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Michael Chanin: Building a 100-Year Clean Energy Company
Season 17 Episode 864
From firehouses to jails to major manufacturing hubs, Cherry Street Energy is redefining what it means to build a distributed power plant—an…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
863: Unlocking Tesla's Secrets to Battery Firefighting: An Insider's Story
Season 17 Episode 863
Landfill explosions, lithium-ion firestorms, and CIA briefings—today’s guest has seen it all - or so she thought!
Kathleen McCaffery’s illust…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Debunking Battery Myths: How Software-Driven Innovations Will Power the Future
Season 17 Episode 862
More batter density = more value, right? Not so fast.
In this episode, we challenge the hype around energy storage density—and reveal what re…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
1 in 5 Solar Panels Are Failing — Here’s Why
Season 17 Episode 861
1 in 5 solar panels are failing—and it’s not because of hail.
A quiet reliability crisis is cracking open across the industry, and it starts…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Natural Gas is Surging Again (and What It Means for Solar); Justin Locke | Global Energy Monitor
Season 17 Episode 860
Is the world’s most powerful energy data set hiding in plain sight?
Justin Locke, former RMI leader and now Executive Director of Global Ener…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Patrick Crane’s Plan to Cut Solar Costs in Half
Season 17 Episode 859
The $2/Watt Challenge: Can We Get There?
Is $2/watt solar a pipe dream—or a real target we can hit in the next few years?
Patrick Crane, Globa…
9 months ago
This Nonprofit is Revolutionizing Solar Permitting | Nick Josefowitz
Season 17 Episode 858
Why is solar so expensive in the U.S.?
Nick Josefowitz has the receipts—and a plan to fix it.
In this episode, we dig into one of the largest …
9 months ago
The Unofficial Playbook to NYC Climate Week | Silas Mähner & Steven Zhang
Season 17 Episode 857
Planning to attend NYC Climate Week?
Already there!?
When Nico realized he had to make a last-minute trip to NYC this week during climate wee…
9 months, 1 week ago
Ending Energy Poverty: Nedjip Tozun’s Vision to Reach 1 Billion Lives
Season 17 Episode 856
Nearly 1 billion people still live without reliable electricity. Nedjip Tozun co-founded d.light to change that—starting with a $10 solar la…
9 months, 1 week ago
Jigar Shah on <$2.50/Watt Solar + Storage, and Resisting Trump’s Anti-Renewable Push
Season 17 Episode 855
The Wake-Up Call We Can’t Ignore
Clean energy isn’t losing the economics game—it’s losing the political one.
Jigar Shah returns to SunCast liv…
9 months, 2 weeks ago