Eshaan Agrawal is a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Co. who formerly served in the Office of Technology Transitions at the Department of Energy (DOE). His energy interest is routed in climate impact, and he started off in college by focusing on environmental actions related to air pollution in his local community. Eshaan tells us about why he chose to start his career at DOE rather than alternative options, and then describes the different components of his role, such as authoring the Innovative Grid Deployment Liftoff Report and developing the pathway to commercial liftoff for critical energy transition technologies. Throughout the episode, he shares advice on career decision making, exciting areas of the energy sector, and more.

Keynotes:

- Energy work through the government

- Figuring out how to maximize impact and make strategic career decisions

- Exciting topics within energy

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Bryan Hassin is a serial energy entrepreneur with multiple successful exits. His latest challenge? Creating high-performance materials for a low-carbon world as the CEO of DexMat.

The global energy transition is not just about deploying renewables and electrifying everything—it's also about rethinking the fundamental materials we use to build everything around us. Traditional materials like copper, steel, and aluminum come with significant carbon footprints, supply chain vulnerabilities, and physical limitations that impact scalability. Innovations in advanced materials can unlock higher efficiencies, lower costs, and more sustainable pathways for clean energy technologies.

DexMat is at the forefront of this revolution, pioneering Galvorn, a carbon-based material that can replace metals while offering superior conductivity, strength, and flexibility—all with a negative carbon footprint. In a world racing to decarbonize and electrify, materials like these could be game-changers for industries ranging from EVs to grid infrastructure.

Bryan brings decades of experience leading and scaling energy technology startups. Prior to DexMat, he co-founded Third Derivative, one of the largest climate-tech accelerators, where he assembled an ecosystem of corporate partners and investors, facilitating $2.5B+ in funding for 200+ climatetech startups.

Tune in to learn more about the most fundamental challenges facing the energy industry, where we need the greatest innovations in materials, and insights on company building from a successful serial entrepreneur.

Keynotes:

• Why an energy transition can't happen without a materials transition

• How we bring scientific innovations from the lab to the market

• How DexMat's carbon-negative Galvorn is poised to disrupt copper, steel, aluminum, and more

• What lessons from the computing revolution we can apply to materials innovation

• And much more

Book Recommendations from the Show:

• The Exponential Age

• Material World

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Gabe Malek describes himself as a passionate Texan focused on a transition to a more sustainable economy. And as a rapidly-rising young professional in the energy industry, he's certainly living up to that description and more.

Originally from Houston, Texas, Gabe grew up around the energy industry, which played a fundamental role in shaping his outlook on the future of energy. While studying at Yale, he refined his interests in a human-centered approach to the energy transition with a focus on finance, which led him to roles at EDF and as Chief of Staff to Mark Carney. He then joined Fervo Energy as the company's Chief of Staff, and helped guide the company's growth as it raised more than $300MM, brought pilots online, and struck deals with companies including Google. He's now studying law at Stanford.

In the episode, we cover the inflection points that have shaped his career, the value of mentorship, what he learned as Fervo grew from 30 people to more than 120, why he believes in a human-centric approach to the energy transition, and much more.

Keynotes:

- The benefits of a human-centric approach to the energy transition

- The most important criteria for choosing your next career opportunity

- Why there is no substitute for operational experience and what you'll learn

- And much more

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Today, we are thrilled to welcome the incredible Mona Dajani to the show. Mona serves as the Global Co-head of Energy, Infrastructure, Hydrogen, Mobility, Renewables, and Water at Baker Botts. She is also an ambassador for the US Department of Energy's C3E initiative and a regular news correspondent on energy transition topics. Through her extensive career in clean energy, Mona has witnessed the evolution of global opinions on this issue.

Mona believes that the way we engage in conversations about energy is pivotal to advancing the energy transition. These discussions can often be polarizing, making it essential to find common ground. As someone deeply experienced in navigating these challenging conversations, Mona shares how she approaches the topic with openness and gratitude, even when engaging with diverse leaders and stakeholders.

Tune in to learn from Mona's insights on fostering productive and impactful dialogue about the energy transition and how we can all contribute to meaningful progress.

Keynotes:

• Dealing with polarized opinions on energy

• The importance of having technical conversations with those from a non-technical background

• The evolution of the energy transition, and opinions surrounding it

Resources mentioned:

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

• American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)

• Department of Energy (DOE)

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Sam Beskind is an Investor and Chief of Staff at Floodgate, a VC firm backing Prime Movers across numerous different industries. Before this role, Sam completed his undergraduate and first masters degree at Stanford and followed this with a Masters in Advanced Energy Systems at the Colorado School of Mines. He also previously interned at VDE Americans, a renewable energy consultancy, and Incite.org, an organization supporting mission driven enterprises. In this episode, Sam talks to us about his decision making process for degrees and opportunities, why he started his podcast, Built for Earth, and advice for students interested in the VC space. Sam finishes the episode by emphasizing the importance of building relationships and adding value to companies or organizations with your "superpower".

Keynotes:

- How to approach picking your degree programs

- The value of soft skills like communication and relationship building

- Adding value wherever you go

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50 episodes later… Thank you all for joining us on this journey. We are so pleased to celebrate this milestone by hosting Neha Palmer, CEO and Co-Founder of TeraWatt Infrastructure! Neha Palmer's career in energy is extensive, with experience in utilities, finance and technology. In her role most prior to TeraWatt, as Head of Google's Energy Strategy, she led Google to be the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the world.

In this episode we will dive into the electric heavy-duty vehicle space. This sector is notoriously hard to decarbonize, yet accounts for 23% of US transportation emissions. Tackling it has major benefits for our air and Earth. To do so, Terawatt's approach includes thinking of electric heavy-duty vehicle infrastructure in the same way as we think about building energy solutions to data centers. The demand is high, the scale is large, and the capital is intense. Tune in to hear Neha's thoughts.

Thank you to Energy Dialogues for making this (and all our prior episodes!) happen.

Keynotes:

• How to tackle complicated electrification issues

• Why is the energy transition a 'once in a generation' transition?

• What lessons is TeraWatt taking from global electrification leaders?

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Matthew Koh, Co-founder of Sequestor, is combining his dual passions of finance and sustainability by building the copilot for carbon markets.

Growing up in Singapore, Matthew quickly found a passion for finance. In high school, he founded an investment platform that equips Gen Z with the tools to learn and understand investing, a venture he credits with helping him build entrepreneurial skills and an interest in starting companies. After high school, he served in the Singapore Army before arriving at Duke University, where he currently studies economics.

In the episode, we talk about Matthew's vision for Sequestor, trends in sustainable investing, his thoughts on leadership skills, the mechanics of starting a company in college, and much more.

Key points:

• How to build leadership skills at a young age
• Why picking co-founders is the most important decision you make and how to do it right
• How to validate ideas with customer feedback
• The complexity of carbon markets
• And much more

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In the last 20 years, the United States has only successfully built one nuclear energy project. So how does startup The Nuclear Company plan to turn the industry on its head?

In this episode, we are joined by Joe Klecha, Chief Nuclear Officer of The Nuclear Company, to discuss the startup's ambitious plans to deploy 6 GW of new nuclear power in the next decade. Having played a key role in the development of Southern Company's Vogtle project, Joe reflects on lessons learned and how the nuclear industry will look much different in the future.

We cover must-know topics including why nuclear energy is seeing a resurgence in public opinion, how technology will play a key role in lowering costs, why their innovative partnership model is critical to their success, and where the next generation can play a role.

Keynotes:

-Why the U.S. stopped building new nuclear, and why need to start again

-How macro trends like electrification and AI are affecting perceptions of nuclear energy

-How digitalization and technology will make nuclear energy more cost-effective

-And much more

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