Catalyst with Shayle Kann
Investor Shayle Kann is asking big questions about how to decarbonize the planet: How cheap can clean energy get? Will artificial intelligence speed up climate solutions? Where is the smart money going into climate technologies? Every week on Catalyst, Shayle explains the world of "climate tech" with prominent experts, investors, researchers, and executives. Produced by Latitude Media.
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Fixing cement’s carbon problem
New production techniques are helping reduce emissions in an industry that’s been hard to decarbonize
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Unleashing the magic of heat pumps
Despite the buzz around this super efficient technology, heat pump adoption in the U.S. has been slowing. What gives?
39 min
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Getting more energy on the wires
Lack of transmission is a massive bottleneck for the energy transition. How do we fix it?
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Climatetech for developing economies
To build low-carbon economies in developing countries, we need to deploy the technology we already have
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How the US climate bill will finance the energy...
In this episode, produced in partnership with CohnReznick, we explore the market implications of the Inflation Reduction Act.
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What’s holding up hydrogen in Europe?
Could the region lose its competitiveness as hydrogen ramps up in other parts of the world?
41 min
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What climatetech can learn from the oceans
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How well does soil actually store carbon?
Soil could help us lock away emissions, but there’s still a lot we don’t know about durability – or even how much carbon is in the dirt.
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Is the Inflation Reduction Act a win for EVs an...
The complicated gymnastics of qualifying for the IRA’s EV and battery tax credits
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Columbia Energy Exchange: Will Putin’s Energy S...
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Averting water wars as we decarbonize
Dr. Michael Webber on why we want to avoid replacing a carbon problem with a water problem
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Could geothermal become a major zero-emissions ...
New geothermal technologies could help scale an industry that has historically been limited by geography
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The dirt on soil carbon credits
Can incentivizing farmers help restore and expand soil’s carbon-carrying capacity?
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Booking your first zero-emissions flight
Electric and H2-fueled planes are coming. But will they really decarbonize aviation?
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Will charging infrastructure be a bottleneck fo...
EIP partner Cassie Bowe weighs in on the business models, deployment and hardware of EV chargers.
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What the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 would ...
If passed, the broad-reaching bill could drastically cut U.S. annual emissions by 2030 and help transform U.S. energy industries
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Watt It Takes: TeraWatt Infrastructure CEO Neha...
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Seeking the holy grail of batteries
Which companies will win the race to develop better batteries?
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Crossing the valley of death
The challenges of funding new climatetech solutions
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The Carbon Copy: Get ready for the battery recy...
Efforts to recycle lithium-ion EV batteries have so far been niche and costly, but now this industry is growing up and attracting billions of dollars in investment.
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How to Save a Planet: Spark Tank! How Do We Sol...
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Which tech is overhyped, underhyped and just ri...
Taking bets on advanced nuclear, battery recycling and more
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Making sense of solar engineering
Do the risks of solar geoengineering outweigh the dangers of a warming planet?
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Introducing Climavores: a new show about food a...
A show about eating on a changing planet.
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From biowaste to “biogold”
How to make use of biomass—and biowaste—without squeezing global food supply
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