Solar Media Editors' Channel
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Solar Media Cast: TOPCon's takeover, REPowerEU's PV power up and Europe's energy storage surge
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Solar Media Podcast returns with a dedicated look at the health of Europe's solar and energy storage markets, looking at the wealth of TOPCon PV m...
Solar Media Cast: Exclusive Lightsource bp interview, Ukraine and Europe’s energy sector explored
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe return for the February 2022 episode of the Solar Media Podcast, starting with discussion around the situation in Ukrai...
Solar Media Cast: Scaling up solar PV and energy storage, California’s net metering row explained
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The year has gotten off to a frenetic start, with plenty of news from the global solar and energy storage sectors to digest on the January 2022 episod...
PODCAST: Solar’s frenetic 2021 in review and forecasting 2022
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With the year drawing to a close, the Solar Media editorial team reflect on what’s proven to be a frenetic 12 months for the global solar PV and ene...
Solar Media Cast: Is the Glasgow Climate Pact a COP out? US PV module supply to rebound
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the November 2021 episode of the Solar Media Podcast, brought to you in collaboration with Solar Energy UK, we ask if the Glasgow Climate Pact is a...
Solar Media Cast: COP26 looms as pricing woes dent renewables prospects, solar industry unites behind climate aims
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The crucial COP26 conference begins later this week and negotiations will take place against a backdrop of uncertainty and volatility in the renewable...
Solar Media Cast: The changing shape of US solar explained, Europe’s power markets go haywire
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The US solar policy landscape is shifting at breakneck speed, with new incentives and trade tariffs promising to alter the shape of the industry for t...
Solar Media Cast: Solar shipments seized, Biden’s complicated PV relationship, huge energy storage growth
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It may be the height of summer but there’s no respite for the Solar Media Podcast, the new episode of which is packed full of insight as the US begi...
Solar Media Cast: Solar's supply chain under the spotlight, long-duration storage accelerates again
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The July 2021 episode of the Solar Media Podcast, sponsored by Honeywell, includes discussion around the US government's efforts to tackle alleged for...
Solar Media Cast: Solar’s n-type revolution, Biden’s battery supply chain review, surging installs in the US (and beyond)
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This month's episode of the Solar Media Podcast, sponsored by Honeywell, features discussion around the rise of new solar technologies and the drivers...
Solar Media Cast: The materials crisis deepens and an exclusive Honeywell interview
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe are back for another episode of the Solar Media podcast, and the cleantech materials crisis is showing no signs of abat...
Solar Media Cast: The rise of long-duration energy storage and lessons on floating solar from Asia
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Solar Media’s Liam Stoker, Andy Colthorpe and Jules Scully profile the continued rise of long-duration energy storage in this episode of the Solar M...
Solar Media Cast: The power repercussions from Texas, What Secretary Granholm does next, and why are solar prices rising?
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's March 2021 and we're back for another episode of the Solar Media Podcast, sponsored by Honeywell. This month we're reflecting on the lessons that...
Solar Media Cast: 200GW of solar in 2021, and ever bigger batteries
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The February 2021 episode of the Solar Media Podcast reflects on recent market forecasts and asks just how much solar could be deployed in 2021 agains...
Solar Media Cast - World's largest battery storage system switches on and huge additions in solar PV
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Solar Media Podcast returns for a new season to mark the new year. In this first episode of 2021, sponsored by SKE Engineering, Andy Colthorpe and...
Solar Media Cast: 2020’s biggest stories in solar and storage and our 2021 predictions
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of the Solar Media Podcast for 2020, Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe reflect on what’s been a tumultuous year by assessing some...
Solar Media Cast: President-Elect Biden and his green agenda, the future of energy storage and super-cheap solar
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
November 2020's episode of the Solar Media Podcast starts, perhaps predictably, with the fallout from the US Election. At the time of recording (Frida...
Solar Media Cast: Tesla’s battery bonanza, Solar’s manufacturing explosion
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Solar Media Podcast, Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe take a deep dive into what Elon & Co. presented at Tesla’s Big Batter...
Solar Media Cast: California's heatwave, polysilicon price volatility and the cost of flexibility
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe return for the August 2020 episode of the Solar Media podcast, reflecting on the biggest news stories from the global s...
Solar Media Cast: New era solar tech, a global green recovery and what's new in storage
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Solar Media's Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe return for the July 2020 episode of the Solar Media Podcast, starting with a rundown of the 500W+ module ...
Solar Media Cast: Major movements in the US, the ever-greener grid and behind-the-meter evolution
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe return for the June 2020 episode of the Solar Media Podcast, discussing first and foremost the previous month's activit...
Solar Media Cast: Large-scale Solar Digital Summit in Review
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of the Solar Media Podcast, Liam Stoker is joined by Jo Wilkinson, Jose Rojo and Molly Lempriere to review all of the industry...
Solar Media Cast: Energy Storage Digital Summit in review
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of the Solar Media podcast, Andy Colthorpe, Liam Stoker and Alice Grundy re-cap the critical insight offered during the Energy...
Solar Media Cast: Seismic shocks to power markets, drastic lows for LCOEs and what ‘Planet of the Humans’ is missing
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Solar Media’s Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe discuss the continuing effects of COVID-19 on worldwide power markets, reflecting on IEA forecasts for ...
Solar Media Cast: Clean energy’s COVID-19 fightback, power demand fluctuations and the continued rise of flexibility
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Solar Media’s Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe record this month’s episode from their respective lockdowns, analysing what the spread of COVID-19 ha...
Solar Media Cast: Coronavirus contingencies, COP26 preparations, cutting-edge tech and the return of solar CfDs
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe return for the February 2020 episode of the podcast, with Andy reporting from the show floor of PV Expo in Tokyo. Up fo...
Solar Media Cast: Australia, Germany and the coal problem; and the Middle East’s evolving power grid
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Colthorpe and Liam Stoker are back reviewing the pivotal clean energy headlines from around the globe. Liam reports back from the World Future En...
Solar Media Cast: How energy storage evolved in 2019, and 2020’s direction of travel
24 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe take a look back at 2019, re-capping some of the biggest stories in energy storage while also predicting what the key t...
Solar Media Cast: Big Energy's green drive, a long-duration storage bonanza and GE2019
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Solar Media's Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe take a look at the rapidly increasing solar and storage commitments from some of energy's biggest names, ...
Solar Media Cast: Much ado about Net Zero, Power-full collaborations and what’s new in energy storage
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Solar Media's Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe are back for episode three of the Solar Media Podcast, discussing what's necessary for economies to reach...
Solar Media Cast: The renewable States of America, climate protests and what's next for nuclear?
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Energy Storage News editor Andy Colthorpe reports back from Solar Power International 2019 in Salt Lake City, Solar Media's editor in chief Liam Stoke...
Podcast 27/08/19 - Blackouts in the UK and Tesla's travails
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Energy Storage News editor Andy Colthorpe and Current± editor Liam Stoker discuss the headlines, causes and remedies for the blackouts which affected...
EXCLUSIVE: SolarEdge's first battery launch and how solar is 'now a real contender' in the fight against fossil fuels
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Here's the extended audio version of our recent interview with Lior Handelsman, founder and VP for product and marketing strategy, talking for the fir...
The shape of energy to come: Solar Media Editors' roundtable, Europe, 2019
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Current± & Energy-Storage.news editors' Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe met up halfway through this year's Intersolar Europe / ees Europe to talk ...