# What climatetech can learn from the oceans

- Show: [Catalyst](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/catalyst)
- Published: 2022-10-13
- Length: 37m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/catalyst/2022-10-13-what-climatetech-can-learn-from-the-oceans

## Summary

Alissa Peterson, co-founder and executive director of SeaAhead, discusses the intersection of blue tech and climate tech, focusing on decarbonizing shipping through alternative fuels like ammonia and methanol, and expanding offshore wind innovation beyond turbines to cable protection and biodiversity. She details emerging carbon removal strategies, including sinking kelp and ocean alkalinity enhancement using olivine, while highlighting the critical scientific gaps in measurement, verification, and permanence (MRV). Peterson emphasizes that while permitting is difficult, targeted innovation can mitigate ecosystem impacts, arguing that the sector must avoid the boom-bust cycles of previous clean tech waves by securing rigorous science and sustainable business models.

## Chapters

- [3:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/catalyst/2022-10-13-what-climatetech-can-learn-from-the-oceans#t=203) Introduction: Alissa Peterson and SeaAhead
- [4:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/catalyst/2022-10-13-what-climatetech-can-learn-from-the-oceans#t=240) Defining Blue Tech and the Blue Economy
- [9:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/catalyst/2022-10-13-what-climatetech-can-learn-from-the-oceans#t=599) Decarbonizing Global Shipping: Ammonia, Methanol, and Drop-in Fuels
- [15:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/catalyst/2022-10-13-what-climatetech-can-learn-from-the-oceans#t=920) Offshore Wind: Innovation at the Edges (Cables, Biodiversity, Safety)
- [19:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/catalyst/2022-10-13-what-climatetech-can-learn-from-the-oceans#t=1151) Ocean-Based Food Production: Aquaculture, Seaweed, and Carbon Footprint
- [22:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/catalyst/2022-10-13-what-climatetech-can-learn-from-the-oceans#t=1362) Carbon Removal: Sinking Kelp and Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement
- [27:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/catalyst/2022-10-13-what-climatetech-can-learn-from-the-oceans#t=1655) Scientific Gaps: MRV, Permanence, and Ecosystem Impacts
- [33:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/catalyst/2022-10-13-what-climatetech-can-learn-from-the-oceans#t=2024) Funding Challenges and Avoiding Clean Tech One's Boom-Bust Cycle

## Topics

- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)
- [Sustainability & circular products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sustainability-and-circularity)
- [Fundraising & investors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fundraising)
- [Certification & compliance](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/certification-and-compliance)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Energy Impact Partners (company)
- Project Vesta (company)
- Planetary Technologies (company)
- Ocean Visions (company)
- Bloom Energy (company)
- Energy Hub (company)
- Scale Microgrid Solutions (company)
- CohnReznick (company)
- Canary Media (company)
- Post Script Media (company)
- Clean Tech One (other)

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