26 | Dr. Daniel Howard (Redux) — CEO, Quantum Energy, Inc.

About this episode

Dr. Daniel Howard returns to discuss the quantification of impact in clean energy projects and the challenges of decarbonization.

📊 What is impact , and how is it quantified? Why are 87% of clean energy projects severely delayed or failing? If current electricity consumption is 4000 TWh/year, what will it be in 2050 (hint: a lot more)? What is the biggest challenge in decarbonizing that increased demand? And what is BioZen's possible impact ? For answers, we're bringing back our guest from Episode 4, Dr. Daniel Howard, CEO and cofounder of Quantum Energy Inc , to join BioZen Batteries' CEO Nate Kirchhofer. Daniel, and Quantum, is a big advocate for standardizing the way that impact is quantified through industry-standard lifecycle assessments (LCA). Ultimately, this enables data-driven evidence to justify permitting and policy decisions in an otherwise murky benefits-vs-negatives ecosystem. "Oftentimes those overlooked costs, i.e. the [environmental and health] externalities, can be far larger than the infrastructure costs. And simply by quantifying them and including them in our decision making frameworks, we can make decisions that have much better impact and much lower total costs for everyone—and help to create a society, and ideally a new iteration of capitalism, that's more equitable and more…

People in this episode

Host: Nate Kirchhofer

Guest: Dr. Daniel Howard

Topics covered

• clean energy
• impact analysis
• decarbonization
• lifecycle assessments
• sustainability

Keywords

• clean energy projects
• impact quantification
• decarbonization
• lifecycle assessments
• sustainability
• environmental externalities
• energy consumption

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Quantum Energy, Inc., BioZen Batteries

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