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Watt It Takes

Our monthly podcast tells the stories of founders who are building our clean energy abundant future—their upbringings, their risks, their failures, and their breakthroughs that are transforming our world. Subscribe on Spotify or Apple to stay up to date with the latest episodes.

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00:42:04

TeraWatt Infrastructure CEO Neha Palmer

Watt It Takes ·

2022/06/01

Tens of millions of delivery vans and semi trucks move around the clock to keep supply chains humming. These medium- and heavy-duty vehicles make up more than 25 percent of transportation emissions in the US — even though they only make up 10 percent of all vehicles on the road. We need to electrify medium and heavy-duty vehicles to meet our climate goals. But, how do we build and operate the charging infrastructure to power them? That charging network is exactly what our guest, TeraWatt

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00:23:13

Our Friends from The Big Switch

Watt It Takes ·

2022/05/10

Normally, we’d be bringing you an episode featuring an entrepreneur who’s making our climate-positive future a reality. But behind every founder with a big idea are scientists, engineers and policymakers working hard to turn those big ideas into reality. And right now, a lot of them are tackling one of the biggest contributors to the climate crisis – carbonSo today, we have something new for you. As a bonus, we’re bringing you an episode of one of our favorite podcasts, The Big Switch. It’s hosted

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00:50:13

Watershed Co-Founder Taylor Francis

Watt It Takes ·

2022/05/04

With 93 Fortune 500 companies committing to net-zero targets, and with the SEC preparing to require public companies to disclose climate risks, corporations are beginning to think deeply about how to track and manage their emissions. That’s why Watershed Co-Founder and CEO Taylor Francis and his team built a platform to simplify the process — and help companies to decarbonize faster.From his co-founder’s guest bedroom, Taylor and his friends used their tech experience and climate passion to create

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00:40:13

Mainspring Energy CEO & Founder Shannon Miller

Watt It Takes ·

2022/04/05

We’re running a contest! Through April 19, each review on Apple podcasts or share on social media (using #WattItTakes) will enter you to win a limited-edition Watt It Takes crewneck — and enable more people to hear inspiring stories about entrepreneurs making our climate-positive future a reality.To reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly, we need to electrify large swaths of the economy. But that requires a steady supply of renewable power. And that's where things get tricky.Historically, we’ve

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00:52:09

Monolith Co-Founder & CEO Rob Hanson

Watt It Takes ·

2022/03/02

We’re running a contest! Through March 15th, each review on Apple podcasts or share on social media (using #WattItTakes) will enter you to win a limited-edition Watt It Takes crewneck — and enable more people to hear inspiring stories about entrepreneurs making our climate-positive future a reality.Heavy industry is one of the hardest parts of the economy to decarbonize. Making steel, cement, and chemicals takes a lot of heat, a lot of electricity, and a lot of expensive equipment.Take hydrogen: a

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00:46:41

ChargerHelp! Co-Founder Kameale Terry

Watt It Takes ·

2022/02/09

There are 46,000 public EV charging stations across the United States. But with 32% of charging stations down at any given time, maintaining them is a big challenge for the industry.Minimizing charger downtime isn’t easy – differences in manufacturers, network providers, and utilities can mean wide variation in hardware or software between stations. That complexity can make fixing technical problems a challenge.And that's exactly what our guest, ChargerHelp! Co-founder and CEO Kameale Terry, is

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00:55:01

Remix Co-Founder Tiffany Chu

Watt It Takes ·

2021/12/21

Electrifying cars and trucks is an essential part of decarbonizing mobility. But there's another vital piece in the race to zero-emissions transportation: public transit. Transit tech is emerging as one of the most exciting areas in the climate space. It's made up of companies using technology to get people out of their cars and onto shared vehicles like vans, buses, and trains. And the need has never been greater.When the pandemic threw public transportation systems around the world into turmoil,

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01:00:56

Fervo Energy Co-Founder & CEO Tim Latimer

Watt It Takes ·

2021/12/07

Starting in the 1960s, the United States became a world leader in building large-scale geothermal power plants.That changed in the mid-2000s with the fracking boom. Drillers turned their attention to oil and gas. And as wind, solar and batteries got cheaper, bankers and developers put their money into those resources.Today, geothermal development around the world has flatlined.But a small legion of clean energy entrepreneurs is working quietly in the background on innovations that could catalyze the

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00:42:53

Alex Blumberg, Host of ‘How to Save a Planet’

Watt It Takes ·

2021/11/22

There are a lot of nuances to the way people perceive our warming planet. But media coverage of the issue is often catastrophic, scientifically dense, or framed exclusively around politics.So how do we talk about climate in a way that resonates across diverse groups of people?That's what our guest, Alex Blumberg, kept asking himself.Alex is an acclaimed audio journalist. He’s the co-founder of Gimlet Media and host of the Spotify climate solutions podcast How to Save a Planet.Alex has pushed the

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00:46:50

Aurora Solar Co-Founder Samuel Adeyemo

Watt It Takes ·

2021/10/26

The United States recently surpassed 100 gigawatts of installed solar capacity, enough to power nearly 20 million homes. But to decarbonize the power grid by 2035 and meet growing demand, the Department of Energy estimates that we'll need 1,000 gigawatts of solar capacity, providing 40% of the nation's electricity in just 15 years. That means, on average, we'll need to install solar at quadruple the rate we did in 2020.We can't achieve that growth without creative new ways to install solar in as

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00:50:09

Arcadia Founder & CEO Kiran Bhatraju

Watt It Takes ·

2021/09/28

Ninety percent of Americans want to see more renewable energy on the grid. But two-thirds of them can't directly access wind and solar — because they don't own their rooftop, can't afford the upfront cost, or can't get it from their monopoly utility.That’s where our guest, Arcadia Founder & CEO Kiran Bhatraju, comes in.“We started Arcadia to give everyone access to clean energy. It was as simple as that,” says Bhatraju. “This is a very closed, balkanized industry. And so the core idea was to build

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00:54:47

Tesla Co-Founder & Founding CEO Martin Eberhard

Watt It Takes ·

2021/08/31

When it comes to climate tech companies, there's only one name that's known around the world: Tesla.Tesla has arguably been the defining climate tech success story of the 21st century, driving demand for electric vehicles and becoming one of the world's most valuable companies.When people think of the person behind Tesla, they think of Elon Musk. But Musk wasn't there from the very beginning — he was an early investor in the company, and didn't become CEO until five years after its founding. Martin

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00:48:08

Malta CEO Ramya Swaminathan

Watt It Takes ·

2021/08/10

There's a race going on to build the next generation of energy storage technologies using gravity, chemicals, or heat to store clean electricity for long periods of time.And that's where our guest, Ramya Swaminathan, comes in.Ramya is the CEO of a company called Malta. Malta is building an electro-chemical battery that converts renewable electricity into heat. It's like a giant version of the heat pump in your air conditioner, using commercially-available, off-the-shelf parts.Malta's heat-pump

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00:54:43

Powerhouse Founder & CEO Emily Kirsch

Watt It Takes ·

2021/07/14

Over the past four years, we’ve interviewed 40 incredible founders and CEOs on Watt It Takes.Our guests have inspired emerging and established leaders across the industry. And each one of these conversations has helped Emily on her own founder journey.With that in mind, in this episode of Watt It Takes, we’re turning the mic around to tell Emily’s story and the story of Powerhouse.Today, Powerhouse is an innovation firm and venture fund — working with the world’s leading companies to help connect

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00:38:18

‘Clean Energy Yoda’ Andy Karsner

Watt It Takes ·

2021/06/15

Andy Karsner is a highly influential entrepreneur, investor, diplomat, and strategist working to transform the world’s energy systems.In June, he was voted onto ExxonMobil’s board by activist shareholders as a way to hold the oil giant accountable on climate change.Back in the 90s, Andy was developing large gas and diesel power plants. But then he found the wind business. Andy started a company called Enercorp, which developed some of the earliest large-scale wind farms around the world.In 2005,

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00:51:38

SHYFT Co-Founder Ugwem Eneyo

Watt It Takes ·

2021/05/18

Africa is becoming a dynamic market for clean, distributed energy. All across the continent, solar, batteries, generators, and microgrids are giving people energy cheaply — and providing greater reliability in a region where many central grids remain unreliable.But that dynamism can come at a cost. Systems are often complex. They lack standards. And it’s often difficult for buildings and businesses to manage and integrate them in concert with an incomplete grid. And that's where our guest, Ugwem

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00:39:06

OhmConnect Co-Founder Matt Duesterberg

Watt It Takes ·

2021/04/20

Power plants are massive, complicated pieces of machinery. Gears. Pipes. Boilers. Generators. Instruments. But a new kind of model is taking shape: one that combines smartphones, software, and smart devices in homes. It’s called a virtual power plant. And it’s what our guest, Matt Duesterberg, is working to build every day.Matt is the co-founder of a company called Ohmconnect. It was founded in 2014 to make it easy for individuals to help clean up the grid.In December 2020, OhmConnect picked up a

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00:51:15

Sunrun Co-Founder Lynn Jurich

Watt It Takes ·

2021/04/06

In this episode: Emily’s conversation with Lynn Jurich, the co-founder and CEO of Sunrun.Sunrun was a pioneer in the early days of residential solar. Today, it’s the biggest installer of home solar systems in America -- and one of the industry’s biggest success stories.Sunrun also partners with utilities on using batteries and rooftop systems to create virtual power plants. Lynn talks about how she convinced homeowners and banks to invest millions during the great recession in a new kind of solar

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01:03:34

Green Jobs Pioneer Van Jones

Watt It Takes ·

2021/04/06

In this episode: Emily’s conversation with CNN host and green-jobs pioneer Van Jones.Van may be best known for “The Van Jones Show” and “The Redemption Project,” which both air on CNN. He is also the author of three best-selling books, including “The Green Collar Economy.”But long before his high-profile career, Van was a powerful voice for bringing clean energy jobs to black and brown communities. He helped spearhead the Green Jobs Act of 2007, the first time the country deliberately trained

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00:57:33

BlocPower Founder Donnel Baird

Watt It Takes ·

2021/04/06

In this episode: Emily’s conversation with Donnel Baird, the founder and CEO of BlocPower.BlocPower is a Brooklyn, New York startup electrifying and weatherizing buildings in underserved communities — slashing pollution and saving money. This includes housing units, churches, community centers. BlocPower was founded in 2012. It has raised venture capital from Kapor Capital and Andreesen Horowitz. But that process was not easy for a company with a mostly Black leadership team. As a black founder,

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