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Turning Waste Heat to Power: Janice Tran
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Heavy industries are responsible for about a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions and re-imagining of the physical infrastructure of energy is the challenge that Kanin Energy aims to solve through its 'hardware-as-a-service' business model.
Janice Tran, CEO of Kanin Energy, joins us to discuss the challenges and opportunities her company faces working with corporate partners to turn their waste heat into something valuable.
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Guest Bio: Janice provides the leadership and financing strategy for Kanin Energy. Prior to Kanin, Janice was an early employee and Director at Generate Capital, a project finance investment firm that focused on investing in renewable energy projects. There she built North America’s largest portfolio of anaerobic digestions assets. Her role spanned across deal execution, origination, market development, and asset management. Prior to Generate Capital, Janice worked at NRG, one of America’s largest power producers, to start their renewable microgrids business line. Janice also co-founded Student Energy, a nonprofit which is today’s largest global charity dedicated to educating and uniting post-secondary students on energy issues.
Janice is a licensed Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) in Canada. She also has a Masters of Science in Sustainability Management from Columbia University in New York, where she received an Earth Institute Fellowship. Janice also has a Masters in Accounting from the University of Saskatchewan, and double majored with a BA in Philosophy and BComm in Accounting from the University of Calgary.
Learn more about Kanin Energy
Connect with Janice on LinkedIn
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This episode is sponsored by Student Energy - Student Energy empowers the next generation of leaders who are accelerating the transition to a sustainable, equitable energy future. Learn more about Student Energy here
The Energy Talk is a platform dedicated to telling the energy transition story of Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing first on the perspective of Financiers, Policymakers, and Operators devoted to pushing the continent towards a sustainable energy future.
This podcast is hosted by Olubunmi Olajide and produced by Chigozie Ubah.
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Manage episode 303377679 series 2870750
Heavy industries are responsible for about a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions and re-imagining of the physical infrastructure of energy is the challenge that Kanin Energy aims to solve through its 'hardware-as-a-service' business model.
Janice Tran, CEO of Kanin Energy, joins us to discuss the challenges and opportunities her company faces working with corporate partners to turn their waste heat into something valuable.
Recommended Reading
- This Female Entrepreneur Is Aiming To Decarbonise North America’s Largest Industrial Emitters
- Investing in the New Industrialists
Guest Bio: Janice provides the leadership and financing strategy for Kanin Energy. Prior to Kanin, Janice was an early employee and Director at Generate Capital, a project finance investment firm that focused on investing in renewable energy projects. There she built North America’s largest portfolio of anaerobic digestions assets. Her role spanned across deal execution, origination, market development, and asset management. Prior to Generate Capital, Janice worked at NRG, one of America’s largest power producers, to start their renewable microgrids business line. Janice also co-founded Student Energy, a nonprofit which is today’s largest global charity dedicated to educating and uniting post-secondary students on energy issues.
Janice is a licensed Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) in Canada. She also has a Masters of Science in Sustainability Management from Columbia University in New York, where she received an Earth Institute Fellowship. Janice also has a Masters in Accounting from the University of Saskatchewan, and double majored with a BA in Philosophy and BComm in Accounting from the University of Calgary.
Learn more about Kanin Energy
Connect with Janice on LinkedIn
_
This episode is sponsored by Student Energy - Student Energy empowers the next generation of leaders who are accelerating the transition to a sustainable, equitable energy future. Learn more about Student Energy here
The Energy Talk is a platform dedicated to telling the energy transition story of Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing first on the perspective of Financiers, Policymakers, and Operators devoted to pushing the continent towards a sustainable energy future.
This podcast is hosted by Olubunmi Olajide and produced by Chigozie Ubah.
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