966: When Solar Works But the Savings Don’t | Charlotte Meerstadt
When Charlotte Meerstadt put solar on her Amsterdam home, the numbers made sense. Then Charlotte moved to the U.S. and rented out the apartm...
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20 of 975 episodes965: 3 Lessons From Germany’s Plug-In Solar Boom | Stephan Scherer
Germany has turned plug-in solar from a fringe idea into a mainstream energy product found in millions of homes. And the biggest lessons for...
964: Why the Best Energy Technology Doesn't Always Win | Sass Peress
The best technology does not always win. Sass Peress has spent nearly four decades learning why. Since entering solar in 1988, he has built...
963: How Exact Solar Keeps Growing in a Shrinking Market | Aaron Nichols
While many solar companies are fighting to stay afloat, Exact Solar is flying. After growing 23% and then 50% in the previous two years, the...
962: What If We Paid Households to Power the Grid? | Ari Matusiak
America needs more power. Data centers are accelerating demand, utilities are planning billions of dollars in new infrastructure, and househ...
961: Latinoamérica 2026: Dónde Poner Tiempo, Capital y Capacidad de Ejecución (Español)
En Latinoamérica, la oportunidad no siempre está donde se anuncia más capacidad, sino donde existe una combinación real de demanda, capital...
960: Why Good Companies Still Struggle to Get Noticed | Melissa Baldwin
Good companies don't automatically get noticed. And doing good work isn't enough to ensure that customers, investors, journalists, communiti...
959: The Argument for Automation: Making Solar Construction More Predictable | Cody Houser, FTC Solar
Solar construction has always depended on experienced crews adapting to whatever the jobsite throws at them. But what happens when the indus...
958: Australia’s Second Act: Building the Solar Service Economy | Daniel Lazarus, Industrias
Australia has spent years ahead of many markets on the distributed solar adoption curve. Now it is giving the rest of us an early look at wh...
957: How Do You Plan a Grid You Can’t Predict? | Xcel, ComEd & Ameren
Utilities used to plan around relatively predictable demand. That assumption is disappearing. In this opening keynote from Intersolar & Ener...
956: How Do You Prepare a Family Business for Its Next 100 Years? | Jake Pepper
Pepper Construction has survived the Great Depression, World War II, multiple recessions, and a global pandemic. As the family business appr...
955: Why Some Companies Last and Others Don't | Marc Lopata
After building and selling multiple companies, Marc Lopata has learned that the decisions that shape a business are rarely the ones people c...
954: Can Clean Energy Build Mythic Power? | Tom Matzzie
We know how to build power. Every day, the clean energy industry builds more of it. But there's another kind of power that's far more diffic...
953: The Hardest Part of Solar Isn't What Most People Think | Jeff Spies
Few people have had a front-row seat to the evolution of the modern solar industry quite like Jeff Spies. Over four decades, Jeff has helped...
952: Plug-In Solar Is About to Change Everything | Stephan Scherer
Plug-in solar has the potential to change far more than how or where we install solar panels. I believe it could fundamentally change who ge...
951: Most Solar Problems Start Before the Install | Greg Smith
The most expensive mistakes on a solar project usually aren't made during the install. They're made long before anyone arrives on site. Greg...
950: Dell's Big Bet on AI and the Future of Energy | with David Holmes
David Holmes has spent decades at the intersection of energy and technology, giving him a front-row seat to one of the biggest shifts our in...
949: The Missing Step in Battery Recycling | Sheeba Dawood
Battery recycling is about to become one of the most important pieces of the clean energy transition. But before we can build a true circula...
948: Why Solar’s Speed Is Winning Over Washington | Heather Reams
Heather Reams spends her days at the intersection of clean energy and public policy, helping shape conversations with lawmakers about how th...
947: The Leadership Habit Fighter Pilots Never Skip | Jason Knapp
One of the most common assumptions in business is that responsibility should be earned only after years of experience. After more than two d...