Shayle Kann
Shayle Kann is a partner at Energy Impact Partners, the leading venture capital fund investing in companies shaping the future of energy and infrastructure, where he leads the firm’s investments at the frontier of climate tech. He is also the host of Catalyst, a podcast from Latitude Media that tackles big questions about how to decarbonize the planet.
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Volts crossover: Six big energy questions
David Roberts, host of the Volts podcast, returns to the show to consider the next decade of clean energy.
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The rise of grid power electronics with Drew Baglino
The founder of Heron Power makes his pitch for solid state transformers to enhance the grid.
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PJM and ERCOT are navigating a capacity rollercoaster
Paul Segal, CEO of LS Power, sheds light on the state of play in two huge markets.
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The path to market for new nuclear reactors
Katy Huff, former assistant secretary for nuclear energy, helps make sense of a wave of new reactor announcements.
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The rise of permissionless DERs
James McGinniss, CEO and co-founder of David Energy, talks regulation, affordability and scaling up.
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More 2026 trends: Solar costs, oil oversupply, and the startup slump
Part two of our conversation with Nat Bullard about his annual 200-slide presentation on the biggest trends in decarbonization.
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2026 trends: Gas turbines, Texas’ load queue, and China electrifies
Nat Bullard returns to the show to unpack his annual, massive report on last year’s top decarbonization trends.
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The VC case for ‘full stack deeptech’
Ian Rountree, founder and partner at Cantos, explains why he avoids selling tech to incumbents and flags some curveball startups.
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How AI is changing weather forecasting
DeepMind’s Peter Battaglia explains how AI is reshaping weather science — and what it means for energy, disasters, and daily life.
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Will inference move to the edge?
Shifting AI inference from hyperscalers to smaller edge data centers – and even consumer devices – could have big implications for energy.
