Cleantech Talk

In this episode, RK Equity cofounder Howard Klein talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan about nickel mining, green graphite versus dirty graphite, lithium supplies, & US EV battery policy potential.

In this episode, RK Equity cofounder Howard Klein talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan about what's new in the EV battery market, current & future supply chain concerns, Tesla's battery progress, and more.

Convergent Energy + Storage is a North American firm installing electricity storage in front of and behind the meter for commercial and industrial clients, for utilities and for municipalities. A long conversation between the CEO and Mariko McDonagah-Meier finally found fertile ground for her to join the firm as Chief Strategy Officer due to, of all things, COVID. Mariko talks about pockets of the future where storage is already valuable and valued, and the interesting models under which Convergent shares risk and revenue with its clients.

Convergent Energy + Storage is a North American firm installing electricity storage in front of and behind the meter for commercial and industrial clients, for utilities and for municipalities. A long conversation between the CEO and Mariko McDonagah-Meier finally found fertile ground for her to join the firm as Chief Strategy Officer due to, of all things, COVID. Mariko talks about pockets of the future where storage is already valuable and valued, and the interesting models under which Convergent shares risk and revenue with its clients.

In the second part of this interview with Assaad Razzouk, CEO of Gurin Energy and host of The Angry Clean Energy Guy podcast, CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan asks about stranded assets and discusses three more greenwashing topics.

Assaad Razzouk, CEO of Gurin Energy and host of The Angry Clean Energy Guy podcast, sits down with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan and runs through his list of some top greenwashing topics.

In this episode of CleanTech Talks, Michael Barnard talks with Anders Forslund, PhD, founder and CEO of Heart Aerospace. Heart is building a 19 seat, hence easier to certify, regional passenger plane, with a target for certification in 2026. Anders shares his journey to electrifying aviation, his passion for climate solutions, and the pragmatic way in which he and his team have approached designing a plane that airlines will buy. And that’s paying off. Heart just closed a $35 million USD Series A funding round, and has pre-orders for more than 200 planes.

In this episode of CleanTech Talks, Michael Barnard talks with Anders Forslund, PhD, founder and CEO of Heart Aerospace. Heart is building a 19 seat, hence easier to certify, regional passenger plane, with a target for certification in 2026. Anders shares his journey to electrifying aviation, his passion for climate solutions, and the pragmatic way in which he and his team have approached designing a plane that airlines will buy. And that’s paying off. Heart just closed a $35 million USD Series A funding round, and has pre-orders for more than 200 planes.

Grant Canary is the CEO of DroneSeed, a drone-based integrated tree-planting company. It’s the only company the US FAA has certified to fly 120 lb loaded, 8’ diameter, hexacopter in swarms out of line of sight of the operator. We talk about his lifelong obsession with things with wings, from insects to wind turbines to drones, and his time in Italy, Colombia and China that led him to his current successful venture.

Grant Canary is the CEO of DroneSeed, a drone-based integrated tree-planting company. It’s the only company the US FAA has certified to fly 120 lb loaded, 8’ diameter, hexacopter in swarms out of line of sight of the operator. We talk about his lifelong obsession with things with wings, from insects to wind turbines to drones, and his time in Italy, Colombia and China that led him to his current successful venture.

Rodney Hooper of RK Equity gives us an update on what's happening in the EV battery market, EV battery mining world, and with Tesla's EV battery goals.

Rodney Hooper of RK Equity gives us an update on what's happening in the EV battery market, EV battery mining world, and with Tesla's EV battery goals.

In the second part of my two-part interview with Bill McKibben, we spent a lot of time talking about Elon Musk, Tesla, and social trust. That included getting into the topic of unions, the UAW itself, cryptocurrency, and whether or not people with nefarious — or at least selfish and greedy — motives have intentionally split the "climate solutions community." This is surely a topic I will come back to repeatedly, and I'm almost considering writing a book on it, but it was good to get into it a bit with someone as notable, influential, and intelligent as Bill McKibben.

In this episode of CleanTech Talk, CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan gets renowned climate author and social movement leader Bill McKibben to talk about the climate change crisis we're quickly rolling into, climate grief and how to deal with it, US climate policy, rampant conspiracy theories, the great energy transition, and more! Listen and share the love!

FLO Chief Product Officer Nathan Yang talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan about EV charging station design, evolution, reliability, and the changing EV market. They also talk about differences in the customer base across the EV landscape.

Michael Liebreich has published a "hydrogen ladder" that tries to show where hydrogen is useful and likely to be used versus where it is useless and unlikely to be used. Chemical engineer Paul Martin and Michael Barnard discuss some of the ideas in detail here.

Michael Liebreich has published a "hydrogen ladder" that tries to show where hydrogen is useful and likely to be used and where it is useless and unlikely to be used. Hydrogen experts Paul Martin and Michael Barnard discuss some of the ideas in detail here.

The future of transportation is electric. The future of energy is clean renewables. The future — and increasingly the present — also requires connecting these two. EDF is well on its way in this marathon into the coming decades. Listen in for more details on it all.

Jose Pontes of EAFO and EV-Volumes runs through EV sales trends and policies that influence them in several European countries. CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan chimes in where it might be useful or funny.

In this episode, Travis Allan, Vice President of Public Affairs and General Counsel at FLO, and Zach Shahan, CEO of CleanTechnica, talk about the how, the when, and the where of US President Joe Biden's target to get 500,000 EV chargers installed by 2030.