Supercool spotlights climate solutions now scaling. Each week, climate entrepreneur Josh Dorfman talks with founders, executives, and policymakers turning low-carbon innovation into business advantage. Think solving climate change means sacrifice? Hear how today’s best solutions grow profits, transform markets, and enhance everyday life.
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CleanTech Talk — Tesla, Solar, Battery, Climate, AI, EV, & Other Tech News & Analysis
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CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan interviews cleantech leaders, top researchers, and investment experts in the fields of electric vehicles (EV), batteries and mining, solar energy, climate change, artificial intelligence (AI), and more.
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Investor Shayle Kann is asking big questions about how to decarbonize the planet: How cheap can clean energy get? Will artificial intelligence speed up climate solutions? Where is the smart money going into climate technologies? Every week on Catalyst, Shayle explains the world of climate tech with prominent experts, investors, researchers, and executives. Produced by Latitude Media.
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Welcome to Accelerating Energy, a new podcast powered by Sidley Austin LLP. Join us as we drill down on critical, and late-breaking, energy transition topics from all corners of industry. Each episode will introduce you to guests with unique perspectives as we investigate the business, legal, and policy concerns of this fast-evolving landscape. Accelerating Energy is hosted by Ken Irvin and Cliff Vrielink, partners in Sidley’s global Energy practice.
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A podcast about all things energy, brought to you by the Australian Energy Market Operator.
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CleanTech Talk — EVs, Solar, Batteries, AI, Tesla
CleanTech Talk — EVs, Solar, Batteries, AI, Tesla
CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan interviews cleantech leaders, top researchers, and investment experts in the fields of electric vehicles (EV), batteries and mining, solar energy, climate change, artificial intelligence (AI), and more.
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Journalist Markham Hislop interviews leading energy experts from around the world about the energy transition and climate change.
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Redefining Energy - Tech, a channel of the award-winning Redefining Energy podcast, features deep and broad conversations between global decarbonization leaders and technologists and host Michael Barnard. His informed perspectives on energy, industry and transportation enable him to have intense conversations with brilliant and knowledgeable people. You’ll be informed, stimulated and amused.
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Dive into the dynamic world of the energy industry with The Energy Essentials Podcast. Each episode explores a unique aspect of the sector, featuring in-depth discussions led by seasoned market experts. Brought to you by Cornwall Insight, a pre-eminent provider of research, analysis, consulting, and training for businesses and stakeholders engaged in the energy markets of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Zero Ambitions is a consultancy and weekly podcast about sustainability and the built environment. We find interesting and experienced guests who know what they're talking about, usually to discuss how we navigate the complexity of decarbonisation and sustainability in the built environment and its many related sectors. The success of the podcast has seen it grow into a consultancy, Zero Ambitions Partners. The consultancy works with blue chip clients, public sector institutions, and niche-m ...
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Nico Johnson takes you into conversations with those at the forefront of Renewable Energy. SunCast gives an inside look into what is happening in renewable energy. From conversations with the biggest Solar Panel manufacturers in the world to the small startups creating the future of renewable energy, such as carbon capture and battery technology breakthroughs. SunCast is dedicated to providing the knowledge, research, tools and expert guidance you need to understand, grow and be ahead of the ...
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Transforming communities is hard work. That may go without saying, but when your job is about helping your neighborhood, city or region thrive, talking about being underpaid, burnt out and frustrated with the slow pace of change is kind of frowned upon. As ecosystem builders, we amplify the work of local makers, doers and innovators by championing their efforts and rallying support around them. And maybe most importantly, we build a culture of trust and collaboration among all stakeholders, ...
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We already have many of the climate solutions we need. But scaling them is hard. The Green Blueprint is a show about the people who are architecting the clean economy. Every other week, host Lara Pierpoint profiles the founders, investors, and organizational leaders who are solving complex challenges in the quest to build climate technologies fast.
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Power Talk is a series of conversations about the changing electric grid. We discuss ways to leverage new technologies to increase your reliability and lower your bills, and how you can safeguard yourself. Greg is an energy expert with over 30 years of experience in utility power. Nate is not an energy expert! Together they discuss a multitude of topics and frequently interview subject matter experts.
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The energy revolution is coming, and it's all hands on deck. Amplifying the expertise of the leaders in the new energy economy and inviting diverse voices to the table, we'll talk solar power, battery storage and battery alternatives, microgrids, renewable energy, distributed energy architectures, energy policy, energy equity, and all things energy. I'm your host, Amy Simpkins, renewable energy CEO (and Rocket Scientist) and I am passionate about creating sustainable change. I believe that a ...
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Clean, independent, renewable energy. Everyone wants it. But most of us have no idea of what’s really involved in doing it properly. What’s the big energy picture? What are the latest developments in the industry? What about battery storage? Changing utility rates? New equipment? How can I keep up? And who can I trust to tell me the truth? Solar & Storage Today is that trusted voice. Solar & Storage Today is a podcast dedicated to thoroughly educating listeners, and providing them with all t ...
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The smarter E Podcast – für und mit den Machern der neuen Energiewelt. In unserem Podcast dreht sich alles um die aktuellen Trends und Entwicklungen einer erneuerbaren, dezentralen und digitalen Energiewirtschaft. Unsere Moderatoren Tobias Bücklein (DE) und Zackes Brustik (EN) begrüßen und interviewen Persönlichkeiten, die unsere Branche prägen und Entwicklungen vorantreiben. Jede Woche Donnerstag mit einer neuen Folge! || The smarter E Podcast - for and with the creators of the new energy w ...
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John Hickenlooper’s optimism in the face of opposition
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34:22Three years ago this month, the Inflation Reduction Act passed, marking the largest investment in climate policy in U.S. history. It included over $300 billion to address global warming and was expected to unlock nearly $3 trillion in private investment by 2032. But then came Donald Trump. Over the last eight months, the Trump administration has wo…
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848: Can America Lead Solar Cell Manufacturing? Arndt Lutz, EliTe Solar
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14:06Is the U.S. solar manufacturing boom standing on a hollow foundation? In this live episode from PV ModuleTech USA, Nico sits down with solar industry veteran Arndt E. Lutz, a global exec who’s seen it all—from Germany’s early solar rise to hydrogen innovation and now leading EliTe Solar’s manufacturing efforts. Despite America’s massive build-out o…
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Building the 2026 ISP: Developing a very different Integrated System Plan in 2026
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24:30In July we hit the half-way mark in the development of the 2026 Integrated System Plan (ISP) with the publication of a number of key reports, including the Inputs, Assumptions and Scenarios Report (IASR) and the new Gas Infrastructure Options Report (GIOR). The ISP is the strategic roadmap for Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) and it ou…
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Circularity, supply chains, and bringing a bio-based material to market, with Daniel Dinizo and Charmaine Cu-Unjieng (NaturLoop)
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1:12:34This episode is all about case study in circularity and a group of people turning waste into useful materials for the built environment. Daniel Dinizo and Charmaine Cu-Unjieng of NaturLoop are bringing a new bio-based product to market that transforms waste coconut husk into a material that's something between MDF and a particle board. For us, this…
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Aquaria — Reimagining Water Access Through Air Water
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27:45Aquaria is a company reimagining water access through distributed atmospheric water generation systems. In this episode, CleanTechnica's Scott Cooney talks with founder Brian Sheng about the company's technology and Brian's history. To date, Aquaria has raised over $112 million from leading investors including Soma Capital, Bow Capital, SoftBank, a…
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Aquaria — Reimagining Water Access Through Air Water
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27:45Aquaria is a company reimagining water access through distributed atmospheric water generation systems. In this episode, CleanTechnica's Scott Cooney talks with founder Brian Sheng about the company's technology and Brian's history. To date, Aquaria has raised over $112 million from leading investors including Soma Capital, Bow Capital, SoftBank, a…
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847: The Startup Disrupting HVAC Like Tesla Disrupted Cars | Stephen Lake of Jetson
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1:06:21Heat pumps are the EVs of HVAC—so why aren’t we all using them? Stephen Lake, a highly successful engineer turned climate-tech entrepreneur, is here to explain why heating and cooling is the most overlooked piece of the decarbonization puzzle. After selling his last company to Google, Stephen founded Jetson to tackle one of the biggest—and slowest-…
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The Green Blueprint: Terrawatt Infrastructure’s billion-dollar strategy
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35:45Editor's note: With the Trump administration's efforts to roll back California's electric trucking rules, there's new attention on heavy duty transport right now. So we're bringing you a deep dive into the industry, an episode of The Green Blueprint on Terawatt Infrastructure's $1 billion strategy to build charging depots. In 2021, Neha Palmer co-f…
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#TSEP 231 Elektrochemische Wasserstoffseparation (EHS) für eine wirtschaftliche Wasserstoffgewinnung
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24:02Wasserstoff bietet ein enormes Potenzial für die Energiewende und die Industrie. Von der Mobilität über die Energieversorgung bis hin zur industriellen Nutzung wird Wasserstoff als Lösung für eine klimafreundliche Zukunft diskutiert. Er kann Energie speichern und transportieren, kommt jedoch kaum in reiner Form in der Natur vor. Um ihn nutzbar zu m…
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Interface is Going Carbon-Negative (No Offsets Necessary)
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43:45Interface is a public company proving that carbon-negative is possible at scale. The billion-dollar flooring brand has more than 400 carbon-negative products on the market today and a plan to take its entire business carbon-negative by 2040. Liz Minne, Head of Global Sustainability Strategy, shares how Interface is operationalizing that ambition th…
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846: Balancing State Energy Goals with Federal Uncertainty | Doug Scott, Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) Chair
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22:38A new wave of power demand is here. Is the grid ready? And can States keep up? Doug Scott, now in his second term as Chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission, joins Nico to share how Illinois is navigating the accelerating pace of the energy transition. From integrating energy storage to regulating gigawatt-scale data centers, the ICC isn’t mov…
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E 7.11 - Season Finale: Hard-Won Lessons from America's Boldest Innovation Experiment
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45:56This season, we traveled around the country to take a look under the hood of nine US National Science Foundation-funded Regional Innovation Engines. We learned about pressing issues facing our country, our economy, and the world in sectors as varied as water, energy, semiconductors, textiles, agriculture, biomedical, and climate resiliency. We unco…
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Speed to Power or Policy Paralysis? The OBBBA and America’s Clean Energy Future
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38:55The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is now law, marking a major shift in U.S. energy policy and the beginning of a broader effort to rewire America’s energy future. With its passage, the OBBBA rolls back many key clean energy tax incentives and reestablishes a focus on fossil fuel development. This seismic shift comes just as the stakes for U.S.…
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845: How to Build Influence in a $1 Trillion Industry
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46:03So what’s the secret to building influence in a Trillion-dollar industry? Perhaps it’s “start when it’s only a Billion-dollar industry!” But in today’s episode a few more “secrets” are discussed. In this rare role-reversal, Nico Johnson—the voice behind SunCast—is interviewed by solar industry legend (and fellow podcaster), Barry Cinnamon. It’s a f…
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Our first episode covering sodium-ion batteries featured a cautious take on the chemistry: Back in February Adrian Yao, founder of Stanford’s STEER program, explained the challenges of reaching competitive energy density and costs, especially given the falling price of LFP. Still, sodium-ion chemistries are picking up steam, thanks largely to growi…
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#TSEP 230 How We Power Through: Key Takeaways from The smarter E Europe 2025025
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25:46The final episode of Powering Through, The smarter E podcast’s special feature series, takes a look forward, by looking back. It revisits the most compelling insights and recurring themes from the wide-ranging conversations that shaped the series. The key highlights include: - How solar power is meeting surging electricity demand, and, when coupled…
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11th Year of This Tesla/EV Raffle, and the Nonprofit Behind It
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37:46It’s one of the coolest raffles on the internet: Win the Tesla or EV of your choice or $50K cash, all while supporting people in need. Learn how ChesedChicago made it happen — and how you can get your chance to win before they run out of tickets. Here's the link to join the raffle, and be sure to use coupon code CLEAN for $25 off 2 tickets or $500 …
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11th Year of This Tesla/EV Raffle, and the Nonprofit Behind It
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37:46It’s one of the coolest raffles on the internet: Win the Tesla or EV of your choice or $50K cash, all while supporting people in need. Learn how ChesedChicago made it happen — and how you can get your chance to win before they run out of tickets. Here's the link to join the raffle, and be sure to use coupon code CLEAN for $25 off 2 tickets or $500 …
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The rogue idea that saved a hydrogen startup
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38:07In 2022, Zach Jones learned that his technical team at Graphitic Energy was secretly working nights and weekends on an unsanctioned approach to producing clean hydrogen from natural gas. It was an approach that abandoned the technology Zach and the company had spent years developing. And Zach wasn’t happy. With investors to answer to and a pilot pl…
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56. Planning the future of an energy system: case study Netherlands (2/2)
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43:27In this second part of the podcast, Michael Barnard pursues his conversation Paul Martin and Emiel van Druten with explores emerging insights into the Netherlands' energy transition, addressing core assumptions around efficiency, hydrogen usage, and electrification. Building efficiency upgrades yield disappointing returns, with gas consumption ofte…
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At Amazon, speed isn’t a carbon cost—it’s a carbon advantage. The company now runs 30,000 electric delivery vehicles, delivered 1.5 billion packages on battery power last year, and has built over 600 renewable energy projects in more than 20 countries—20 gigawatts of clean energy capacity, making it the world’s largest corporate purchaser of renewa…
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Greening homes and creating growth—the UK finance sector is seriously interested in green building, with Ian Bhullar and Ronnell Reffell (UK Finance)
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1:15:15In this episode we are exploring the relationship between financial institutions and the built environment in relation to sustainability, building performance and mitigating climate change with Ian Bhullar and Ronnell Reffell from UK Finance, the UK financial sector's membership organisation. The episode itself was prompted by a report that UK Fina…
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844: When Solar Systems Break: Who Really Pays? | Dean Chiaravallotti of Solar Insure
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19:31Most warranties aren’t worth the paper they’re written on. In a solar market defined by price pressure and disappearing installers, consumers are more skeptical than ever—and they’re asking smarter questions. Who’s responsible when something breaks? Will anyone answer the phone in 10 years? 5 years? In this live session, Nico Johnson sits down with…
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Inside Q2 2025’s QED: Renewables soar, batteries charge up and emissions fall
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18:08AEMO’s latest Quarterly Energy Dynamics (QED) report shows renewable energy reached new highs in Q2 2025 across both the National Electricity Market (NEM) and Western Australia’s Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM). In this episode of AEMO On Air, AEMO’s Manager of Market Insights, Kerry Galloway, unpacks the data behind a 38% renewable share in the…
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843: The Real Reason Residential Solar Is Still Too Expensive (in the US) | OpenSolar’s Andrew McGuigan
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20:23Why is residential solar still so hard in the US? Andrew McGuigan will wager an answer. After 13 years in the solar trenches—from knocking doors at Sungevity to leading OpenSolar’s global expansion—Andrew has seen every twist of the solar coaster. Now at OpenSolar, he’s got a front row seat to helping 25,000+ installers worldwide streamline their b…
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842: Out-Innovating China in Critical Minerals: ReElement’s Bold U.S. Strategy
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1:29:55Are Coal and clean energy still at odds?? It might sound like a contradiction, but today’s guest is proving that innovation often comes from the most unexpected places - in this case, Coal Mines. Listen in as Nico sits down with Mark LaVerghetta, co-founder of ReElement Technologies, a company turning the coal industry on its head by extracting cri…
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Editor’s note: The uncertainties of data center construction — like when, where, and how much to build — are as pressing as ever. So we’re revisiting a conversation with Brian Janous, co-founder and chief commercial officer at data center developer Cloverleaf Infrastructure. In this episode, he explains his theory of the ‘Watt-Bit Spread’, which of…
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#TSEP 229 Weil er gut ankommt – Unterwegs mit dem Elektrotruck
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26:48Batteriebetriebene Schwerlaster sind in Deutschland immer noch eine Seltenheit. Doch der Berufskraftfahrer Tobias Wagner ist regelmäßig mit einem unterwegs und berichtet darüber auch in seinem YouTube-Kanal @elektrotucker. Auf der Power2Drive Europe hat er mit seinem Truck auf dem Messestand von EcoG gestanden. Wir unterhalten uns heute mit ihm übe…
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Freedom From Ordinary: Brompton Folding Bikes Take on America
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41:12For fifty years, Brompton has been the most iconic name in urban cycling. Engineered and made in London, beloved by city riders, and still unrivaled in how fast it folds and how good it feels to ride. But in the U.S., where biking is still mostly recreational and folding bikes barely register, the brand faces a different challenge: how to scale a j…
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86) Balancing Innovation & Stability in Market Infrastructure
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37:47In this episode of the Energy Essentials podcast, Cornwall Insight's Kate Mulvany (Principal Consultant) and Tom Edwards (Principal Modeller) are joined by Peter Stanley (Elexon CEO) to discuss the critical topic of energy flexibility and the government's ambitions for a clean power system by 2030. They explore the significant market reforms underw…
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841: From 3 Weeks to 3 Days: Accelerating Solar with Drones | Jason Steinberg, Scanifly
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21:10What if the tools you use to sell solar are setting you up to fail? That’s the uncomfortable truth Jason Steinberg, CEO of Scanifly, is tackling head-on. In this episode recorded live at NABCEP 2025, Jason and Nico dig into the disconnect between sales and operations in solar—where remote designs sell the dream, but outdated imagery and manual meas…
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E 7.10 - Regenerative Economic Development with Brian Sherman at the NSF Futures Engine in the Southwest
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49:52Today marks the final stop on our tour of the US National Science Foundation-funded Regional Innovation Engines. To round out our adventure, we’re headed to Tempe, Arizona to talk with Brian Sherman, CEO of the NSF Futures Engine in the Southwest. The NSF Futures Engine represents three states–Arizona, Nevada, and Utah–with a diverse range of lands…
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840: Rethinking Battery Storage: Domestic BMS, Cybersecurity & Geopolitics | Michael Worry of Nuvation Energy
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1:04:11In a market flooded with cheap imports and geopolitical risk, one company is standing its ground. Did you know there’s only one North American battery management system (BMS) provider at utility scale—despite growing pressure from subsidized Chinese competitors offering systems at zero cost? Michael Worry, CEO of Nuvation Energy, joins Nico to shar…
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The PJM capacity auction this month broke records with sky-high wholesale power prices — and that was by design. Under PJM’s auction rules, tight supply raises prices, incentivizing the development of new generation and encouraging existing generation to stay online. The big driver of that tight supply? Data-center driven load growth. The independe…
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#TSEP 228 The Fundamentals of Renewable Energy: How Research Drives Clean Technology
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36:53When we talk about clean energy, the focus can often be on what’s most obvious: solar panels, EVs, wind turbines, or batteries. However, what’s often overlooked is the incredible technology inside those systems – the innovations in PV modules, batteries, and balance-of-system components that make the energy transition possible. Behind these breakth…
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55. Planning the future of an energy system: case study Netherlands (1/2)
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39:53Michael Barnard hosts Paul Martin and Emiel van Druten in an insightful podcast episode exploring the Netherlands’ evolving energy transition scenarios, specifically focusing on strategic planning for 2030 and 2050. Emil van Druten, leading the scenario development at Tennet, collaborates closely with Dutch network operators, leveraging his enginee…
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839: BREAKING: Nextracker Just Bought This AI Robotics Company: OnSight Technology - (here’s why)
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34:52Nextracker just made yet another bold move… What if a robot could detect a solar failure before it happens—and build the repair plan to deploy the right resources to the precise location, in real time? That’s not science fiction. It’s what OnSight Technology is already doing on numerous utility-scale solar farms across the US. And Nextracker have o…
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Clean Energy Is As American As Football in the Fall—If You Tell It Right
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42:36To scale climate solutions, you have to know how to talk about them. The companies driving climate adoption don’t just offer better solutions—they tell better stories. Stories that reframe clean energy as the smarter, cheaper, everyday choice. Stories that win customers, sway skeptics, and shift markets. Keith Zakheim has spent two decades working …
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Octopus Energy’s Role in the Future of Sustainable Power
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38:37In this episode of CleanTech Talk, Nick Chaset, CEO of Octopus Energy US, dives into the future of clean energy and how AI technology is reshaping the industry. With operations in 18 countries and nearly 10 million customers, Octopus Energy is leading the charge in making renewable energy more accessible, affordable, and smarter. Chaset shares how …
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Octopus Energy’s Role in the Future of Sustainable Power
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38:37In this episode of CleanTech Talk, Nick Chaset, CEO of Octopus Energy US, dives into the future of clean energy and how AI technology is reshaping the industry. With operations in 18 countries and nearly 10 million customers, Octopus Energy is leading the charge in making renewable energy more accessible, affordable, and smarter. Chaset shares how …
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