Episodios

  • Cleaning America’s 500,000 Toxic Land Sites: The PFAS Breakthrough

    Cleaning America’s 500,000 Toxic Land Sites: The PFAS Breakthrough
    May 22 2025
    What if highly contaminated land could be safely and efficiently restored for productive use? In this episode of Hardware to Save a Planet, host Dylan Garrett talks with Randol Aikin, founder of Remedy Scientific, about revolutionizing land remediation. With over 500,000 contaminated sites across the U.S., Aikin explains how robotics, AI, and containerized systems are accelerating the cleanup of toxic “forever chemicals.” This innovative approach not only enables faster, localized treatment but also unlocks critical land for housing and infrastructure, proving that development and environmental protection can go hand in hand.
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    41 m
  • 10x Grid Storage: How Mesh Batteries Are Revolutionizing Home Energy

    10x Grid Storage: How Mesh Batteries Are Revolutionizing Home Energy
    May 8 2025
    In this episode of Hardware to Save a Planet, host Dylan Garrett talks with Cole Ashman, CEO and founder of Pila Energy, about how his company is making home energy resilience affordable and accessible. Their innovative mesh battery system provides backup power during outages, enhances solar energy usage, and supports grid stability, all at a fraction of the cost of traditional home systems. Whether you rent or own, discover how smart, distributed batteries could reshape our homes and contribute to a cleaner, more reliable energy future.
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    41 m
  • Decarbonizing Heavy Industry: Antora Energy’s 2400°C Thermal Batteries

    Decarbonizing Heavy Industry: Antora Energy’s 2400°C Thermal Batteries
    Apr 24 2025
    In this episode of Hardware to Save a Planet, host Dylan Garrett talks with Nehali Jain, Chief of Staff at Antora, a company on a mission to decarbonize heavy industry with thermal batteries. They explore how renewable electricity can be stored as heat in carbon blocks reaching 2,400°C—cheaper and more scalable than fossil fuels. Learn how this breakthrough tackles industrial emissions, supports grid reliability, and offers a practical path to gigaton-scale CO2 reduction through modular, cost-effective energy storage.
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    38 m
  • Igniting the Future: Fusion Power and the Road to Clean Energy with Scott Mercer

    Igniting the Future: Fusion Power and the Road to Clean Energy with Scott Mercer
    Apr 10 2025
    In this episode of Hardware to Save a Planet, host Dylan Garrett talks with Scott Mercer, Founder and CEO of Focused Energy, about the future of nuclear fusion. They explore how laser-driven fusion, inspired by breakthroughs at Lawrence Livermore Labs, could offer limitless clean power by the 2030s. From physics to commercialization, Mercer shares how Focused Energy plans to bring fusion to the grid—and why this could be a game-changer for climate tech and global energy.
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    51 m
  • Reinventing Cement: The Breakthrough That Could Cut 8% of Global Emissions with Greg Williams

    Reinventing Cement: The Breakthrough That Could Cut 8% of Global Emissions with Greg Williams
    Mar 27 2025
    In this episode of Hardware to Save a Planet, host Dylan Garrett talks with Greg Williams, VP of Product at Sublime Systems, about their groundbreaking low-carbon cement. They discuss how Sublime’s electrochemical process eliminates fossil fuel kilns and limestone-derived emissions, tackling 8% of global CO2 output. Greg shares insights on scaling their technology, industry partnerships, and the path to making sustainable cement the new standard.
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    48 m
  • Stratospheric Mirrors from Aerosol Injections: Make Sunsets' Approach to Cooling Earth

    Stratospheric Mirrors from Aerosol Injections: Make Sunsets' Approach to Cooling Earth
    Mar 13 2025
    In this episode of Hardware to Save a Planet, host Dylan Garrett talks with Luke Iseman, founder of Make Sunsets, about tackling climate change through stratospheric aerosol injection. They explore the challenges of scaling hardware solutions, the urgency of immediate climate action, and the ethical debates around geoengineering. Luke shares his vision for using sulfur dioxide balloons to cool the planet, sparking a thought-provoking discussion on innovation and sustainability.
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    57 m
  • Storing Clean Energy with Air & Water: Hydrostor’s Game-Changing Tech

    Storing Clean Energy with Air & Water: Hydrostor’s Game-Changing Tech
    Feb 27 2025
    In this episode of Hardware to Save a Planet, host Dylan Garrett sits down with Curtis VanWalleghem, Co-Founder and CEO of Hydrostor, to discuss how compressed air energy storage can revolutionize renewable energy. Hydrostor's innovative underground caverns store air and water to provide long-duration, cost-effective energy storage—solving the intermittency challenge in renewable grids. The conversation dives into engineering breakthroughs, economic advantages over batteries, and the policy shifts needed to enable 100% renewable energy.
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    44 m
  • Revolutionizing Ocean Data: Scaling Climate Solutions with Allan Adams of Aquatic Labs

    Revolutionizing Ocean Data: Scaling Climate Solutions with Allan Adams of Aquatic Labs
    Feb 13 2025
    In this episode of Hardware to Save a Planet, host Dylan Garrett interviews Allan Adams, founder and CEO of Aquatic Labs, about revolutionizing ocean measurement technology. Allan shares his journey from theoretical physics professor to climate tech innovator, inspired by the urgent need to protect marine ecosystems.
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    54 m
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