Podcast
RENEWables Episode 21: How Mandating TX Weatherization Will Help Solve Future Grid Failures
Extreme Texas Cold Causes Grid Failure | What Happened & Planning For the Future In this RENEWables episode, local Texan and Amperon CEO, Sean Kelly, shares his industry expertise (along with his personal experience) surrounding the days of the February cold snap. He explains how this wasn’t a black swan event and data scientists predicted…
Read MoreRENEWables Episode 20: Part 4 of 4 – The Importance of Soil Health, Effects of Nitrogen & BioStar’s SuperSix™ Liquid Organic Fertilizer
On this episode of RENEWables, we conclude our four-part series with a science lesson from Dr. Jerry Hatfield, an agricultural research plant physiologist with a 45+-year industry career. He explains why carefully evaluating the soil plant atmosphere continuum is an important foundation to optimizing the “living system,” to not only improve crop production efficiency but…
Read MoreRENEWables Episode 19: Part 3 of 4 – BioStar Turns Effluent Waste into Organic Fertilizer — SuperSix™
This RENEWables episode dives deep into the weeds of organic farming and how the continued spike of the organic industry is calling for increased soil health, soil fertility and growing better crops. Allen Philo, an organic farming expert with a vast knowledge in soil science, explains how BioStar’s SuperSix™ patented organic liquid fertilizer functions differently…
Read MoreRENEWables Episode 18: An Insider’s Look at America’s Evolving Waste Economy – Renewable Natural Gas Provides a New Solution to Landfills
We continue the RENEWables series, “An Insider’s Look at America’s Evolving Waste Economy,” with BioStar’s Peter Goehausen and learn how companies entrenched in the Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) industry are equally as connected to the Waste to Energy sector. Reimagining waste streams to create products that are reengineered into valuable assets, is not only environmentally…
Read MoreRENEWables Episode 17: (1 of 4 Part Series) Organic Farming & BioStar’s Patented SuperSix Organic Liquid Fertilizer
This RENEWables episode kicks off the first of a 4- part series look at BioStar’s Organics business — a success story that’s been 12 years in the making. From within, we unpack BioStar’s origin story, the evolution of our patented SuperSix Organic Liquid Fertilizer, and why SuperSix has become such an invaluable asset to organic…
Read MoreRENEWables Episode 16: VETAL Won’t Leave Your Energy Questions Unanswered
For authentic conversationalists, there’s always a great opportunity to ‘give and get’.Shira Parnes,founder of VETAL, joinsRENEWablesand shares how her continued quest for true understanding of what’s best for a customer has helped the growth of her energy-focused organization. Collaboration is at the heart of VETAL and a methodology that’s used, both internally and externally, to…
Read MoreRENEWables Episode 15: Advancing Critical Human Infrastructure
On this episode of RENEWables, Black & Veatch’s Brian Sifton explains how the 105-year-old engineering and construction firm continues to evolve its business across key environmental topics to advance critical human infrastructure. With a trusted reputation as a technology integrator, BV sees its role as bringing people together to solve problems and make projects happen.…
Read MoreRENEWables Episode 14: Understanding Deregulated Power
On this episode of RENEWables, Eli Sachs, of Freepoint Energy Solutions, explains the fundamentals of the deregulated market and the parties responsible for bringing electricity directly to the end user’s doorstep. For both residential and commercial/industrial, the deregulated market decouples the energy transmission from the distribution and the consumption — allowing companies like Freepoint to…
Read MoreRENEWables Episode 13: The Future of the Bioeconomy
This episode of RENEWables features tenured attorney and partner, Mark Riedy of Kilpatrick Townsend. With an impressive 45+ year career as an international project finance lawyer, Riedy focuses his practice in the renewable energy, chemical and infrastructure segments, helping clients structure highly-complex transactions — turning their projects into a reality. His in-depth regulatory knowledge guides…
Read MoreRENEWables Episode 12: Sustainable Brands
As a leading international organization, Sustainable Brands partners with brands to drive corporate innovation while addressing systemic social and environmental challenges AND create market value. This approach to using ‘business for good’ requires a new way of thinking and one SB strives to help companies achieve. In this episode of RENEWables, Director of Business Development,…
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