Decarb Connect

This episode steps back to the early innovation cycle that is still needed to accelerate industrial decarbonisation. Bruce Adderley joins the podcast to explore how the £66m of the TFI Challenge in the UK has had an amplified effect, securing £200m+ of co-investment for collaborations across steel, cement, chem, glass and more of the foundation industries.  Whether you are UK-based or not, listen in these takeaways including: -          How govt grants can be used to drive novel interventions in our oldest industries-          How collaboration across industry, rather than siloed grant allocations, was the secret to successful projects and scaling of innovative tech-          How the investor partnering programme secured co-investments from entities including HG investors, the Clean Growth Fund, SpeedInvest Industry, Turquoise International and Midven Limited You’ll also hear about two specific projects the Challenge ignited: -          Cement 2 Zero (reuse of end of life cement in electric arc furnaces)-          Rectify (a circular supply chain developing high-quality grades of recycled steel for the production of low carbon ‘green steel’)UK-based? This is also a great opportunity hear about how tax payer money has been put to use in ways that are leading to further co investments in decarb, new facilities and city regeneration.  Based outside the UK? Listen in and share this with policy makers/influencers and those trying to spark decarbonisation projects with seed capital elsewhere in the world.  Don’t forget – you can meet Bruce and learn about another project in the challenge that involves Unilever at our Decarb Connect UK event in Manchester from February 27-29. Show Links: ·         Learn about Bruce Adderly and UKRI’s Transforming Foundation Industries Challenge ·         Learn more about the TFI Co-Investor Partner Programme·         Read up on the Rectify project and watch a video about Cement2Zero ·         Connect with Alex to suggest a guest or to talk about what you’re hearing on the podcast (or simply to learn more about Decarb Connect)·         Explore our upcoming events in the US, UK, Europe, Canada and more  Learn about our Sponsor: Janno MediaMany 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. In 2024 you could join us at conferences in Manchester (February), Houston (March), Berlin (June), Toronto (November) or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings.  

 If you’re an industrial or an investor exploring the Carbon Capture space, listen in to this conversation with Erica Nemser, CEO of Compact Membrane System, and Alex Cameron, CEO of Decarb Connect. You’ll hear about the growing ecosystem, types of point source carbon capture technology – and also will get the inside story on how CMS is scaling its solution and business. Erica brings a background as an economist and a former McKinsey leader to her leadership of CMS and has scaled the company from a research lab to a commercially-driven, profitable, and market-making company. You’ll explore the ecosystem of technologies and where CMS’s membrane solution sits. We also explore key demonstration projects with Voestalpine and RHI Magnesita, including a look at how different streams of CO2 impact the choice of technology and partner. Show Links: ·         Learn about Compact Membrane Systems (CMS) and their plans·         Connect with Erica Nemser at CMS·         Connect with Alex to suggest a guest or to talk about what you’re hearing on the podcast (or simply to learn more about Decarb Connect)·         Explore our upcoming events in the US, UK, Europe, Canada and more·         Find out about the Verbund X accelerator  Learn about our Sponsor: Janno MediaMany 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. In 2024 you could join us at conferences in Manchester (February), Houston (March), Berlin (June), Toronto (November) or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings.    

 Team Pennsylvania (Team PA) has 27 years of history as a non-partisan organisation convening public-private partnerships are critical economic opportunities.  Abby Smith joins Alex to talk about what the role of neutral convener can do to accelerate non-partisan pathways around decarbonization (and other issues) and just what it is that they do to bring vastly different voices to the table to work out how to get great outcomes for Pennsylvania as a state.  Given that the state is the US’s second biggest energy producer and a major energy exporter, it is key for the country as well as the state that a strong future with great jobs and a strong economy can be defined. But just how does a “fossil fuel state” create this future given the real range of voices and concerns that need navigating? Listen in and hear about how Team PA sets a table that can bring all relevant voices together, how to get all groups focused on a shared future (albeit one that can be pursued from different angles) and how they hope to see PA power its future and make the most of the IRA, other emerging policy and incentives and the opportunities that the green economy can offer a state that sits on top of one of the major fossil fuel assets in the country.  This is a conversation for those of you who wonder how we can bring more voices together to benefit from opportunities, and an opportunity to reconsider assumptions about how we achieve net zero at a state or national level.  Show Links: ·         Explore the work of Team PA·         Connect with Abby Smith ·         Connect with Alex to suggest a guest or to talk about what you’re hearing on the podcast (or simply to learn more about Decarb Connect)·         Explore our upcoming events in the US, UK, Europe, Canada and more  Learn more about our guest, Abby Smith: Abby Smith is Team Pennsylvania’s President & CEO. Her work has focused extensively on building strategic public-private partnerships to address long-term issues that no one sector can tackle alone. Abby’s 20-year career includes high-level strategic planning and leading cross-sector collaboratives at the state level in Pennsylvania as well as in several other states, along with ample experience as a grant and project manager overseeing multi-million-dollar grants and serving on various state-level councils. In early 2023, Abby received an Above & Beyond Award, honoring Pennsylvania women of “public and civic mind” who have demonstrated exemplary leadership in their field, combined with having made significant contributions to society. Learn about our Sponsor: Janno MediaMany 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. In 2024 you could join us at conferences in Manchester (February), Houston (March), Berlin (June), Toronto (November) or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings.   

National Highways owns the strategy for a significant proportion of the UK’s roads and are a major buyer of asphalt, cement and steel. In this podcast you’ll join Alex Cameron, Founder of Decarb Connect, in conversation with the Executive Director of Procurement, Malcolm Dare, and the Director of Environmental Sustainability, Steve Elderkin, to learn how they are driving the adoption of lower carbon materials.  Whether you’re UK-based or not, the goal of this conversation is to highlight ways of working across a value chain to create a market for low carbon materials. You’ll hear about the role of supply chain transformation, the need for new low carbon tech to be adopted quickly so buyers can decarbonise – and we look specifically at the strategy around Contracting for Carbon Contract.If you’re a potential buyer of green products, you’ll love the insights into how to work with your value chain and the contracting for carbon concept. If you’re an industrial, you’ll be interested in how you can encourage more collaboration with buyers of your materials to jointly scale the market for low carbon products. And for anyone else – you’ll enjoy the buzz that comes from hearing about progress and real deployment of lower carbon products in national infrastructure. Show Links: ·         Learn about National Highways and their Net Zero Roads plans·         Connect with Malcolm Dare and Steve Elderkin at National Highways·         Connect with Alex to suggest a guest or to talk about what you’re hearing on the podcast (or simply to learn more about Decarb Connect)·         Explore our upcoming events in the US, UK, Europe, Canada and more Learn about our Sponsor: Janno MediaMany 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. In 2024 you could join us at conferences in Manchester (February), Houston (March), Berlin (June), Toronto (November) or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings.    

The typical belief around industrial net zero is that industrial processes are “hard-to-abate” because of complex processes which require additional tech and because at-scale projects are financially unattractive. But what if there was already an example of financing-in-action and technology that can remove barriers to decarbonization more quickly? Listen in to this conversation with Arun Gupta, CEO of the decade-old Skyven and hear about how their approach to decarbonization has gone through early iterations to now offer energy-as-a-service – technology based around industrial heat pumps and more – that comes with the finance solution built-in. Alex and Arun talk about Skyven’s path to this moment in time, its work with F&B as well as Paper and Pulp and chem – and more importantly, the approach Skyven has taken to unblocking the path to financing decarbonization. We cover the role of public funding, the need for disruptors to focus more on true client needs vs what their tech does, the benefit of presenting a holistic technology-as-service and more. You’ll also hear about the significant projects in the pipeline and their plans to triple in size to focus on these major deployments – so we also talk about just how they are planning for that growth. If you’re a tech disruptor, you’ll love the story of Skyven and the insights into the approach they’ve taken to understand manufarcturers and investors to get he best outcome. If you’re an industrial, you’ll be interested in the holistic service approach and ideas for how to collaborate with tech companies. No matter what your background, listen in to hear how great engineering has been combined with strong team determinations to scale critical net zero tech. Show Links: ·         Find out more about Skyven and its work ·         Connect with Arun Gupta·         Connect with Alex to suggest a guest or to talk about what you’re hearing on the podcast (or simply to learn more about Decarb Connect)·         Explore our upcoming events in the US, UK, Europe, Canada and more Learn about our Sponsor: Janno MediaMany 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. In 2024 you could join us at conferences in Manchester (February), Houston (March), Berlin (June), Toronto (November) or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings. 

Chris was first elected to Kingswood Constituency in 2010 and still serves there, the area he grew up in. He took on the portfolio for Minister of Energy in 2019 and since then has had a specific focus on how the UK can really lead on climate issues and deliver net zero.  With its 2019 legislation, the UK became the first G7 country to commit to net zero – but is this leadership role being maintained or wasted? By 2050, the UK is legally required to have reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 100% from 1990 levels. In this podcast we’ll explore how Chris Chaired the independent review into net zero and how the 2050 target could maximise economic growth whilst also increasing energy security and affordability for consumers and businesses. You’ll hear about the 129 recommendations made in the review and also the risks presented by relinquishing a leadership role at this point in time.  You’ll also hear key thoughts on how the ‘myth of cost’ has affected consumer discussion around net zero and the significant pro-business opportunities in the green economy. Chris and Alex explore the need for investment in Net Zero to break out of the political cycle into a longer-term programme the right kind of spend as well as the type of data that isn’t yet being collected but which would prove a game changer for the approaches taken in government and business.  In addition, we explore just how a Green Special Relationship between the UK and US could work and what the two-way financial and technological benefits could be.  Show Links: ·         Explore the Net Zero review that Chris chaired and its key findings·         Learn more about Chris Skidmore ·         Connect with Alex to suggest a guest or to talk about what you’re hearing on the podcast (or simply to learn more about Decarb Connect)·         Explore our upcoming events in the US, UK, Europe, Canada and more Learn about our Sponsor: Janno MediaMany 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. In 2024 you could join us at conferences in Manchester (February), Houston (March), Berlin (June), Toronto (November) or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings. 

Join Alex Cameron and Anand Gopal, Executive Director of Policy Research at Energy Innovation, as they discuss their expectations for COP29 and the potential for industrial decarbonisation. They explore stakeholder preparations, the impact of hosting the COP in an O&G producing nation, and likely outcomes of discussions on fossil fuels and global renewables commitments. They also touch on trade policy for decarbonisation goals and current blockers and opportunities for industrials. Don't miss their insights on the role of oil and gas companies in the energy transition and the need for industry-led innovation.

Green hydrogen is one of the climate technologies that has its fair share of detractors and supporters. In this episode we explore some of the common assumptions about green h2 and identify the reasons we can be positive about its future.  Decarbonisation leaders in steel, glass and a range of sectors have their sights set on hydrogen as their future fuel solution – barriers to adoption are receding, but what’s the timeline for this market to really have an impact? Marty Neese is the CEO of Verdagy, he joins Alex Cameron for a conversation about the top 5 reasons we can be positive about the future market potential for green hydrogen. From examples of plants preparing to switch, to the expansion of hydrogen infrastructure through to the path to parity with fossil fuel pricing based on the expansion of renewables… if you’re an industrial looking to green h2 as a fuel switch technology or an investor or collaborator in the decarbonisation space, listen in.  Key elements of the conversation include: The shift in how green hydrogen’s role in the energy transition is being seenHow to combat the view that electrolysers are too costly and won’t be cost-effective in time for net zero deadlinesHow to protect against the impact of Intermittency The scalability of the front running green h2 techShow links: -        Learn more about Verdagy’s projects and development or connect with their team on LinkedIn. -        Connect with Alex Cameron, Founder of Decarb Connect and suggest a podcast episode-        Follow Decarb Connect to access our interviews and content, all focused on industrial decarbonisation or find out about our upcoming events Toronto, USA, UK and the EU. and more Want to learn more about Decarb Connect? We’re a global membership and events platform which supports the acceleration of industrial decarbonization. We focus specifically on the most energy-intensive sectors and have client across cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more and help connect them to technology disruptors, investors and advisors.  Through our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), our members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans across the hard to abate sectors. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars.  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 the podcast wouldn't exist without them!

Scott Harden, CTO of Innovation at Schneider Electric, leads the technology roadmap for Innovation across Schneider Electric, which as all our listeners will know is a leader in the sustainability. Scott joins the podcast to talk about the prosumer and its impact in the energy transition. Our core discussion centers on the need for electrification and increased resilience across the grid (both are key to industrials targeting decarbonization), so listen in to hear our wide ranging discussion on these kinds of points: -        What does a fully decarbonised grid look like… physically and theoretically?-        Who will need to participate in order to modernize the grid what will different groups bring to the table? -        What business models and service opportunities could be unleashed by a fully decarbonised grid? -        Listen in to understand the role the “Prosumer” plays in this but also the real shift needed to reconsider the grid and to reimagine who can contribute to its evolution.-        What role will innovations like AI play - pivotal to building an economy propelled by new forms of energy-        How far off “decarbonization by design” are we?    Show links: -        Learn more about Schneider Electric's work in to decarbonize critical sectors-        Connect with Alex Cameron, Founder of Decarb Connect and suggest a podcast episode-        Follow Decarb Connect to access our interviews and content, all focused on industrial decarbonisation-        Explore Decarb Connect’s upcoming events in Pittsburgh, Toronto and more Want to learn more about Decarb Connect? We’re a platform which supports the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the globe. We look specifically at the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more and help connect them to technology disruptors, investors and advisors.  Through our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), our members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans across the hard to abate sectors. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars.  If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at many more conversations and discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series 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 

Creating a global market that decarbonises critical materials: CarbonFree and the co2 reuse market Join Alex Cameron and the CEO of CarbonFree, Martin Keighley (the Former CEO of Tata Chemicals US) to talk about co2 reuse and how to decarbonise critical materials.  You'll hear about how the market opportunity for converting co2 into key materials - and specifically will hear from martin on CarbonFree’s SkyCycleTM product which captures and utilizes carbon emissions from hard-to-abate industrial sources. Post-capture, these emissions are converted into specialty chemicals and materials including calcium carbonate.  This is also an opportunity to learn how CarbonFree has scaled and about some of the projects and partnerships being forged. While Co2 Utilization is still a pretty nascent, Martin explains the progress being made in this space in the last 12 months alone and also explores how recent IRA policy changes for carbon capture have been so important.   In addition, the conversation examines how the Capture Carbon Utilization Parity Act that has been proposed is going to set the scene for expansion of this critical decarbonization tech and how it will influence market development. And finally, for those keen to learn about examples of real projects, Martin also talks about recent collaborations with BP and US Steel.Show links: Check out CarbonFree's site including latest news and projectsConnect with Martin Keighley directlyFollow Carbonfree on Twitter: @carbonfreeccus or on LinkedIn Follow Decarb Connect to access our interviews and content, all focused on industrial decarbonisationExplore Decarb Connect’s upcoming events in Pittsburgh, Toronto and moreWant to learn more about Decarb Connect? We’re a platform which supports the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the globe. We look specifically at the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more and help connect them to technology disruptors, investors and advisors.  Through our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), our members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans across the hard to abate sectors. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars.  If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at many more conversations and discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series 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