Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
🔥 What if the clean energy revolution starts not with solar panels — but with steam?
Half of all industrial heat still comes from burning fossil fuels. My guest this week, Addison Stark, CEO and co-founder of AtmosZero, is changing that — by reinventing the 160-year-old steam boiler. His team is replacing fire with electrified heat pumps to create clean, efficient, zero-emission steam — tackling one of the biggest, most overlooked sources of industrial emissions.
In this conversation, we unpack the real frontier of decarbonisation: industrial heat. Addison explains why steam touches nearly everything we make — from beer to cosmetics to medicines — and why replacing combustion boilers with electric heat pumps could cut energy use in half. We also explore how standardisation (not custom projects) can accelerate industrial electrification worldwide, and why ignoring waste heat might actually be the key to scaling fast.
You’ll hear:
💡 How a 19th-century invention still drives half of global manufacturing emissions.
⚙️ Why AtmosZero’s modular “drop-in” boiler is a game-changer for factories, brewers, and chemical plants.
🌍 The surprising role policy, carbon pricing, and energy security play in pushing Europe ahead of the US.
🍺 How clean steam is already brewing carbon-free beer in Colorado — proving the future of heat can be both sustainable and delicious.
If you’ve ever wondered what “hard-to-abate” really means — or how we can decarbonise the invisible systems that run our economy — this episode will change how you see industrial energy forever.
What’s your take? Let me know below 👇
🎧 Listen to the full episode and more at: climateconfidentpodcast.com
📩 Subscribe for new conversations every Wednesday at 7am CET.
📍 Timestamps below!
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🎙️ Guest: Addison Stark, CEO & Co-Founder, AtmosZero
📌 Host: Tom Raftery, Technology & Sustainability Evangelist
2️⃣ 💡 Chapters / Timestamps
00:00 – Reinventing the steam boiler
02:15 – How steam still powers half of industry
05:40 – From farm boy to climate engineer
08:20 – Why waste heat recovery isn’t scaling decarbonisation
11:05 – Inside AtmosZero’s electrified heat-pump boiler
14:45 – Can it really replace combustion everywhere?
18:00 – How “drop-in” tech accelerates industrial adoption
21:30 – The Colorado brewery brewing beer with clean steam
25:00 – Policy lessons from Europe and Canada
30:00 – Industrial heat’s learning curve: the next solar?
37:10 – The future of clean industry and global scale
🔥 What if the clean energy revolution starts not with solar panels — but with steam?
Half of all industrial heat still comes from burning fossil fuels. My guest this week, Addison Stark, CEO and co-founder of AtmosZero, is changing that — by reinventing the 160-year-old steam boiler. His team is replacing fire with electrified heat pumps to create clean, efficient, zero-emission steam — tackling one of the biggest, most overlooked sources of industrial emissions.
In this conversation, we unpack the real frontier of decarbonisation: industrial heat. Addison explains why steam touches nearly everything we make — from beer to cosmetics to medicines — and why replacing combustion boilers with electric heat pumps could cut energy use in half. We also explore how standardisation (not custom projects) can accelerate industrial electrification worldwide, and why ignoring waste heat might actually be the key to scaling fast.
You’ll hear:
💡 How a 19th-century invention still drives half of global manufacturing emissions.
⚙️ Why AtmosZero’s modular “drop-in” boiler is a game-changer for factories, brewers, and chemical plants.
🌍 The surprising role policy, carbon pricing, and energy security play in pushing Europe ahead of the US.
🍺 How clean steam is already brewing carbon-free beer in Colorado — proving the future of heat can be both sustainable and delicious.
If you’ve ever wondered what “hard-to-abate” really means — or how we can decarbonise the invisible systems that run our economy — this episode will change how you see industrial energy forever.
What’s your take? Let me know below 👇
🎧 Listen to the full episode and more at: climateconfidentpodcast.com
📩 Subscribe for new conversations every Wednesday at 7am CET.
📍 Timestamps below!
—
🎙️ Guest: Addison Stark, CEO & Co-Founder, AtmosZero
📌 Host: Tom Raftery, Technology & Sustainability Evangelist
2️⃣ 💡 Chapters / Timestamps
00:00 – Reinventing the steam boiler
02:15 – How steam still powers half of industry
05:40 – From farm boy to climate engineer
08:20 – Why waste heat recovery isn’t scaling decarbonisation
11:05 – Inside AtmosZero’s electrified heat-pump boiler
14:45 – Can it really replace combustion everywhere?
18:00 – How “drop-in” tech accelerates industrial adoption
21:30 – The Colorado brewery brewing beer with clean steam
25:00 – Policy lessons from Europe and Canada
30:00 – Industrial heat’s learning curve: the next solar?
37:10 – The future of clean industry and global scale
