Ep 121: Bryce Smith, Founder & CEO at LevelTen Energy

2020-09-07

Today's guest is Bryce Smith, Founder & CEO at LevelTen Energy. We have a great discussion in this episode about Bryce's career and experience, what brought him into the energy world, and what led him to founding LevelTen. We talk about the vision of LevelTen, the company’s origin story, the products they've had to date, and what types of things are coming next. And we have a great discussion about the energy marketplace and how the projects LevelTen facilitates are helping to usher the transition to renewable energy.You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @m...

Today's guest is Bryce Smith, Founder & CEO at LevelTen Energy.

We have a great discussion in this episode about Bryce's career and experience, what brought him into the energy world, and what led him to founding LevelTen. We talk about the vision of LevelTen, the company’s origin story, the products they've had to date, and what types of things are coming next. And we have a great discussion about the energy marketplace and how the projects LevelTen facilitates are helping to usher the transition to renewable energy.

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In today’s episode, we cover:

What is LevelTen Energy and its mission?
The pain point of the renewable energy developers LevelTen serves.
What is a PPA and why it’s sought by energy developers?
The role of the utility companies in renewable energy development.
Why the analogy of the “Zillow for energy contracts” is apt.
LevelTen’s value proposition for energy developers and energy-seeking companies.
Why it matters what type of energy is entered into the electricity grid.
How Bryce thinks of carbon reduction in the electricity grid.
What has motivate the corporate shift to renewable energy.
The technical and political challenges to growing renewable energy adoption.
The role carbon pricing might play in driving renewable energy innovation
What Bryce sees as the future prospects of renewable energy.
The NIMBY-ism that developers have had to contend with.
The varied landscape of the renewable energy developer market.
How the next movement in climate tech will be in carbon capture.
How support from policy and government is critical to advance renewable energy.

Links to topics discussed in this episode:

LevelTen Energy: https://leveltenenergy.com/
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_purchase_agreement
One Energy: https://www.oneenergyrenewables.com/

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