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Young Energy Leaders - SES 2017 Recap by Energy Voices

The US pulling out of the Paris Agreement was a major event in the global energy and climate communities. This month on Energy Voices we explore how youth, climate activists and the global sustainability community are responding, re-trenching and re-focusing on the Paris Agreement despite losing the worlds second largest emitter as a co-signer.

We often think that environmentalists and climate activists are on the same team. While that is usually the case, there are situations where the two camps diverge greatly. This month we look at the issues of pipelines and nuclear power through both the environmental lens and the climate lens to see the differences of opinions between these two camps.

This month's show focused on the emerging world of distributed generation. We take a look at the new financing models that are emerging to support energy projects that break the conventional norms of power production in North America. Trish Nixon, Director of Investments from Copower shares their model of making bundles of small energy projects accessible to the everyday investor. Janice Tran of Generate Capital shares their view on the energy investment landscape and which jurisdictions are moving to support distributed generation in North America.

Young energy entrepreneurs are the focus of this month's show. We kick off with Jorge Luis Hinojosa, Co-founder of Rennueva, a styrofoam recylcing startup in Mexico City. We then host Apoorv Sinha from Carbon Upcycling Technologies to describe his unique carbon capture and utilization technology. We end by hearing from Kakembo Brian, a dynamic young entrepreneur in Uganda working to improve health and reduce emissions through his unique waste to energy project.

We're joined this month by Grant Arnold, President and CEO of BluEarth Renewables. BluEarth is an Alberta based renewable energy developer with over $1.4 billion in renewable energy projects already built or under construction. Grant discusses their portfolio approach to renewable energy development and his vision for the future of large scale renewable energy in Canada and globally. We're also joined by Ryan Dick, President of the U of A Student Energy chapter to discuss their work and the upcoming Alberta Student Energy Summit.