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Decarbonising assets: Key insights from Pernis refinery

“Whether it is power, steel, cement, or petrochemicals, we all recognise that it will not be easy to reduce the carbon footprints of our assets. But has it ever been easy? Heavy industry has a remarkable track record of solving challenges, and I believe this...

Could CCS own the radical middle ground in the energy transition?

Craig Golinowski of Carbon Infrastructure Partners discussions the need for other tech to balance out renewables so that we avoid further energy crises and allow for a full transition. Is CCUS the radical middle ground? Craig Golinowski joins Alex to talk about the...

Lord Adair Turner talks about what has to happen in the 2020s for Net Zero to be achievable

Lord Adair Turner chairs the Energy Transitions Commission, a global coalition of major power and industrial companies, investors, environmental NGOs and experts working out achievable pathways to limit global warming to below 2˚C. He joins Alex in conversation to...

Driving zero carbon lime production in the US – Part 2

Find out how Lime, a highly CO2-intensive process, is being decarbonised with a focus on Origen’s project in the UK Join Alex and Ben for part two of their conversation exploring how Origen’s Zero Carbon Lime technology is being applied at a plant in the UK. You’ll...

Driving zero carbon lime production in the US – Part 1

Lime production yields essential materials for cement, sugar production and much more – find out how this highly CO2-intensive process is being decarbonised. Sitting right at the heart of hard to abate sectors is Lime production – a process that yields materials used...

From premium products to volume products – commercialising CO2 post-conversion to solid carbon

Find out how Anna Douglas and the team at Aeroborn are commercialising CO2 into products and materials with wide applications and usage. Permanent sequestration of CO2 in usable forms. CCUS is a broad term and yet often is applied narrowly to projects focused on...

Can wave energy contribute to energy stability… and when?

With energy instability at the top of the news cycle, Alex is joined by Jan Skjoldhammer, CEO, NoviOcean for some insight into how wave energy can balance to our energy mix and learn about NoviOcean’s tech and strategy. Links: https://noviocean.energy/ Learn more...

Offsite at COP26 – BASF’s carbon literacy program and COP takeaways

Alex talks with Geoff Mackey, Group Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Director at BASF, about their experience at COP26 and their carbon literacy programme. Links: https://www.basf.com/ Learn more about Decarb Connect’s global network hub for info on...

How NW Natural is forging a hydrogen business model and strategy to help keep industrials in state and decarbonising economically

Chris Kroeker, Emerging Technology Program Manager, NW Natural joins Alex to discuss how a gas utility in Portland, Oregon is planning for a network built on hydrogen. Links: https://www.nwnatural.com/ Learn more about Decarb Connect’s global network hub for info on...

Carbon pricing and the route to a high performing clean energy system in the US

Neil Chatterjee, Former Commissioner of FERC, joins the podcast to talk about recent decisions and activity at FERC and his view on the need for carbon pricing within the energy system of the US. Neil Chatterjee was, until August 2021, the member of the commission at...

Kickstarting the market for green concrete and green steel – how can green public procurement create momentum?

Rana Ghoneim, Chief of the Energy Systems and Infrastructure Division at the UN’s Industrial Development Organization, joins the podcast to talk with Alex about the role of Green Public Procurement in creating the market for low carbon products and green...

Science based targets and carbon business models: How is Holcim Germany tackling net zero?

Thorsten Hahn, CEO, Holcim (Germany) in conversation with Cate Hight, Chief Operating Officer, Mission Possible Partnership to talk carbon business models. Listen in to one of the opening fireside chats of Decarb Connect’s European event and hear how Holcim Germany’s...