942: What Hundreds of Inspections Reveal About Battery Safety | Kathleen McCaffrey & Jeff Zwijack
What determines whether a battery project performs safely over its lifetime? According to Kathleen McCaffery and Jeff Zwijack, the answer ha...
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20 of 951 episodes941: Why America Can't Build Big Things Anymore | Tom Fanning
There are 43 years of decisions compressed into this episode. And if you work in energy, utilities, infrastructure, manufacturing, or public...
940: FTC Solar CEO Anthony Carroll on Scaling, Automation, and What's Next
Leadership transitions reveal what companies value most. When FTC Solar recently tapped Anthony Carroll as the new CEO, they chose someone w...
939: Former EPA Chief Michael Regan on Clean Energy and Public Health
What if the most compelling case for clean energy isn't climate change, economics, or energy independence? What if it's public health? Forme...
938: The Rare Earth Problem Nobody Talks About | Mark LaVerghetta
Rare earths are having a moment. And if you work anywhere near clean energy, batteries, EVs, data centers, defense, or domestic manufacturin...
937: What a 4-Star General Knows About Risk That Most Leaders Don't | Gen. Robert Neller
Risk looks different depending on where you're standing. In Episode 936 (Jason Kaminsky & 2026 The Solar Risk Assessment), we explored risk...
936: Which Solar Risks Actually Matter? | Jason Kaminsky, kWh Analytics
Solar projects are increasingly being financed and operated as long-life infrastructure assets. That means the industry can no longer rely o...
935: How (and Why) Clean Energy Wins In Red States | Monika Gerhart
A solar moratorium nearly shut down Alabama’s emerging solar market before most of the industry even saw it coming. For years, the prevailin...
934: What Makes Companies Investable Now | David Kirkpatrick
Climatetech is entering a different phase. The era of easy capital, oversized narratives, and growth-at-all-costs expectations is giving way...
933: Why Facts Don’t Sell Clean Energy | Jessica Fishman
Clean energy has made tremendous progress on technology. Solar is cheaper. Batteries are scaling. Virtual power plants are becoming real gri...
932: The Battery Storage Mistakes Installers Must Avoid | Sam Buffington
Battery storage is becoming one of the most complicated sales conversations in residential solar. Installers are now navigating different si...
931: Inside New York's $150B Energy Bet — And It's Bigger Than Data Centers | Doreen Harris
Electricity demand is rising fast. But New York is asking a different question than most states: What kind of demand is actually worth build...
930: Why AI Data Centers Demand a Responsive Grid | Jon Parrella & Anna Siefken
AI data centers are changing more than electricity demand. They are changing how the grid itself has to operate. Legacy data centers behaved...
929: How Kraken Is Turning Grid Chaos Into Coordination | Devrim Celal
The grid is getting more crowded. EVs. Heat pumps. Batteries. Rooftop solar. Flexible demand. What used to be a system built around a few th...
928: Why U.S. Solar Costs 2–3x More Than Australia | Barry Cinnamon
Australia is installing solar and batteries for about $2 a watt. In the U.S., it’s closer to $5.50. So why do we still have this huge gap? B...
927: Everyone Built Modules. He Built Cells. | Alex Zhu, ES Foundry
Rebuilding solar manufacturing in the U.S. is not just about capital or policy. It is about making the right bets at the right time. It come...
926: Are Data Centers Bypassing the Grid? | Michael Thomas, Cleanview
Are data centers starting to bypass the grid? A growing share of planned projects are pairing with behind-the-meter generation, and the shif...
925: Ahmad Chatila & Jigar Shah on Solar’s Capital Problem
Most people [who have been in the industry awhile] have opinions about SunEdison. This is one of the first times Ahmad Chatila and Jigar Sha...
924: From Parts to Platform: Building Solar Without Friction | Create Energy
Dean Solon has always been a pattern matcher. Across projects, conversations, and time in the field, he’s constantly picking up on what’s ch...
923: Plug-In Solar Is Moving Fast… But Who Sets the Rules? | Electrical Code Experts Weigh In - with Rebekah Hren & Patrick Barney
You can now plug solar panels into a wall outlet in some states. No permits. No installer or electrician even required? Just… plug it in. So...