Industrial decarbonisation, measured against reality.
Decarb Connect is a brisk interview series about cutting emissions in sectors where easy answers rarely survive contact with cost, assets, and regulation. Episodes move from climate-tech startup detail to industrial deployment realities, with regular attention to measurement, financing, carbon markets, CCUS, construction, agriculture, and heavy industry.
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Decarb Connect is a business-focused interview show about the difficult middle of decarbonisation: the part between climate targets and assets that actually have to change. Its centre of gravity is industry, infrastructure, buildings, materials, carbon markets, and the financing or policy structures that make lower-emissions choices possible. The show does not spend much time on lifestyle climate talk. It is more interested in whether a retrofit can be measured well enough to finance, whether construction teams can close data gaps, and whether industrial technologies can scale without leaning forever on subsidies or green premiums. Recent episodes show that pattern clearly. Tom Fenton discusses SENS and the problem of understanding real building performance before and after retrofit. Oscar Shorts explains Gyroplan’s attempt to replace single-use growing media with a reusable silicon rubber design. Brittany Harris talks through Qualis Flow and the construction industry’s fragmented carbon data. Eric Van Genderen frames durable infrastructure through avoided carbon over a longer asset life. Oskar Hellen addresses the urgency of scaling climate solutions while reducing dependence on subsidy support. Peter Albin and Stephanie Chang look at carbon markets and CCUS through the lens of long-term incentives, government support, and project viability. Bart de Groot brings the conversation into industrial software, scope three emissions, carbon capture, and new process innovation. A live Decarb Connect UK conversation with Simon Smith adds a shorter, event-floor view of carbon capture, hydrogen, direct air capture, and small modular reactors. The editorial rhythm is consistent. A broad framing question opens the door, then the conversation narrows toward examples, cost, deployment barriers, and commercial incentives. Technical terms appear, but they are usually translated back into business consequences. That makes the show useful for informed generalists as well as people already working in climate tech, industrial strategy, or carbon management. Its best moments come when a guest connects an emissions claim to a purchasing decision, a financing mechanism, a regulation, or a real asset in the field. Decarb Connect is not breezy. It is clear, structured, and deployment-minded.
Made for: Built for climate-tech operators, industrial strategists, investors, policy-literate professionals, and informed listeners who want deployment detail rather than broad climate commentary.
What sets it apart: The show keeps tying emissions reduction to business mechanics: measurement, procurement, infrastructure life, finance, subsidies, carbon pricing, and operational constraints.
Examining the strategies and deployments around decarbonisation in hard to abate sectors, we speak with CEOs, heads of corporate strategy, CTOs, Innovation/R&D, project directors & heads of carbon management from around the world. Hosted by Alex Cameron of the Decarbonization Leaders Network and Decarb Connect & produced by Janno Media.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Decarb Connect shows how climate technologies encounter financing, infrastructure and adoption constraints on the road to commercial deployment.
Decarb Connect keeps asking what it takes to move emissions-cutting technology into commercial use. Alex Cameron and Tom Angus lead practical, interview-driven conversations that connect engineering choices with capital, operating costs and customer adoption.
Climate tech meets awkward questions, so you get purity thresholds, power bills, and proof.
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Gyroplan treats growing media as a repeat purchasing problem, then positions silicon rubber as the infrastructure-level answer.
Indoor farming substrates become the business problem in Decarb Connect's conversation with Oscar Shorts, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Gyroplan.
Retrofit is framed as a measurement and finance problem, with data turned into decisions.
The episode treats retrofit as a measurement problem first, then a financing problem, and then a portfolio decision problem. Tom Angus keeps Tom Fenton focused on the practical question beneath the climate framing: with buildings already standing, how can better performance be…
A clear path from carbon accounting to the harder work of industrial change.
This episode treats industrial decarbonization as a workable sequence rather than a vague ambition: start with shared carbon accounting, move through operational fixes, and then confront the harder work of redesigning processes and products.
VyCarb's pitch feels strongest when it gets into purity, pipelines, and the limits of the real world.
Garrett Boudinot's case for VyCarb feels grounded in actual operating work, not just climate pitch language. The Brooklyn demonstration plant, customer-specific testing, and focus on CO2 streams that are not perfectly clean give the conversation some weight.
A clear look at Precursor’s category thesis, partner selection, and the execution discipline behind industrial decarbonization.
Precursor’s thesis provides the throughline: category-defined companies are supposed to offer something materially better than incumbents, without asking buyers to pay a green premium.
Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson debate Canadian politics, from Alberta separatism to Ottawa's bureaucracy.
Robert Evans, Katie Stoll, and Cody Johnston build fake conspiracies and mock right-wing media.
Jonah Goldberg's literate, dry-witted arguments about politics and ideas.
James Benitatos of Quaise Energy describes why the company chose to be a geothermal developer rather than sell drilling services, selling electricity instead of a drilling product.
Oscar Shorts, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Gyroplant, explains how its reusable silicon-rubber Gyro Cup replaces single-use substrate in controlled environment agriculture.
Measurement comes before retrofit.
This episode explores how Qualis Flow is addressing the construction industry's data silos and carbon emissions tracking challenges through an interview with co-founder Brittany Harris.
This episode explores how using durable materials like galvanized zinc in infrastructure projects can extend lifespan and reduce carbon emissions through avoided CO2.
This episode of the Decarb Connect podcast features an interview with Oskar Hellen, CEO of Cemvision, discussing how to scale climate technologies like low-carbon cement without relying on subsidies or green premiums.
An interview with analysts discussing key trends in carbon markets and carbon capture for the year ahead.
The conversation sets out three tiers of industrial decarbonization and keeps them clearly separate.
An interview with Simon Smith from Fraser Nash discussing decarbonisation strategies, carbon capture, hydrogen, and direct air capture for heavy industry clients.
Interview with Owen Bailey, Innovation Manager at Selsa Steel, discussing the company's decarbonization journey and circular economy initiatives.
Interview with Tim Atkinson from CFP Energy about carbon markets, UK ETS, and industrial decarbonisation challenges.
Discussion on insetting and chain of custody models to unlock value in green product markets for hard-to-abate sectors.
The episode walks through the company's plan for turning water into a carbon-removal tool.
Alex opens with FOAK as a category-building idea.
This episode features a conversation with Ben Moens from Energy Impact, reviewing the progress, challenges, and unexpected developments in climate action during the 2020s decade, with a look ahead to future directions.
A discussion with Eva Musso of BASF Canada about designing and implementing a decarbonisation program across industrial sites.
Apoorv Sinha of Carbon Upcycling discusses how their technology enables flexible CO2 sequestration using off-peak electricity to create valuable products from waste carbon.
This episode features Steve Meller, founder and CEO of CH4 Global, discussing how his company's technology reduces methane emissions from cattle while creating economic value for farmers through improved efficiency and market opportunities.
Interview with Jay Asundi of C-STEP discussing India's baseline policies for industrial decarbonization and creating opportunities.
An interview with Malk Kent, global CCS strategy head for CGG, addressing common industrial questions about CO2 transport and storage for decarbonisation projects.
Interview with Bruce Adderley about turning £66 million of seed investment into over £200 million of co-investments for decarbonisation in foundation industries.
Interview with Erica Nemza, CEO of Compact Membrane Systems, discussing their novel membrane technology for energy-efficient carbon capture.
Interview with Abby Smith, CEO of Team Pennsylvania, discussing collaborative approaches to decarbonization and energy transition.
In this 100th episode, host Alex Cameron reflects on the evolution of decarbonization conversations from early exploration to scaling existing technologies.
CEO Arun Gupta discusses how Skybin combines public funding, project finance, and its own capital to make industrial heat decarbonization financially viable for manufacturers.
Interview with former UK energy minister Chris Skidmore about the net zero review and UK climate leadership.
This episode discusses the ongoing importance of COP climate conferences, particularly COP28, in focusing global attention on climate change and driving policy innovations despite increasing commercialization.
Interview with CEO of Verdigis about green hydrogen production and infrastructure in Northern Europe.
Interview with Martin Keeley, CEO of Carbon Free, discussing CO2 reuse technology and the market for repurposing captured carbon dioxide.
Interview with Doron Brennmiller about thermal storage technology for industrial decarbonization and navigating EU green industrial policy.
This episode discusses the Concrete Sustainability Council's certification process for reducing CO2 emissions in the concrete industry.
An interview with Shopify's head of sustainability about corporate carbon removal strategies and the importance of understanding carbon credits.