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WattPod
by Mitchell Board
The Watt Pod is highlighting the journey's of the climatetech startups powering the energy transition and our carbon free future. As we head towards a cleaner, more distributed, more flexible energy system what innovations are required to ensure access to cheap, reliable and responsible energy.
Episodes
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Leroy Nyangani - Co-Founder & Team Lead @ Need Energy
It takes a special type of person to be an entrepreneur and it takes a special type of courage to build a truly innovative business. @Leroy Nyangani and the team at @Need Energy including his cofounder @Desire Masunda are those special people with that special type of courage. NeedEnergy is an...
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Danny Thai - Founder @ zecar
Danny Thai launched zecar, a data-driven one-stop shop for all things electric cars, to help consumers make the switch to a clean, electrified future. Zecar provides a database of EV cars, helping match EV buyers to their perfect car, as well as guides on the cost of EV ownership. It's an area…
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Paul Martin - Founding Member @ Hydrogen Science Coalition & Founder @ Spitfire Research
@Paul Martin is one of the most vocal advocates for a fossil-fuel free future. He is a leading voice in the fight against #hopium often applied to the use of hydrogen. In today's episode, we discuss some of the myths surrounding the energy transition. We also explore the difficulties of hydrogen…
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Peter Knowles - President @ Financial Machines & Advisor @ Net Zero Markets
It's not often we get an expert straddling both energy transition and carbon markets. This week we get the opportunity to look holistically at how technology and innovation are accelerating decarbonisation with Peter Knowles. Peter is the President of @Financial Machines, a software company...
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Jacqueline van den ende - Co-founder & CEO @ Carbon Equity
"The moment we have something we can measure is when we get excited. Without being able to measure it there is no clear business model". Awesome interview with @Jacqueline van den ende, the co-founder & CEO @ Carbon Equity. We dove deep into the foundations of Carbon Equity and their mission to...
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Rob Bartrop - CRO @ SOURCE Global
Source Global's hydro panel technology uses renewable energy to produce safe, clean drinking water out of the air. Backed by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures their revolutionary technology will do for drinking water what solar panels have done for electricity, making water a distributed...
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Anshul Patel - Director of Global Partnerships @ Bboxx
“There’s no better solution to energy poverty than distributed energy” @Bboxx is a Pan African super platform transforming lives and unlocking potential. Their core business solves energy poverty by servicing consumers with life-changing solar, clean cooking and other valuable services that give...
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Quentin Draper-Scrimshire - Co-Founder & CEO @ Modo Energy
Quentin Draper-Scrimshire is the co-founder and CEO of Modo Energy. Modo are accelerating the energy transition by enabling companies to make better, data-backed decisions hyper-focused on energy storage. Used by 75% of participants in the GB market with over 3000 subscribers Modo is the…
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Marija Petkovik - Founder & MD @ Energy Synapse
Marija Petkovic is the founder and MD of Energy Synapse. Alongside bespoke advisory and research services, the Energy Synapse software platform crunches billions of data points to allow renewable energy developers, financial institutions, large corporates, government and public interest groups to...
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Tom Miller - Founder & CEO @ Cambridge Energy Partners
@Tom Miller is a co-founder and the CEO of @Cambridge Energy Partners (CEP). CEP is at the leading edge of the next phase of solar development and deployment. Their unique pre-fab solution means that a solar farm can be shipped, ready to deploy, with tracking to any destination. The combination…
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Assaad Razzouk - CEO @ Gurin Energy, Founder @ Reneum, Angry Clean Energy Guy
@Assaad Razzouk is a high-profile thought leader on climate change and clean energy. He is perhaps best known as the “@Angry Clean Energy Guy” with his regular podcast covering all the topics that anger him on our transition to a cleaner future. Today, Assaad is the CEO @Gurin Energy…
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Erik Nygard - Founder & CEO @ Kofa
Did you hear the story of the serial clean-tech entrepreneur who sold his successful energy technology company to Shell and started a battery network company in Africa to change the way energy is distributed and delivered to customers? Well, that's the story of @Erik Nygard, our next guest on the...
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Carola Jonas - CEO & Founder @ Everty
Carola Jonas is the CEO & Founder of Everty, an EV software startup that allows EV charging station operators to monitor, manage and monetise their charging infrastructure assets and provides an interface to EV drivers for the use of chargers. So, how does a solopreneur build a successful EV SaaS...
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0xymoron - Cofounder @ KlimaDAO
"KlimaDAO has arguably been one of the most impactful and disruptive innovations in carbon markets to date. In the last 6 months, KlimaDAO has incentivised around 25% (worth approximately $250M) of the carbon credits certified by Verra during the period to be bridged onto the blockchain. Today…
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Nancy Pfund - Founder & Managing Partner @ DBL Partners
"Impact lives in any company". Nancy Pfund is the original impact investor. As the Founder and Managing Partner of DBL Partners she has led the field of impact investing for almost 20 years showing that it is possible to achieve both purpose and profits. She has sat on the board of or overseen...
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Jaap van Dijk - Co-Founder & CEO @ Greenatlas.earth
"You just get different challenges, not fewer of them". Jaap van Dijk, the Co-Founder and CEO of @greenatlas.earth lays out what its like being an early-stage climate-tech founder. We chat about leaving behind a successful career at @Citi heading both power trading and environmental products...
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Ross Sharman, Founder & Executive Chair & Colin Fraser, CEO @ Accurassi
Accurassi is a B2B2C Saas platform for energy retail customer acquisition and management. Ross Sharman and Colin Fraser are disrupting the energy retail market by helping retailers offer hyper-personalised energy plans to customers. We cover the disruption of energy markets, the future of the...
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Mick Liubinskas @ Climate-tech Investor & Co-Founder @ Climate Salad
Mick Liubinskas is one of Australia’s leading climate tech investors. He has invested in and advised hundreds of startups and is a Co-Founder of @Climate Salad which is helping to build climate-focused startups and get the world beyond net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. He is well placed to give…
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Steven Meersman, Founder Director @ Zenobe Energy
As an ex-trader I have a particular fondness for optionality - the right but not the obligation to buy or sell. It's something that really lights the neurons up as it is usually where the money is to be found. Today we dive right into why the optionality of a battery is so impactful with Steven...
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Ali Chehrehsaz and Nima Tabatabai, Co-Founders @ Optimize Infrastructure
“Renewables are prisoners of time and geography”. How do we create degrees of freedom for renewable energy assets by pairing them with onsite bitcoin mining? How can bitcoin mining help the solar and wind industry to break their race to the bottom and improve returns for renewable asset owners…
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Dennis Freedman - Director and Head of Investments and Development @ Octopus Investments
Today we welcome one of the most successful disruptors in the energy space, Octopus Group. Its tentacles include Octopus Renewables which has been one of the most active developers of renewables globally and Octopus Energy which was recently valued at over $5B with investment from the Generation...
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Bill Lenihan - CEO @ Zola Electric
In episode 10 of the WattPod we speak to Bill Lenihan, CEO of Zola Electric about how their technology is improving the lives of millions. Energy access remains one of the world's great problems and is being addressed front-on by some amazing and innovative companies such as ZOLA. Bill reminds us...
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Alex Post - Co-Founder & CTO @ MGA Thermal & Martin Duursma - Partner @ Main Sequence Ventures
A special episode of the Watt Pod where we get to hear from both sides of the fence - the startup and the investor. Join us as Alexander Post (Co-Founder & CTO @ MGA Thermal) and Martin Duursma (Partner @ Main Sequence Ventures) give us the inside track on how they are powering the energy...
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Tosh Szatow - Co-Founder & Director @ BoomPower
In Ep8 of the Watt Pod we talk to co-founder and director of BoomPower, Tosh Szatow, about the ability of their software to turn almost anyone into a proficient energy consultant. BoomPower is helping to streamline the delivery of distributed energy projects for all players in the ecosystem...
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Fabian Le Gay Brereton - Co-Founder & CEO of Gridcognition
How do you better plan and optimise projects in the era of decentralised intermittent renewable energy assets? In Ep7 of the WattPod, @Fabian Le Gay Brereton, Co-Founder & CEO of Gridcognition talks to us about their software which does just that. We hear about the startups exciting achievements…
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Dominic Spooner - Founder & CEO @Vaulta
From EV's to stationary storage, batteries are a well recognised part of todays energy system and a significant part of our carbon free future. However, today only 2-5% of lithium ion batteries actually being recycled and the balance typically end up in landfill. What solutions are available to...
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Richard Romanowsky - Co-Founder and Executive Director @ eleXsys Energy
Wondering how we will solve congestion in the new decentralised and digitilaised grid without relying on the lengthy and expensive need to build additional transmission? Trying to find a solution to rooftop, C&I or utility scale renewables curtailment and make a project more bankable? Want to...
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Daniel Barber - Founder @ DNA Energy
In S1 Ep4 of the Watt Pod we talk to founder of DNA Energy, Daniel Barber about his journey building a climatetech startup. DNA Energy is an early stage measuring and monitoring technology company helping customers monetise their energy assets and looking to disrupt the way customers think about...
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Anne Foster - Director & Head of ESG @ Quinbrook
In S1 Ep3 Anne Foster, Director and Head of ESG at Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, gives us her insights into what a large global asset manager and renewables developer is currently focused on. Whilst utility scale solar and wind remains the core component, Quinbrook is powering the energy...
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James Bradley CTO & Co-Founder @ Diffuse Energy
James Bradley, CTO and Co-Founder of Diffuse Energy, discusses their revolutionary technology that is enabling distributed, mini-wind generation. We also touch upon the importance of the startup ecosystem (universities, government and private investors) and the opportunities and support available...
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Tim Washington Founder & CEO @ JET Charge, Co-Founder @ ChargeFox
Tim joins us for our first episode to discuss entrepreneuralism and the future of EV Charging.
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Watt Pod - Season 1 EP 0 - Intro
Wondering what is happening in the future of energy? Listen to our short intro to the Watt Pod - a podcast dedicated to the amazing stories of the startups and entrepreneurs powering the energy transition.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Watt Pod is highlighting the journey's of the climatetech startups powering the energy transition and our carbon free future. As we head towards a cleaner, more distributed, more flexible energy system what innovations are required to ensure access to cheap, reliable and responsible energy.
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Mitchell Board
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The Watt Pod is highlighting the journey's of the climatetech startups powering the energy transition and our carbon free future. As we head towards a cleaner, more distributed, more flexible energy system what innovations are required to ensure access to cheap, reliable and responsible energy.
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