Energy Impact Podcast

1. How Doug Kimmelman turned an internship at Goldman Sachs into a career in energy
2. A look into which risk management strategies are key for making investment returns in the electricity market
3. Why Doug started Energy Capital Partners and how he built his team from the ground up
4. Types of business model innovation in the energy industry and how it’s affected by technology risk

1. Răzvan's time as Minister of Energy
2. Understanding the Romanian energy landscape
3. Challenges facing the Romanian energy transition
4. Răzvan's vision for the future of the European energy transition

1. How liberalization of the European energy market allowed space for GEN-I to form
2. A brief look at the European energy grid and the impacts and benefits of interconnected grids
3. How GEN-I made the case for only selling carbon-free electricity
4. Why digitalization is a vital innovation in the energy space

1. Al’s early career as an expert in public-private partnerships
2. Opportunity zones and what they offer to communities and investors
3. The potential for clean energy investments in opportunity zones
4. Future growth of opportunity zones and the intersection between the federal government and private sector

1. How Angel’s desire to help others led him to work in development
2. The history, role, and importance of development banks in project financing
3. How project financiers and policymakers work together to achieve common goals
4. Angel’s vision for the clean energy transition and the role it will play in economics and politics

1. Dan’s interest in technology and his early career as an aerospace journalist
2. Dan’s first introduction to small modular reactors
3. Opportunities for small modular reactor deployment in Europe
4. Nuclear innovation and projects such as the ITER fusion reactor

1. Beks’ career shift from the private sector to the public sector
2. Beks’ leadership on the Presidential Task Force on Power
3. The Nigerian energy landscape and current energy challenges in Nigeria
4. Opportunities for growth and innovation in the Nigerian energy sector

1. Randy’s career from filmmaking to energy policy
2. Recapping the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Conference
3. The United States’ role in climate change and energy under a new administration
4. Energy innovation and the role of emerging technologies in advancing energy policy

1. How Brooks got into the project financing space
2. Finding the balance between innovation and risk as a project financier
3. The increasing focus on ESG investing and the benefits it provides for investors
4. Emerging energy projects and the future of energy project financing

1. Secretary Chu’s work at Bell Laboratories and his Nobel Prize winning research
2. Early research into climate change and new climate technologies
3. Serving as United States Secretary of Energy and his early championing of innovative energy technology
4. Secretary Chu’s vision for the future of energy and the rapid rate at which decarbonization needs to take place

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