Tag: podcast
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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 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…
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Podcast 039: Nussey and Easterby – How Is COVID-19 Impacting the electric grid and renewable energy?
Hosts Bill Nussey and Sam Easterby unveil 4 surprising insights on how COVID-19 is affecting the energy business,…
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Podcast 038: John Powers – Can software supercharge financial returns for commercial solar projects?
Host Bill Nussey interviews Extensible Energy’s CEO John Powers about how software can coordinate solar and HVAC to…
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Podcast #037: Laura Sartore – What happens when we ditch panels and let our roofs, walls, and windows make affordable solar directly?
Bill Nussey talked with Ecoprogetti CEO Laura Sartore about the revolution in affordable and beautiful building integrated photovoltaics…
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Podcast #036: Joshua Rhodes – How will massive new data sets and some rational thinking shape the future of clean local energy?
When we think about a cleaner grid, we immediately think of solar and wind. But Joshua Rhodes explains…
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Podcast #035: Ashvin Dayal – How is the Rockefeller Foundation using mini-grids to tackle energy poverty in Africa and India?
Ashvin Dayal, the SVP Power Initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation, talks with host Bill Nussey about how clean…