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Iceland Drilling has been drilling geothermal wells for many years now, and is even taking their skillset and knowledge abroad to help in accessing this immense resource of heat beneath our feet. This episode talks all about the past, present, and future of the geothermal industry, Iceland Drilling and its role in that, as well as how we can look to continually advance and learn. 

Iceland Drilling 

https://www.jardboranir.is/

Sveinn Hannesson 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sveinn-hannesson-604b184/

Daniel Drader

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-d-01730b44/

CORE Knowledge

https://www.linkedin.com/company/75072170/admin/feed/posts/

Nick Cestari 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-cestari-48059268/

Cross pollination within the energy sector is a must in order to achieve the global targets we have set out for ourselves. As energy demand rises rapidly, the need to decarbonize increases in importance, I believe the energy sector will actually shrink. Not in production or employees, but in how many once siloed companies and industries cross over into new territory. 

Join me as I talk with the one, the only Patrick Hanson, Senior Geothermal Development Manager with Expro about this very thing and how he is excited to be part of this future energy ecosystem. 

Expro 

https://www.expro.com/region/locations/corporate-hq-1

Patrick Hanson

https://www.linkedin.com/in/phanson610/

Patrick's book recommendation 

The subtle art of not giving an F$%!

CORE Knowledge

https://www.linkedin.com/company/75072170/admin/feed/posts/

Nick Cestari 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-cestari-48059268/

When time is spent comparing every energy source it can be missed how they complement each other and can ultimately unlock even more technologic advancement that enables decarbonization. Today's episode is to highlight some incredible energy entrepreneurs with Premier Resource Management that are trying to change this by combining solar, geothermal and storage. Mike Umbro, Partner and Head of Corporate Development gives us some insight into how this project can catapult the transition to carbon negative, renewable and resilient energy. 

Premier Resource Management 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/premier-resource-management-llc/about/

Mike Umbro

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeumbro/

Mike's Book Recommendation 

Governing the commons by Elinor Ostrom

CORE Knowledge

https://www.linkedin.com/company/75072170/admin/feed/posts/ 

Nick Cestari 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-cestari-48059268/

Scaling up many of the low carbon solutions that will help to decarbonize our world need extensive investment along with support in the form of access to market. Who better than incumbent energy companies to do this? They have balance sheets, established supply chains across the entire value chain of energy, social reputations and beyond. Ecopetrol is leading the way and setting a great example. They were the first energy company to announce roadmap to lower carbon intensity and emissions by 2040. Join in on my conversation with the Vice President of Low Carbon Solutions, Yeimy Baez and learn a little more on what exactly that roadmap entails. 

Ecopetrol 

https://www.ecopetrol.com.co/wps/portal

Yeimy Baez

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yeimyb%C3%A1ez/

Yeimy's Book Recommendation 

Love in the time of cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 

CORE Knowledge 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/core-geothermal/

Nick Cestari 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-cestari-48059268/

Ensuring access to food, water, and energy are some of the key objectives for the next couple decades, but doing so in a sustainable way is equally important. Geothermal can not only help address the access to energy for developing countries, but it also can play a significant role in eliminating food deserts, producing sustainable food even in climates that previously prohibited it. I sit down with Arni Pall Einarsson, Chief Commercial Officer at Matorka to talk about the fish farming industry and how they are pioneering with sustainable arctic char production utilizing geothermal. 

Matorka 

https://matorka.is/

Arni Pall Einarsson 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/arni-pall-einarsson-03b75556/

Arni's Book Recommendation 

Reluctant Genius by Charlotte Gray 

CORE Knowledge 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/75072170

Nick Cestari 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-cestari-48059268/

Not that long ago Iceland was considered a developing country. Fast forward to today and it is now one of the welathiest nations on a per capita basis. One major driver of that has been their innovation around the natural resources and energy they have right under their feet; geothermal. Landsvirkjun has been developing and innovating around geothermal and the many use cases for the past 60 years. My conversation with Bjarni Palsson, Executive Director of Geothermal Development dives into how Iceland continues to innovate and share the knowledge globally to help advance the industry. 

Bjarni Palsson 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjarni-palsson-08b27a29/

Landsvirkjun 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/landsvirkjun/

Bjarni's book recommendation 

The Prize by Daniel Yergin 

CORE Knowledge 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/core-geothermal/

Nick Cestari 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-cestari-48059268/

How do we achieve the lofty goals set forth to reduce our global emissions and keep global warming at bay? It definitely won't happen in silos, it will take a cooperative effort, building on the backs of those gone before us, of course new innovations, new technology and a bunch of capital. The beautiful thing is that countries like Iceland who have been innovating around energy usage, efficiencies, security of said energy and general sustainability can offer so much to the rest of the world as we work towards decarbonizing the planet. I sit down with Nott Thorberg, the Director of Green by Iceland whose entire purpose is to connect, educate, and export knowledge from Iceland around the world to accelerate our transition. 

Green by Iceland 

https://www.greenbyiceland.com/

Nott Thorberg

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nott-thorberg-6ab2172/

Nott's book recommendation 

Changing on the Job by Jennifer Berger

JRG Energy 

www.jrgenergy.com

CORE Knowledge 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/core-geothermal/

Nick Cestari

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-cestari-48059268/

Some of us dive deep into political issues and policy while others of us steer clear of all things related to politics. Well, when it come to reaching net zero by 2050 goals, we all need to be active in our governments from state/local level all the way to country leadership. Policy will shape how we arrive or don't arrive at net zero. Today's episode focuses of course on policy from a geothermal perspective, how we have made progress, but also how we still have a long way to go and what needs to be done moving forward across the globe to make way for the geothermal renaissance. 

Kamila Piotrowska 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamilapiotrowska/

Baker Hughes 

https://www.bakerhughes.com

Kamila's Book recommendation 

Gorillas in the mist by Dian Fossey 

CORE Knowledge 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/core-geothermal/

Nick Cestari 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-cestari-48059268/

This week we are at CERA week and just in awe of the amount of interest and air time for geothermal and central to this renaissance of sorts is Geothermal Rising the largest trade organization representing the industry around the globe. I had the pleasure of snagging Bryant Jones the newly appointed Executive Director for GR and discussing with him the momentum we are seeing, what needs to still be done, and how Geothermal Rising is going to work to continue advancing geothermal at a rapid pace. Incredibly insightful conversation that you do not want to miss!

Bryant Jones 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryantajones-energy/

Geothermal Rising 

https://geothermal.org/our-organization

Bryant's Book Recommendation 

Our Hidden Powers by the Baseload Capital team

https://www.baseloadcap.com/our-hidden-powers/

JRG Energy 

www.jrgenergy.com

CORE Knowledge

https://www.linkedin.com/company/core-geothermal/

Nick Cestari 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-cestari-48059268/

Is Geothermal as exhaustive as the reports say? Can it power the future as a baseload energy source? Does America even produce any? What exactly is it? These are some questions you may be asking yourself when it comes to geothermal, and they are valid since historically geothermal hasn't been very good at engaging stakeholders outside of the industry. Today, we sit down and talk about the Geysers geothermal field, a 725 MWe field that is made up of over 13 power plants and 300 wells, so in short it is incredibly complex and is part of the US's leading 3.6 GW of geothermal production. In today's discussion, Rob Parker, VP of Operations at the Geysers talks about how geothermal has always been part of the energy mix and doesn't always get the love in future projections but believes there is a long future ahead for the Geysers and geothermal as an industry. 

Rob Parker

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-parker-2290922/

Danielle Matthews Seperas

https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-matthews-seperas/

Peter So

https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-so-2238587/

Calpine

https://www.calpine.com/operations/power-operations/our-locations/california/big-geysers

CORE Knowledge

https://www.linkedin.com/company/core-geothermal/

Nick Cestari

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-cestari-48059268/