In this episode of the WTR Sustainable Investing Surveyor Podcast, WTR CEO &co-Founder Shawn Severson sits down with Swin Chatsuwan, Founder and CEO of Zapp Electric Vehicles, discussing Zapp’s growth strategy, focusing on innovative mobility solutions for Asian megacities. Swin shares insights into Zapp's product design, sustainability efforts, ma…

On this week's episode of WTR Sustainable Investing Surveyor Podcast, Mark Behrman, CEO of LSB Industries (LXU), joins Shawn Severson, Water Tower Research CEO, Co-founder and Head of Sustainability Research, and Peter Gastreich, analyst on WTR’s Natural Resources and Energy Transition sector teams, to discuss: 1) how LSB is pursuing growth and hig…

Terence Cryan, Executive Chairman of Westwater Resources (WWR), joins Shawn Severson, Water Tower Research CEO, Co-founder and Head of Sustainability Research, and Peter Gastreich, analyst on WTR’s Natural Resources and Energy Transition sector teams. WWR is the only publicly traded, US based graphite anode company with 100% domestic sourcing and p…

Tune in to the latest Sustainable Investing Surveyor FlashCast! Join WTR CEO & Co-Founder Shawn Severson and Energy Transition and Sustainability Analyst Peter Gastreich as they discuss Gevo, Inc. Discover why Gevo is emerging as a cost leader in the fast growing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry and how the company's new entry into low-carb…

In this episode of the Sustainable Investing Surveyor Podcast, WTR CEO & Co-Founder Shawn Severson and WTR Sustainability and Energy Transition sector analyst Peter Gastreich discuss Peter's new Biofuels Focus report "Is Alcohol-to-Jet Fuel SAF Clearing for Take-Off in the US?" Global sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production is tripling this year…

Steve Cates, CFO of Westwater Resources (WWR), joins Shawn Severson, Water Tower Research CEO, Co-founder and Head of Sustainability Research, and Peter Gastreich, analyst on WTR’s Natural Resources and Energy Transition sector teams, to discuss: 1) progress on phase 1 construction of WWR’s Kellyton graphite processing facility in Alabama; 2) new o…

CEO John Belizaire joins us to talk about the multiple milestones recently reached, including financing for the 50 MW Project Dorothy 2, a PPA agreement for 166 MW Project Kati and the funding and launch of Soluna Cloud. The podcast delves into Soluna Cloud’s strategic partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, its securing of NVIDIA H100 GPUs th…

CEO Bob Rasmus, who joined the company 11 months ago, talks about the recent transformation of the company through the merger of Advance Emissions Solutions (NASDAQ: ADES) and UK based Arq and its strategic shift to producing higher margin Granular Activated Carbon. He discusses how today Arq is a vertically integrated activated carbon producer wor…

CEO Philipp Stratmann reviews several recent announcements by the company, including OPT's partnership with Unique Group, an OEM agreement with Teledyne Marine, the company's focus on "turnkey systems," an agreement in principle to deliver multiple WAM-Vs to a US government agency, and the first batch of WAM-Vs (unmanned surface vehicles) to Sulmar…

In this week’s WTR Sustainable Investing Podcast, WTR CEO & Co-Founder Shawn Severson discusses the WTR Spruce Power initiation of coverage report with WTR Energy Transition and Sustainable Investing analyst Peter Gastreich. The discussion includes the structural rise in the cost of grid electricity and impact on demand for rooftop solar, the addre…

In this week’s WTR Sustainable Investing Podcast, WTR CEO & Co-Founder Shawn Severson discusses what to expect at the Canadian Climate Investor Conference along with WTR Sustainability and Energy Transition sector analysts Graham Mattison and Peter Gastreich. WTR is a sponsor of the conference hosted June 25th in Toronto. The team also discusses th…

Join Peter Gastreich and Graham Mattison as they discuss the sustainability panel track at the recent Louisiana Energy Conference, hosted by Al Petrie Advisors. In the context of biofuel, EV battery, offshore wind, geothermal, carbon capture, hydrogen and other energy transition industries, the panelists discussed stress-testing business models for…

Gevo’s VP of Finance and Strategy Eric Frey and VP of Government Affairs Lindsay Fitzgerald join Shawn Severson and Peter Gastreich to discuss the recently announced Section 40B tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and detail how Gevo expects the credit to enhance the value of the company’s Net-Zero 1 production facility and benefit their…

Soluna Holdings CEO John Belizaire joins us for a discussion about the company’s recent growth and how its green-powered data centers are helping to support renewable energy development and provide a solution to the power demands from AI.Shawn Severson

Base Carbon President Wes Fulford joins us for a discussion about the voluntary carbon markets and how Base Carbon provides development capital for projects that produce carbon credits that can then be purchased and used by third parties to meet their climate goals.Shawn Severson

Dmitry joins us to talk about the Deep Sea Mining industry, how the industry has evolved as of late, and how it can play a major role in helping to supply the materials needed for the shift towards electrification. He talks about how deep sea mining can produce higher quality minerals at far less of an environmental footprint than land base mining …

This podcast reviews several common investor questions that are outside the usual ones focused on operating fundamentals and not addressed in regular company events or materials. These topics include the accurate picture around the shorting of Gevo's shares, the latest on the company’s previously announced share repurchase program, concerns around …

In this episode, we sit down with Peter Leighton, COO and Co-Founder of RE Royalties, and dig deeper into the company’s innovative royalty financing solutions for renewable energy clients. The company focuses on acquiring long-term, recurring royalty streams and high capital reinvestment to drive growth combined with strong capital protection and l…

In this episode, we look at the latest developments in the GREET model and its impact on Gevo and its renewable energy liquid hydrocarbons and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) business. We also take the opportunity to discuss Gevo’s innovative Verity Carbon Solutions, a tracking system that monitors carbon emissions from feedstock to end-use, which …

In this episode, we take a look at the latest trends and market for distributed energy generation (DEG) and the role renewables are now playing. With increasing strain on the conventional grid, in combination with carbon reduction goals, the DEG market is in an increasingly exciting investment environment along with the companies and technologies l…

Join Graham Mattison and Shawn Severson for a discussion on natural gas, including its role as a bridge fuel, its significant impact on the economics of many renewable industries, and opportunities for new and existing technologies to benefit from the natural gas market dynamics.Shawn Severson

In our podcast, we reviewed how Limbach has evolved to be a leading integrated building solution company that partners with its customers to deliver, maintain, and optimize mission-critical MEP systems. The company has shifted its business toward higher-margin owner direct work that also provides recurring revenue from service and maintenance contr…

In our podcast, we review how Aqua Metals is developing a cleaner and safer metals recycling process to reduce the carbon footprint of the energy storage industry, which we view as an emerging megatrend across the sector. The company believes its proprietary process is environmentally responsible and economically competitive and will help retain cr…

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