981: Know Before You Go: Your RE+ 2026 Game Plan
RE+ 2026 is almost here! Your calendar is filling up, the industry is getting ready to descend on Las Vegas, and it's time to make your game...
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Nico Johnson interviews solar industry leaders every week to uncover the tactics and tips you can use to lead the solar revolution in the Americas.
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20 of 990 episodes980: From Policy to Power: What It Takes to Get Energy Built
America needs more electricity. But between recognizing that need and actually putting new power on the grid sits a complicated mix of polic...
979: The Scariest Question in Solar Finance: What If Your EPC Fails? | Gage Kellogg
Lenders spook easily. And for good reason. Their job is to protect capital, so a solar project can have solid economics, proven technology,...
978: Solar + Farming, Part 2: How Developers Earn Lasting Community Trust | Lauren Glickman
Getting a solar project approved is one thing. Building enough trust that the community welcomes the next project is another. In this Part 2...
977: Solar + Farming, Part 1: How Solar Can Help Save American Farmland | Lauren Glickman
For years, the solar industry has defended development on agricultural land by arguing that solar can help keep farms in the family and prot...
976: AI Can Pay 100X More for Power. Is This Clean Energy's Moment? | Hans Royal, David Siap, & Peter Kelly-Detwiler
AI is changing electricity demand faster than the grid was built to accommodate it. But the more interesting question may not be how much po...
975: Powerful Branding: How to Build a Brand Your Team Can Actually Use | Aimee Tuck
A strong brand should do more than make your company recognizable. It should help your people understand what the company stands for, who it...
974: How to Make the Case for Solar + Storage to People Who Don’t Speak Energy
What if the difference between winning support and losing your audience isn’t better data, but knowing how to tell the story? In this episod...
973: 11 Years of SunCast: What Changed, What We Missed, What’s Next | Nico Johnson & Josh
After more than two decades working in clean energy and 11 years behind the mic at SunCast, Nico Johnson has had a front-row seat to an indu...
972: How Smart Solar Developers Treat Land as Growth Capital | Laura Pagliarulo
Could the land beneath your solar project help finance the next one, without giving up equity in your company? Laura Pagliarulo, CEO and co-...
971: The Hidden Bottleneck Slowing Solar Automation | Nick de Vries, Matt Campbell & Frédéric Laure
If robotic automation is becoming inevitable in utility-scale solar, where does that thesis run into the realities of actually building a po...
970: 11 Years, 3 Pivots, and a Successful Exit | Jason Kaminsky
What does it actually take to build a company someone else eventually wants to buy? For Jason Kaminsky and kWh Analytics, the answer was 11...
969: Could Data Centers Pay for Your Rooftop Solar? | Barry Cinnamon
Data centers need enormous amounts of power, and apparently they need it fast . What if some of the outrageous sums of money they’re willing...
968: How to Make Better Building Technology Investable | Dermot & Aiden Sweeny
Buildings consume an enormous amount of energy. We have plenty of technologies that could make them perform better. So why is the real estat...
967: Why U.S. Solar Costs 2–3x More Than Australia | Barry Cinnamon
In Australia, residential solar and storage can be installed for about $2 a watt. In the U.S., a comparable system can cost more than twice...
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...
965: 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...