Erica Ocampo of The Metals Company on Deep-Sea Mining, Critical Minerals, and Clean Energy

About this episode

Wes Ashworth interviews Erica Ocampo about the role of deep-sea mining in sourcing critical minerals for clean energy.

The energy transition is often discussed in terms of solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, batteries, and grid infrastructure. But beneath all of that progress sits a harder question: where do the critical minerals come from? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host Wes Ashworth sits down with Erica Ocampo, Chief Sustainability Officer at The Metals Company, for a candid and thought-provoking conversation about deep-sea polymetallic nodules, critical mineral...

People in this episode

Host: Wes Ashworth

Guest: Erica Ocampo

Topics covered

• deep-sea mining
• critical minerals
• clean energy
• sustainability
• energy transition

Keywords

• deep-sea mining
• critical minerals
• clean energy
• sustainability
• polymetallic nodules

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Metals Company

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