Wharton Energy and Climate Club’s Post

⚡️Panel Announcement: Accelerating Adoption - Creative Go-to-Market Strategies ⚡️ Join us at Wharton’s 17th annual Energy & Climate Conference “Derisk to Deploy” on Friday, November 1st at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia to hear how leaders are accelerating deployment through partnerships, policy, business model innovation, workforce development, and more: - Jennifer Fendrick, Director of Public Policy at KoBold Metals - Jon Yoder, CEO, MN8 Energy - Gilbert Campbell, Founder & CEO at Volt Energy Utility - Jeff Weiss, Executive Chairman, Distributed Sun and truCurrent - Moderated by Nicolaj Siggelkow, David M. Knott Professor, The Wharton School, Co-Director, Mack Institute for Innovation Management 🎟️ See our full agenda and get your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/eMtcdXp7 Want to learn more about how businesses are bringing clean solutions online? Here are some of our favorite articles/podcasts on the topic ⬇️ - Corporate Clean Power Buying Grew 12% to New Record in 2023 by BloombergNEF https://lnkd.in/g_UB5BHi - Financing the Green Energy Transition by Deloitte https://lnkd.in/eewTKpVF - The Next Stage of the IRA by Energy Gang Podcast https://lnkd.in/gtbAiDVR

⚡️Panel Announcement: Zero-Emissions Buildings ⚡️ Join us at Wharton’s 17th annual Energy & Climate Conference “Derisk to Deploy” on Friday, November 1st at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia for a discussion on accelerating the deployment of decarbonization solutions in the built environment. - Lauren Salz, Cofounder & Chief Executive Officer at Sealed - Andrew Linowes, CEM, VP of Clean Energy and Infrastructure at JLL - Annie Gilleo, Vice President at The Ad Hoc Group - Moderated by Rishika Ghosh, Senior Manager of Partnerships & Clean Energy Products at Philadelphia Green Capital Corp 🎟️See our full agenda and get your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/eMtcdXp7 Want to learn more about zero-emissions buildings before the panel? Here are some of our favorite articles/podcasts on the topic ⬇️ - National Definition of Zero-Emissions Buildings by DOE https://lnkd.in/g-iM2FFX - Decarbonizing the Built Environment by Innovation Endeavors https://lnkd.in/e_QJGaun - Building Value by Decarbonizing the Built Environment by McKinsey https://lnkd.in/erVNHK7n

⚡️Panel Announcement: V2X - The Grid on Wheels ⚡️ Join us at Wharton’s 17th annual Energy & Climate Conference “Derisk to Deploy” on Friday, November 1st at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia for a discussion on vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology trends and pathways to at-scale deployment. - Dave Bend, Vice President of Business Development and Client Growth at WeaveGrid - Julian Torres, CFA Officer at Scale Microgrids - Melissa Chan of Ecosystem Development at Analog Devices - Moderated by Enrique Glotzer, Managing Director, Power, Renewables, Energy Transition at FTI Consulting 🎟️ See our full agenda and get your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/eMtcdXp7 Want to learn more about vehicle-to-everything technology? Here are some of our favorite articles/podcasts on the topic ⬇️ - Can the V2X Dream Become Reality? By Catalyst Podcast https://lnkd.in/g4CkBj5H - What promise does V2X hold for fleets? by McKinsey https://lnkd.in/ep-3sbxs

⚡️Panel Announcement: Data Centers, Demand Growth, and Decarbonization⚡️ Join us at Wharton’s 17th annual Energy & Climate Conference “Derisk to Deploy” on Friday, November 1st at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia for a discussion on how new data centers, manufacturing onshoring, and electrification are shaping the power sector and energy transition. - Taiil Kim, Global & Senior Director of Strategy, Business Development, and Innovation at Schneider Electric - Adam Keech, Vice President of Market Design & Economics at PJM Interconnection - Frank Sturniolo, Senior Vice President of Fleet Governance and Oversight at Constellation - Matthew Phelan, Director of Global Transformation at National Grid - Moderated by Russell S., Founder & Managing Partner at Virta Ventures 🎟️See our full agenda and get your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/eMtcdXp7 Want to learn more about demand growth and decarbonization before the panel? Here are some of our favorite articles/podcasts on the topic ⬇️ - Under the hood of data center power demand by CatalystPodcast https://lnkd.in/g-C_yrHW - Clean Energy Resources to Meet Data Center Electricity Demand by DOE https://lnkd.in/e23TyfKn - How to build an efficient & sustainable data center by Virta Ventures https://lnkd.in/gGKrDeW4 - Why AI isn’t the whole data center story by Axios https://lnkd.in/gqPE68Hk

⚡️Panel Announcement: Climate Capital for NOAK Projects⚡️ Join us at Wharton’s 17th annual Energy & Climate Conference “Derisk to Deploy” on Friday, November 1st at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia for a discussion on funding climate technologies as they scale up to second-of-a-kind and nth-of-a-kind (NOAK) projects. - John Rapaport, Chief Investment Officer at Keyframe Capital - Manasi Desai, Director at Lime Rock New Energy - Jonah Wagner, Senior Advisor at DOE Loans Program Office - Prescott Johnson, Managing Director, Natural Resources and Energy Transition Investment Banking at Bank of America - Moderated by Margaret Peloso, Global Climate Officer & Executive Director, Chubb Charitable Foundation 🎟️ See our full agenda and get your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/eMtcdXp7 Want to learn more about funding NOAK climate technologies? Here are some of our favorite articles/podcasts on the topic ⬇️ - Building Out the Climate Capital Stack by USV https://lnkd.in/eD6hz2qh - From FOAK to NOAK by Sightline Climate (CTVC) https://lnkd.in/ehGdFe48 - How to Close the Missing Middle by Cipher https://lnkd.in/ebbDGFas

⚡️Panel Announcement: Net Zero Industry⚡️ Join us at Wharton’s 17th annual Energy & Climate Conference “Derisk to Deploy” on Friday, November 1st at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia for a discussion on the technology innovations, partnerships, and policies paving the way to a net-zero industrials sector. - Theresa Christian, Market and Energy Analysis Director at DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations - Alexandra F., Head of Market Development and Growth, BANR at BWX Technologies - Joshua Speros, Investment Manager at BASF Venture Capital - Moderated by Somil Aggarwal, Host at CleanTechies Podcast 🎟️ See our full agenda and get your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/eMtcdXp7 Want to learn more about industrial decarbonization? Here are some of our favorite articles/podcasts on the topic ⬇️ - Plastic Replacement by CleanTechies Podcast https://lnkd.in/eXqvSzas - Heavy Duty Decarbonization by Catalyst Podcast https://lnkd.in/ec4U3ARe - Interview with Rebecca Dell, Senior Program Director Industry at ClimateWorks Foundation by MCJ https://lnkd.in/dFU26c_z - Industrial Decarbonization Pathways to Commercial Liftoff by DOE https://lnkd.in/dGbtPiYn

⚡️Panel Announcement: An Operator’s Guide to Scaling FOAK⚡️ Join us at Wharton’s 17th annual Energy & Climate Conference “Derisk to Deploy” on Friday, November 1st at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia for a discussion on what it takes to scale climate technologies from first-of-a-kind to nth-of-a-kind. - Ram Ramprasad, Chief Commercial Officer at Twelve - Supratim Das, Senior Manager Product Strategy at Electric Hydrogen - Mary Dhillon, Strategy at Fervo - Moderated by Sid Radhakrishna, Founding Lead at Operators Guild Horizon 🎟See our full agenda and get your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/eMtcdXp7 Want to learn more about scaling up first-of-a-kind climate tech before the panel? Here are three of our favorite articles/podcasts on the topic ⬇️ - FOAK Everything by CleanTechies Podcast https://shorturl.at/KoeNg - Unlocking Capital for Climate Tech Projects: The 12 Keys to Scaling-up by Breakthrough Energy https://shorturl.at/Rt0Qo - From FOAK to NOAK by Sightline Climate (CTVC) https://lnkd.in/ehGdFe48

⚡️Introducing 2024 Wharton Energy & Climate Conference Keynote Speakers ⚡️ Jennifer Wilcox, Presidential Professor Chemical Engineering & Energy Policy at UPenn and recently Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. Aseem Kapur, Chief Revenue Officer at GM Energy. Fireside chat with Luis Alcoser, General Manager Future Energy Fund at Chevron Technology Ventures, and Jim McNiel, Chief Growth Officer at TAE Technologies. We’re incredibly excited to host THE experts on carbon capture and storage, fusion and 24/7 power, clean energy investment, grid technology, and mobility. 🎟️ Join us on Friday, November 1st for “De-risk to Deploy”, where we’ll host conversations on the collaborations, capital stack innovations, and novel go-to-market approaches that are accelerating clean energy technologies’ path to scale. https://lnkd.in/eMtcdXp7 Secure your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/eMtcdXp7.

⚡️Tickets are live for the 2024 Wharton Energy & Climate Conference!⚡️ We’re excited to invite you to Wharton Energy & Climate Club’s annual 2024 conference “De-risk to Deploy”, where we’ll host conversations on the evolving best practices and success stories around collaborations, capital stack innovations, and novel go-to-market approaches that are accelerating the equitable deployment of clean energy technologies. Join us on Friday, November 1st for 3 keynote speeches, 8 moderated panels, an innovation showcase, small group coffee chats, and a full day of in-person connection with energy & climate leaders. 🗓️ Friday, November 1, 2024 📍The Penn Museum, Philadelphia, PA 🎟️ Secure your early-bird tickets here https://lnkd.in/eMtcdXp7 New this year: we’re adding an innovation showcase to highlight emerging energy and climate startups coming out of Penn and the Philadelphia area ecosystem! We will be releasing panel topics and speakers over the coming weeks. If you’re interested in sponsoring and recruiting at the conference, or in displaying your tech and participating in our innovation showcase, reach out here! https://lnkd.in/eXG55RNC

⚡️New Wharton Current Episode Alert!⚡️ Rising electric vehicle demand is creating new challenges for both EV owners and utilities. Concentrated charging times are driving up electricity prices, making it more expensive to charge EVs. This "peaky" electricity demand is pushing utilities to rely on fossil fuel plants, impacting the energy transition. Apoorv Bhargava, CEO of WeaveGrid, is focused on addressing these problems by making the grid more intelligent and resilient. 🎙 In this episode, Apoorv and co-hosts Emily Goldfield and Ian Miller dive into WeaveGrid's world and discuss: 1. 🔌 The Evolution of the Electric Grid: Explore the essential grid improvements needed to enable wide-spread electrification across industries. 2. 💡 Innovations in EV Charging: Learn how WeaveGrid is using software to optimize EV charging and to transform EVs into distributed energy storage assets. 3. 🌟 Insights from a Climate Tech Founder: Hear about Apoorv's journey as a Stanford GSB graduate, successful founder and Forbes 30-Under-30 recipient, and his perspectives on building a meaningful career in climate tech. Take a listen through the link below!   #WeaveGrid #WhartonCurrent #EVs #EnergyInnovation #Sustainability #ClimateTech #GridResilience https://lnkd.in/eMUudzMY