Clea Kolster
Partner and Head of Science at Lowercarbon Capital
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner and Head of Science
2021 - Current
Director of Science
2020
Lowercarbon Capital funds research and invests in technologies that reduce CO2 in the atmosphere.
Climate Tech Founding Fellow
2021 - 2021
On Deck is a community platform designed to develop different ideas and build companies.
Raised $20,000,000.00 from Pioneer Fund.
Fellow
2020 - 2020
Clean Energy Leadership Institute is a non-profit dedicated to preparing young professionals for careers in clean energy.
Consultant
2018 - 2020
Managed and led technical analysis for multiple cross-functional projects at a time in resource planning, climate policy design, asset valuation and economy-wide decarbonization pathways for state agencies, utilities, asset owners and NGOs.
Data Analyst
2018 - 2018
Developed economic, environmental and health impact assessments for PayGo Energy's clean cooking solution; conducted customer behaviour analysis using data analytics.
Ph.D. Researcher
2014 - 2018
Developed novel techno-economic and process models, frameworks, tools and solutions for evaluating and reducing the cost and uncertainty of carbon capture and storage (CCS), a key technology for climate change mitigation, directed at private sector investors and policymakers.
Summer Associate
2017 - 2017
Led capacity expansion modeling for a Fortune 200 company to evaluate the potential of a $240M Utah-based compressed air energy storage project; updated Hawaii's resource planning modelling which ultimately led to more stringent clean energy targets.
Private Equity Summer Analyst
2017 - 2017
Conducted an in-depth market analysis of existing venture capital investments in Africa, identified a gap in the market which led to the opening of a $168M Pan African venture fund: the “Cathay Africinvest Innovation” Fund.
Researcher
2016 - 2017
Developed an open-source iterative investment model (MIICE) that assesses the economic role of using carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery in enabling large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) deployment. Was part of the Brandt group on Environmental Assessment and Optimization in Stanford's Energy Resources Engineering Department.
Research Analyst
2013 - 2013
Developed a system used to quantify Ozone Depleting Substances in a hazardous waste stream going into a large national High-Incineration plant in order to meet international compliance on CFCs. Set out the plant’s necessary qualitative and quantitative investments, amounting to over £50,000.