Category: Podcast
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Podcast 059: Steph Speirs – Not everyone can afford solar. Here’s what one visionary company is doing to change that.
Host Bill Nussey catches up with Steph Spears, CEO of community solar leader, Solstice, to learn how her…
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Podcast 058: Samir Ibrahim – The story behind an affordable solar-powered irrigation system that is changing the lives of smallholder farmers in Africa
Host Bill Nussey interviews Samir Ibrahim, the visionary co-founder and CEO of Kenya-based SunCulture.
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Podcast 057: John Farrell – Monopoly utilities and consumers are headed for a collision over local energy. The rules must change, but how?
In this second of a two-part series, John Farrell, Director of Energy Democracy at the Institute for Local…
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Podcast 056: John Farrell – One organization is working to bring power to the people. Literally.
In this first of a special two part interview, John Farrell, Director of Energy Democracy with the Institute…
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Podcast 055: Steve LeVine – Batteries were invented 220 years ago. Why are they suddenly critical to our grid?
Batteries are not a new idea but plummeting costs have positioned them to disrupt two of the world’s…
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Podcast 054: Abigail Ross Hopper – What are the top policy priorities shaping the future of the solar industry?
What should the new administration focus on? How do we balance domestic manufacturing with low cost imports? Abby…
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Podcast 053: Bernadette Del Chiaro — Could a change in California’s net metering policy cripple residential solar?
California is considering whether to change its pioneering net metering program. The future of local energy is at…
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Podcast 052: Yann Brandt and Mike Casey – Is creating a surge in solar jobs easier than we think?
There has never been a more important time to create jobs. Brandt and Casey explain how solar may…
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Podcast 051: Michael Chanin – Emory University is going solar and doing it in a surprising way
Host Bill Nussey takes a walking tour of an amazing solar project being built on the Emory University…
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Podcast 050: Andrew Birch – Can cutting red tape lower the cost of residential solar?
Andrew “Birchy” Birch, the CEO of Open Solar, highlights the crazy high prices of US residential solar. He…
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Podcast 049: Nussey and Easterby – 2020 clean energy favorites and a peek into 2021
Hosts Bill Nussey and Sam Easterby share their favorite stories about clean, local energy in 2020 and preview…
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Podcast 048: Martin DeBono – Why add solar panels if your roof can capture solar energy all by itself?
GAF Energy is part of the world’s largest roofing company. Listen as their President, Martin DeBono, explains how…
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Podcast 047: Dr. Becca Jones-Albertus – the government’s surprising role in supercharging solar technology innovation
Dr. Becca Jones-Albertus, the Director of Dept of Energy’s Solar Energy Technology office shares the surprising ways the…
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Podcast 046: Ryan Goodman: Are microgrids the future of reliable, clean energy?
Ryan Goodman, the CEO of leading microgrid company, Scale Microgrid Solutions, explains why microgrids are a clean reliable…
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Podcast 045: Vikram Aggarwal – Why are millions of people putting solar on their roofs?
Vikram Aggarwal is the CEO of the internet’s #1 source for going solar — EnergySage. He shares his…
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Podcast 044: Mike Casey – What is strategic brevity and how can it amplify the local energy story?
Listen to Mike Casey, the CEO of marketing communications firm, Tigercomm, share his amazing insights and advice on…
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Podcast 043: Michael Sachse of geothermal pioneer Dandelion Energy – Is part of the local renewable energy solution right under our feet?
Michael Sachse of Dandelion Energy explains how geothermal is an increasingly important part of local energy and how…
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Podcast 042: Charlie Gay – How can the US re-establish leadership in solar manufacturing?
Listen in as Charlie shares stories from his career and his plans for the first vertically integrated solar…
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Podcast 041: James Marlow – Are rules and regulations keeping pace with innovation in solar energy?
James Marlow shares his insights as a solar pioneer and explains how regulations and policy help and impede…
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Podcast 040: Dr. Nick Engerer – How does having precise weather data change the way we manage solar energy?
Dr. Nick Engerer explains how Solcast uses satellite data to provide 5-min interval forecasts on hyper-local cloud and…