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Watt It Takes
with Emily McAteer

According to the World Economic Forum, emerging markets are the key to reaching a carbon-neutral future as most GHG emission growth will come from developing economies. And yet, these markets only capture one fifth of clean energy investments. Emily McAteer is the Co-Founder and CEO of Odyssey Energy Solutions. Their platform connects financiers, equipment providers, and project developers to accelerate the flow of capital to distributed renewable energy projects in emerging markets. 

 
 
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Emily McAteer

Co-Founder & CEO
Odyssey Energy Solutions
 
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Emily McAteer is the Co-Founder and CEO of Odyssey Energy Solutions, a finance and technology platform to scale investment in distributed renewable energy in emerging markets.

Prior to Odyssey, Emily was Chief Revenue Officer of Frontier Power, a subsidiary of SunEdison. Emily started her career in distributed energy as a Fulbright Scholar focused on off-grid solar systems in India, and has worked in energy management at EnerNOC and Yahoo. Emily holds a BA from Brown University, an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
 
 
“Almost all greenhouse gas emissions growth is going to happen in emerging markets. It's absolutely essential that we play a role in helping emerging markets continue to pursue economic development, but do so in a low carbon way.”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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