Tech Zero
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Season Finale
23 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In an exclusive interview, Shell chairman Sir Andrew Mackenzie says the world’s carbon challenge is harder than he realised while running BHP, and i...
Clean energy from the Earth's core
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode of Tech Zero, we’ll explain why big oil is laying bets on a new type of geothermal energy. This podcast is sponsored by Rio...
From kitchens to factories: How microwaves are redefining manufacturing
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Microwave ovens are great at heating up last night’s leftovers, but can they become the low carbon source of industrial heat for big industries like...
Blocking out the Sun
12 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It might sound like science fiction, but a mix of scientists and venture capitalists are working on plans to block the sun to slow global warming. Thi...
Turbocharging trees
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Come foraging on the forest floor as we go looking for the secret ingredient that will make trees grow faster and stronger and more able to suck down ...
The incredible plan to refreeze the Arctic
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Melting of Arctic sea ice shapes as a critical tipping point in the battle against climate change. That’s why a new start-up is fighting back by mak...
Sustainable skyscrapers: How Atlassian's HQ is changing the game
31 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new breed of builders are tackling the carbon footprint of high-rise buildings from every angle. Guests include: Joe Karten (Built), Victor Rosenber...
Formula 1 and the future of fuel
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pat Symonds wrote the rules that will compel Formula 1 cars to run on carbon-neutral fuel from 2026. Big oil companies are now racing to find solution...
Green hydrogen hero steps out of the shadows
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An Australian scientist reckons he can break green hydrogen's addiction to renewable energy and the world's biggest hydrogen bull has got onboard.See ...
The coal empire strikes back
06 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meet the scientists working to secure a place for coal in a net zero world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Electric aviation takes flight
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Electric motors and biofuels are competing for primacy as the aviation sector tries to decarbonise. We talk to those on the front line of both camps....
The plan to fix craft beer's dirty little secret
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brick Lane's head brewer Jon Seltin reckons climate change is already changing the taste of beer, and amid a craft brewing boom he’s determined not ...
How BHP and the shipping industry rediscovered the power of wind
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Centuries after colonial powers sailed the seven seas on nothing but wind, big corporates like BHP are pushing a wind renaissance through the shipping...
Sundrive: Is copper rooftop solar's secret weapon?
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Vince Allen decided to quit his PhD into a disruptive type of solar cell, it might have been the best business decision he ever made. Now his sol...
Why Elon Musk is funding this Australian carbon capture project
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meet the team at University of Sydney’s chemistry school, whose revolutionary powder sucks carbon straight out of the air. For more on the episode, ...
How to make the sun shine after dark
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Multinational energy companies are pumping money into Raygen, John Lasich’s company, which uses thousands of mirrors, satellite grade solar panels a...
Coming soon: Tech Zero season 2
18 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From Monday September 26, the Tech Zero podcast is back with eight new episodes profiling the big green ideas that could get us to net zero, and the p...
The 'mad scientist' who could turn Australia's iron ore 'green'
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meet the 73-year-old Australian scientist who's developed a special kiln that he reckons will solve Australia's iron ore emissions problems and delive...
Mercedes-Benz' battery recycling star
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A tsunami of lithium ion batteries will need to be recycled in the decades ahead to ensure the world has enough critical minerals for the energy trans...
Porridge power: turning 'breakfast' into electricity
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The world's first power station that runs on waste oat husks will get you thinking about the untapped potential in your household food scraps. Backgro...
Sinking big: BHP's carbon blessing
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Background reading: When Samantha Langley realised that the tailings dam at BHP’s Nickel West mine could be a carbon sink, she could not have imagi...
Cheap solar's moment in the sun
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meet the Dutch entrepreneur behind the cut price solar revolution that's caught the attention of an Australian mining titan. Background reading The m...
The science of the lambs
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joanne Howarth wants to fleece the polystyrene packaging industry. The Sydney entrepreneur is on a mission to replace those annoyingly-everywhere bea...
Coming soon - Tech Zero
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How will we get to net zero? Australian Financial Review's reporter Peter Ker meets the entrepreneurs leading the charge into the new industrial revol...