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The Energy Impact Podcast features world-renowned experts across international energy policy and project finance along with regular news updates leading journalists specializing in energy innovation.
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Bryan Walsh - Vox Media
1. How Bryan’s love of reading and writing translated into interests in global health, the future, and international news coverage relating to climate and energy
2. The tension between the need for reducing carbon emissions and increasing electricity demand
3. Bryan’s book and what motivated him to write it, as well as what the piece covers
4. A discussion of civilian nuclear energy and what the future might hold in regards to development
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Jacqueline Novogratz - Acumen
1. Jacqueline’s background, an abundance of travel, and how it all lead her to a career in impact investing
2. What drove Jacqueline to begin her work tackling poverty and the first projects she chose to begin in this new space of impact investing
3. Acumen’s Hardest-to-Reach initiative and what it focuses on
4. The future of investing in clean energy projects and key investment trends we might see in the coming years
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Kate Gordon - California Forward
1. Kate’s background of many moves, tenant law, and an interest in clean energy conversations both domestically and internationally
2. How Kate ended up in the ground floor of the Apollo Alliance, the first green jobs organization in the United States
3. Kate’s transition from Apollo to the United States Department of Energy and how her experience with labor in the green transition flowed between the two
4. Working with Secretary Granholm, as well as some future-facing conversations surrounding Kate’s upcoming book -
Leo Banchik - Voyager Ventures
1. What motivated Leo to make a difference and become interested in clean energy technology
2. A deep dive into the many different types of carbon removal
3. Voyager’s investment thesis and how it resonates with Leo
4. The constantly evolving technologies of the energy transition and what we might see from them in the future -
Michael Terrell - Google
1. What drew Michael into Google and the early iterations of renewable energy
2. Google’s leadership in the energy procurement realm
3. What Michael has learned about driving innovation over the years and some valuable lessons for problem-solving
4. Taking a look at advanced technology and what the future holds for energy generation -
Charlie Donovan - Impax Asset Management
1. Why everyone should care about and be invested in energy and the progression of the energy industry
2. How the energy transition may fundamentally change the industry and how this intersects with finance
3. The ways in which interest in the sustainable finance space has increased exponentially in the past decade
4. How communities will interact with new forms of clean energy being deployed and what the future holds for this form of progression