Energy Leaders

Thor Holt
Energy Leaders

Energy and money - both essential to life. With 'Energy Leaders', Host, SME Investor, Thor Holt, cheerfully facilitates an often heated conversation between experts and leaders in their fields.

  1. 11/24/2021

    MARK SIMMERS: SUSTAINIBILITY LOOPING CEO

    Mark Simmers is CEO of Celtic Renewables and I talked sustainability loops, bio fuel, whisky, advantages of basing business in Scotland, then I try to Orange Pill Mark with talk of stranded renewable energy bitcoin mining and Scotland as the next El Salvador! "Our philosophy is to only use co-products, waste and residue from other industries... incineration is the last step because there's a lot of value you can extract first..." "Scotland is a fantastic eco system for early stage business and investment... a great place to establish Celtic Renewables..." "...Bitcoin as a global currency could be really important... for example to protect against exchange rate issues with overseas investment..."  Celtic Renewables Ltd is an innovative start-up company formed to commercialise a process for producing a superior next generation biofuel and other high value sustainable products, from the by-products of biological industries.  Mark helped to co-found Celtic Renewables in late 2011, and has been the company’s CEO since its inception leading the growth of the company and securing over £30m of investment finance to fund that growth and the construction of the company’s first bio-refinery. Mark has won numerous investment pitching and business presentation awards on behalf of Celtic Renewables, and has built a strong and dynamic team at the company. "..How can we create a (low cost, low carbon) energy hub, attracting businesses in...?" Find out about more about the technology and the crowd raise we mentioned on the show, at celtic-renewables.com connect with Thor Holt on LinkedIn here  _________ Nothing on this podcast is financial advice. However, Please consider tipping the show, because it is a labour of love which takes many hours per show - research, communications with guests, recording, edit, show set up/notes etc.  Bitcoin Tip Jar > 3J9UqMxU52amhVf5tJfb6ZjjdQyaCsrsd7 Energy Leaders Podcast support is led by the awesome human who is, Natalie @vidavirtualsupport on Instagram, and our original show Jingle is composed by Oksana Budza, our creative Violinist and Music Producer friend in sunny Saint Petersburg, Russia... @budziaga on Instagram.

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Energy and money - both essential to life. With 'Energy Leaders', Host, SME Investor, Thor Holt, cheerfully facilitates an often heated conversation between experts and leaders in their fields.

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