Listen "41. Fred Rostami (GreenLIB) on battery materials recovery"
Episode Synopsis
Fred Rostami of GreenLIB talks about recovering and recycling materials from lithium batteries.
OUTLINE
(00:00) Introduction
(00:33) Fred’s career path
(01:21) GreenLIB’s elevator pitch
(01:55) Common and state-of-the-art battery materials recovery tech
(03:42) Technical and economic challenges associated with materials recovery
(04:43) Recovery vs. recycling
(05:16) Recovery/Recycling vs. extraction of new materials
(07:06) Innovations in improving efficacy and efficiency of materials recovery
(08:14) Factors that make innovation slow
(08:58) GreenLIB’s technology
(12:52) Regulatory environment
(14:29) Commercialization
(17:26) GreenLIB’s team
(20:52) Entrepreneurial journey
(22:03) Challenges, uncertainties, risks
(23:58) Mistakes
(26:01) Fun aspects of being an entrepreneur
OUTLINE
(00:00) Introduction
(00:33) Fred’s career path
(01:21) GreenLIB’s elevator pitch
(01:55) Common and state-of-the-art battery materials recovery tech
(03:42) Technical and economic challenges associated with materials recovery
(04:43) Recovery vs. recycling
(05:16) Recovery/Recycling vs. extraction of new materials
(07:06) Innovations in improving efficacy and efficiency of materials recovery
(08:14) Factors that make innovation slow
(08:58) GreenLIB’s technology
(12:52) Regulatory environment
(14:29) Commercialization
(17:26) GreenLIB’s team
(20:52) Entrepreneurial journey
(22:03) Challenges, uncertainties, risks
(23:58) Mistakes
(26:01) Fun aspects of being an entrepreneur
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