Jonathan Fievez, the CEO of Carnegie Clean Energy, explains why we may have waves all around us but it is hard to commercially extract energy from them. Sitting by the Indian Ocean in Perth, Australia, Jonathan explained how Carnegie as a technology developer in partnership with the project developers finding niche opportunities between the expensive remote gensets and solar and wind inland constrained island situation.

He argues unlike other renewable energy, wave energy is consistent and predictable. He shares a fascinating insight into how these structures can attract a full spectrum of new fish populations and can help develop new tourism opportunities. How ocean energy can use desalination operation as a battery and many more.

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Xuefei Liu is now in Paris completing her EMBA. This is her third continent in search of a solution to development challenges. Having spent close to a decade in Sinohydro, one of the largest hydropower companies in China, and then in West and North Africa, and to Europe.

She brought an extraordinary aura of energy into our conversation while talking about solving problems of others who can't help themselves. Her advice to young people: life is short, please find something you like and not too huge, preferably in your own country.

Xuefei also asked me many questions making this conversation a high-energy two-way exchange of ideas.

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Bart Édes, the author of Learning from Tomorrow to prepare for the Next Big Disruption, shares his thoughts on how organizations and entrepreneurs can prepare for the future. How to guard ourselves against obsolescence of our skills and investments. We both shared optimism about climate change and discussed the lessons from the Covid-19 experience—how that has fundamentally changed many businesses and why companies must avoid their "Kodak moment" of ignoring early warning signs and many more. Please join in. Connect with Bert Édes:

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You need to have a purpose as an entrepreneur and the purpose can't be making money. My today's guest Mr. Christie Fernandez, CEO of SOOORYA EV, Singapore shares his ambition for the purpose build a 4-wheel electric car for ride-sharing. His target to keep the costs low and develop a modular 4-wheeler for the mass market reaching a production capacity of about 100,000 units per year.

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Yvonne Power is one of three Co-Founders and the COO at Village Energy, and an advocate for microgrids and renewables, moved from a large state-government-owned power utility in Western Australia to a start to change people's lives. Village Energy operates in developing Asia —Indonesia and India. Yvonne shares her technology passion and her entrepreneurial journey, which is definitely not for the faint-hearted.

Village Energy with its IoT-enabled devices and smart app work with utilities and consumers to make electricity cheaper and efficient for all without any additional resources.

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Yes, there is a positive momentum today. Let's listen to what Michael Grimm, Chief Executive Officer, of Carbon Negative Energy, has to say as he shares his passion for renewable energy and battery projects.

In Michael's world, our addiction has reached its tipping point and we have many reasons to be excited about the post covid world. We discuss green hydrogen, seasonal storage, and large-scale solar and wind projects —their specific challenges and the solutions. We bring a unique startup idea for today's petrol stations and many more.

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Cameron Quin and Yuri Marshall are the co-founders of Mind You, who are committed to protecting the mental well-being of people for more fulfilled lives.

We talk about Cameron's entrepreneurial journey from a rooftop solar startup in Australia to a startup for mental health in the Philippines. Their collective journey in lifting the stigma, lowering counseling costs, and many more. Please join in.

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In this episode, we get a chance to the world through the eyes of Dr. Priyantha Wijayatunga, Director, South Asia Energy of the Asian Development Bank. We get to hear about his own transformation from the Director-General of a multi-sector regulator, to an academic to today, managing a multi-billion dollar energy portfolio covering all of South Asia.

We talk about the challenges the South Asia region facing with its rooftop solar, off-grid solar, and energy efficiency. The ambitious program of the Indian government to convert all public vehicles, Bangladesh's floating solar project, and the potential of on-grid batteries in the future. And many more, please join in:

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While we all have moved our dinner table discussions gradually from Virus to Vaccine in 2021, I had the opportunity to tap into the thinking of a renowned serial entrepreneur, Norman Crowley, owner of Crowley Carbon on tackling climate change. In this episode, we get a chance to see the world through Norman's optimistic eyes, where cheap solar, EV everywhere and revolutions in modern agriculture will take us to 1.5 C degrees. Norman's view of the future, even few notches stronger than my view or that of Tony Seba. Please join in to find out more.

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Today I had a lively discussion with Mr. Rabindra Kumar Satpathy, a Professional in Solar Energy, who has experience of 30+ years and is the author of the book- ' Solar PV Power - Design, Manufacturing, and Applications- Sands to Systems'. He has a long journey since 1984 starting small projects of solar-powered electric fences for elephant sanctuary to GWP on-grid solar. We touched upon the future of Off-Grid DC Solar and its impact on power systems and many more.

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