Episode 215: Clean Energy Technology

Episode 215 originally broadcast on July 18, 2009

London-based Sindicatum Carbon Capital facilitates the growth of companies focused on reducing carbon emissions by developing and overseeing greenhouse gas reduction and clean energy projects. Russ visits with Susan Wood, CEO of SCC Americas; and Rob Toker, business development director of Sindicatum Carbon Technology. Then, flash back to our interview last year with Nancy Floyd, the founder and managing director of San Francisco venture capital firm Nth Power.

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Susan Wood and Rob Toker, Sindicatum Carbon Capital Co.

Sindicatum Carbon Capital brings together expertise in clean energy project development, finance and technology. London-based SCC facilitates the growth of companies focused on reducing carbon emissions by developing and overseeing greenhouse gas reduction and clean energy projects. The company’s technology group works to lower the risk of certain technologies to the point that it can affect environmental change. "Carbon neutral" is the buzzword of the day. Russ visits with Susan Wood, CEO of SCC Americas; and Rob Toker, business development director of Sindicatum Carbon Technology.

Flashback - Nancy Floyd, Nth Power

Russ flashes back to his interview last year with Nancy Floyd, the founder and managing director of San Francisco venture capital firm Nth Power. Floyd, a pioneer in the "green" movement, remembers her involvement over the last 15 years with clean energy technology start-ups.

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