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This Week in Cleantech (12/19/2025) - Cleantech 2025: a year in review

19 Dec 2025

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How are DER flexibility markets transforming the grid and enabling utility savings?

15 Dec 2025

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Tell us what you think of the show! Transforming the grid to meet skyrocketing energy demand isn't just about switching generation sources but is...

This Week in Cleantech (12/12/2025) - Can these senators save NEPA?

12 Dec 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (12/05/2025) - 'Amid the ashes' of the 2025 LA wildfires

05 Dec 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (11/21/2025) - Oil industry gears up for a comeback

21 Nov 2025

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Semiconductors, Storage, and the Future of Transmission

18 Nov 2025

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Tell us what you think of the show! Sponsored content.In this episode of the Factor This podcast, Content Director Jeremiah Karpowicz interviews Henri...

This Week in Cleantech (11/14/2025) - Can rising electricity prices be a winning issue for Democrats?

14 Nov 2025

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GridFAST and furious: EPRI initiative expediting EV infrastructure deployment

12 Nov 2025

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Tell us what you think of the show! Ready or not, electric vehicle adoption is happening in America. It feels like we’ve reached an inflection point...

This Week in Cleantech (11/07/2025) - What does a pragmatic 'climate reset' look like?

07 Nov 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (10/31/2025) - Are data centers really to blame for rising electricity costs?

31 Oct 2025

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Understanding ERCOT's strategy for grid transformation

27 Oct 2025

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Tell us what you think of the show! In this episode of the Factor This podcast, Content Director Jeremiah Karpowicz interviews Eric Meier, Planning Mo...

This Week in Cleantech (10/24/2025) - Why are Democrats suddenly downplaying climate change?

24 Oct 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (10/17/2025) - Who's winning the renewables race?

17 Oct 2025

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The reality of residential solar

13 Oct 2025

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Tell us what you think of the show! The U.S. residential solar industry has seen better days. Electricity bill credits in rooftop solar-saturated sta...

This Week in Cleantech (10/10/2025) - Private equity's bet on utilities

10 Oct 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (10/03/2025) - Rick Perry's nuclear bet

03 Oct 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (09/26/2025) - Solar-powered vehicles, on a road near you?

26 Sep 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (09/19/2025) - Will rate cuts provide relief for renewables?

19 Sep 2025

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WoodMac weighs in on the state of the clean energy industry at RE+

15 Sep 2025

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Tell us what you think of the show! In a special edition of the Factor This podcast from the road at RE+ 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada, host Paul Gerke me...

This Week in Cleantech (09/12/2025) - New battlefronts in Trump's war on wind

12 Sep 2025

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California utility reflects on learnings from the largest virtual power plant test in US history

08 Sep 2025

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Tell us what you think of the show! This summer, key stakeholders across the state of California teamed up for a first-of-its-kind, coordinated test o...

This Week in Cleantech (09/05/2025) - Utilities brace for data center unknowns

05 Sep 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (08/29/2025) - Is electricity just going to keep getting more expensive?

29 Aug 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (08/22/2025) - Can Google reduce it's AI energy footprint?

22 Aug 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (08/15/2025) - A more affordable electric pickup truck?

15 Aug 2025

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Harvesting sunlight: Agrivoltaics is winning over middle America

11 Aug 2025

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Tell us what you think of the show! Agrivoltaics, or using land for both farming and solar energy generation, is becoming more popular in the United S...

This Week in Cleantech (07/25/2025) - A win for a utility in the data center struggle

25 Jul 2025

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Community Solar is Powering on

21 Jul 2025

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Tell us what you think of the show! In the shadow of the ongoing federal dismantling of renewable energy policy, a growing number of states are explor...

This Week in Cleantech (07/11/2025) - Uncertainty killed these clean energy projects

18 Jul 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (07/11/2025) - More handouts for big oil?

11 Jul 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (07/07/2025) - How can data centers become more flexible?

07 Jul 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (06/27/2025) - Can we meet climate goals without fixing our food?

27 Jun 2025

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Preparing the grid for the climate of tomorrow

25 Jun 2025

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Tell us what you think of the show! Since 2022, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), a nonprofit, independent research and development group ...

This Week in Cleantech (06/23/2025) - Is Trump crippling climate research?

23 Jun 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (06/06/2025) - Trump wants to repurpose Biden's green bank

06 Jun 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (05/30/2025) - The solar industry needs a win

30 May 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (05/22/2025) - A breakthrough in EV batteries?

23 May 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (05/16/2025) - Is it time for a zeppelin resurgence?

16 May 2025

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Utilities, data centers, and grid flexibility: How does the customer benefit?

14 May 2025

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Tell us what you think of the show! Utilities are doing all they can to accommodate large load customers like AI data centers, but some worry those ef...

This Week in Cleantech (05/09/2025) - Are Trump's cleantech cuts undermining his mineral plans?

09 May 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (05/02/2025) - Is the NRC stifling nuclear innovation?

02 May 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (04/25/2025) - Climate tech's shaky footing in 2025

25 Apr 2025

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How utilities can 'shield' equipment from wildfire risk

22 Apr 2025

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Tell us what you think of the show! Sponsored content.In the territories of many electric utilities, wildfires loom as an increasing threat, becoming ...

This Week in Cleantech (04/18/2025) - Trump's clash with offshore wind escalates

18 Apr 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (04/11/2025) - How will Trump’s latest round of tariffs affect clean energy?

11 Apr 2025

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The digital grid is coming, and the energy transition may just depend on it

08 Apr 2025

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Tell us what you think of the show! Sponsored Content.Decarbonizing the power sector attracts most of the energy transition’s attention. While repla...

This Week in Cleantech (04/04/2025) - Geothermal wins Trump's favor

04 Apr 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (03/28/2025) - A new high for renewables

28 Mar 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (03/21/2025) - Getting 'forever chemicals' out of the chips race

21 Mar 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (03/14/2025) - Emergency powers to restart coal plants?

14 Mar 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (03/07/2025) - Trump's tariffs make things complicated

07 Mar 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (02/28/2025) - How the solar power industry is rebranding to meet an ‘energy dominance’ edict

28 Feb 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (02/21/2025) - White House targets environmental permitting rules

21 Feb 2025

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The software that could save the grid

20 Feb 2025

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Tell us what you think of the show! Sponsored by OATIThe energy industry loves a shiny new object.Distributed energy resource management systems, or D...

This Week in Cleantech (02/14/2025) - Trump's 'unpredictability' shakes investors

14 Feb 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (02/07/2025) - Renewables permitting has been 'paralyzed' by Trump

07 Feb 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (01/24/2025) - Trump's 'energy emergency'

24 Jan 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (01/17/2025) - Solar sales burnout

17 Jan 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (01/10/2025) - Climate trends to watch in 2025

10 Jan 2025

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This Week in Cleantech (12/20/2024) - The 'age of electrons'

20 Dec 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (12/13/2024) - Trump's 'all of the above' energy approach

13 Dec 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (12/06/2024) - A 'new climate era'

06 Dec 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (11/22/2024) - Will the U.S. ever compete on lithium?

22 Nov 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (11/15/2024) - How will climate tech adapt under Trump?

15 Nov 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (11/08/2024) - How will clean energy fare under a second Trump term?

08 Nov 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (11/01/2024) - Who benefits the most from the IRA?

01 Nov 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (10/18/2024) - Big Tech revives nuclear (and coal, too)

18 Oct 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (10/11/2024) - A flooded solar supply chain

11 Oct 2024

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Greetings from Asheville. We need your help.

07 Oct 2024

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Tell us what you think of the show! Hello, Factor This! listeners. This is John Engel, editor-in-chief of Renewable Energy World and POWERGRID Int...

This Week in Cleantech (9/30/2024) - Interest rates and climate change

30 Sep 2024

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This Week in Cleantech - Live from RE+ 2024

20 Sep 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (9/6/24) — Cleantech hits a rough patch

06 Sep 2024

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Can we collaborate? Utilities and developers work to mend fences

02 Sep 2024

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Tell us what you think of the show! The energy transition was always going to produce some form of tension. That isn't altogether negative— fri...

This Week in Cleantech (8/30/24) — Does clean energy need a Marshall Plan?

30 Aug 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (8/23/24) — The human side of virtual power plants

23 Aug 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (8/16/24) — What are the friendliest states for solar?

16 Aug 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (8/09/2024) - Turning air conditions into batteries

09 Aug 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (8/02/2024) - Permitting bill pits clean energy industry against climate activists

02 Aug 2024

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Going inside utilities to scale DERs

29 Jul 2024

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Tell us what you think of the show! The energy industry often pits utilities and clean energy advocates as enemies duking it out from opposite corners...

This Week in Cleantech (7/26/2024) - Can solar survive another supply glut?

26 Jul 2024

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Can a utility lead the energy transition? Inside the rebirth of PG&E

22 Jul 2024

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Tell us what you think of the show! Five years ago, PG&E's reputation was shattered. California's largest utility had filed for bankrupt...

This Week in Cleantech (7/19/2024) - Storms batter the world's power grids

19 Jul 2024

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Hype aside, virtual power plants are breaking through

01 Jul 2024

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Tell us what you think of the show! Virtual power plants were always doomed to fall into clean tech's notorious hype cycle. There are plenty of r...

This Week in Cleantech (6/28/2024) - AI could strain the grid, or make it a lot smarter

28 Jun 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (6/21/24) — What would a Donald Trump victory mean for historic clean energy incentives?

21 Jun 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (6/14/24) — Renewable energy projects keep getting bigger

14 Jun 2024

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A new solar tariff fight is here. It may be even worse than the last

10 Jun 2024

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Tell us what you think of the show! Christian Roselund has a strategy for when a new solar tariff petition drops. Turn off your phone. Then get to rea...

This Week in Cleantech (6/7/24) — Michigan fights off NIMBY push against clean energy

07 Jun 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (5/31/24) — How Texas topped California for utility-scale solar

31 May 2024

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What FERC did, and didn't, do to jumpstart transmission

20 May 2024

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Tell us what you think of the show! The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has unveiled landmark new rules in attempt to jumpstart the beleaguered t...

This Week in Cleantech (5/17/24) — Biden slaps new tariffs on Chinese imports

17 May 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (5/10/24) — The giant battery boom is here

10 May 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (5/3/24) — The EPA is cracking down on power plant emissions. Will it stick?

03 May 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (4/26/24) — A new solar tariff fight begins

26 Apr 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (4/5/24) — The final battle over green hydrogen tax rules

05 Apr 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (3/29/24) — Can the White House stop China's clean energy dominance?

29 Mar 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (4/22/24) — Wind power has hit a rut. Could a huge plane change its course?

22 Mar 2024

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This Week in Cleantech (3/15/24) — The debate over rooftop solar

15 Mar 2024

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Building a DG unicorn with Nexamp CEO Zaid Ashai

11 Mar 2024

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Tell us what you think of the show! Distributed generation doesn't quite grab the headlines like utility-scale. A megawatt here, a few megawatts ...

This Week in Cleantech (3/8/24) — America's power crunch

08 Mar 2024

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