Energy twitter, I humbly present you the cleantech & sustainability company name generator because we all could use a bit of levity these days!
#cleantech
#renewables
Having started with the
@GenerateCapital
team ~5 years ago, it’s phenomenal to see what we have achieved; I am so excited for what the next 5 years will bring as we invest to build the critical infrastructure required for the energy transition ⚡️
My NY finance friends believe that I’ve transformed into a woo woo west coast hippie and my CA tech(ish) friends think I’m a savage who works ~way too much and I’m just like “climate change is the imminent threat to our humanity🤘” and that usually shuts errybody up. 🤐
⚡️Extremely grateful to be included and recognized on
@ForbesUnder30
List for Energy with some amazing folks including my good friend Jacob Sandry who I met at
@GenerateCapital
when I first joined in 2016. Particularly appreciative for the kind folks who nominated me 🙏🏻
Last night was the 2nd gathering of Women in Climate Investing & Finance in SF - I am still so exhilarated: 50+ stellar women made it out!!! Looking forward to making this quarterly & continuing to build the community of women doing this work; we NEED more women moving capital
i find many NFT projects visually underwhelming and to put it bluntly, a bit ugly. this is specifically *not* the case w
@crypto_coven
- these witchy wonders are absolutely d r e a m y ✨
Things critical in fighting climate change: electrifying everything; rapidly deploying proven technologies in renewable power generation and energy efficiency; commercializing new tech solutions for deep decarb
Things less critical in fighting climate change: a smug attitude 😇
Really grateful for discovering
@crypto_coven
- a wonderful project & community that has helped anchor my foray into exploring Web3 & NFT landscape— isn’t she dreamyy 🔮 Neptune the Quick is a Taurus w heterochromia 💙🤎 Georgia approves.
Tonight was the premiere of Women in Climate Investing & Finance in NYC…. We had nearly 80 women turn out! (WOW!!) - women in VC, PE, credit, grad school, & more. Special thank you to
@VinsonandElkins
for hosting our crew. We will look to make this a quarterly get together ⚡️
a brilliant friend is pursuing a move into climate - she spent 8 years in big 3 consulting working with the military and govt. she is excited about strategy and operational transformation. would anyone be open to connecting with her to talk through the next phase of her career?
if you’re not consuming *at least* one thoughtfully articulated and well reasoned opinion that is *opposed* to a belief/thesis you hold, you’re doing yourself an intellectual disservice.
On my second Oakland —> SF ferry ride commute since I moved to Jack London and our offices relocated to downtown SF. Let me tell ya: this is hands down the best commute of my life 😍 I am all about optimizing for daily moments of joy and this is exactly that…
It’s inspiring that
@LynnJurich
started Sunrun @ 27 ! What a boss individual - ive read this profile a few times since it was published and every time I am blown away.
“I would like to see something like a clean steel standard” -
@ramez
— hitting on a really key point, ultimately the path to decarbonization touches EVERY sector; for heavy industrial applications there is so much that needs to happen over the next few decades.
Real-life example of my fam giving me unconditional support: mom, dad, and sis just rolled DEEP into a nerdy Sat AM Clubhouse chat on Building Climate Wealth that I helped moderate with
@JigarShahDC
- we talked ERCOT markets and serving LMI customers. That’s love y’all! 😭♥️
🎙Launching a podcast in the fall with my fabulous co-host and sister, Catherine - we will focus on career dev + our passion of exploring interesting topics by asking smart folks too many questions, featuring guests working in climate, impact, finance, and w/e else we find cool
Received this timeless New Yorker cartoon from a senior woman in climate investing that I admire - it is an “oldie but a goodie” and I will always repost it when it finds its way back to me
I feel 100 y/o when I text my friends “I have no dietary restrictions and preferences and am generally cool with whatever for dinner, but if it’s too loud and I can’t hear you talk, I am going to really struggle 😭”
IMHO: Snarky tweets about trees is an off the mark take on
@elonmusk
‘s carbon capture challenge. Why are people so intent on saltiness? Exhausting! That haterade will poison ya.
Y’all have got to read this blog - the Unglamorous Approach to Impact Investing in Energy ! So on point and I’m not just saying that bc it supports all of my beliefs + makes a great single link reply to the “wHy dOnT yOu dO VC? peeps lol -
are you ever overwhelmed by how many different things you want to learn more about ? i have so many curiosities and so many questions! i am so grateful to have a career where i am constantly getting schooled on stuff that i am interested in.
Connecting likeminded women invested in fighting climate change IS my love language. One week out fr the fall gathering of Women in Climate Investing & Finance in SF, CA on 10/28💃 - please reach out if you'd like to attend!
✨I am organizing a Women in Climate Investing drinks event next Thursday in SF — please reach out if you (or someone you know - friend, colleague, favorite - might be interested in attending)✨🌎
It's an exciting day at
@GenerateCapital
-- we have officially converted to a PBC "Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation makes the company’s charter consistent with the core values we have espoused since our founding in 2014"
questions on my mind every morning over past year: who will be revealed as the Theranos(es) of Climate Tech? How long will it take? What will trigger? How do we prepare as an industry?
as a queer identifying person, i find the way the GOP&co is tuning the propaganda machine on the anti-gay / anti-trans rhetoric extremely alarming - who needs a dog whistle when you have a finely tuned algorithmic engine to mainline fear mongering content direct to your base
Delighted to announce that I am starting a new chapter at
@seed2growth
working on our Special Opportunities strategy! After an incredible ~7 year run
@GenerateCapital
(and a refreshing sabbatical), I’m excited for this new adventure and look forward to reconnecting with folks.
Heading into
@GenerateCapital
’s NYC office for the first time and I have never been more thrilled to be on the LIRR 😭 this New Yorker has waited a long time (~5 years) for this day 🤘
Super informative profile of
@GenerateCapital
in the WSJ today! Our unique approach to financing allows us to align the interests of project stakeholders for the long haul - our investment horizon is forever⚡️
“I want to hire more women and POCs, but it’s hard to find candidates! Do you have any recommendations for X position?”
I respond with recs, but I often want to say: what are you doing to keep your network of women/POC in our field fresh? Are you going out of your way to mentor?
15% thru
@johndoerr
's Speed & Scale. Must read for folks contemplating career pivots into ClimateTech: useful landscape mapping + practical anecdotes covering success/failures. If you're feeling overwhelmed on content & attempting to boil the ocean; this is a good place to start
sometimes i see someone doing genuinely important work, like a climate scientist, follow me, and i think "we're going to die if you dont figure this out and you're reading about pants??"
💧Hetch Hetchy turned 100 this year! the reservoir has an absolutely fascinating history. Motivated by a strong desire to secure better water supply after the 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed 80% of the city, San Francisco secured the right to develop the project in 1908..
over the last 2 years i feel a heightened fatigue from the multiple “inboxes” in my personal life: slack workspaces, whatsapp, iMessage, signal, discord, linked in DMs, twitter, messenger, IG DMs… a friend went to email/phone call only model which is inspiring /tempting / scary
🚨 on Meatless Monday the Starbucks Impossible Sausage Egg Breakfast sandwich is $2 off!!! what an unexpected thrill; try yours today.
not sponsored, just passionate about this sando. save me your anti Bucks sentiments, i have heard them all and i do not care
For now and the rest of my days, I am going to do whatever I can to enable / support / recruit / transition more women into principal investing roles... it is SO needed.
very grateful to hear from
@KatherineBlunt
on her new book California Burning last night. so much to wrestle with in considering the role of utilities moving forward as the grid everywhere becomes more distributed - looking forward to diving into the book this coming month 📖🐛
📢 happy birthday to the homie
@apoorv_bh89
-
#energytwitter
(and many many IRL peeps) are so grateful you’re here leading on climate solutions and educating others along the way ♥️🔋
✍️ 🌎I am building out my global decarbonization and energy transition site visit bucket list … what sites should be on it (hehe, and ofc who has the hook up 👀)?
Here’s me last summer on top of CopenHill in Denmark - the waste to energy plant with a ski slope
Worth a listen - *particularly* if you have started working in the sector over the past ~2 years.
@ramez
and
@shaylekann
break down the lessons/debates/narratives related to financing deep tech that are alluded to by many (especially OGs), but often not clearly outlined.
In 2021 and moving forward imma try to stop addressing mixed gendered groups as “guys” — it’s going to be TOUGH bc i find it to be such reflexive phrasing, but I have faith. Going to be a lot of folks-ing and y’all-ing
I am once again encouraging you to get the Impossible Breakfast sandwich fr Starbucks should you need a quick, 🌎 friendly morning bite on the go … it is honestly better than a conventional breakfast sausage sandwich
1/Nearly everything we take for granted in the modern world is the result of government funded research and public-private partnerships.
@apoorv_bh89
recently laid down this challenge. Challenge accepted.
How the McRib came from gov research, a THREAD:
looking to put together a
@womenclimateIF
ladies in climate happy hour event for
@SFClimateWeek
— any folks whose companies or orgs would be interested in co-hosting?
Pulling together another gathering of Women in Climate Investing & Finance for Thursday evening, October 28th in SF - please reach out if you or someone you know (friend? Mentee? Colleague? LP? Client?) might be interested in attending. We had a great time in July! 🌎✨
@fortelabs
So, I actually think a decent use case is for people to use it to show availability if you don’t have access to their calendar... rather than do a bunch of rounds of “does this time block work for youUuUuU”
Between slack, WhatsApp, personal email, ype emails, Twitter DMs, LinkedIn DMs, IG DMs, iMessage, and Facebook messenger - i am increasingly like 🙃🙃🙃 “apologies for the delayed response, I have no idea what’s happening in my life.”
Just learned that my grandma has TSA pre ✅ and whenever she travels w my mom, she ditches her for the pre check line…. Thoughts? I may be holding my grandma to an unfair standard since she’s usually absurdly considerate. I cannot help but find this hilarious.
⚡️the investment team
@GenerateCapital
is hiring for analysts - please share with any friends, students, mentees, etc. Position is ideal for folks w 1-2 years experience in IB or consulting who are keenly interested in scaling climate change solutions 🌎
Sometimes when I read DAO fast, I think it says DAC and I have this momentary, but v deep confusion as to why all the tech/crypto peeps are suddenly so excited about carbon capture 😭
Friends: Women in Climate Investing & Finance drinks are a go for this Thursday in SF 🌎✨🍸please reach out if you or a friend or a colleague or a mentee or a mentor or an investor etc should be included. I’ll be sending a RSVP email tmo for a headcount and logistics 💃
view from the top of Amager Bakke / Copenhill - a ski slope/rec center a top of a 190 MW waste to energy facility in Copenhagen. the plant treats ~400K tons of waste per year and provided power and district heating to more than 140K households. it cost $670M to build.