Carbon Copy

In this episode, we talk with Alan Zurakowski, Senior VP of Strategic Alliances at Shift Energy, about using software to make hardware more efficient, integrating with new and old systems, and how to balance the needs of a lot of people using buildings in different ways.

Inspired by the Women in Energy Transformation Series, this episode of Carbon Copy is a first-of-its-kind podcast that features a discussion with four leaders in Alberta's clean-tech sector.Host Isabella Tarasco, Strategic Initiatives + Programs Manager with Emissions Reduction Alberta, spoke with Vanessa White, Director, Renewable + Alternative Energy at Alberta Innovates, Heather Stephens, Chief Operating Officer of Emissions Reduction Alberta, and Ana Maria Radu, Senior Manager, Climate Policy at TC Energy. 

In this episode, we talk with Karen Schuett, co-founder and CEO of Livestock Water Recycling, about a technology we can use to make our farms more sustainable by extracting micronutrients from waste and creating clean water economically.

In this episode we talk with Stephanie Voysey, Head of Sustainability and Environment for Western Canada with Lafarge Canada, about decarbonizing cement production and turning limestone into skyscrapers.

In this episode, we talk to Cameron Jones, Co-founder and COO of Flash Forest, about using trees to capture carbon, creating seed pods to match ecosystems, and acting fast after forest fires.

In this episode, we talk to Scott Volk, technology and innovation lead at Tourmaline about converting diesel powered drilling rigs to run on cleaner fuels, using the same energy management software that controls renewable microgrids around the world.

In this episode, we talk to Neil Camarta, co-founder of Enlighten, about stumbling on a way to produce and store a near-zero emissions energy source while developing a cost-effective, low-sulphur marine fuel.

In this episode, we talk to ERA's outgoing CEO, Steve MacDonald, about his six-plus years leading the organization and his lasting legacy of people and projects. 

In this episode, we talk to Benjamin Kemp from Ambyint about artificial intelligence and its role in lowering costs and streamlining operations across our energy industry.

In this episode, we talk to Ben Sparrow from Saltworks about industrial waste water treatment, desalination, and pioneering the future of sustainable water.

In the second of two parts, Mark explores electrical energy storage with Joe Zhou of Quidnet.

In the first of two parts, Mark explores electrical energy storage with Chelsea Donelon and Dan Martin of Transalta Energy.

In this episode, we talk with Gia Schneider from Natel Energy about a new kind of hydropower, built around a new kind of turbine. 

In this episode, we talk with Rob Niven from CarbonCure about the future of concrete and how we build.

In the second of two parts, Mark explores geothermal and the energy beneath our feet with John Redfern of Eavor Technologies

In the first of two parts, Mark explores thief zones and the energy beneath our feet with Julian Ortiz from ConocoPhillips.

In this episode, we talk with consultant Karen Haugen-Kozyra about methane, cows, and how the beef industry is lowering emissions by battling the burps

In this special episode, Mark talks with Elizabeth Shirt, Executive Director of Policy and Strategy with Emissions Reduction Alberta, about the vision and history of ERA’s Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses.

In this episode we learn how to unlock the power hidden inside the most abundant element in the universe; hydrogen. Mark discusses hydrogen fuel cells and the future of transportation with energy system expert Dr. David Layzell.

In this first episode of Carbon Copy we learn about the capture and use of carbon dioxide. Mark talks with Issam Dairanieh, Operating Partner at Ascent Capital Holdings; Apoorv Sinha, President of Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc.; and Brett Henkel, Vice President of Strategic Accounts & Government Affairs for Inventys.