Here Come Residential Heat Pumps

In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with
Michael Sachse who is the CEO of Dandelion Energy. Dandelion
Energy’s mission is to enable the widespread adoption of
geothermal. 


“If you think about what we need to decarbonize, heating’s really
a challenge because so much about heating comes from burning
natural gas; a lot of homes burn fuel oil, and so really, we got
focused on that problem,” said Sachse.


The company offers homeowners affordable geothermal heating &
cooling systems as an alternative to gas, oil, propane, or
electric heating.


“There’s a strong and growing emotional sense that people want to
be sustainable, and they want to make investments that are going
to speak to their values.”


Sachse also talks about the cost of installing geothermal heat
pumps and how long it takes for a unit to pay for itself.


Michael Sachse is an experienced executive who has previously
scaled start-ups through periods of rapid growth. Sachse was
previously CEO of Stardog, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at NEA,
and Chief Marketing Officer at Opower, where he helped to guide
the company through its IPO and acquisition by Oracle. Sachse is
a graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School.


Snippet: “Geothermal is a terrific fit for any part of the
country that has hot summers and cold winters.”