# 11 Climate Hardware Companies Saving Our Planet in 2025

- Show: [Hardware to Save a Planet](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet)
- Published: 2025-07-03
- Length: 24m
- Episode: 82
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2025-07-03-11-climate-hardware-companies-saving-our-planet-in-2025
- Listen: https://podcasts.fame.so/e/182rzj08-11-climate-hardware-companies-saving-our-planet-in-2025

## Summary

Host Dylan Garrett reviews 11 climate hardware companies scaling their solutions, featuring Alan Adams of Aquatic Labs on ocean carbon measurement, Scott of Focused Energy on nuclear fusion, and Luke of Make Sunsets on solar radiation management. The episode also covers HydraStore's compressed air storage, Pila Energy's modular home batteries, Sublime's low-carbon cement, Range Energy's truck electrification, Antora's thermal batteries, Memory Scientific's PFAS cleanup, Transera's efficient AC, and Azola Ventures' catalytic capital.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2025-07-03-11-climate-hardware-companies-saving-our-planet-in-2025#t=0) Introduction: Scaling Climate Hardware
- [0:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2025-07-03-11-climate-hardware-companies-saving-our-planet-in-2025#t=52) Alan Adams and Aquatic Labs: Ocean Carbon MRV
- [2:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2025-07-03-11-climate-hardware-companies-saving-our-planet-in-2025#t=161) Scott and Focused Energy: Nuclear Fusion Commercialization
- [4:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2025-07-03-11-climate-hardware-companies-saving-our-planet-in-2025#t=280) Luke and Make Sunsets: Solar Radiation Management
- [7:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2025-07-03-11-climate-hardware-companies-saving-our-planet-in-2025#t=441) Curtis and HydraStore: Compressed Air Energy Storage
- [9:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2025-07-03-11-climate-hardware-companies-saving-our-planet-in-2025#t=592) Cold Story and Pila Energy: Modular Home Batteries
- [12:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2025-07-03-11-climate-hardware-companies-saving-our-planet-in-2025#t=725) Greg and Sublime: Next-Gen Low-Carbon Cement
- [13:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2025-07-03-11-climate-hardware-companies-saving-our-planet-in-2025#t=824) Jason and Range Energy: Truck Electrification
- [15:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2025-07-03-11-climate-hardware-companies-saving-our-planet-in-2025#t=943) Holly and Antora: Thermal Batteries for Curtailed Wind
- [16:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2025-07-03-11-climate-hardware-companies-saving-our-planet-in-2025#t=1019) Randolph and Memory Scientific: PFAS Cleanup Robotics
- [18:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2025-07-03-11-climate-hardware-companies-saving-our-planet-in-2025#t=1139) Ross and Transera: Efficient Air Conditioning
- [20:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2025-07-03-11-climate-hardware-companies-saving-our-planet-in-2025#t=1252) Johanna and Azola Ventures: Catalytic Capital

## Topics

- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Fundraising & investors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fundraising)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Aquatic Labs (company)
- Focused Energy (company)
- Make Sunsets (company)
- HydraStore (company)
- Pila Energy (company)
- Sublime (company)
- Range Energy (company)
- Antora (company)
- Memory Scientific (company)
- Transera (company)
- Azola Ventures (company)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab (company)
- Airbus (company)
- Hitachi (company)
- Mitsubishi (company)

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