Energy Unplugged by Aurora EP.119 Nick Carter, Managing Director, Akaysha Energy
In this episode, Nick Carter, Managing Director at Akaysha Energy and Weijie Mak, Aurora’s Head of Consulting in Australia join Hugo Batten, our Managing Director in APAC & California.
Akaysha is a battery developer that has just had a major investment from Blackrock to help fund storage developments across APAC. Prior to Akaysha, Nick has worked at Macquarie, Tesla and AGL, as well as Toyota and General Motors.
The focus of the discussion is very much on the nuances of battery and hydrogen investment cases in Australia and across other key Asian markets.
Main topics include:
•The evolution of battery investment cases in the next few years
•Supply chain and CAPEX increases
•The transaction with Akaysha and Blackrock that made news in Australia
•Akaysha’s business plan when it comes to hydrogen