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Building Solar as a System: Inside Nextpower’s Integration Playbook
Season 17 Episode 874
Most solar projects are still built the hard way—treating structure, electrical, and software as separate scopes that have to be stitched to…
7 months, 1 week ago
From Backup to Backbone: How Batteries Are Reshaping the Grid
Season 17 Episode 873
Batteries aren’t just supporting the grid anymore, they are defending the grid.
Chris Finley, CCO of TruGrid, joins Nico on stage at PowerUp …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Landfill Explosion That Changed Tesla’s Fire Strategy
Season 17 Episode 872
A Powerwall delivery truck flipped. No fire. No smoke. Seemed safe.
They tossed those Powerwalls into a landfill. Four days later—explosion!
T…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
10 Years Later - Adam James on Building Teams, Time & Impact
Season 17 Episode 871
This episode marks ten years of SunCast - and the return of its very first guest.
In 2015, a young GTM Research analyst named Adam James joi…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
How FEOC Rules Are Reshaping Solar Procurement in 2025 | 4 Experts Weigh-in
Season 17 Episode 870
“Is your project really compliant?”
That’s the billion-dollar question developers across the U.S. are asking as Foreign Entity of Concern (FE…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
How Two Unlikely Founders Are Rewiring the Way Solar Gets Built | Ben Callam & Maksim Markevich of PVFarm
Season 17 Episode 869
What happens when a builder and a coder decide to fix solar’s biggest disconnect?
In this episode, SunCast host Nico Johnson sits down with M…
8 months ago
Roofing and Solar Are Merging, Is This the Future of Residential Solar? | James Mason, ABC Supply
Season 17 Episode 868
Roofers are entering solar. Solar pros are adding roofing.
How are these trades getting the training & resources required to level up and pr…
8 months ago
How Energy Aid Is Rescuing 185,000 Orphaned Solar Homes | Nick Sherman
Season 17 Episode 867
Did you know that more than 185,000 solar customers in the US have been abandoned by their installers? How will we take care of these “Orpha…
8 months, 1 week ago
Are Batteries the New Substations? | Wärtsilä’s Bold Vision for Grid-Scale Storage
Season 17 Episode 866
Storage Isn’t Backup—It’s Infrastructure
Wildfires, heat waves, and AI-fueled data centers are pushing our grid to the edge. The question is …
8 months, 1 week ago
This Could Unlock Solar for 23 MILLION Property Owners (and Renters)
Season 17 Episode 865
Why are millions of apartment rooftops still empty while single-family homes cash in on solar savings?
Turns out it’s an accounting problem –…
8 months, 2 weeks ago