Decarb Connect Alex Cameron

If you’re exploring using AI to reduce energy spend and co2 output, or are investing in this space, listen in to Alex’s conversation with Clifford Federspiel, the co-founder and President/CTO of Vigilent, an AI platform focused on optimizing energy use and reducing carbon emissions in data centers. With a background in mechanical engineering and AI/control systems research and applications, Cliff and his co-founders have built a business over 16 years that now operates in 26 countries and serves mission-critical data centres in a variety of settings. 
 
Listen in for these takeaways: 
-          Detail on the benefits of AI in data centre and industrial environments – manpower, power constraints, capex, water usage and energy 
-          How to adapt to AI systems, what’s needed in terms of controls – but also what expect and how to maximise their value
-          Ensuring teams are able to work through change and overcoming sceptism about AI’s ability to optimize so efficiently and specifically
 
With the global data centre market expanding rapidly, and the energy usage of the average data center increasing to 50 or even 100 MW, managing the efficient use of energy (and its relative co2 output) is essential and not only to the company that owns the facility. Listen in to learn more.. 
 
Links: 
Show links: 
-          Connect with Clifford Federspiel and learn more about Vigilent’s case studies and climate/energy benefits
-          Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
-          Watch a short video about how the Brevik plant is pursuing CCS
-          Read up on the latest CCS project to be launched, this time in France
 
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
 
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect? 
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors. 
 
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars. 
 
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. You could the community of leading decarbonizers at conferences in Berlin (June), Boston (Our TechInvest event in September), Toronto (November), the UK or Houston or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings. 

In 2023 the University of Cambridge published details that quantified how manure and synthetic fertilisers emit the equivalent of 2.6 gigatonnes of carbon per year which is more than the emissions from global aviation and shipping combined. Read up on that article in Nature Magazine here. 
 
Global fertiliser production is both essential and also hugely energy-intensive, yielding around 1.5% of total global CO2 emissions. CCm Technologies is a UK-based company scaling up to provide zero carbon fertilisers by taking CO2 waste streams and combining them with organic materials. With plans to triple production in the next few years, and projects in development in India and Europe, listen in to learn more about the FMCG partners who are supporting CCm’s scale up and the opportunity for their cost-comparative fertiliser products. 
Takeaways: 
The origins of CCm Technologies and the commercialisation of CCU technologyHow partnerships with major retail and FMCG brands have helped scale CCm’s plansHow the CCU tech works and the business model underpinning itWhy the “green premium” isn’t such a challenge for CCm’s business model and growthFuture plans and scale up 
Show links: 
-          Connect with Pawel Kisielewski and follow his work
-          Read a profile on CCm Technologies by the Ellen Macarthur Foundation
-          Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
-          Read up on the pilot between Nestlé, Cargill and CCm Technologies to turn cocoa shells into low carbon fertiliser
-          Watch CCm Technologies on the BBC’s Countryfile program
 
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
 
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect? 
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonisation around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors. 
 
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars. 
 
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. You could join the community of leading decarbonisers this year, at conferences in Boston (Decarb TechInvest, 10-11 September), Toronto (Decarb Connect Canada, 5-7 November). Or join us next year at Decarb Connect UK, Decarb Connect North America , or Decarb Connect Europe. We also offer a number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings for you to join. Sign up to the Decarb Connect newsletter to stay updated.

Listen in to this recording with Dr. Nicola Kimm, Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer at Heidelberg Materials, to learn about the strategic role that sustainability has at Heidelberg Materials and its involvement at board level, with value chain partners and across key projects. 
 
Key Takeaways
-        How involving sustainability at board level drives both the right outcomes but also ensures a business lens for sustainability activity
-        Heidelberg Material’s structure for Sustainability: sustainability strategy, R&D, carbon capture, innovation scaling
-        The timeline and activity that is supporting the first full-scale net-zero carbon capture cement plant
-        How to create and accelerate market demand for Low-Carbon Products
-        Why setting a company-wide target of 50% sustainable revenue target by 2030 has led to real engagement and strong outcomes 
-        Using "lighthouse" projects to showcase innovations like low-carbon wind farm bases
 
Show links: 
-        Connect with Dr. Nicola Kimm and explore the work of the Heidelberg Materials sustainability group
-        Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
-        Watch a short video about how the Brevik plant is pursuing CCS
-        Read up on the latest CCS project to be launched, this time in France
 
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
 
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect? 
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors. 
 
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars. 
 
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. You could the join our community of leading decarbonizers at conferences in Europe, the US, Canada and the UK or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings. 
 
 

 In this episode we look to a very specific nuclear technology that reuses nuclear waste. You’ll hear from Andrew Murdoch, the Managing Director of UK Ops for newcleo as he talks through the structural and market changes that would support wider use of nuclear as a clean energy. 
 
Key takeaways to listen out for: 
 
What it takes to create a zero carbon nuclear SMR plant?How the technology originated – what were the roots of resuing nuclear waste as a fuel? You’ll hear about the timeline to selling the first clean power from newcleo’s tech?Which markets or offtakers are signing MOUs and most likely to support the growth of this market? Acquiring companies along the value chain – what’s the plan and how does it support expansion? 
Show links: 
-        Learn about newcleo’s development activities around lead-cooled fast reactors the at the ENEA-Brasimone centre in Italy (where they are working on all the non-nuclear aspects of their design)
-        Find out about newcleo and its leadership team
-        Get in touch with Andrew Murdoch, UK Managing Director of newcleo
-        Get in touch with Alex Cameron of Decarb Connect on LinkedIn if you’d like to guest host a podcast episode
 
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
 
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect? 
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors. 
 
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars. 
 
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. You could the community of leading decarbonizers at conferences in Berlin (June), Boston (Our TechInvest event in September), Toronto (November), the UK or Houston or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings. 
 

Krista Johnson brings a real passion for enabling universal access to clean energy to this episode of the podcast. Listen in for a conversation that explores what it means to get true customer-driven demand for projects and how to engage authentically and positively with the neighbours and stakeholders of your projects. 
 
Anyone working to execute major projects in decarb or energy transition knows that customer engagement is increasingly requiring a total change in approach. In the US, the incentive-based policy approach absolutely demands that projects have real customer buy-in. Early engagement is key to invite stakeholders on the transformation journey and address fears of new technologies.
 
Takeaways: 
 
o   Why is it so essential – commercially, ethically, strategically – to have consumer/local engagement?
o   Listen to a comparison of two different project approaches to get a feel for how the landscape is changing and how different approaches yield different outcomes
o   Explore how to work with communities as partners from the start to build trust and support
o   What adopting a curiosity about community plans can do for your commercial project’s success. 
o   How is Johnson Matthey taking a lead in this space to help deliver the energy transition
 
 
Show links: 
-          Follow Krista Johnson on LinkedIn
-          Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
 
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
 
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect? 
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors. 
 
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars. 
 
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. You could the community of leading decarbonizers at conferences in Berlin (June), Boston (Our TechInvest event in September), Toronto (November), the UK or Houston or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings. 
 

Join Alex Cameron for this episode which welcomes Petter Østbø, former CEO of EuroChem and Founder/CEO of AtlasAgro. You’ll hear about the route to net zero in global fertilisers and the development of AtlasAgro’s ‘plant of the future’.
 
The economic realities that large fertilizer companies face, largely due to fossil fuel-based assets and the nature of urea products, mean that decarbonisation of the ferts market as been slow . You’ll hear about how AtlasAgro is disrupting the market with its plans to build a network plants fuelled by clean hydrogen to bring green nitrates products to key markets whilst simultaneously removing the high transportation costs. 
 
The conversation covers the shift in trading models required, the need to work with buys on long term contracts – but also the interest from major brands in decarbonizing their supply chains, companies that view fertilizer emissions reductions as core to achieving their goals. 
 
Show links: 
-          Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
-          Connect to Petter Østbø and the team at AtlasAgro’s clean energy-based production approach 
-          Read up on AtlasAgro’s Pacific North West green fertilizer plant plans
 
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
 
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect? 
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors. 
 
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars. 
 
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. You could the community of leading decarbonizers at conferences in Berlin (June), Boston (Our TechInvest event in September), Toronto (November), the UK or Houston or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings.