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Episodes
Climate tech takes on clean energy's biggest headaches
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! Clean energy is in broad agreement: the Inflation Reduction Act is a game-changer for the industry and our goals o...
California NEM 3.0: Unpacking rooftop solar’s fate
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! After a series of starts, stops, and outright confusion over the future of rooftop solar, California regulators ha...
Women in renewables: 3 female execs share their stories and recruitment strategies
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! A look around one of clean energy's largest events offered a common sight: There were a lot of men. The ch...
Texas grid braces for winter. What’s changed since Uri?
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! It's been more than 600 days since the lights went out for millions of Texans during Winter Storm Uri. The n...
Interconnection woes make strange bedfellows
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! Bringing new distributed energy resources to the grid often comes with delays and costly upgrades. Interconnection...
A bright future for brownfield solar development
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! More than a decade ago, the proverbial lightbulb glowed over Chad Farrell’s head. Trained as a brownfield remed...
The climate law will have an impact on PPAs. What’s in store for 2023?
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! The market for procuring clean energy is enduring one of the most tumultuous stretches in history. A global pande...
Introducing the Texas Power Podcast
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! We're happy to share with you the first episode of Renewable Energy World's newest podcast, the Texas P...
Clean energy is popular but NIMBYism remains potent. What gives?
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! Solar and wind enjoy broad public support, but the fight in Congress over the Inflation Reduction Act showed that ...
LIVE from RE+: The race is on to meet demand with made-in-America solar modules
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! In June, President Joe Biden announced a two-year pause on new tariffs on solar modules imported from Southeast As...
Celebrating clean energy risk takers
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! Before the Inflation Reduction Act, working and succeeding in clean energy came with quite a bit of risk. Now with...
Solar’s report card is coming. And a reckoning could follow
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! Over the past year, DroneBase, a company that conducts aerial assessments of utility-scale solar projects, drove u...
FERC Commissioner Allison Clements on record heat, resiliency, and smart grids
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! As Labor Day weekend came to a close, a sense of dread settled in at the home of Allison Clements, who was appoint...
Beware of the clean energy gold rush with Leyline Renewable Capital CEO Erik Lensch
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! The Inflation Reduction Act established historic incentives for clean energy and climate change. It may have also ...
Rethinking solar development from the ground up with Terabase CEO Matt Campbell
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! With the Inflation Reduction Act's historic investments in clean energy and climate change in place, U.S. sol...
Going beyond the PPA with Clearloop CEO Laura Zapata
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! The power purchase agreement has done wonders for the deployment of clean energy. Corporations can offset their a...
Green hydrogen: What’s next for the energy transition’s secret weapon?
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! In this bonus episode of Factor This!, we introduce you to the RENWABLE+ Series™ from Renewable Energy World. ...
Taking on solar's recycling imperative with SOLARCYCLE CEO Suvi Sharma
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! Around 70% of solar systems in the U.S. are less than five years old, and with a lifespan of 30 years or more, rec...
What's going on in clean energy capital markets? Pine Gate Renewables CEO Ben Catt
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! Think back to June. President Biden had just paused new tariffs on solar modules imported from Southeast Asia—a ...
Breaking down FERC's interconnection reform plan with AEE managing director Jeff Dennis
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! Up until a few days ago, Congress had been a frequent disappointment to clean energy advocates. Even the current o...
Bonus Episode: Manchin makes a deal
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! In a shocking turn of events late on the afternoon of July 27th, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced that ...
Betting big on 'Made in America' solar with Nextracker CEO Dan Shugar
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! In Episode 7 of the Factor This! podcast, Nextracker founder and CEO Dan Shugar explains his company's decisi...
Rooftop solar's biggest fight is back on with Vote Solar executive director Sachu Constantine
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! In Episode 6 of the Factor This! podcast, rooftop solar's biggest fight — California's net energy mete...
Special Edition: Shaping the grid of the future with GE Digital's Jim Walsh
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! How to manage and monetize distributed energy resources is one of the most rapidly changing pieces of the energy t...
A lifeline from President Biden
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! In Episode 4 of the Factor This! podcast, Abigail Ross Hopper, CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association trad...
Supply chain sacrifice
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! In Episode 3 of the Factor This! podcast, Rhone Resch, the CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association from 200...
Solar's political risk
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! In Episode 2 of the "Factor This!" podcast, Lightsource bp Americas CEO Kevin Smith describes how one of...
Who is Auxin Solar? Exclusive interview with Auxin Solar CEO Mamun Rashid
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! For the first episode of the "Factor This!" podcast, Auxin Solar CEO Mamun Rashid gives his first exte...
Introducing Factor This!
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell us what you think of the show! Factor This! is a weekly podcast that takes on solar's biggest stories with industry leaders who actually mov...