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I first spoke to Christian about joining on the podcast over two years ago, we planned to do so at the Hyperion office in Munich, time and pandemics conspired against us. But with so much happening in the space, and so much need for long duration energy storage, I didn’t want to wait any longer, seeing the progress they are making as a company, so I’m delighted to return to one of a few favourite topics, long duration energy storage. I hope you enjoy the episode.About Dr. Christian Thiel: Christian has been CEO of EnergyNest since 2014. He holds over 20 years’ experience in product development and executing market entries in the international tech sector in Europe, USA, Japan, China, India and UAE. Christian has dedicated much of his career to decarbonisation and has gained experience in this field in the mobility and renewable energy sector before now focusing on industrial energy storage solutions that benefit both businesses and the environment. Prior to joining EnergyNest, Christian worked at Senvion, McKinsey, UBS Investment Bank and BMW Group. Christian holds a PhD in Marketing and a master’s degree in Business Administration. Prior to university, he completed his military service and participated in NATO’s peace-keeping mission in former Yugoslavia.About EnergyNest:EnergyNest is an award-winning Norwegian technology company that helps customers across the entire energy system to decarbonize heat. The company offers Thermal Battery solutions. EnergyNest has a strong partner ecosystem including Siemens Energy, TSK and AC Boilers among others. The company has contracts signed and first commercially produced Thermal Batteries have been handed over to customers. EnergyNest’s HQ is in Oslo (Norway) and has further regional offices in Hamburg (Germany) and Seville (Spain).Social links: Dr. Christian Thiel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-thiel-ab488267/ EnergyNest Website: https://energy-nest.com/ EnergyNest on Twitter: https://twitter.com/energy_nest EnergyNest on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/energynest/ About Hyperion Executive SearchHyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. E partner with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy.If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email [email protected] EPISODE LINKS Jocko Willink Podcasthttps://jockopodcast.com/Thor Heyerdahlhttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_HeyerdahlAlexander von Humboldhttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_von_Humboldt..and not mentioned on the podcast but a BIG inspiration for Christianhttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_AliFollow 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/

Those who listen to the podcast will know I’m a big fan of the electrification of everything, but I’m also a (clean) technology agnostic, and in the drive to reduce fossil fuel consumption, sectors like hydrogen and biofuels may have a significant part to play. This week I talk with the very passionate and driven CEO of a biofuel company that recently made a game-changing breakthrough. Sarah Ellerby has a great story to tell. Take a listen.About Sarah Ellerby: Sarah is the CEO of Nova Pangaea Technologies a UK based pioneer developing biofuels, biopolymers and biochemicals from forestry and agricultural biomass.After a stellar career in professional sport, Sarah has now gained over 17 years’ international Executive Board, Advisory Board experience in the energy, natural resources and manufacturing sectors, much of it in the US before she returned ‘home’ in 2019 to the North of England to take over at Nova Pangaea. She was an associate Partner at Hanson Family Holdings (formerly Hanson Plc) for over 12 years where she was involved in a large number of corporate advisory and management consultancy projects focussing on growth, strategy, turnaround, start-up commercialisation, business and operating model transformation, finance, investment, M&A, , marketing, and brand development.She previously held Chief Executive roles in the Oil & Gas, mining, healthcare and manufacturing sectors.Sarah studied Leadership & Management at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is currently obtaining her MBA from Bradford University School of Management.About Nova Pangaea:Nova Pangaea Technologies converts biomass from forestry and agricultural processes and turns it into the base products for biofuels, biopolymers and biochemicals. The process, called REFNOVA, is a British invented, world first; the company is based on Teesside and trades with customers worldwide.The REFNOVA technology converts materials such as woody residues, wheat straw and sugar cane into feedstocks for biochemicals, biofuels and biopolymers, providing additional yield and revenue streams for producers (eg farms, forestry and sugar cane producers), while reducing dependence on fossil fuels and feedstocks that compete with food applications.Social links: Sarah Ellerby on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahellerby/ Nova Pangaea Website: https://www.novapangaea.com/ Sarah Ellerby on Twitter https://twitter.com/SarahEllerby Nova Pangaea on Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapangaea Nova Pangaea on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nova-pangaea-technologies-uk-limited/ If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email [email protected] EPISODE LINKS NOVA PANGAEA TECHNOLOGIES BREAKTHROUGH – ‘GAME-CHANGER’ FOR BIOCHEMICALS AND ADVANCED BIOFUELS https://www.novapangaea.com/2021/01/28/nova-pangaea-technologies-breakthrough-game-changer-for-biochemicals-and-advanced-biofuels/Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002VPEL0W/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success – Adam Grant - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CAUH7UE/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 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/

The mobility transition, and the electrification of transport! If that doesn’t get you excited perhaps you’ve found the wrong podcast!! Desmond Wheatley, a Scotsman in San Diego has a passion for this transition, and a great story to tell of the evolution of a cleantech business, he has lead for nearly ten years. Who saw the emobility transition ten years ago? Well, Desmond was one of a handful of hardy, optimistic souls that did, and has built this company to accelerate that transition. A great listen.About Desmond Wheatley: Wheatley joined BEAM as a consultant in 2010 when it was Envision Solar and has served as the Company’s CEO since 2011 and as Chairman of the Board since 2016. He has two decades of senior international management experience in technology systems integration, energy management, communications and renewable energy. He was a founding partner in the international consulting practice Crichton Hill LLC. Prior to Crichton Hill, Wheatley was CEO of iAxis FZ LLC, a Dubai based alternative energy and technology systems integration company. From 2000 to 2007, he held a variety of senior management positions at San Diego based Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, fka Wireless Facilities with the last five years as President of ENS, the largest independent security and energy management systems integrator in the USA. Prior to ENS, Wheatley held senior management positions in the cellular and broadband wireless industries, deploying infrastructure and lobbying in Washington DC on behalf of major wireless service providers. Wheatley has founded, funded and operated four profitable start-up companies and was previously engaged in M&A activities. Wheatley evaluated acquisition opportunities, conducted due diligence, and raised commitments of $500M in debt and equity.About Beam:Founded in 2006, Beam Global, formerly Envision Solar, is a CleanTech leader that produces patented infrastructure products for the electrification of transportation. Beam is publicly traded on Nasdaq under the ticker BEEM. Our mission is to lead the world to clean mobility. We believe that every person deserves access to clean sustainable transportation. That every community is safer with a resilient microgrid. That every state can build energized roads rapidly and cost-effectively. That every nation can provide an abundance of free energy to mobilize its goods, services, and citizens.Based in San Diego California, Beam produces sustainable Made in America patented products for electric vehicle charging, energy security and outdoor media. We proudly employ combat veterans, disabled workers and other highly motivated individuals. At Beam we are laser-focused on fueling the future with clean 100% renewable energy for every form of transportation. Social: Desmond Wheatley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmondwheatley/ Desmond Wheatley on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DesmondWheatley Beam Global Website: https://beamforall.com/ Beam Global on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeamForAll Beam Global on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beamforall/ EPISODE LINKS THE GRID PANDEMIC WILL MAKE COVID-19 LOOK LIKE A SIDE SHOW – AUTHORED BY DESMOND WHEATLEY CEO BEAM GLOBAL https://beamforall.com/the-grid-pandemic-will-make-covid-19-look-like-a-side-show-authored-by-desmond-wheatley-ceo-envision-solar/ The Peregrine: The Hill of Summer & Diaries: The Hill of Summer & Diaries: The Complete Works of J. A. Baker https://www.amazon.co.uk/Peregrine-Hill-Summer-Diaries-Baker/dp/0008138311/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future - David Attenborough - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0892876CX/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0Follow usTwitter https://twitter.com/CleantechleaderFacebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuideInstagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/

I make no apology for starting the year back talking about batteries. EnerVenue caught my eye recently after a $12m seed round, but whilst they are a very young company, their technology has been used for many years, mainly in space! They now have a way to make their technology cost competitive and not so astronomical in cost (see what I did there?). Getting energy storage right, at all scales and for various use-cases is vital to a successful energy and mobility solution. Take a listen to where EnerVenue fit into that transition.About Jorg HeinemannJorg Heinemann joined EnerVenue as CEO when the company launched in 2020. Previously, Jorg led strategy and operations for Primus Power, a long-duration energy storage provider. Prior to entering the battery sector, he led SunPower's billion-dollar global power plant business unit, helping build out more than 2000 MW of solar power plants. Earlier in his career, Jorg served as an Executive Partner at Accenture, where he led business transformation programs at tech companies including Apple, HP, and Intuit. Outside of work, Jorg is an avid cyclist. He lives in the Bay Area, where EnerVenue is headquartered.About EnerVenueEnerVenue builds simple, safe, and maintenance-free energy storage for the clean energy revolution – based on technology proven over decades in extreme conditions, now scaled for large renewable energy integration applications. EnerVenue's batteries, which are based on technology used successfully for decades in outer space use cases, deliver a zero maintenance and lower cost alternative to lithium-ion for large-scale stationary energy storage, even in the most challenging climates. The company was founded by Dr. Yi Cui, a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University.Social links: Jorg Heinemann on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorgheinemann/ EnerVenue Website: https://enervenue.com/ EnerVenue on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnerVenueInc EnerVenue on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enervenue/ EPISODE LINKS Ten lessons for a post pandemic world: Fareed Zakaria - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lessons-Post-Pandemic-World-Fareed-Zakaria/dp/0241491657 How to scale a Cleantech Business (six peaks of value creation)- Webinar with Nick Bradley and David Hunt – Register here http://scaleup.vip/cleantechFollow 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?My passion for helping cleantech start ups ot grow and scale has been a driving force behind founding and growing Hyperion Executive Search. On top of this in the last couple of years I have been working with an exploring both the cleantech VCs and global Incubators and Accelerators. You may have heard my recent podcast episode with Emily Reichart of Greentown Labs, one of the best known US Incubators. In this episode I talk to the clean energy Managing Partner at one of the best known European Accelerators, but one with a VC arm. Freerk is an amazing guy with a very storied and successful career as an entrepreneur, CEO, investor and programme manager.About Freerk BisschopFreerk has more than 30 years of experience in energy business innovation, in various roles (science, advisory, management, entrepreneurial, funding, governance, policy). Started, managed and sold energy retailer Echte Energie, led international energy & climate consultancy Ecofys as a CEO, chairs investment committee of Amsterdam Climate and Energy Fund AKEF. Currently, Freerk is a Program director of Smart Energy Accelerator since 2016, while having been involved as a mentor & investor in earlier 2 editions. Has a degree in Physics and PhD in solar semiconductor science. Freerk is convinced that the energy transition is beyond the tipping point of becoming driven by decentralized, decarbonized energy systems, with digital tech as enabler & disruptor.About RockstartRockstart launched in 2011 in Amsterdam as one of Europe’s first startup accelerators. Rockstart is a domain-focused accelerator-VC with follow-on growth funding that supports and empowers the best startups on their way to success across four domains: Energy, Health, AgriFood, and Emerging technologies. We provide startups with access to the capital, market, community, and expertise by connecting them to partners, investors, mentors and the wider Rockstart network.Rockstart also creates programs that are customized to boost collaboration between startups and corporates, driving faster access to co-creation, commercial partnerships, and investment. Rockstart has experience in designing and executing programs for Maersk, Shell, Dutch Ministry of Health, and many others.Since its inception, Rockstart has invested in more than 200 startups and supported them in their journey to raise more than €89 million and hire more than 700 people. Rockstart is an international team of 35+ professionals dedicated to support and empower startups to become scalable and change their world for the better.Social linksFreerk Bisschop on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fbisschop/ Rockstart Website: https://www.rockstart.com/ Rockstart on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rockstart Rockstart on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rockstart/ EPISODE LINKS The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grid-Fraying-Between-Americans-Energy/dp/1632865688 Books By Vaclav Smil - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vaclav-Smil/e/B001HCXT62?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1608051684&sr=1-1 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?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/