Impact at Scale

EP 56 - Samridh Goyal - Founder & CEO at Solar Horizon - Nations of Energy "Prosumers" Not Just Consumers

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The Social Innovation Podcast had a great discussion with Samridh Goyal, the Founder & CEO of Solar Horizon.  Solar Horizon is a full service solar project consultancy operating in South East Asia and India with a mission to help companies unlock the full value of their rooftops by harnessing the power of the sun. Sam comes with a wealth of experience having been in the solar industry for more than a decade. In this conversation we talk about the future of solar in South East Asia and we cover the next big thing in solar, decentralized energy creation.


This week's episode is guest hosted by Zal Dastur. Zal, has been an entrepreneur for the last 14 years and has turned his attention to helping solve the climate crisis in the best way he knows, helping for-planet businesses develop and grow. As an active advisor and investor Zal has impacted dozens of companies in the climate space helping them to reach their potential to do the maximum good for the planet.

Some of the topics covered in this episode:

  • Why solar is perfect for the urbanized world
  • The Singapore solar market boom
  • The challenge of net zero
  • What Singapore got right in its model
  • Floating solar
  • Using the energy grid like a battery
  • Decentralized energy creation
  • Deregulating energy markets
  • Blockchain enabled solar systems and energy distribution tracking
  • An integrated energy market for ASEAN

    • Other titles we considered for this episode:

    1. The Grids in the Region Must Start to Deregulate
    2. Finally the Banks in Singapore Offering Green Loans
    3. Peer to Peer Energy Trading
    4. Power to the People
    5. A Virtual Power Grid
    6. Power the Entire Planet With Renewables
    7. The Revolution Will Happen at the Distributed Energy Level
    8. We All Have to Play Our Part
      9. ...more
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      Impact at ScaleBy Hosted by Zal Dastur and Produced by Michael Waitze Media
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