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The Wharton Current — 55 episodes
Accelerating deployment of advanced energy solutions - Alex Dewar, BCG
Climate Investing in the Family Office World — Ben Huang, Builders Vision
Harnessing Industrial Policy in the Energy Transition and Global Economic Competition – Ali Zaidi, Former White House National Climate Advisor
Scaling Direct Air Capture -- Shashank Samala, CEO of Heirloom
Scaling Storage in an Era of Explosive Load Growth — Colby Hastings, Senior Director of Residential Energy, Tesla
The Power of Data Center Flexibility — Aroon Vijaykar, SVP of Strategy and Commercial, Emerald AI
Bridging the Valley of Death — Brandon Corts, Senior Director of Product, Newlab
Small Scale, Big Impact: Nuclear Microreactors -- James Walker, CEO of Nano Nuclear Energy
Energy Geopolitics in Transition — Dr. Benjamin Schmitt, Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Why Advanced Geothermal is Heating Up -- Jason Peart, GM of Strategy & Development @ Sage Geosystems
The Future of Clean Energy Under Trump — Dr. Jen Wilcox, Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary @ the Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
Revitalizing Europe's Legacy Wind Assets -- Lars Meyer, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of NeXtWind
Financing the Future of Climate Tech - Matt Cohen, Principal @ Clean Energy Ventures
Changing the Way We Charge EVs -- Apoorv Bhargava, CEO of WeaveGrid
Reimagining Data Centers for the Age of AI -- Nelson Abramson, CEO @ Verrus
Bringing Accounting Rigor to Sustainability Reporting -- Elizabeth Seeger, Board Member @ ISSB
What Do We Need for Net-Zero Steel? Christina Chang, Partner @ Lowercarbon Capital
Stabilizing the Low-Carbon Grid -- Frederico Rauter, Chief Revenue Officer @ Reactive Technologies
The Standard-Setter for Corporate Climate Ambition -- Luiz Amaral, CEO @ SBTi
Leshika Samarasinghe - Twine Ventures Founder
Storing Heat to Decarbonize Industry -- Justin Briggs, Co-Founder & COO @ Antora Energy
Making Energy Efficiency Easy -- Lauren Salz, Co-founder & CEO @ Sealed
Rethinking Flood Insurance -- Bessie Schwarz, Co-Founder and CEO @ Floodbase
Decentralized Carbon Capture - Nick Martin, Co-founder @ Carbon Reform
Cement's Next Stage -- Ian Riley, CEO @ World Cement Association
Cleantech and State Green Banks -- Sara Harari @ Connecticut Green Bank
Implementing Climate Policy - Christine Harada
Geothermal 3.0 -- Sarah Jewett @ Fervo Energy
Venture for the Climate -- Alex LaPlaza, Partner @ Lowercarbon Capital
Measuring + Cutting Emissions in Metals & Mining -- Sophie Lu, BHP
A Road to Fossil-Free Cheap Hydrogen - Derek Warnick, CFO of Electric Hydrogen
The Holy Grail of Transmission - Tim Heidel, CTO of VEIR
The Energy Transition in Saudi Arabia - Adam Sieminski, KAPSARC
The Technology of Battery Recycling - Megan O'Connor, Nth Cycle
The Infrastructure of Battery Recycling - Wilson Ma, Li-Cycle
Carbon Negative Materials - Rich Riley, CEO of Origin Materials
Decarbonizing Cement - Cody Finke, Ph.D., CEO and Co-Founder, Brimstone
The Geopolitics of the Energy Transition - Meghan O’Sullivan, Harvard Kennedy School
Can EV Charging Infrastructure Penetrate Urban Areas? Voltpost Thinks it Can
Scaling Solar Energy in the Southeast - Reagan Farr & Matt Kisber, Silicon Ranch
Decarbonizing Industrial Heat - John O’Donnell, CEO and Founder, Rondo Energy
Forest Carbon Sequestration & AI - Peter McHale, Co-Founder and CEO, Gaia AI
Lithium Extraction & Battery Supply Chains - Teague Egan, Founder and CEO, EnergyX
Are Sustainability KPIs Gaining Traction? - Ed Ballard, Bureau Chief, WSJ Pro Sustainable Business
Climate Tech Investments & Catalytic Capital - Amy Duffuor, General Partner, Azolla Ventures
Community Solar & Data Insights - Kiran Bhatraju, CEO and Founder, Arcadia
Energy Models & Policy - Jesse Jenkins, Princeton University Assistant Professor
The State Of SPACs - PJ Deschenes, Managing Director, Nomura Greentech
Climate Tech VC - Sophie Purdom & Kimberly Zou
Environmentalism and Business - Mark Tercek
Offshore Wind - Zach Gross, Executive Director JP Morgan
Energy and Emissions Policy - Arthur van Benthem
Carbon Capture - Jonte Boysen
Breakthrough Equity Ventures - Sid Radhakrishna
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