Climate Transformed Ventures (CTV) is a methane infrastructure and origination platform company that leverages government funding and private capital to cap orphaned oil wells across the United States and Canada.
An orphaned oil well has no solvent owner of record, leaving the responsibility of capping in the hands of state and federal governments.
The EPA estimates that there are up to 3.7 million orphaned wells in North America, with the estimated cost to cap them ranging from $200bn- $300bn.
There is only $4.7bn allocated by the US Federal Government under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
This is the first phase of a multi-decade solution that will require the extensive deployment of private capital
Stephan Feilhauer, MD and co-head of the recently launched clean energy fund, joins Paul to discuss the firm’s impact and the path forward as they deploy capital across late-stage venture, growth equity, and project finance.
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Stephen Feilhauer is a Managing Director at S2G Ventures, where he leads the direct investment strategy in clean energy. He grew up in Berlin, and completed his Master’s degree in the U.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After graduate school, he worked with a team investing in renewables and has spent two years in Singapore, where he learned about the Asian market as well. Following his return to New York, Feilhauer started an initiative around investing in energy tech companies. They supported companies around electric vehicle charging, using drones for inspection, clean water companies, and various other projects.