De-icing a frozen water tower in the middle of nowhere is not on anyoneโs job description. However, this is a reality that you can come up against when you are scaling up your climate tech and building your FOAK.ย
Most climate podcasts focus on finance, policy, or shiny new tech. But real stories of scaling climate hardware? Rare. Thatโs why The Green Blueprint episode, โ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑโ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐,โ caught my attention.
Host Lara Pierpoint sits down with Dany Chan, COO of Climeworks, to dive deep into the gritty reality of scaling up their largest Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility. Whether you see DAC as the future of climate mitigation or just another distraction, this episode is packed with practical lessons for anyone building FOAK (or in this case, fourth-of-a-kind) climate infrastructure.
Hereโs what youโll get in just 30 minutes:
๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: How to structure funding for large-scale climate projects
ย ๐งญ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: What factors drive the right location decision
ย ๐ ๏ธ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด & ๐๐ฃ๐: how are they related and how much power can you cede to EPC
ย โณ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ธ: How to stay on track when tech challenges threaten deadlines
ย ๐จ๐ปโ๐ผ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ: Keeping motivation high when things donโt go as planned
ย โ๏ธ ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ช๐ผ๐ฒ๐: Unexpected challenges in extreme conditions
ย ๐งฉ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป: Help or hindrance in construction
ย ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐: How they affect your NOAK
If youโre scaling a climate startup or knee-deep in operations, this episode is worth every minute. Practical, honest, and full of insights from the frontlines of cleantech scale-ups.
Listen, learn, and let me know what you think. And if youโre navigating your own scale-up journeyโletโs connect and talk! Listen to the episode here. If you like it, make sure to check out my podcast WattsUpWithStartups on Spotify, or watch it here, on my website!