of forging a new path, discovering a new breakthrough technology, or simply applying a new technique or theory it is hard to think about what the future might hold. In this case, Devon Energy was pioneering the deployment of fiberoptic cables permanently downhole to help...
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ON Power | Helga Johannsdottir on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Always been interested in learning more about the circular economy? How does geothermal fit in? Can we create a truly self-sustaining ecosystem? Come listen in to my conversation with Helga Johannsdottir, Manager of Business Development at ON Power Iceland where we talk about their geothermal…
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Exergy International | Luca Pozzoni and Luca Vanini on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Curious to learn more about Exergy and their innovative ORC design? Well, first listen to this great episode where we delve into just that, but also go and check out their website or reach out to either Luca! Exergy ORC https://www.exergy-orc.com/ Luca Pozzoni...
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Hephae Energy - Pandora | Steve Krase on CORE Knowledge Podcast
There will always be the doubters who say that something is impossible and will never be achieved or realized. To people like Steve and John of Hephae Energy, it is music to their ears, a challenge accepted to go beyond where anyone has before. That is what they are doing for the geothermal...
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Iceland Drilling | Sveinn Hannesson & Daniel Drader on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Iceland Drilling has been drilling geothermal wells for many years now, and is even taking their skillset and knowledge abroad to help in accessing this immense resource of heat beneath our feet. This episode talks all about the past, present, and future of the geothermal industry, Iceland…
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Expro | Patrick Hanson on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Cross pollination within the energy sector is a must in order to achieve the global targets we have set out for ourselves. As energy demand rises rapidly, the need to decarbonize increases in importance, I believe the energy sector will actually shrink. Not in production or employees, but in how...
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Premier Resource Management | Mike Umbro on CORE Knowledge Podcast
When time is spent comparing every energy source it can be missed how they complement each other and can ultimately unlock even more technologic advancement that enables decarbonization. Today's episode is to highlight some incredible energy entrepreneurs with Premier Resource Management that are...
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Ecopetrol | Yeimy Baez on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Scaling up many of the low carbon solutions that will help to decarbonize our world need extensive investment along with support in the form of access to market. Who better than incumbent energy companies to do this? They have balance sheets, established supply chains across the entire value…
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Matorka | Arni Pall Einarsson on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Ensuring access to food, water, and energy are some of the key objectives for the next couple decades, but doing so in a sustainable way is equally important. Geothermal can not only help address the access to energy for developing countries, but it also can play a significant role in eliminating...
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Landsvirkjun | Bjarni Palsson on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Not that long ago Iceland was considered a developing country. Fast forward to today and it is now one of the welathiest nations on a per capita basis. One major driver of that has been their innovation around the natural resources and energy they have right under their feet; geothermal....
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Green by Iceland | Nott Thorberg on CORE Knowledge Podcast
How do we achieve the lofty goals set forth to reduce our global emissions and keep global warming at bay? It definitely won't happen in silos, it will take a cooperative effort, building on the backs of those gone before us, of course new innovations, new technology and a bunch of capital. The...
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Baker Hughes | Kamila Piotrowska on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Some of us dive deep into political issues and policy while others of us steer clear of all things related to politics. Well, when it come to reaching net zero by 2050 goals, we all need to be active in our governments from state/local level all the way to country leadership. Policy will shape…
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Geothermal Rising | Bryant Jones on CORE Knowledge Podcast
This week we are at CERA week and just in awe of the amount of interest and air time for geothermal and central to this renaissance of sorts is Geothermal Rising the largest trade organization representing the industry around the globe. I had the pleasure of snagging Bryant Jones the newly...
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Calpine | Rob Parker, Peter So, and Danielle Seperas on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Is Geothermal as exhaustive as the reports say? Can it power the future as a baseload energy source? Does America even produce any? What exactly is it? These are some questions you may be asking yourself when it comes to geothermal, and they are valid since historically geothermal hasn't been…
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QHeat | Erika Salmenvaara on CORE Knowledge Podcast
You may have heard of a Ground Source Heat pump in passing or maybe you even have one at your home. Well today we are going to be taking a deep dive into yes, Geothermal for heating and cooling, but an extremely innovative and new approach to making it more efficient and energy dense. Hailing…
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GreenFire Energy | Joseph Scherer on CORE Knowledge Podcast
GreenFire Energy's CEO Joseph Scherer is no stranger to CORE Knowledge. I had the chance to sit down with him at this year's Geothermal Rising Conference to talk about some of their recent investments from the likes of Baker Hughes and Vallourec to name a few and the new projects in their…
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KS Orka | Riza Pasikki on CORE Knowledge Podcast
KS Orka is a leader in Geothermal production in Indonesia and on the forefront of innovating and delivering on the goals set to bring another 3 + GW of geothermal in the next decade. One way they are doing this is by phased development versus the traditional method. At the Sorak Marapi field…
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El Salvador Ambassador to the UK and Ireland | Vanessa Interiano on CORE Knowledge Podcast
IRENA just hosted the second High Level Global Geothermal Alliance Conference in El Salvador, and it was quite the spectacle. Today's episode is just that, High Level as I sit down with El Salvador's Ambassador to the UK and Northern Ireland. El Salvador is leading in a lot of ways and this event...
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GreenFire Energy | John Muir and Andy Van Horn on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Sometimes we pay more for things even when there isn't much of a difference in benefit, but when it comes to reliable electricity there is a cost of paying less or having unreliable energy sources providing majority of the electrons. In comes Geothermal, a premium energy source that all...
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Baseload Capital | Kristina Hagstrom-Ilievska on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Impressions are important whether it is your first interview, first date, first day at a new job, or as a new company entering the market. In all of the scenarios above, one thing is the same across each; first impressions go a long way either good or bad. So wouldn't you work as hard as possible...
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Cornish Lithium | Lucy Crane on CORE Knowledge Podcast
A geologist by training, Lucy Crane found her way into Geothermal almost by accident and now has an incredibly important role being the ESG & Sustainability manager for Cornish Lithium. The need for clean power and sustainable Lithium production for future EV demand is massive, but we need to...
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Transitional Energy | Salina Derichsweiler, Ben Burke & Johanna Ostrum on CORE Knowledge Podcast
This week we get to chat with yet another amazing startup that is changing the energy landscape in the name of Geothermal. Transitional Energy is taking a Go Now approach and working to decarbonize the Oil and Gas industry and provide a distributed energy system. Salina, Ben and Johanna are…
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Geothermic Solution | Ghazal Izadi on CORE Knowledge Podcast
This week's episode takes us to the West Coast where Geothermic is developing an innovative solution called GeoHeat which is a closed loop technology leveraging existing technologies and refining/improving them in order to harvest sustainable, reliable, always on heat. My conversation with Ghazal...
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Ministry of Energy and Mines Colombia | Monica Gasca Rojas on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Colombia has ramped up the amount of renewable energy on the grid significantly over the past few years and is continuing to work diligently to create an environment ripe for developing increasing amounts of renewable energy projects. They have established protocols for Geothermal exploration and...
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ImPPPact Global Alliance | Jesse Nyokabi on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Energy access is key to creating a sustainable future, eliminating poverty and improving health. Kenya is at 80% of Kenyans having access to energy, mostly due to their incredible renewable energy production. Geothermal is playing a major role in making Africa a hotspot for learnings, innovation,...
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IRENA | Jack Kiruja on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Unity across the globe will be absolutely key in achieving our sustainable future. This is one of the main focuses of IRENA, to be a platform for international cooperation. They don't stop there. Advising on policy, creating tools for understanding global renewable energy, developing reports on…
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Jacobs | Maxwell Wilmarth on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Resource extraction is one of the most complex ecosystems in the whole world. Even in an area with rich Geothermal potential it is not always a walk in the park to bring it to life and have electrons on the grid. Political, economic, cultural, financial, technical hurdles all can create…
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Inter-American Development Bank | Christiaan Gischler on CORE Knowledge Podcast
A bank helping with research, de-risking development, offering a technology incubator to promote innovation and providing funding? No way, not real. Well, actually the Inter-American Development Bank or IDB for short is active in the Central American and Caribbean regions. With their Vision 2025,...
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Parhelion Underwriting Ltd | Julian Richardson on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Insurance is there to take risks that equity or debt can't or won't take. Often an overlooked form of financing, Insurance is somewhat of a backbone in a lot of arenas of life and can play the same role in Geothermal. It helps de-risk Geothermal development drilling, decreases the cost of…
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NOV | Pawl Victor on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Subsurface risks are pretty well known in Oil and Gas, even in sub salt regions or other exploration arenas where there are significant unknowns we invest and execute projects. So why is it that in Geothermal we don't apply a similar mindset? Why is Geothermal underfunded? Oil and Gas has brought...
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GSAP | Marit Brommer, Bernhardt Johst, Joerg Hartmann on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Geothermal Sustainability Assessment Protocol. The newly created GSAP went on the road to Costa Rica for the inaugural training on the tool and it was a great success. On today's episode I sit down with Marit Brommer of the IGA, Joerg Hartmann the expert and Bernhardt from GIZ to debrief and talk...
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SICA | Alexandra Arias on CORE Knowledge Podcast
It was an absolute honor to be in person in Costa Rica for the inaugural Geothermal Sustainability Assessment Protocol training. It was simply amazing to see the work being done in the SICA region with Geothermal. They are already developing projects that will help set standards for future...
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JRG Energy | John Gilliland on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Ready to get technical?? Well, you're in luck then because this week I sit down with John Gilliland, Director of Operations for JRG Energy and dive deep into the operations for geothermal power production. We discuss the similarities between Oil and Gas operations and Geothermal, as well as how...
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Eavor | Christian Besoiu on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Eavor doesn't see their solution to Geothermal as just a well design, but as a product that can be made to order based on the energy demand of their customer. A big reason why Geothermal hasn't grown at the pace that other renewables have is due to a myriad of reasons, but one in particular,...
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Baseload Capital | Alexander Helling on CORE Knowledge Podcast
One of the most unique and innovative companies in my opinion in the Geothermal space is Baseload Capital, initially started as a venture to help finance Geothermal projects, but ended up financing and developing projects around the world. Their process involves working collaboratively with...
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Geothermal Rising | Will Pettitt on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Do you know what Geothermal is? What can it do for you? Is it worth learning about? Why is it an important source of energy? Why is relatively unknown? I sit down with Will Pettitt, the Executive Director of Geothermal Rising to talk about their rebranding, lobbying efforts, their staple…
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CORE knowledge is a podcast devoted to exploring the many facets and immense potential of an old, but newly revivied energy source; Geothermal. The aim is to engage the energy, policy making and the investment communities in order to spur innovation in the geothermal space and also bring awareness to the immense potential it has to be a baseload energy source for the future.
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