What’s it all about?Wireless Charging!! A concept that blows the mind of some, and yet it’s here and in operation. I met Andy Daga at a conference we were both speaking at, and I’ve wanted to get him onto the podcast ever since. From working on the Space Station, to working on irradicating fuel stations, Andy has a fascinating background, and company doing amazing things. I hope you enjoy the episode.About Andy DagaAndy is the founder and President and CEO of Momentum Dynamics. Andy’s fascinating story takes him from his birthplace of Brooklyn, NY, through Ithaca NY where his family developed the best Italian Restaurant in town through Hawaii, degrees in structural and civil engineering, architecture and space science and technology, ground-breaking work at NASA and his current role at Momentum Dynamics. Prior to founding Momentum Dynamics, Andy was a leading consultant to the aerospace industry and contributed to the design of the International Space Station solar power array system, the Mars Pathfinder program, and future mission planning studies with NASA and the US Department of Defense.Andy will admit that this layered journey wasn’t fully planned, but nor did it happen by accident: as a child, Andy would travel with his family from his home in Brooklyn to visit their extended family in Philadelphia, PA. This route took him through New Jersey and past the bleak refineries of Route 95. As a lover of architectural beauty, the outdoors and being obsessive about ‘all things efficiency’, the New Jersey oil refineries were the antithesis of everything Andy wanted the world to be. Fast forward to Andy’s time at NASA. He came upon the idea of inductive charging while mulling on ways to save cable weight on the International Space Station and future Mars missions. Why employ heavy cabling to carry electrons when it could be done efficiently through a vacuum or even the air itself? Out of this thought was born Momentum Dynamics. Through his varied experiences Andy has developed a strong capacity to identify engineering talent and manage multidisciplinary engineering and business teams. Andy is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) where he serves on a number of standards committees. He believes that every precious piece of our finite resources should be fully valued and carefully spent. He envisions a world of zero emissions, zero cables and zero wasted miles doing anything but making our lives better. He is a devoted husband, family man, polymath and entrepreneur. He is passionate about his dogs and his team at MD - perhaps in that order. He is still working to make the world a better place, one electron at a time.About Momentum DynamicsMomentum Dynamics develops and produces wireless charging systems for the transport industry. The company is based in Malvern, Pennsylvania and employees over 60 engineers, technicians and scientists. The company as deployed wireless systems operating in the United States and Europe. The company’s vision is to increase the adoption of electric vehicles by improving the cost and time efficiency of the EV charging infrastructure and at the time rid the world of charging cables. Social linksAndy Daga on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdaga/ Momentum Dynamics Website: https://momentumdynamics.com/ Momentum Dynamics on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MomentumDynamic Momentum Dynamics on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/momentum-dynamics/ EPISODE LINKS The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation https://www.amazon.co.uk/Idea-Factory-Great-American-Innovation/dp/0143122797

What’s it all about?Flexibility! The key to the clean energy transition is flexibility and all the other tools and services energy storage provides, the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of cleantech. I discuss the latest trends and activities, financial and technological with Florian Mayr. Florian is a regular speaker at cleantech conferences and shares some very valuable insights with me on this episode.About Florian MayrFlorian Mayr is a partner and the founder of the energy storage practice at Apricum – The Cleantech Advisory, a globally active transaction advisory and strategy consulting firm dedicated to the cleantech industry. Florian is an expert for strategy, business development and transaction advisory in the global cleantech markets. Florian leads Apricum’s energy storage practice and is particularly responsible for the company’s international activities in this field. He has written numerous articles on energy storage and e-mobility and is published regularly in leading industry media such as energy-storage.news and pv magazine. He is also a sought-after speaker at key renewable energy conferences in Europe. Prior to Apricum, Florian spent a decade in senior positions at McKinsey & Company and RWE, where he was mainly involved in strategy development projects both in the conventional and renewable energy sectors. Florian holds a master’s degree in engineering from the Technical University of Berlin, and a master’s in business administration from the Technical University of Berlin and the University of Mannheim.About Apricum – The Cleantech AdvisoryApricum – The Cleantech Advisory is a transaction advisory and strategy consulting firm focused exclusively on solar & wind, water, waste, energy storage, green mobility and digital energy. Apricum offers a complementary suite of growth-oriented consulting services for companies and investors around the world. The team at Apricum combines an impressive array of experts with backgrounds in cleantech, consulting and finance. Apricum is headquartered in Berlin with representatives in the USA, UK, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UAE, India, China, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia and Japan. Social linksFlorian Mayr on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-mayr/ Apricum’s Website: https://www.apricum-group.com/ Apricum on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ApricumAdvisory Apricum on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/apricum-gmbh/ Episode Links:The Angry Clean Energy Guy Podcast - https://theangrycleanenergyguy.com/Making Sense podcast – Sam Harris - https://samharris.org/podcast/Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribeI'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated.Twitter https://twitter.com/CleantechleaderFacebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuideInstagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/

What’s it all about?Hydrogen vs Batteries!! Not at all. We’re (Clean) technology agnostic here. The challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss are enormous, and we need all the tools in the armoury to stand a chance. That said, it’s important we use the right tool for the right job, and that’s something I discuss with Phil Caldwell, CEO of Ceres Power, what is the best use case for fuel cells and hydrogen. We touch on the different challenges and advantages of leading a listed company, and the critical importance of talent. About Phil Caldwell: Phil Caldwell was appointed Chief Executive of Ceres Power in September 2013. Under his leadership Ceres has grown into a world-class clean energy technology business addressing climate change and air quality. Ceres has grown from £50 million to more than £1 billion market capitalisation creating over 300 engineering and technology jobs in the UK. Phil has been instrumental in positioning Ceres as an asset-light licensing business; establishing partnerships with significant global engineering and technology players, such as Bosch in Germany, Weichai in China and Doosan in South Korea, using its proprietary Solid Oxide fuel cell technology which can use existing fuels such as natural gas, biofuels and also pure hydrogen to meet the urgency for low carbon power systems in industry, data centres, transportation and everyday living. Alongside its core fuel cell power applications Ceres is also developing Solid Oxide Electrolysers to produce high efficiency green hydrogen as a potential pathway to decarbonise industrial processes. Phil has worked in the fuel cell industry for 17 years. He started his career in the Electrochemical Technology Business within ICI. He has a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College and an MBA from IESE Barcelona. Prior to joining Ceres he was Commercial Director at Intelligent Energy developing PEM fuel cells for mainly automotive applications. About Ceres Power:Ceres Power is a world-leading developer of next generation solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and electrochemical technology. Its asset-light, licensing model has seen it establish partnerships with some of the world’s largest engineering and technology companies, such as Weichai in China, Bosch in Germany, Miura in Japan, and Doosan in South Korea, to develop systems and products that address climate change and air quality challenges for transportation, industry, data centres and everyday living. Ceres is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”) (AIM: CWR) and is classified by the LSE Green Economy Mark, which recognises listed companies that derive more than 50% of their activity from the green economy. Social linksPhil Caldwell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-caldwell-58121226/ Ceres Power Website: https://www.ceres.tech/ Ceres Power on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CeresPower Ceres Power on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ceres-power/ EPISODE LINKS Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't by Jim Collins, https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E327SVA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tu00_p1_i3 Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribeI'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated.Twitter https://twitter.com/CleantechleaderFacebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuideInstagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/

We’ve had the opportunity to speak to some of the pure play cleantech VCs in Europe over the last few months, this time I was delighted to reach out to Dan to share his thoughts from a US perspective. I really like Dan’s approach to both technologies and management teams, and his efforts and take on the diversity and inclusion issue. I hope you enjoy the conversation.About Dan Goldman: Dan Goldman is the co-founder and managing director of Clean Energy Ventures, a $110 million early-stage, advanced energy technology venture fund focused on investing in companies commercializing breakthrough technologies addressing climate change. Dan has over 25 years of energy industry operational and investment experience and has been involved in over $4 billion of energy infrastructure and venture finance transactions.Prior to Clean Energy Ventures, Dan co-founded Clean Energy Venture Group, one of the most active early-stage advanced energy investors in the U.S. with over thirty portfolio investments between 2007 and 2018. Dan holds board roles at REsurety, SparkMeter, LineVision and ConnectDER, as well as a number of board observer and advisory positions. He also serves as vice-chair of the board of the Northeast Clean Energy Council. Prior to that, Dan served as president and CFO at GreatPoint Energy, a venture/strategic-backed clean energy technology company that raised $280 million to commercialize gasification technology. Dan received a B.S. from Cornell and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and is a member and the past chair of the board of Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future.About Clean Energy VenturesClean Energy Ventures funds startups developing early-stage breakthrough technologies and services that decarbonize parts of incumbent technologies and industries. A $110M fund, Clean Energy Ventures has a strong track record of companies within its portfolio. The firm’s founders have been investing in, supporting and mentoring early-stage clean energy startups together since 2005, and work with a deep bench of venture partners to find and fund the most promising clean energy startups with the potential to mitigate 2.5 gigatons of carbon emissions between now and 2050.Social linksDan Goldman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielgoldman1/Clean Energy Ventures Website: https://cleanenergyventures.com/ Clean Energy Ventures on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CEVteam Clean Energy Ventures on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-energy-ventures/ EPISODE LINKSBloomberg Green - https://www.bloomberg.com/green Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribeI'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated.Twitter https://twitter.com/CleantechleaderFacebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuideInstagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/

I’ve been privileged to work with Rupert and his team over the last few years and to see the evolution of his business, as the energy transition and in particular the evolution of battery energy storage has seen challenges and opportunities. Here Rupert and I discuss that journey and how he sees the sector continue to evolve over the coming years.About Rupert NewlandRupert founded Arenko in 2015 to build a world class energy storage business. He is on the company’s Board of Directors and is the Chief Executive Officer. Rupert leads the growth, strategy and direction of Arenko as well as having overall responsibility for the day to day activities. Prior to creating Arenko, Rupert spent seven years in corporate finance, funding and advising renewables and technology businesses and projects. Through Rupert’s leadership, Arenko is addressing a major commercial opportunity and market need which is fundamental to the long-term sustainability of our energy system and provides long term value to our customers and consumers. About ArenkoArenko is a world leading battery software and controls platform building a differentiated position in the multi-billion-dollar battery controls and automation market. The technology is proven to maximise the commercial and technical return on some of the world’s largest battery assets and is the chosen provider of major battery owners. The company recently announced multiple long term software contracts as well as the strategic sale of 141MW of battery projects to focus as a pure play software provider and accelerate the commercialisation of its automation technology. Having proven the capabilities of its technology at scale, Arenko is in a period of rapid commercial scale up and intends to be the preferred software platform to unlock the value of batteries world-wide, offering a fully automated trading service for financial investors and a licence product for energy companies. Social linksRupert Newland on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rupert-newland-48892121/Arenko Group Website: https://arenko.group/Arenko Group on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArenkoGArenko Group on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arenko-cleantech/EPISODE LINKS In Pursuit of Excellence, Terry Orlick- https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pursuit-Excellence-Terry-Orlick/dp/0736067574The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution,- https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Solved-Market-Revolution/dp/073521798X SALE OF BLOXWICH 41MW TO GRESHAM HOUSE https://arenko.group/sale-of-41mw-bloxwich-battery-storage-project-to-gresham-house/Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribeI'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated.Twitter https://twitter.com/CleantechleaderFacebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuideInstagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/

What’s it all about?I love when small start-ups emerge from accelarators and incubators and start playing with the big boys, engaging with Utilities and large corporates. A partnership increasingly happening and increasingly collaborative, with great results. Here Simon Bushell, CEO of Sympower shares his start-up journey, milestones and thoughts on 100% renewables and an electrified mobility future.About Simon BushellSimon is the CEO and one of the founders of Sympower. His mission is to contribute to the systemic change needed to stop the climate crisis. Simon featured on Forbes’ 30 under 30 list for Social Entrepreneurs in 2018. In the same year, he was also named a top talent by Dutch daily financial newspaper Het Financieel Dagblad. Outside of Sympower, Simon sat on the inaugural committee of de Jonge Klimaatbeweging, the Dutch Youth Climate Movement, and is a published researcher on the subject of climate change communication.About SympowerSympower is the demand-response specialist using flexibility to power a successful energy transition. The company combines software and hardware, providing an end-to-end solution that stabilises energy grids and offers real-time monitoring and balancing of electricity supply and demand. Founded in 2015, Sympower has over 30 staff based in the Netherlands, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Israel. It works with grid operators, energy resellers and companies in traditional industries such as paper and pulp, recycling and waste, agriculture and water management. Sympower’s current customers include transmission system operators Fingrid, Svenska Kraftnät and TenneT, as well as the Israeli system operator.Social linksSimon Bushell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbushell/Sympower Website: https://www.sympower.net/Sympower on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sympowerSympower on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sympower/Sympower on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sympowerltd EPISODE LINKS Team of Teams- General Stanley McChrystal - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B015YVRKPM/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers -Ben Horowitz - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DQ845EA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0Heat, How we can stop the planet burning – George Monbiot - https://www.monbiot.com/books/heat/Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribeI'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated.Twitter https://twitter.com/CleantechleaderFacebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuideInstagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/

What’s it all about?Heating, cooling and energy efficiency! Don’t switch off! This stuff is so important, and I’m glad to focus on technologies and leaders across the cleantech sector. We all have a part to play, and Tado is a cool German start up doing great things to address the inefficiency of home heating and cooling. And Toon is an experienced CEO happy to share successes and mistakes and the challenges of scaling and working with original founders. About Toon BoutenBefore joining tado° in 2017, Toon Bouten previously served as Vice President of Philips Electronics NV, where he led the European Consumer Division with multibillion Euro revenues in 48 EMEA countries. As Vice President of Compaq Computers he started the Compaq Consumer Division in EMEA and reached the number one market position in Europe with more than a billion Euro of annual revenues after six years. In early 2000, he took over the CEO position from the founder of Jobline AB, one of the first online recruiting companies and within one year successfully scaled the company to three divisions in nine countries, quadrupled revenues and listed the company on the Stockholm Stock exchange. More recently Toon served as President and CEO of GN Store Nord and GN Netcom, the Danish headset maker where he successfully redesigned its value chain and transitioned it to a scalable and well-positioned leader in the headset industry. Toon Bouten holds an engineering degree from the Technical University of Eindhoven.About TadoFounded in Munich, 2011, tado° is the European leader in intelligent home climate management. With its Smart Thermostats for heating and cooling, tado° works as your Climate Assistant with Skills such as Geofencing, Weather Adaptation, Open Window Detection, Air Comfort, and more. Having secured over USD 100m in funding and with 180 employees, tado° reshapes the way energy is consumed at home for more comfort, savings, and wellbeing.Social linksToon Bouten on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toon-bouten-a738872/Tado Website: https://www.tado.com/gb-en/Tado on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tadoTado on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tadogmbh/EPISODE LINKSSteve Jobs – Biography - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Steve-Jobs-Exclusive-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1408703742Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribeI'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated.Twitter https://twitter.com/CleantechleaderFacebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuideInstagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/

That the cleantech industry is so dynamic is one of its biggest appeals, and its biggest challenges. At Hyperion our goal is to help the world’s best cleantech companies find the talent to achieve their goals and ambitions, and to help founders towards their desired exit. I interviewed LImejump founder, and former CEO Erik Nygard on a previous episode, at the time Hyperion were supporting him to hire a COO. That process went well, and Cat Newman was hired into the role, so well in fact that she has recently been promoted to CEO as Erik moves on to new pastures, after their acquisition by Shell. It was great to talk to Cat about the challenges of moving from corporate to start-ups, about building structure and process for growth, about diversity and so much more. I hope you enjoy the episode.About Catherine NewmanCatherine joined Limejump in February 2020, initially to run the Commercial and Trading teams as COO. In July 2020, Catherine moved into the role of CEO with plans to drive the company’s growth towards becoming the largest transformational player in the global renewable market. Previous to Limejump, Catherine spent 11 years at Gazprom Marketing and Trading. During this time Catherine was in a variety of roles – most noteworthy being COO of Trading and Director of Global IT and Delivery – she also chaired the operating committee. Prior to this, Catherine worked at BP. Even though Catherine has worked in the energy trading space for over 20 years, her career started in bioinformatics at Pfizer – she also spent time enjoying the dotcom bubble. This initial career choice followed her BSc (Hons) in Genetics and MSc in Bioinformatics in 1998, both from the University of Manchester. After the dotcom bubble burst, Catherine moved into energy consultancy where she spent time at most of the major energy players across Europe. In her spare time Catherine enjoys family life, keeping fit, gardening and cooking. She is a mental health first aider and is a strong advocate for keeping ‘the balance’ right in life. Social linksCatherine Newman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-newman-london/LimeJump Website: https://limejump.com/LimeJump on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LimejumpLimeJump on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/limejump/Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribeI'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated.Twitter https://twitter.com/CleantechleaderFacebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuideInstagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/

Since first expanding the Hyperion Executive Search activities into the US over the last three years, I’ve been very aware of the awesome job Greentown Labs do at supporting, nurturing and releasing into the world some amazing cleantech companies. Some of which have gone on to be our clients. So with the announcement of their expansion to Houston, I though it would be a great opportunity to hear the story from CEO Emily ReichertAbout EMILY REICHERTDr. Emily Reichert serves as Chief Executive Officer of Greentown Labs, the largest clean technology startup incubator in North America. As the company's first employee, Emily has spearheaded the rapid growth of Greentown Labs into a global center for clean technology innovation, attracting visitors and partners from around the world. Emily started her career at Arthur D. Little as a Ph.D. scientist and progressed into R&D, business development and general management roles. Prior to Greentown Labs, she was the Director of Business Operations at the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry where she helped grow the angel-funded startup into a sustainable contract R&D business with a mission to minimize environmental impact of chemical products. Emily has been appointed to leadership positions on innovation, economic development, entrepreneurship and clean technology commercialization at the city, state, and federal level including the City of Somerville’s Chamber of Commerce, the Massachusetts Governor’s Economic Development Planning Council and the U.S. Secretary of Commerce’s National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned her MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.About Greentown LabsGreentown Labs aims to be a supportive, collaborative, and inspiring community for early-stage entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. In light of that mission, we don’t take any equity in our member companies. Instead, members pay monthly fees based on their lab and office space. We bring in revenue from other sources, including partnerships and grants, in order to keep membership fees low for our startups.Membership fees are approximately market rate, but include so much more than desk and lab space—members also gain access to more than $1 million worth of resources, equipment, programming, staff support, and more.Social linksEMILY REICHERT on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilylreichert/Greentown Labs Website: https://greentownlabs.com/Greentown Labs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreentownLabsEMILY REICHERT on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyLReichertEPISODE LINKS Greentown Labs Announces Expansion to Houston https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/greentown-labs-announces-expansion-to-houston-301077767.htmlFollow us online, write a review (please) or subscribeI'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated.Twitter https://twitter.com/CleantechleaderFacebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuideInstagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/

My team at Hyperion Executive Search have loved building teams for some of the amazing companies being funded by Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Long durations energy storage is a genuine game-changer, and after a recent $10million fundraise I was delighted to ask Quidnet Energy CEO Joe Zhou to share his, and their story.About Joe ZhouJoe Zhou is the CEO of Quidnet Energy, which commercializes a breakthrough in geomechanical pumped hydro for energy storage. Prior to Quidnet Energy, Joe worked at Green Charge Networks, a California-based energy storage project developer that was acquired by Engie in 2016. Joe started his career in heavy-industry capital projects, and holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering and a MBA.About QuidnetQuidnet Energy was launched with the vision of building breakthrough energy technology to accelerate the energy transition. Quidnet Energy pioneered a novel form of pumped hydro that is widely deployable at very low cost called Geomechanical Pumped Storage. Subsurface rock layers are converted into energy storage facilities for large-scale renewables integration and grid management. Standing upon the shoulders of established hydroelectric and subsurface supply chains, Quidnet Energy repurposes existing resources to quickly marshal implementable solutions for long-duration electricity storage. Quidnet Energy is backed by leading investors including Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Evok Innovations, Trafigura, and PRIME Coalition. Quidnet Energy is also partnered with multiple government agencies for advanced energy technologies, such as the US Department of Energy and NYSERDA. Social linksJoe Zhou on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdzhou/Quidnet Website: http://www.quidnetenergy.com/Quidnet on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/quidnet-energy/EPISODE LINKSBill Gates discusses Quidnet along with Malta and Form Energy (All Hyperion Executive Search Clients) https://youtu.be/HGHX8OIaupkFollow us online, write a review (please) or subscribeI'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated.Twitter https://twitter.com/CleantechleaderFacebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuideInstagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/