Climate Cowboys

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 59.

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Today we speak with Ben Parvey the CEO at OhmGrid. Where they are helping residential customers get off the grid, they do this through a model where they effectively just switch out some equipment, and then you pay around the same price as your electricity bill. The difference is, that you'll no longer be reliant on the grid and will have guaranteed electricity. 

What they are doing is really cool, I feel it has a strong appeal to many people given the power outage issues across our country. 

The Main talking points of today's discussion are:

• Intro
• Getting into Energy Space
• Starting in the Recession
• Going off the Grid
• Resale Value
• Financing
• Solar Resources
• Regulations
• Utilities & Incentive Programs
• Selling Back to the Grid
• Grid Dilemmas: a Hodge-Podge
• Future of the Grid
• Install and Operations
• What New Builders Think
• Multifamily Applications
• Regulatory Stifling 
• Clean Slate
• Cyber Security
• Educating the People en masse 
• Talent
• Wrap Up

We hope you enjoy today's episode - please reach out with any specific questions or discussion points. If you're interested in being a show sponsor you can reach me at [email protected]

• OhmGrid Website: https://www.ohmgrid.com/
• Connect with Ben: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benparvey/
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We are proud to continue working with NextWave as our official show sponsor for this podcast. NextWave and all of its staff are highly motivated to advance the ClimateTech revolution and are constantly innovating ways that they can help affect that transition. From experts in the talent space to ESG experts, NextWave is taking on Climate and Social responsibility head-on and helping companies build great cultures that not only make the world a better place but also increase workplace satisfaction. Reach out to NextWave Partners today to learn more about how we might partner with you today. https://www.next-wavepartners.com/ / [email protected]

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 58.

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This is a very special episode to me. Today we bring you a conversation with Peter Leyden who has spent his career figuring out the future. He started his career in journalism and went on to become, arguably, one of the most influential thinkers about the future of the world. 

In today's conversation, we cover a lot of things but focused generally on the future of CleanEnergy, how we know it has arrived, what the Circular Economy really is going to be (BioEngineering), and shifting consumer demand driven by the next generation. 

Peter has a lot of really fascinating points of view and I'm confident that you'll enjoy this conversation if you're someone who likes to think about the future and how it might be. 

Log of the Show:

• Developing the mentality of future looking back
• How we get stuck in day-to-day news rather than broad achievements 
• Future of clean energy 
• Critical Uncertainty
• The innovation adoption curve
• How industry shifts 
• 5% of EV Sales 
• Paradigm Shifts
• Total Reinvention of the Vehicle Concept / Autonomous Vehicles 
• Generational Shifts & Fundamental Technologies 
• Subsidies - EVs in Particular
• Cheap Energy to Solve Climate Change
• Global Capital Shift and the US Signal 
• Bio-Engineering Boom
• EV Adoption Setting up Adoption of all ClimateTech
• The Circular Economy 
• Bio-Engineering Materials and Production of Goods
• BioEngineered Bottles that biodegrade
• The Ultimate Circular Economy; a World of Synthetic Biology 
• Possible Public Blowback on Bio-Engineering Food
• Old Technology Doesn't go Away 
• Fusion Energy 
• Energy Abundance 
• Shifting Consumer Demand 
• Corporates Chasing GenZ and Millenial Demand 
• Vision for America and Politics 
• History Makes Sense but The Present Isn't as Clear
• California: the Future Version of America & Gavin Newsom 
• North Star is the No Carbon Economy 
• Role of Government 
• Space Travel 
• Wrap up

We hope you enjoy today's episode - please reach out with any specific questions or discussion points. If you're interested in being a show sponsor you can reach me at [email protected]

• Peter's Website: https://www.peterleyden.com/
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Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 57.

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Today's conversation is with Jaeson Cardiff in a very exciting discussion about how they are capturing carbon through their Boiler system technology and then using that carbon in cleaning products. Overall the concept is simple but it's very exciting what they are doing and what can come next as they continue to develop their technology to be deployed on a larger scale. 

I especially appreciated hearing Jaeson's experience that led him from a blue-collar background to becoming a founder of a very complex deep-science technology company that is helping advance the ClimateTech solutions.

Main Talking Points: 

• Intro
• Where did the seed of your idea come from
• What is the circular economy
• How their chemical engineer works
• What they are doing
• Where is it used
• Educating people 
• Changing the meaning of Green Washing
• Non-Technical business founder
• Starting out
• Customers
• Installation 
• Economics / ROI
• Off-take agreements
• Partnerships
•  Existing Jobs
• Managing their brand and its evolution
• Carbon in soap
• Where it goes
• Regulatory landscape
• Carbon tax
• Education 
• Carbon Economy
• Looking forward in your industry
• Wrap up

We hope you enjoy today's episode - please reach out with any specific questions or discussion points. If you're interested in being a show sponsor you can reach me at [email protected]

• Clean02 Website: https://cleano2.ca/
• Connect with Jaeson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cleano2cct/
• Check out our Sponsor, NextWave Partners: https://www.next-wavepartners.com/
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• Follow CleanTechies on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-techies/ 
• HMU on Twitter: @silasmahner

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We are proud to continue working with NextWave as our official show sponsor for this podcast. NextWave and all of its staff are highly motivated to advance the ClimateTech revolution and are constantly innovating ways that they can help affect that transition. From experts in the talent space to ESG experts, NextWave is taking on Climate and Social responsibility head-on and helping companies build great cultures that not only make the world a better place but also increase workplace satisfaction. Reach out to NextWave Partners today to learn more about how we might partner with you today. https://www.next-wavepartners.com/ / [email protected]

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 56.
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Today's conversation is with Rekha Sharma the founder of Solv4x. Rekha spent a number of years working for CAISO which, for those unfamiliar is the grid operator in California. During her time there she dealt with the issue of energy demand irregularities the more renewable energy that came on the grid and the more electrification permeated the grid. 

That experience led her to seek a solution which is what she's doing with Solv4X. In this conversation she walks us through the evolution of how she got to where she is, the steps she took to get here, and how the first vertical she's focusing on is the EV Charging space. 

Generally speaking, this was a really great conversation and I personally enjoyed it a lot as she was able to help shed light on the decision-making process to leave a stable job to start this business. Generally, very inspiring. 

Main Talking Points: 

• Intro
• The shift to electrification 
• Her early career
• The evolution of the grid
• What is Solve4X
• Seeing CAISOs issues firsthand
• Getting started
• Finding the right partners
• Getting capital
• Many small tweaks 
• How the incubators helped
• Picking the right incubator
• Division of labor & specialties in the labor market
• User experience 
• Internships and the importance of hands-on experience 
• Giving back to the people 
• Wrapping up 

We hope you enjoy today's episode - please reach out with any specific questions or discussion points. If you're interested in being a show sponsor you can reach me at [email protected]

• Solv4X Website: https://solv4xinc.com/
• Connect with Rekha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanpatrickmurphy1/
• Check out our Sponsor, NextWave Partners: https://www.next-wavepartners.com/
• Join the Slack Channel:  https://cleantechies.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-pd2drz6d-N~9nURU5JlyMXv2ZiO5bAQ#/shared-invite/email
• Follow CleanTechies on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-techies/ 
• HMU on Twitter: @silasmahner

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We are proud to continue working with NextWave as our official show sponsor for this podcast. NextWave and all of its staff are highly motivated to advance the ClimateTech revolution and are constantly innovating ways that they can help affect that transition. From experts in the talent space to ESG experts, NextWave is taking on Climate and Social responsibility head-on and helping companies build great cultures that not only make the world a better place but also increase workplace satisfaction. Reach out to NextWave Partners today to learn more about how we might partner with you today. https://www.next-wavepartners.com/ /

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 55.

If you are a climate tech founder with specific questions you'd like us to ask -- OR -- looking for capital and strategic partner introductions, please reach out to me via the Slack Channel or LinkedIn and we are glad to help in any way we can.  

Today our episode is with Sean Murphy the CEO of PingThings. Ping things is, in technical terms, the world's fastest nanosecond-precise time series analysis and AI platform. To translate that,  they are able to analyze vast amounts of data very quickly. The application they are focused on currently is for utilities and grid operators. Specifically, transmission lines have a lot of sensors that are not used because most utilities didn't have the ability to actually read and utilize the data collected. With their technology, they are now able to do this and it can have massive impacts on the grid and on climate change. 

As usual, we discussed a wide range of topics including, his inspiration to become an entrepreneur, how the tech works, future trends, a misalignment of incentives among utilities, and education.

Really fun conversation today. Enjoy! 

Main Talking Points: 

• Intro to Sean
• Impetus for becoming an entrepreneur 
• How to navigate early career with entrepreneurial tendencies
• What is PingThings
• How did they decide on what industry to support
• Visualizing what they do
• How they achieve this
• Use cases & applications
• How it impacts climate
• An electrical engineering lesson
• Solutions for this grid problem 
• Any hardware required
• Future trends
• Regulatory landscape
• Misalignment of incentives 
• Advice to young professionals
• Hiring - what they look for
• College systems
• Do we need more STEM
• Wrapping up

We hope you enjoy today's episode - please reach out with any specific questions or discussion points. If you're interested in being a show sponsor you can reach me at [email protected]

• PingThings Website: https://www.pingthings.io/
• Connect with Sean: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanpatrickmurphy1/
• Check out our Sponsor, NextWave Partners: https://www.next-wavepartners.com/
• Join the Slack Channel:  https://cleantechies.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-pd2drz6d-N~9nURU5JlyMXv2ZiO5bAQ#/shared-invite/email
• Follow CleanTechies on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-techies/ 
• HMU on Twitter: @silasmahner

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We are proud to continue working with NextWave as our official show sponsor for this podcast. NextWave and all of its staff are highly motivated to advance the ClimateTech revolution and are constantly innovating ways that they can help affect that transition. From experts in the talent space to ESG experts, NextWave is taking on Climate and Social responsibility head-on and helping companies build great cultures that not only make the world a better place but also increase workplace satisfaction. Reach out to NextWave Partners today to learn more about how we might partner with you toda

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 54. 

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Today our episode is with Mariam Awara. Mariam is COO at Pulsenics Inc. Pulsenics is a Canada-based IoT device company that is helping enable electrochemistry at scale. A simpler way to put it is; they have a hardware and software solution that helps significantly reduce the operating costs of electrochemical industrial processes. Today our conversation largely revolved around how they are helping significantly reduce the costs of creating green hydrogen. 

We discussed the existing problem, how their tech works, and how they are solving it. To give you a precursor, in the event you're not a big fan of deep science, they have a device that helps monitor the internals of expensive machinery such as electrolyzes to identify when issues are starting so they can be fixed before a large breakdown. The same way preventative health helps avoid health crises. 

Please enjoy today's conversation! 

Main Talking Points: 

• Intro to Mariam
• How she got into ClimateTech
• Evolution of the company
• How hard-tech is developed 
• What they are doing
• Where do they fit into clean-electrochemical projects
• How they are helping
• Integration with existing tech
• The ROI component
• The industries they support (outside of GH) 
• Common objections and challenges
• Next bottlenecks to solve
• Regulatory landscape and concerns
• Talent landscape
• What degrees to pursue for this field
• Fundraising and it's evolution 
• Keeping long-term vision
• The future
• Closing

We hope you enjoy today's episode - please reach out with any specific questions or discussion points. If you're interested in being a show sponsor you can reach me at [email protected]

• Pulsenics Website: https://www.pulsenics.com/
• Connect with Mariam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariamawara/
• Check out our Sponsor, NextWave Partners: https://www.next-wavepartners.com/
• Join the Slack Channel:  https://cleantechies.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-pd2drz6d-N~9nURU5JlyMXv2ZiO5bAQ#/shared-invite/email
• Follow CleanTechies on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-techies/ 
• HMU on Twitter: @silasmahner

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We are proud to continue working with NextWave as our official show sponsor for this podcast. NextWave and all of its staff are highly motivated to advance the ClimateTech revolution and are constantly innovating ways that they can help affect that transition. From experts in the talent space to ESG experts, NextWave is taking on Climate and Social responsibility head-on and helping companies build great cultures that not only make the world a better place but also increase workplace satisfaction. Reach out to NextWave Partners today to learn more about

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 53. 

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Today's episode is with Jason Ethier who is the Sr Director of Membership at Greentown Labs. Greentown is an in-person CleanTech incubator with locations in Boston and Houston. 

Today's conversation largely revolves around what Greentown is doing to help CleanTech Startups, the challenges many startups face, the importance of partnerships, and perhaps the most interesting talking point, what is the relationship between Houston's "Old Energy" people and the Energy Transition People.

Main Talking Points: 

• Intro to Jason 
• His journey into ClimateTech
• What Greentown Labs is doing 
• Who they work with 
• What types of people end up in the program? 
• Why should someone apply to Greentown Labs
• Typical outcomes
• How it works
• Partnerships in the CleanTech Community
• Incentive structures
• Why In-Person
• The Metaverse
• Why Houston 
• The relationship between "Old Energy" and Renewables
• Job transitions 
• Equity offerings
• Education, Talent, and Universities 
• Market timing and direction 
• Wrap up

We hope you enjoy today's episode - please reach out with any specific questions or discussion points. If you're interested in being a show sponsor you can reach me at [email protected]

• Greentown Labs Website: https://greentownlabs.com/
• Connect with Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonethier/
• Check out our Sponsor, NextWave Partners: https://www.next-wavepartners.com/
• Join the Slack Channel:  https://cleantechies.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-pd2drz6d-N~9nURU5JlyMXv2ZiO5bAQ#/shared-invite/email
• Follow CleanTechies on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-techies/ 
• HMU on Twitter: @silasmahner
• Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/silasmahner
• TRL Definition: https://acqnotes.com/acqnote/tasks/technology-readiness-level

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We are proud to continue working with NextWave as our official show sponsor for this podcast. NextWave and all of its staff are highly motivated to advance the ClimateTech revolution and are constantly innovating ways that they can help affect that transition. From experts in the talent space to ESG experts, NextWave is taking on Climate and Social responsibility head-on and helping companies build great cultures that not only make the world a better place but also increase workplace satisfaction. Reach out to NextWave Partners today to learn more about how we might partner with you today. https://www.next-wavepartners.com/ /

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 52. 

If you are a climate tech founder with specific questions you'd like us to ask -- OR -- looking for capital and strategic partner introductions, please reach out to me via the Slack Channel or LinkedIn and we are glad to help in any way we can.  

Today's conversation is with James Henry, the Director of Growth and Sustainability at MyHEAT. MyHEAT is a Calgary-based Energy Software Startup. They have a technology that produced heat maps on a city-wide scale. They use that data to work in partnership with Utilities and Energy Consumers to make changes that result in long-term energy savings. Their goal is to reduce the amount of energy required to heat spaces.

The main discussion points in today's episode revolve around energy usage, changing consumer behavior, and how to create lasting energy efficiency changes. Of course, we also dug into the education questions I like to ask and we also spoke a bit about what the Utility's goals are and how they go about implementing them. 

Main Talking Points: 

• Intro to James
• What MyHEAT is doing
• His inspiration to get into the space
• How they collect the data
• How they process the data
• Who their partners are
• How it works 
• The utilities' goals 
• Implementation of the tech
• Quantifying things
• The importance of comparison
• Effectiveness 
• Incentives for builders
• Valuations in Real Estate 
• Downstream consumption
• Changing public education on this topic
• Advice for young professionals 
• Wrap up

We hope you enjoy today's episode - please reach out with any specific questions or discussion points. If you're interested in being a show sponsor you can reach me at [email protected]

• MyHEAT Website: https://myheat.ca/
• Connect with James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameschenry/
• Check out our Sponsor, NextWave Partners: https://www.next-wavepartners.com/
• Join the Slack Channel:  https://cleantechies.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-pd2drz6d-N~9nURU5JlyMXv2ZiO5bAQ#/shared-invite/email
• Follow CleanTechies on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-techies/ 
• HMU on Twitter: @silasmahner
• Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/silasmahner

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We are proud to continue working with NextWave as our official show sponsor for this podcast. NextWave and all of its staff are highly motivated to advance the ClimateTech revolution and are constantly innovating ways that they can help affect that transition. From experts in the talent space to ESG experts, NextWave is taking on Climate and Social responsibility head-on and helping companies build great cultures that not only make the world a better place but also increase workplace satisfaction. Reach out to NextWave Partners today to learn more about how we might partner with you today.

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 51. 

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Today's conversation is with Demian Klenk, Co-Founder of 6c-Index, where they are building an index fund of Carbon projects that are tied to the blockchain for transparency. 

In this discussion, we covered what they are doing, what are the carbon markets, blockchain's role in the climate fight, seeing carbon offsets as an investment, and a lot of other things surrounding the topic of the intersection of Blockchain and ClimateTech

Overall, great conversation with Demian. I'm very fascinated to see what they do and if they are able to truly crack the code on getting corporations to willingly invest in carbon removal projects.

Main Talking Points: 

• Intro to Demian
• Regenerative Markets
• What is 6c-Index
• What are Carbon Markets
• How do they work
• How the credits appreciate
• Changing the narrative
• Drawdown 
• Blockchain and Climate Change
• Blockchain and Innovation
• Enabling new financial products
• Why Wyoming 
• DAOs
• Creating a technically savvy public

We hope you enjoy today's episode - please reach out with any specific questions or discussion points. If you're interested in being a show sponsor you can reach me at [email protected]

• 6c-Index Website: https://6c-index.com/
• Connect with Demian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demian-klenk-ba2110183/
• Check out our Sponsor, NextWave Partners: https://www.next-wavepartners.com/
• Join the Slack Channel:  https://cleantechies.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-pd2drz6d-N~9nURU5JlyMXv2ZiO5bAQ#/shared-invite/email
• Follow CleanTechies on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-techies/ 
• HMU on Twitter: @silasmahner
• Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/silasmahner

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We are proud to continue working with NextWave as our official show sponsor for this podcast. NextWave and all of its staff are highly motivated to advance the ClimateTech revolution and are constantly innovating ways that they can help affect that transition. From experts in the talent space to ESG experts, NextWave is taking on Climate and Social responsibility head-on and helping companies build great cultures that not only make the world a better place but also increase workplace satisfaction. Reach out to NextWave Partners today to learn more about how we might partner with you today. https://www.next-wavepartners.com/ / [email protected]

Hello everyone and welcome back to the CleanTechies podcast. This is our 50th episode. Hard to believe we are already at 50. 
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Today's episode is with James Regulinski the Co-Founder of Carbon Collective. Carbon Collective is a financial services firm that helps people ensure they are achieving their financial goals, such as short-term savings or retirement, in a way that is Climate-Aligned. With Carbon Collective you will know that your money is going into places that are good for the climate and not being part of the problem. 

In our discussion with James we discuss, what they are doing at CC, the reasons why to invest in climate-aligned funds, financial literacy, and responsible investing, we also touched on Blockchain tech, and a lot more. 

Overall, great conversation with James. It's really great to see what they are doing. I was personally surprised that this is not something that is already widely adopted. It's great to have this because as we all know, the market needs to demand something for the solutions to be created. 

Today's conversation with James was really fun and insightful for me. I hope you'll find the same. 

Main Talking Points: 

• Intro to James
• From Engineering to Finance
• Starting Carbon Collective
• What is Carbon Collective
• 3 Reasons why Climate-Conscious investing is better
• The benefits to the government
• Proxy voting
• Who are their clients
• What is he excited about for the future
• Financial literacy
• Institutional and Individual Responsibility
• The education system
• Getting into finance
• Blockchain and ClimateTech
• Wrap up

We hope you enjoy today's episode - please reach out with any specific questions or discussion points. If you're interested in being a show sponsor you can reach me at [email protected]

• Carbon Collective Website
• Connect with James on LinkedIn
• Check out our Sponsor, NextWave Partners: https://www.next-wavepartners.com/
• Join the Slack Channel: https://cleantechies.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-pd2drz6d-N~9nURU5JlyMXv2ZiO5bAQ#/shared-invite/email
• Follow CleanTechies on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-techies/ 
• HMU on Twitter: @silasmahner
• Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/silasmahner