Hatch: Renewable Solutions for First Nations Communities

Holly Brown and Nathan Killeen from Hatch join the show to discuss how the company is tackling some of the most difficult energy issues. Their team works to bring renewable energy to remote areas, often working with First Nation's communities to create an energy system that works for them. Engineers with a global focus, the Hatch team helps to create renewable energy projects that benefit communities of all sizes. Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Pardalote Consulting - https://www.pardaloteconsulting.comWeather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.comIntelstor - https://www.intelstor.com Allen Hall: Welcome to the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast. I'm your host, Allen Hall, along with my co host, Joel Saxum. Today, we're diving into the renewable energy initiatives of Hatch, a global engineering powerhouse that's been shaping industries for nearly seven decades. While Hatch is known for its wide ranging expertise in metals, minerals, And infrastructure will be shining a spotlight on their cutting edge work in the renewable energy sector, from solar farms to wind turbines and battery storage, Hatch is at the forefront of the clean energy revolution. We'll explore how this employee owned company is leveraging its vast engineering experience to tackle the complex challenges of transitioning to sustainable, sustainable, And in this episode, we'll discuss Hatch's projects with First Nation communities in Canada and how they're helping communities around the world access cleaner, more reliable energy. Our guests are Nathan Colleen, Wind Power Lead at Hatch and Holly Brown, Senior Environmental Consultant at Hatch. Nathan and Holly, welcome to the show. Holly Brown: Thank you, Allen. Nathan Killeen: Very nice to be here. Allen Hall: First off, I think we should introduce people that are not familiar to hatch to all the thing that Hatch does. And if you haven't been on the website, you should go check it out. It's hatch.com. But Holly, you want to give some description of all the things that Hatch. Does do. Holly Brown: At Hatch we refer to ourselves as entrepreneurs with a technical soul. So what that means is we're really a group of people who are passionately committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. So I think a unique differentiator for Hatch is that we embrace our client's vision as our own, and we partner with clients to develop ideas that are smarter, more efficient, and innovative. We have a global professional network of over 10, 000 people. We're in about 150 different countries all over the globe, and we have three primary sectors that we work in, and that's metals and mining, energy and infrastructure. We're unique in the sense that we're employee owned and independent, which means we're free to bring our best thinking to our clients business needs, and our exceptional diverse teams combine not only the vast engineering and business knowledge, but we work in close partnerships with our clients to develop. market strategies, manage and optimize production for their businesses, and really develop new game changing technologies for design and deliver of complex capital projects. I think in summary, we tackle the tough, right? So we provide holistic solutions in this space. Another key portion of that we'll talk about later on is the community engagement and social performance. Directly working with the First Nations and indigenous communities that's their land and we want to make sure that we deliver the project, not only to our clients needs,