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What It’s Really Going to Take to Save the Planet: Lessons from 2024

Hardware to Save a Planet · 2 Jan 2025 · 27m · Episode 69

What this episode covers

Host Dylan Garrett presents a year-end review of 'Hardware to Save a Planet,' featuring clips from eight climate tech founders. The episode highlights specific hardware innovations from companies including Avalanche Energy, C-bound, Torrev Motors, Clean Crop Technologies, Airton Energy, Kala Systems, Renewal Energy, Yardstick, Matter, and Impossible Metals. Guests discuss the engineering challenges of scaling fusion, maritime carbon capture, rare-earth-free motors, soil carbon measurement devices, and underwater mining robots.

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companies scaling up

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Avalanche Energy, C-bound, Torrev Motors, Clean Crop Technologies, Airton Energy, Kala Systems, Renewal Energy, Yardstick, Matter, Impossible Metals, Canon, Makita

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