The Switch - to a green economy

A few months back, we announced the successful closing of our €53M series B round.  While many celebrate such milestones, fewer see the hard work behind them. Have you ever wondered what the secret sauce is for attracting investments to a startup?  In this episode of our podcast, “The Switch – to a green economy”, Kristina Hagström-Ilievska picks Alexander Hell

Geothermal energy could grow 80-fold by 2050. 🚀 Yes, you read that right: 80 times! And that’s just in the U.S.  Geothermal energy has been around for thousands of years, and geothermal power plants for over 100 years. But the vast majority of the geothermal potential remains untapped.   Listen to Kristina Hagström-Ilievska and Alexander Helling as they dive

Donald Trump is soon back in office, and his return marks a new chapter for U.S. climate policy. In this video, we dive into the changes already underway and the potential impact on climate action and environmental regulations. From revisiting energy policies to redefining America's stance on international climate agreements like the Paris Agreement, Trump’s administration is sha

Crazy times working the Capitol Hill! 🏃🏻‍♂️‍➡️🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️🏛️  In our latest episode of our podcast ‘The Switch – to a green economy ‘, Kristina Hagström-Ilievska tells the story of running around, slightly confused, in the corridors of power, speed-dating senators and members of Congress at the heart of the U.S. political system.&nb

Geothermal is the holy grail of renewables!   Without a renewable energy source that can deliver 24 hours a day, seven days a week, we will not be able to build a decarbonized world.   These are the words of Jerome Cainglet, the President of Energy Development Corporation (EDC), the second-largest geothermal energy producer in the world.   He also believes that co

Critical minerals might be flowing underground, right beneath your feet!  That is great news.  Because the minerals we need for clean technologies like electrical vehicles, solar panels and digital screens, often come from dirty, unsustainable mining processes concentrated in a few countries.   John Worth, the CEO of Geo40, extracts minerals like lithium and silic

Cutting offshore wind costs IKEA style!  That’s what Sam Kanner and his company Aikido have set out to do.  80% of the world's potential wind energy potential exists over deeper water, where the wind platforms need to be floating.   There’s just one problem: building, assembling and installing large, commercial-scale floating wind farms is costly and takes a l

Heat pumps are a key technology to get to net zero and we need an estimated 400 million more of them by 2030. Kensa Group is leading the way in the UK, decarbonizing heating in whole city blocks with networked heat pumps.  Tamsin Lishman, CEO of Kensa Group, is our guest in the latest episode of our podcast 'The Switch – to a green economy'. She says this is a huge oppo

“Carbon is the trash of the climate era”.   Amy Harder explains climate change and climate tech so anyone can understand it. Deciphering those complexities is the overarching mission at Cipher News, where she is the Executive Editor.   We invited her to our latest episode of our podcast 'The Switch – to a green economy', to talk about, among other things,

28% less greenhouse gas emissions.  That’s what Baker Hughes achieved only three years after committing to a net-zero goal by 2050. Coming from a history of over 100 years serving the oil and gas industry with drilling equipment, they were one of the first companies in their sector to announce such a target.   Allyson Anderson Book is Baker Hughes’ Chief Sustainabil