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This episode features a trailblazer in energy solutions whose work is expected to help meet skyrocketing demand – sometimes in unique or unexpected ways. One of these solutions, pyrolysis, involves converting plastic waste into usable energy through a specific and highly innovative process. Russell Covarrubia, CEO of Covarrubia Energy, joins us to share with EPSA President and CEO Todd Snitchler what the process of pyrolysis entails – and how it can play a role in bringing new resources to a grid that desperately needs them. He also shares challenges to the job and his perspective on what innovators need most from policymakers and regulators.
“If we keep doing things the way we’re doing it now, we’re just not doing anything. We’re sitting here on our hands and the brownouts and blackouts in the United States are prime examples of why we’ve got to stop sitting on our hands, and we need to actually move forward and find a solution today, not tomorrow, because fusion technology isn’t coming anytime soon.”
RUSSELL COVARRUBIA, CHAIRMAN AND CEO, COVARRUBIA ENERGY
Producer, Audio Editor: Frances Owen, Senior Communications Associate, Electric Power Supply Association
