Shawn Severson

WTR Sustainable Investing Surveyor Podcast

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A look at the key events and highlights happening in the world of Sustainable and ClimateTech Investing.

Author

Shawn Severson

Category

Business

Podcast website

www.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

Nov 19, 2025

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Episodes

Sulnox Group (SNOXF) CEO on Cutting Costs and Carbon with a Drop-In Innovation 19.11.2025

On this week's episode of the WTR Small-Cap Spotlight, Ben Richardson, CEO of Sulnox Group (US OTC: SNOXF) (UK ISDX: SNOX), joined Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Water Tower Research, and Peter Gastreich, Energy and Sustainable Investing Analyst at Water Tower Research to discuss: 1) the company's patented organic fuel conditioner that improves c...

Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT) CEO on Strategic Shift and Technology for Low-Cost, Low-Emissions Heavy-Duty Trucking 07.11.2025

On this week's episode of the WTR Small-Cap Spotlight, Dan Sceli, CEO of Westport Fuel Systems (NASDAQ: WPRT) (TSX: WPRT), joined Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Water Tower Research, and Peter Gastreich, Energy and Sustainable Investing Analyst at Water Tower Research to discuss: 1) Westport’s leading position as a supplier of advanced, affordable, lo...

CapCO2 Solutions CEO on What Makes Green Methanol a Game-Changer for Midwest Ethanol and its Role in Supporting SAF 23.10.2025

On this week's episode of the  Sustainable Investing Surveyor Podcast , Jeff Bonar, Chief Executive Officer of privately held CapCO2 Solutions, joined Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Water Tower Research, and Peter Gastreich, Energy and Sustainable Investing Analyst at Water Tower Research to discuss: 1) how CapCO2 Solutions uses biogenic CO2 captured...

Eco Wave Power (WAVE) CEO on Transforming Ocean Energy Into Opportunity Across Four Continents 20.10.2025

On this week's episode of the WTR Sustainable Investing Surveyor, Inna Braverman, Chief Executive Officer of Eco Wave Power Global (NASDAQ ticker WAVE), joined Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Water Tower Research, and Peter Gastreich, Energy and Sustainable Investing Analyst at Water Tower Research to discuss: 1) WAVE's technology that generates s...

Montana Renewables (Calumet NASDAQ: CLMT) CEO on First Mover Advantages and Imminent SAF Supply Squeeze 08.10.2025

On this week's episode of the WTR Sustainable Investing Surveyor Podcast, Bruce Fleming, Chief Executive Officer of Montana Renewables, an unrestricted subsidiary of Calumet (NASDAQ ticker CLMT), joined Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Water Tower Research, and Peter Gastreich, Energy and Sustainable Investing Analyst at Water Tower Research to discuss:...

WTR Symposium Series Podcast: FIRST MOVERS in Ethanol Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) 16.04.2025

In this WTR Symposium Series podcast, "FIRST MOVERS in Ethanol Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)", managment of Gevo, Inc, (GEVO) and Rex American Resources (REX) join Shawn Severson, WTR CEO and Co-founder, and Peter Gastreich, WTR Senior Energy and Sustainability Analyst to discuss how low carbon ethanol, CCS, and SAF tie into the companies strategies and growth outlooks. The mana...

Why the Time is Right for Investors to Focus on CCS, SAF and Low-Carbon Ethanol (NEW REPORT!) 12.02.2025

Join Shawn Severson, Co-Founder and CEO at WTR, and Peter Gastreich, Senior Energy Transition and Sustainability Analyst, as they discuss how carbon capture and storage (CCS) can enable a big growth opportunity for low carbon ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the US.  We quantify the growth potential and importance to the rural economy, detail what makes ethanol a low-cost candidate f...

Sustainable Mobility in Megacities: Zapp Electric Vehicles’ Vision and Strategy 23.10.2024

In this episode of the WTR Sustainable Investing Surveyor Podcast, WTR CEO &co-Founder Shawn Severson sits down with Swin Chatsuwan, Founder and CEO of Zapp Electric Vehicles, discussing Zapp’s growth strategy, focusing on innovative mobility solutions for Asian megacities. Swin shares insights into Zapp's product design, sustainability efforts, manufacturing approach, and go-to-market st...

LSB Industries (LXU) CEO Mark Behrman on How CCS and Low Carbon Ammonia Drive “Sustainability as a Growth Engine” Strategy 10.10.2024

On this week's episode of WTR Sustainable Investing Surveyor Podcast, Mark Behrman, CEO of LSB Industries (LXU), joins Shawn Severson, Water Tower Research CEO, Co-founder and Head of Sustainability Research, and Peter Gastreich, analyst on WTR’s Natural Resources and Energy Transition sector teams, to discuss: 1) how LSB is pursuing growth and higher returns with carbon capture and sequestra...

Westwater Executive Chairman Terence Cryan Discusses Reaching 100% Offtake on Graphite Processing Capacity 23.09.2024

Terence Cryan, Executive Chairman of Westwater Resources (WWR), joins Shawn Severson, Water Tower Research CEO, Co-founder and Head of Sustainability Research, and Peter Gastreich, analyst on WTR’s Natural Resources and Energy Transition sector teams. WWR is the only publicly traded, US based graphite anode company with 100% domestic sourcing and processing. The podcast covers: 1) the latest offta...

Gevo Initiation of Coverage Review: Delivering Carbon Abatement with Renewable Fuels and Technologies as Cost Effectively as Possible 19.09.2024

Tune in to the latest Sustainable Investing Surveyor FlashCast! Join WTR CEO & Co-Founder Shawn Severson and Energy Transition and Sustainability Analyst Peter Gastreich as they discuss Gevo, Inc. Discover why Gevo is emerging as a cost leader in the fast growing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry and how the company's new entry into low-carbon ethanol and carbon capture and sequest...

WTR Takes a Deep-Dive Into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and the 100x Demand Growth Opportunity for Competitive North American Supply 09.08.2024

In this episode of the Sustainable Investing Surveyor Podcast, WTR CEO & Co-Founder Shawn Severson and WTR Sustainability and Energy Transition sector analyst Peter Gastreich discuss Peter's new Biofuels Focus report " Is Alcohol-to-Jet Fuel SAF Clearing for Take-Off in the US? " Global sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production is tripling this year yet may need to expand by an...

Westwater Resources CFO Steve Cates on new developments at first domestic integrated battery-grade graphite project in the US 25.07.2024

Steve Cates, CFO of Westwater Resources (WWR), joins Shawn Severson, Water Tower Research CEO, Co-founder and Head of Sustainability Research, and Peter Gastreich, analyst on WTR’s Natural Resources and Energy Transition sector teams, to discuss: 1) progress on phase 1 construction of WWR’s Kellyton graphite processing facility in Alabama; 2) new offtake agreements announced this year with SK On (...

Soluna Holding CEO John Belizaire on the company’s recent wins, its growth into AI and opportunities for future growth across its different business lines 24.07.2024

CEO John Belizaire joins us to talk about the multiple milestones recently reached, including financing for the 50 MW Project Dorothy 2, a PPA agreement for 166 MW Project Kati and the funding and launch of Soluna Cloud. The podcast delves into Soluna Cloud’s strategic partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, its securing of NVIDIA H100 GPUs that will allow it to offer Generative AI workloads...

Arq, Inc. CEO Bob Rasmus on the transformation of the company and the outlook for growth in new markets 11.07.2024

CEO Bob Rasmus, who joined the company 11 months ago, talks about the recent transformation of the company through the merger of Advance Emissions Solutions (NASDAQ: ADES) and UK based Arq and its strategic shift to producing higher margin Granular Activated Carbon. He discusses how today Arq is a vertically integrated activated carbon producer working to provide innovative environmental solutions...

Ocean Power Technologies CEO Philipp Stratmann Reviews Recent Announcements with Water Tower Research CEO Shawn Severson 08.07.2024

CEO Philipp Stratmann reviews several recent announcements by the company, including OPT's partnership with Unique Group, an OEM agreement with Teledyne Marine, the company's focus on "turnkey systems,"  an agreement in principle to deliver multiple WAM-Vs to a US government agency, and the first batch of WAM-Vs (unmanned surface vehicles) to Sulmara. The company continues to m...

Spruce Power IOC Review – Competitive Servicing "Moat" Supports Residential Rooftop Solar Acquisition Strategy 25.06.2024

In this week’s WTR Sustainable Investing Podcast, WTR CEO & Co-Founder Shawn Severson discusses the WTR Spruce Power initiation of coverage report with WTR Energy Transition and Sustainable Investing analyst Peter Gastreich. The discussion includes the structural rise in the cost of grid electricity and impact on demand for rooftop solar, the addressable market for Spruce, opportunistic M&...

Canadian Climate Investor Conference Preview / Outlooks for Voluntary Carbon and Solar Markets 20.06.2024

In this week’s WTR Sustainable Investing Podcast, WTR CEO & Co-Founder Shawn Severson discusses what to expect at the Canadian Climate Investor Conference along with WTR Sustainability and Energy Transition sector analysts Graham Mattison and Peter Gastreich. WTR is a sponsor of the conference hosted June 25th in Toronto. The team also discusses the current trends and outlooks for voluntary ca...

Sustainability Panels at the Louisiana Energy Conference Reveal Cooperation is Key 11.06.2024

Join Peter Gastreich and Graham Mattison as they discuss the sustainability panel track at the recent Louisiana Energy Conference, hosted by Al Petrie Advisors. In the context of biofuel, EV battery, offshore wind, geothermal, carbon capture, hydrogen and other energy transition industries, the panelists discussed stress-testing business models for regulatory scenarios, the importance of forming p...

GEVO's Eric Frey and Lindsay Fitzgerald and WTR's Shawn Severson and Peter Gastreich 09.05.2024

Gevo’s VP of Finance and Strategy Eric Frey and VP of Government Affairs Lindsay Fitzgerald join Shawn Severson and Peter Gastreich to discuss the recently announced Section 40B tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and detail how Gevo expects the credit to enhance the value of the company’s Net-Zero 1 production facility and benefit their supply chain and farmers in particular. 

How Soluna’s Renewable Powered Data Centers Can Help Meet the Power Needs of AI 25.04.2024

Soluna Holdings CEO John Belizaire joins us for a discussion about the company’s recent growth and how its green-powered data centers are helping to support renewable energy development and provide a solution to the power demands from AI.

Base Carbon and its Role in the Growing Voluntary Carbon Markets 18.04.2024

Base Carbon President Wes Fulford joins us for a discussion about the voluntary carbon markets and how Base Carbon provides development capital for projects that produce carbon credits that can then be purchased and used by third parties to meet their climate goals. 

Deep Sea Mining's Role in Helping to Shift the World to Sustainable Energy 15.04.2024

Dmitry joins us to talk about the Deep Sea Mining industry, how the industry has evolved as of late, and how it can play a major role in helping to supply the materials needed for the shift towards electrification. He talks about how deep sea mining can produce higher quality minerals at far less of an environmental footprint than land base mining which has a major environmental impact and is ofte...

Addressing Commonly Asked Investor Questions on Gevo (GEVO) with Eric Frey, VP of Finance & Strategy at Gevo (GEVO) 08.04.2024

This podcast reviews several common investor questions that are outside the usual ones focused on operating fundamentals and not addressed in regular company events or materials. These topics include the accurate picture around the shorting of Gevo's shares, the latest on the company’s previously announced share repurchase program, concerns around the company’s status with NASDAQ, and updates...

A Discussion with Peter Leighton, COO and Co-Founder of RE Royalties, and the Company’s Unique Business Strategy of Leveraging the Royalty Model in the Fast-Growing Renewable Energy Industry 28.03.2024

In this episode, we sit down with Peter Leighton, COO and Co-Founder of RE Royalties, and dig deeper into the company’s innovative royalty financing solutions for renewable energy clients. The company focuses on acquiring long-term, recurring royalty streams and high capital reinvestment to drive growth combined with strong capital protection and low operating costs. Some key topics we hit include...

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