Latest Carbon management Podcast Episodes
Part 3 of the Energy Crisis & Decarbonisation Series: Craig Golinowski talks Underinvestment, the Energy Crisis and Policy Durability
Decarb Connect - December 15, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutes40bn tonnes a year of GHGs is a massive issue that people on all sides of the political spectrum are committed to tackling. But are our international policies up to the task? Can we get around the historic lack of investment in energy that has both created a reliance on key products/mar...
Decarbonising industry through the energy crisis – part 2 - finding the opportunities
Decarb Connect - December 01, 2022 09:58 - 31 minutesJerome Lucaes joins Alex Cameron to talk about the impact of the European energy crisis on industrial co2 strategies. Jerome brings plenty of experience from both RUSAL and Rio Tinto and critical industries on the creation of high-value net zero strategies. Jerome Lucaes is the for...
Energy Crisis Part 2 - Decarbonising industry through the energy crisis - finding the opportunities
Decarb Connect - December 01, 2022 09:58 - 31 minutesJerome Lucaes joins Alex Cameron to talk about the impact of the European energy crisis on industrial co2 strategies. Jerome brings plenty of experience from both RUSAL and Rio Tinto and critical industries on the creation of high-value net zero strategies. Jerome Lucaes is the for...
Reducing steel’s co2 by 95% - the H2 Green Steel experience
Decarb Connect - November 17, 2022 09:48 - 36 minutesSteel is responsible for 8% of global co2 each year, and contributes as much as 40% of all industrial co2. Listen in to hear Kajsa Ryttberg-Wallgren’s insights into the at-scale green steel project she’s tasked with and the potential for transforming the global steel value chain. W...
Microscale carbon capture and the decarbonisation of heating systems
Decarb Connect - November 10, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutesJaeson Cardiff, Founder & CEO of CleanO2, talks with Alex about how they are pursuing the decarbonisation of heat. You’ll explore what microscale carbon capture is and the impact it can have across the millions of appliances in buildings (from hospitals to hotels, condos and other sites...
Energy Crisis Part 1 - How does the energy crisis impact energy transition for industrials?
Decarb Connect - October 27, 2022 08:56 - 36 minutesOver the next couple of months, we’ll host a number of guests talking about their perspective on the energy and inflation crisis and its impact on decarbonisation and energy transition plans. In this first conversation on the issue, Ben Moens joins from Engie Impact and explores the imp...
Energy Crisis Part 1 How does the energy crisis impact energy transition for industrials?
Decarb Connect - October 27, 2022 08:56 - 36 minutesOver the next couple of months, we’ll host a number of guests talking about their perspective on the energy and inflation crisis and its impact on decarbonisation and energy transition plans. In this first conversation on the issue, Ben Moens joins from Engie Impact and explores the imp...
Accelerating global government commitments to green steel and green cement procurement
Decarb Connect - October 07, 2022 15:19 - 27 minutesRana Ghoneim, Head of Energy Systems & Decarbonization Unit, UNIDO (UN’s Industrial Development Organisation), first joined the podcast ahead of COP26 in Glasgow where she was launching the Green Public Procurement Pledge. Governments buy as much as 40% of these key materials for major...
Disrupting Foundation Industries: Material Evolution
Decarb Connect - September 08, 2022 08:28 - 24 minutesConcrete is the most used man-made material on earth and with the cement industry contributes 8% of co2 emissions due to the sheer volume used. Liz Gilligan is co-founder and CEO of Material Evolution, a disruptive force in the concrete sector producing a low carbon replacement for ceme...
How do you drive decarbonization when resource or capacity-constrained?
Decarb Connect - August 18, 2022 09:37 - 40 minutesListen in to learn about a decarbonisation solution for industrials looking to effect change in the short term. Janice Tran, Co-Founder and CEO of Kanin Energy, talks with Alex about how waste-heat-to-energy can act as an in-road for industrials seeking to decarbonise. Janice talks abou...
What is green hydrogen’s role in the energy transition?
Decarb Connect - August 04, 2022 08:10 - 48 minutesElectrification won’t be straight forward for all industries, especially those with high industrial heat requirements. Energy-intensive manufacturers around the world are curious about the potential for green hydrogen as one of the potential routes they could take. Join Alex Cameron in ...
Investing in the system as well as the technology to drive decarbonisation
Decarb Connect - July 21, 2022 09:15 - 51 minutesWhilst many investors focus purely on the teams and technology when investing, Systemiq Capital is placing capital where it can influence the overall industrial system as well as making a dent in emissions. Join Irena Spazzapan, Managing Partner of Systemiq Capital, and Alex Cameron, F...
How could carbon market changes revolutionise cement production in the next 3 years?
Decarb Connect - June 23, 2022 07:30 - 26 minutesDavid Boyd from Carbon Re joins Alex to talk about how cement manufacturers will need to step up to the changes in ETS rules that lie ahead. Cement producers have so far avoided significant negative impact of carbon taxes on their co2 output as their free allowances have largely balance...
Disrupting old school feedstocks with new, plant-based materials
Decarb Connect - June 16, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutesWendy Owens, Founder & CEO of Hexas, joins Alex to talk about how regenerative, plant-based raw materials can ultimately replace wood and fossil fuel-based materials in a variety of sectors. With applications in energy, chemicals, packaging, textiles, composites, structural/non-structur...
How to engage industrials as a key partner in scaling negative emissions tech
Decarb Connect - June 02, 2022 07:30 - 43 minutesInvestment in climate tech is rising – but do we yet have the best possible (and scalable) solutions to complex decarbonisation challenges? Benjamin Tincq, Co Founder of Marble Studios, talks with Alex about the need for disruptive tech that targets the most critical problems, tech that...
Focusing on the U of CCUS – how CarbonCure reuses co2 in the concrete sector
Decarb Connect - May 19, 2022 08:00 - 36 minutesCarbonCure has been a favourite of investors and a winner of the XPrize – for ten years they have worked hard to help the concrete sector reduce co2 footprints by working specifically on reuse of co2 within the product mix. Sean Monkman joins Alex Cameron to talk about permanent co2...
John O’Donnell, Rondo: Making renewables a reliable option for industrial heat
Decarb Connect - May 12, 2022 08:30 - 32 minutesThink that renewables can’t sustain high industrial heat? Listen in to learn how storing energy as heat is allowing companies that rely on high industrial heat to reconsider renewables as a cheap and emission-free fuel source. Summary: John O’Donnell joins Alex to look at how renew...
Investing in renewables and advanced climate tech to decarbonise cement
Decarb Connect - April 21, 2022 07:30 - 28 minutesCemex Ventures is one of a number of high-profile CVCs who are investing to bring innovation into their companies – but also with an view to decarbonising energy-intensive processes. Gonzalo Galindo, President of Cemex Ventures, talks about their investment strategy with a particular fo...
Brett Perlman, CEO, Center for Houston’s Future
Decarb Connect - March 31, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutesHouston is not just the ideological center of the energy sector in the US but also in the region around it houses a large proportion of the US’s petchem and industrial complex. In this conversation, Alex talks with Brett Perlman, CEO of the Center for Houston’s Future about how stakehol...
Waste pressure is everywhere in the energy system – how can we convert it to clean energy?
Decarb Connect - March 24, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutesWith up to 51% of energy generated for industrial use being wasted, disruptors across the ecosystem are tackling that stat in different ways. Mihir talks about the opportunity for tackling one part of this – the waste pressure that is created throughout pipeline infrastructure, power ge...
Trevor Best, CEO and Co-Founder, Syzygy: Scaling photocatalysis to decarbonize high value products from hydrogen to ammonia (and more)
Decarb Connect - March 03, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutesHouston, known for being the oil and gas capital of the US, is fast becoming a key centre of gravity for clean tech and energy transition IP. Syzygy is one of a number of early-stage disruptors calling the city their home, and we were fortunate to have Trevor Best, CEO, in conversation ...
Creating large scale renewable projects that are profitable and drive a triple bottom line
Decarb Connect - February 24, 2022 09:08 - 38 minutesInterContinental Energy focuses on both renewable projects of scale and the triple bottom line of their projects. Join Alex and Alicia Eastman to explore the origin of their mega-scale project structures and the opportunity to convert renewables to hydrogen and ammonia for use in indust...
Completing the first BECCS project in the UK – with Will Gardiner, CEO of Drax Group
Decarb Connect - February 10, 2022 09:00 - 31 minutesWill Gardiner has been a key architect of Drax Group's strategy to create a flexible, low-carbon, customer-focused power company. Alex and Will talk about the results from COP26, but also what’s needed next to keep the goal of 1.5 alive. They explore a little of what’s needed from inter...
What would drive North American industry to invest in net zero?
Decarb Connect - January 27, 2022 09:28 - 47 minutesWith governments and markets taking different approaches to industrial decarbonization around the world, Nick Fulford joins Alex Cameron to talk about the different challenges those approaches are yielding and how the US/Canadian approach is unfolding. They explore the North Americ...
Could CCS own the radical middle ground in the energy transition?
Decarb Connect - January 06, 2022 09:00 - 39 minutesCraig Golinowski of Carbon Infrastructure Partners discussions the need for other tech to balance out renewables so that we avoid further energy crises and allow for a full transition. Is CCUS the radical middle ground? Summary: Craig Golinowski joins Alex to talk about the conc...
Lord Adair Turner talks about what has to happen in the 2020s for Net Zero to be achievable
Decarb Connect - December 30, 2021 09:00 - 45 minutesListen in and explore the momentum being seen right now, with more than 70% of global GDP covered by a net zero target, and the routes critical industries are taking to decarbonize. You’ll hear thoughts on the innovative mechanisms that global capital markets and policy are developing,...
Disrupter Series: Driving zero carbon lime production in the UK (Part 2 of conversation with Origen)
Decarb Connect - December 23, 2021 09:12 - 27 minutesJoin Alex and Ben for part two of their conversation exploring how Origen’s Zero Carbon Lime technology is being applied at a plant in the UK. You’ll explore the tech itself, the project timeline and hear about the short and long term co2 offtake plans. You’ll also explore the way in wh...
Disrupter series: Driving zero carbon lime production in the US (Part 1 of conversation with Origen)
Decarb Connect - December 16, 2021 14:14 - 27 minutesSitting right at the heart of hard to abate sectors is Lime production – a process that yields materials used in construction and food industries (as well as others). The 400 million tonnes of lime produced annually produces 400m tonnes of co2 from the high heat and energy-intensive che...
Driving zero carbon lime production in the US (Part 1)
Decarb Connect - December 16, 2021 14:14 - 27 minutesSitting right at the heart of hard to abate sectors is Lime production – a process that yields materials used in construction and food industries (as well as others). The 400 million tonnes of lime produced annually produces 400m tonnes of co2 from the high heat and energy-intensive che...
Innovation Series - From premium products to volume products – commercialising CO2 post-conversion to solid carbon
Decarb Connect - December 09, 2021 10:42 - 34 minutesCCUS is a broad term and yet often is applied narrowly to projects focused on underground storage. Aeroborn is one of a number of exciting disruptors with CCUS-tech that allows for the transformation of CO2 into other products… products that are usable whilst also storing the CO2 perman...
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