Catalyst with Shayle Kann
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Latest episode: Thu Jul 31 2025
Investor Shayle Kann is asking big questions about how to decarbonize the planet: How cheap can clean energy get? Will artificial intelligence speed up climate solutions? Where is the smart money going into climate technologies? Every week on Catalyst, Shayle explains the world of climate tech with prominent experts, investors, researchers, and executives. Produced by Latitude Media.
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- Jul31PJM and the capacity crunch33mins
- Jul24Repurposing EV batteries for grid storage29mins
- Jul17Five big questions emerging from the OBBB46mins
- Jul10Tumult in residential solar36mins
- Jul3Fresh intel from state utility regulatory filings38mins
- Jun26GM's big new battery tech push38mins
- Jun19The story of steam35mins
- Jun12The state of play of data center development39mins
- Jun5The gas turbine crunch42mins
- May29How geothermal gets built35mins
- May22What to make of Trump's deep-sea minerals push37mins
- May20A former race car engineer on battery safety and supply chains [partner content]26mins
- May15Terrawatt Infrastructure’s billion-dollar strategy38mins
- May9The U.S. nuclear groundswell40mins
- May6Frontier Forum: Unlocking next-generation VPPs26mins
- May1Catalyst Live at SF Climate Week46mins
- Apr24The geopolitics of rare earth elements34mins
- Apr23What’s next for the battery storage boom? [partner content]20mins
- Apr17Serving data center load with carbon capture39mins
- Apr10How climate disasters are shaping insurance markets35mins
- Apr7Frontier Forum: Future-proofing data center power infrastructure28mins
- Apr4Specialized AI brains for physical industry39mins
- Mar27The potential for flexible data centers33mins
- Mar21Frontier Forum: How tax credit transfers are reshaping energy finance34mins
- Mar20The coming robotics wave45mins
- Mar13An ode to electrochemistry37mins
- Mar11How AI is solving real utility challenges [partner content]17mins
- Mar6A skeptic’s take on AI electricity load growth56mins
- Feb27Cultivated meat’s “trough of disillusionment”43mins
- Feb20The promise and perils of sodium-ion batteries46mins
- Feb13The case for colocating data centers and generation46mins
- Feb6More 2025 trends: DeepSeek, plug-in hybrids, and curtailment49mins
- Feb4Are utilities ready to fully harness demand flexibility? [partner content]30mins
- Jan302025 trends: aerosols, oil demand, and carbon removal35mins
- Jan23The climate-ag grab bag40mins
- Jan16FOAK tales57mins
- Jan9Making DERs work for load growth40mins
- Jan2Lithium’s wild ride38mins
- Dec26Drew Baglino on Tesla’s Master Plan64mins
- Dec19Scaling low-carbon products with book and claim systems37mins
- Dec12What went wrong at Northvolt?39mins
- Dec10How cyber attacks could threaten the energy transition [partner content]23mins
- Dec5Explaining the 'Watt-Bit Spread'42mins
- Dec2Frontier Forum: Why utilities should go big on VPPs27mins
- Nov28From biowaste to “biogold”42mins
- Nov21TEA breakdown: green ammonia and synthetic methane42mins
- Nov14Getting heat pumps right43mins
- Nov7Fixing the refrigerant problem30mins
- Oct31Why climate tech startups get this one thing wrong49mins
- Oct24The unexplored frontier of methane removal42mins
- Oct22Frontier Forum: An energy-first approach to data centers27mins
- Oct17The complex path to market for low-carbon cement40mins
- Oct10Unpacking China’s cheap battery costs47mins
- Oct8Giving tribes a stake in the critical minerals boom [partner content]18mins
- Oct3DAC’s bumpy road to commercial scale42mins
- Sep26Ammonia: the beer of decarbonization55mins
- Sep24The state of connected DERs [partner content]19mins
- Sep19Can AI revolutionize materials discovery?39mins
- Sep12The better mousetrap fallacy46mins
- Sep5The rise of climate adaptation tech39mins
- Aug29Why are we still flaring gas?33mins
- Aug23Hunting for geologic hydrogen49mins
- Aug15The cost of nuclear46mins
- Aug13Frontier Forum: Is America’s green bank ready?33mins
- Aug8Understanding the transmission bottleneck43mins
- Aug2Pathways to decarbonizing steel47mins
- Jul25The EV market’s awkward teenage years44mins
- Jul18Can chip efficiency slow AI's energy demand?46mins
- Jul17The reshoring of American solar trackers [partner content]20mins
- Jul12Decarbonizing the high seas44mins
- Jun27Going deep on next-gen geothermal37mins
- Jun20Demystifying the Chinese EV market37mins
- Jun13Under the hood of data center power demand43mins
- Jun6Drew Baglino on Tesla’s Master Plan62mins
- May30Heavy duty decarbonization39mins
- May28With Great Power: Why dynamic rates are gaining momentum24mins
- May23Could VPPs save rooftop solar?41mins
- May16Understanding SAF buyers29mins
- May8The news quiz episode!46mins
- May2CO2 utilization46mins
- Apr25Building a supply chain for rare earth elements39mins
- Apr18How an obscure, 100-year old law is disrupting U.S. energy40mins
- Apr11The Big Switch: Are Batteries the New Oil?46mins
- Apr4The world of battery recycling36mins
- Mar28The electricity gauntlet has arrived47mins
- Mar21Digging into the SEC climate disclosure rules32mins
- Mar14Climate tech’s tough year in the public markets40mins
- Mar8The early days of AI on the grid37mins
- Feb29The challenges of building a carbon removal portfolio43mins
- Feb22The electric transformer shortage34mins
- Feb20Frontier Forum: Diving into the booming transferable tax credit market27mins
- Feb15More 2024 trends: ESG, carbon certifications, curtailment, and AI42mins
- Feb82024 trends: batteries, transferable tax credits, and the cost of capital51mins
- Feb1What’s really happening in the U.S. EV market?36mins
- Jan26Solving the cow burp problem42mins
- Jan19Sourcing biomass for carbon removal48mins
- Jan112023 climate tech venture investment trends43mins
- Jan4Fixing the messy voluntary carbon market48mins
- Dec21Financing first-of-a-kind climate assets46mins
- Dec14What do you do with a 100-hour battery?49mins
- Dec7Update: What the new Treasury rules mean for EV supply chains46mins
- Nov30EV charging on both sides of the pond38mins
- Nov16The cost of nuclear47mins
- Nov9Mailbag episode! Interest rates, carbon dioxide removal, load growth, and more55mins
- Nov3The Volts crossover episode69mins
- Oct26The market for microgrids45mins
- Oct19The pace of home electrification37mins
- Oct12How is U.S. industrial policy affecting actual climatetech investment?52mins
- Oct11What electric forklifts teach us about creative policy [partner content]14mins
- Oct5Climate tech startups need strong techno-economic analysis (TEA)49mins
- Sep28Reviving the stagnant plant based meat market40mins
- Sep21Fixing interconnection44mins
- Sep14Stopping geoengineering, by accident47mins
- Sep8The food-energy nexus39mins
- Aug31Can the V2X dream become reality?38mins
- Aug24Seeking the holy grail of batteries (Rerun)56mins
- Aug17Navigating the electricity gauntlet51mins
- Aug10Beaming 24/7 solar… from space48mins
- Aug4With Great Power: What other industries can teach utilities about innovation28mins
- Jul27Mining the deep sea50mins
- Jul20The good and bad of carbon capture43mins
- Jul13The early days of transoceanic hydrogen transport44mins
- Jun29The fungus among us35mins
- Jun22Building out a U.S. solar supply chain45mins
- Jun15AI for climate: a real world test80mins
- Jun8The carbon market’s quality problem49mins
- Jun1Keeping copper from limiting the energy transition50mins
- May25Four ways to store sunlight58mins
- May18Unpacking EPA’s newly proposed power emissions rule55mins
- May11The great Bitcoin energy debate49mins
- May4Understanding the transmission bottleneck42mins
- Apr27The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry27mins
- Apr20How to build more hydropower54mins
- Apr6What the new Treasury rules mean for EV supply chains34mins
- Mar30SVB, the banking crisis and climatetech40mins
- Mar23Betting big on renewable natural gas45mins
- Mar16The greenhouse gas you don’t know about47mins
- Mar9The Carbon Copy: The great electrician shortage32mins
- Mar8A theory of change for climate investing [partner content]23mins
- Mar2More 2023 trends: EVs, onshoring, and the three ages of decarbonization49mins
- Feb232023 trends: biomass, ESG, batteries and more42mins
- Feb16Strong opinions on SMRs47mins
- Feb9What hydrogen leakage means for the climate44mins
- Feb2Mailbag episode! Biotech, layoffs, battery recycling and more48mins
- Jan26The journey to monetizing DERs46mins
- Jan19This episode is trash35mins
- Jan18Introducing: With Great Power, a show about the people building the future grid21mins
- Jan12Natural gas whiplash44mins
- Jan5Ammonia: the beer of decarbonization53mins
- Dec22Why methane matters46mins
- Dec15Advance market commitments to decarbonize heavy industry53mins
- Dec13The trends shaping the energy transition [partner content]17mins
- Dec8Solving the conundrum of industrial heat47mins
- Dec1Unpopular solar opinions, 2022 edition46mins
- Nov17Fixing cement’s carbon problem45mins
- Nov10Unleashing the magic of heat pumps42mins
- Nov3Getting more energy on the wires59mins
- Oct27Climatetech for developing economies49mins
- Oct24How the US climate bill will finance the energy transition [partner content]16mins
- Oct20What’s holding up hydrogen in Europe?44mins
- Oct13What climatetech can learn from the oceans38mins
- Oct6How well does soil actually store carbon?36mins
- Sep29Is the Inflation Reduction Act a win for EVs and batteries?46mins
- Sep22Columbia Energy Exchange: Will Putin’s Energy Strategy Backfire?56mins
- Sep15Averting water wars as we decarbonize41mins
- Sep9Could geothermal become a major zero-emissions player?62mins
- Aug25The dirt on soil carbon credits43mins
- Aug18Booking your first zero-emissions flight41mins
- Aug11Will charging infrastructure be a bottleneck for electric vehicles?46mins
- Aug5What the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 would mean for climatetech59mins
- Jul28Watt It Takes: TeraWatt Infrastructure CEO Neha Palmer43mins
- Jul21Seeking the holy grail of batteries53mins
- Jul14Crossing the valley of death51mins
- Jul7The Carbon Copy: Get ready for the battery recycling boom22mins
- Jul1How to Save a Planet: Spark Tank! How Do We Solve the Energy Storage Problem?47mins
- Jun23Which tech is overhyped, underhyped and just right?51mins
- Jun16Making sense of solar engineering44mins
- Jun13Introducing Climavores: a new show about food and climate4mins
- Jun9From biowaste to “biogold”41mins
- Jun2Climate tech’s surprising bottleneck – land access40mins
- May26Tapping the goldmine of consumer energy data50mins
- May19How will the downturn affect climate tech?45mins
- May12Shayle’s “ask me anything” episode52mins
- May5Growing the Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) market52mins
- Apr28Hydrogen, meet salt cavern46mins
- Apr21The great rush for battery metals60mins
- Apr14Alternative protein: it’s what’s for dinner51mins
- Apr7Carbon capture and storage is making a comeback37mins
- Mar31Can Europe quit Russian fossil fuel by next winter?50mins
- Mar24Will this carbon market boom be different?54mins
- Mar17When will batteries take over the world?59mins
- Mar11What the grid can learn from the internet61mins
- Mar3Unlocking hyper-efficient cooling50mins
- Feb25Will advanced reactors solve nuclear's problems?68mins
- Feb17A critical tool for scaling climate tech: insurance48mins
- Feb10The Carbon Copy: The lithium land grab in California21mins
- Jan31The future of the home solar market47mins
- Jan24The many pathways to decarbonizing chemicals67mins
- Jan18Microbes, meat and materials: biotech meets climatetech43mins
- Jan10Inside the Energy Department's loan deal to back hydrogen49mins
- Dec23Is nuclear fusion getting close?47mins
- Dec16Quantum computing could be a critical climate solution51mins
- Dec9The future of natural gas46mins
- Dec2A bumpy ride toward decarbonizing aviation50mins
- Nov18Kickstarting a $1 trillion market for carbon removal39mins
- Nov11Can 'deeptech' venture capital solve climate change?51mins
- Nov2Introducing: Catalyst w/ Shayle Kann1min