Podcast Episodes

Atmospheric Water Generation (AWG) Explained... Free Water?

Season 15 Episode 793

With 45 percent of U.S. water sources containing toxic contaminants, according to the EPA, access to clean drinking water is becoming increasingly uncertain. Worse still, according to a UN s…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

What is Distributed Generation? [Jorge Vargas, Aspen Power]

Season 15 Episode 792

The distributed generation market is shifting rapidly as capital tightens, power prices rise, and smaller developers bump up against capital and market constraints. Independent power produce…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Hydrogen (+Solar) Can Replace Natural Gas

Season 15 Episode 791

Industrial facilities depend heavily on natural gas for steam production; in California, food processing, which is one of the largest users of steam, consumes an incredible amount of energy …

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Jigar Shah On His Next Chapter & Clean Energy’s Future

Season 15 Episode 790

Jigar Shah spent the last few years shaping the future of clean energy finance as the Director of the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office. He approved billions in investments that he…

Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago

Heading to InterSolar North America 2025? Listen to This First!

Season 15 Episode 789

InterSolar North America is always the first ‘big’ clean energy industry conference that kicks off the year! And who doesn’t want to kick off the year with a trip to sunny San Diego?!

To ens…

Published on 10 months ago

Can Erthos Use Ultra-Low-Cost Solar To Unlock Hydrogen? Jim Tyler’s Convinced

Season 15 Episode 788

What if the key to solving our rising materials costs and hurdles to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries lies in a radical shift in thinking—laying solar panels directly on the ground and u…

Published on 10 months ago

What Makes A Great Solar Design Engineer, And Why We Need More Of Them! Phil Hofmeyer, New Leaf Energy

Season 15 Episode 787

Solar projects depend on strong design engineering to move from concept to construction. Design engineers assess site feasibility, optimize layouts, navigate permitting challenges, and ensur…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

Energy Storage: Policies, Tech & Trends Moving The Market

Season 15 Episode 786

The global energy storage market is skyrocketing, with battery capacity more than doubling year over year. With over 60 gigawatts of storage installed worldwide, the sector is poised for eve…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

The 74MW Solar Farm in My Backyard

Season 15 Episode 785

What is the real economic impact of a utility-scale solar farm on rural America?

That’s one of the questions I had in mind when I visited one of the largest solar projects recently inaugurate…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

This credit card size device Unlocks New Potential for EVs and Solar | Udi Daon of Daanaa

Season 15 Episode 784

What if it were actually possible to power your EV from the sun collected on it’s surface?  Or what if you were not constrained by only one battery chemistry type but could mix chemistries? …

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago