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The energy transition was always going to produce some form of tension. That isn't altogether negative— friction keeps a speeding train on the tracks, after all. In the energy industry, it's electric utilities and clean energy developers who most often collide, one positioned as the gatekeeper of the grid and the other a disrupter.

Plenty of challenges face the energy transition, but one underpins nearly all of them: interconnection. Utilities and developers, meanwhile, are beginning to recognize the importance of collaboration, and that fences must be mended to reach our goals. 

Episode 82 of the Factor This! podcast features Carrie Gill, the head of electric regulatory strategy at Rhode Island Energy, and Ed Brolin, the vice president of policy and distributed government relations at RWE. Both will be featured speakers at the interconnection event GridTECH Connect Forum - Northeast, which will be held in Newport, Rhode Island in October. 

Gill and Brolin break down the challenges and solutions to interconnection in the Northeast and preview what you can expect at GridTECH Connect Forum. Register today using the promo code PODCAST to receive 10% off your admission. 

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his Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less.

This week's episode features Dan Gearino from Inside Climate News, who wrote about how progress in solid-state battery technology may soon enable electric vehicles to achieve up to 600 miles of range. 

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Emilie Oxel O’Leary, founder of Green Clean Wind LLC. Emilie is actively urging her LinkedIn followers to reach out for their solar recycling needs, highlighting the growing concern over solar components ending up in landfills. She’s asking for every steel pile, aluminum racking component, nut, and bolt, so she can help clean up your site. Congratulations Emilie! 

This Week in Cleantech — August 30, 2024

1. Far-Right ‘Terrorgram’ Chatrooms Fuel Wave of Power Grid Attacks — Bloomberg
2. The Case for a Clean Energy Marshall Plan — Foreign Affairs
3. Scoop: Swell is shutting down — Latitude Media
4. Hungry for Clean Energy, Facebook Looks to a New Type of Geothermal — New York Times
5. Want an EV With 600 Miles of Range? It’s Coming — Inside Climate News

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Virtual power plants were always doomed to fall into clean tech's notorious hype cycle.

There are plenty of reasons for that, but start with the name. 'Virtual power plant' means everything and nothing all at once. Then there's the origin story—one rooted in the far-less-sexy, and decades-old concept of demand response. Round that out with projections that utilities could save as much as $35 billion in just 10 years by embracing VPPs and you have the makings of a hype cycle even green hydrogen can't reach.

But VPPs are proving to have staying power. Federal and state policies have opened new markets. The tech works, and projects are being deployed at breakneck speed.

Episode 79 of the Factor This! podcast features Michael Smith, CEO of the leading C&I virtual power plant provider CPower, who breaks down the technology behind VPPs, where the industry stands today, and the critical markets no one is looking at.

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Episode 31 of the Factor This! podcast features Aaron Bates, the CEO and founder of Toledo Solar, a manufacturer of cadmium telluride thin-film solar modules.

Bates cares deeply about who is making solar modules and, just as importantly, where. And he has strong opinions about the direction the solar industry is heading.

In response to the Inflation Reduction Act, Toledo Solar is scaling its production capacity to 2.3 gigawatts by 2027. It's bringing the technology that made First Solar a household name to the commercial and residential sectors, and doing it right down the street from First Solar's factory in Ohio.

Bates discusses Toledo Solar and its ties to Ohio's rich history of manufacturing, silicon vs. CadTe modules, tariffs, and what he calls the "untruths" behind Made in America solar.

About the sponsor:

This episode of Factor This is sponsored by Heila Technologies, a Kohler Company.

Heila is changing the way complex microgrids are managed and operated with its EDGE control and optimization platform, which makes each asset in a system smarter while making the whole microgrid more efficient and resilient. 

The EDGE helps EPCs and developers simplify microgrid deployment through a flexible approach that ensures systems operate reliably while unlocking new revenue streams.

Heila is a proud sponsor of the 2023 GridTech Connect Forum. Register now at www.gridtechconnect.com to learn more about Heila and the EDGE platform.

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Corporate demand for clean energy couldn’t be hotter. And it’s not just for far-away solar and wind farms anymore.

In a year plagued by trade disputes, supply chain constraints, and missed targets, onsite commercial and industrial deployment of solar, batteries and EV charging grew in 2022 when other areas sank.

Leaders in the C&I space say it’s about to explode. That growth doesn’t come without its own challenges for grid reliability.

Episode 30 of the Factor This! podcast features Raphael Declercq, CEO of the C&I solar, storage, and EV charging developer PowerFlex.

Owned by EDF Renewables, PowerFlex is a leader in the C&I space, recently raising $100 million to expand its onsite energy management hardware and software offering.

Declercq weighed in on the impact of the California net metering decision, intelligent EV charging, and the outlook for an often overlooked segment of the industry.

About the sponsor:

This episode of Factor This is sponsored by Heila Technologies, a Kohler Company.

Heila is changing the way complex microgrids are managed and operated with its EDGE control and optimization platform, which makes each asset in a system smarter while making the whole microgrid more efficient and resilient. 

The EDGE helps EPCs and developers simplify microgrid deployment through a flexible approach that ensures systems operate reliably while unlocking new revenue streams.

Heila is a proud sponsor of the 2023 GridTech Connect Forum. Register now at www.gridtechconnect.com to learn more about Heila and the EDGE platform.

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It was a best-of-times, worst-of-times sort of year for solar: long-awaited federal policy support tempered by ongoing trade disputes involving some of the industry’s biggest suppliers. 

As the year closes, giving new meaning to the term ‘solar coaster,’ we invited Paula Mints, who has been tracking the industry for more than two decades, to shed some light on what 2022 means to the solar industry and what to watch out for in the new year. 

She joined Episode 29 of the Factor This! podcast to break down everything from the Auxin Solar petition to the Inflation Reduction Act and to discuss the industry’s path forward amid mounting headwinds.

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When the American clean energy industry met at RE+ in September, seemingly every conversation exuded an optimistic tone about the future.

Historic incentives for clean energy in the Inflation Reduction Act, paired with a generational industrial policy, brought U.S. climate goals within reach at a point when their prospects appeared bleak at best. Now, billions of dollars of investment is flowing into American clean energy manufacturing.

The outlook couldn't be more different in Europe, where industry leaders recently came together at Enlit Europe in Frankfurt, Germany. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated an already dire energy crisis, and the continent that once led the energy transition is watching its influence slip.

Two of Europe's clean energy leaders joined Episode 28 of the Factor This! podcast from Frankfurt to discuss Europe's path forward and the prospect for transformational industrial policy. 

Guests:
Jochen Hauff, Director Corporate Strategy, Energy Policy & Sustainability, BayWa r.e.
Axel Thiemann, CEO, Sonnedix

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Clean energy is in broad agreement: the Inflation Reduction Act is a game-changer for the industry and our goals of staving off the worst effects of climate change. 

But underneath the optimism is a shared anxiety that significant headwinds still plague the industry. Costly and time-consuming permitting and interconnection processes remain poison pills for projects. 

On Episode 27 of the Factor This! podcast, we introduce you to two climate tech entrepreneurs who are taking on these challenges. 

Robin Laine, CEO and co-founder of Transect, used her background as an environmental engineer to shrink the environmental assessment process down from weeks or months to just minutes. 

James McWalter, CEO of Paces, is developing what he calls the "Google for site selection," which allows developers to start with a set of criteria, like distance to an interconnection point, to find available parcels for development in just minutes. The platform also tracks ever-changing policies that could impact projects all the way down to the local level.

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After a series of starts, stops, and outright confusion over the future of rooftop solar, California regulators have released their latest proposal to reform the state’s net metering program. 

The process known as NEM 3.0 has pitted advocates against investor-owned utilities over how customers should be paid for sending excess solar power to the grid. And since it involves the country’s largest solar market, the entire industry is paying attention.

Vote Solar’s executive director, Sachu Constantine, returns to the Factor This! podcast to break down the latest proposal, which is drawing fire from both sides. Check out Constantine’s analysis of the original NEM 3.0 proposal in Episode 6 of the Factor This! podcast.

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A look around one of clean energy's largest events offered a common sight: There were a lot of men. 

 The challenge is well-known in renewables. Women make up only about a third of the workforce. And they hold an even smaller share of executive positions. 

On Episode 25 of the Factor This! podcast, three senior female executives weigh in on how to effectively recruit women to clean energy.

Guests:
Julia Bell, Chief Commercial Officer, CleanCapital
Carey Kling, Director, BQ Energy Development
Jenn Miller, CEO, Renewable IPP

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Registration is now open for the GridTECH Connect Forum, a new event bringing together distributed energy developers and utilities to tackle the critical issue of interconnection.

Join us in San Diego on Feb. 6, 2023 for an event focused on the California market, like interconnection collaboration, vehicle-to-grid integration, demand response, and more.

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It's been more than 600 days since the lights went out for millions of Texans during Winter Storm Uri. 

The near-total collapse of the Texas grid can be attributed to a number of culprits— and there has been no shortage of finger-pointing. 

Promises were made that what happened in February 2021 would never happen again. And a market redesign that's underway is supposed to be the solution. 

To better understand what's happening, and what's to come, Episode 24 of the Factor This! podcast features Texas Capitol mainstays Caitlin Smith of Jupiter Power, Mark Stover of Apex Clean Energy, and Doug Lewin, host of Renewable Energy World's Texas Power Podcast.

 Show notes:
-Check out the "Don't California my Texas (electricity market)" episode of the Texas Power Podcast for a deep dive into a highly-anticipated report on the three electricity market redesign proposals.
-Read the ICF report commissioned by the Texas Consumer Association

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Bringing new distributed energy resources to the grid often comes with delays and costly upgrades. Interconnection woes create a contentious relationship between utilities and developers.

That’s why Clarion Energy is launching the GridTECH Connect Forum— a regional event designed to break down industry silos by bringing together DER developers and utilities to find common ground to improve the interconnection process. 

Registration is now open for the inaugural GridTECH Connect Forum in San Diego, California on Feb. 6, 2023. 

To learn more, be sure to download Episode 23 of Factor This! featuring GridTECH Connect Forum advisory board members Laurence Abcede, manager of distributed energy resources at San Diego Gas & Electric, and CJ Colavito, the vice president of engineering at Standard Solar.

Show notes:
-Learn more about GridTECH Connect Forum
-Follow the GridTECH Connect Forum on Twitter and LinkedIn

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More than a decade ago, the proverbial lightbulb glowed over Chad Farrell’s head. 

Trained as a brownfield remediation engineer, he decided to develop solar projects on otherwise unusable land. His company, Encore Renewable Energy, became a first-mover in brownfield solar development, boosted by federal incentives.

Fast forward to today, and Farrell sees an even brighter future for brownfield solar project development due to another big chunk of federal help: the Inflation Reduction Act.

On Episode 22 of the Factor This! podcast, Farrell shares how the IRA is impacting brownfield and energy community project bankability, and lays out the challenges that still remain.

Sponsor:
-This episode of Factor This! is sponsored by Rolls Battery. Find a distributor near you.
-Registration is now open for the GridTECH Connect Forum, an all-new event designed to bring utility leaders and clean energy developers together to tackle interconnection issues. Register today.

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This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less.

This week’s episode features Semafor climate and energy editor Tim McDonnell, who reported on AI's impact on the grid and how the technology could be used to ease the strain.

This Week in Cleantech — June 28, 2024

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Warwick Wise, Head of Video at ABB. He went out to the plains of New Mexico to see how the latest detection and monitoring technology helped find methane leaks and seal them off. Congratulations, Warwick!

1. Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA's plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants — AP News
2. US energy production exceeds consumption by widest-recorded margin — Reuters
3. Coal power plant outages remain historically high, NERC report finds — E&E News
4. Wildfire Threats Make Utilities Uninsurable in US West — Bloomberg
5. The solution to the AI power boom is a better grid, not a bigger one - Semafor

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The market for procuring clean energy is enduring one of the most tumultuous stretches in history. 

A global pandemic, trade disputes, and federal policy near-misses over the past two years contributed to fears that either side of a power purchase agreement was getting a raw deal. That volatility added pressure on developers, investors, and corporations pursuing net-zero goals.

But historic incentives for clean energy baked into the Inflation Reduction Act have shifted the industry’s trajectory, backed by the certainty of 10-year tax credits. 

What impact is the IRA already having, and what’s in store for 2023? 

Gia Clark, senior director of developer services for LevelTen Energy, joins Episode 21 of the Factor This! podcast to provide a first look at her company’s Q3 PPA Price Index report and insights from their PPA marketplace.

Show notes:
-LevelTen's Q3 PPA Index (available Oct. 18)
-Episode article
-Learn more about GridTECH Connect Forum

Sponsor:
This episode of Factor This! is sponsored by Rolls Battery. Find a distributor near you.

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We're happy to share with you the first episode of Renewable Energy World's newest podcast, the Texas Power Podcast.

In each episode, Doug Lewin guides listeners through the complicated world of Texas energy, introducing them to the people and policies behind it all.

In Episode 1 of the Texas Power Podcast, host Doug Lewin is joined by Pat Wood, former chairman of both the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Public Utility Commission of Texas. He helped deliver former Texas Gov. George W. Bush's deregulation agenda in the 1990s.

Doug's conversation with Pat Wood covered the state's market redesign efforts, the enabling technologies that can support grid resilience, and the moment when then-governor Bush was first drawn to renewables.

If you like the Texas Power Podcast, please leave a rating and review!

The Texas Power Podcast is a production of Renewable Energy World and Clarion Energy.

You can connect with Texas Power Podcast host Doug Lewin on Twitter and LinkedIn.  

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Solar and wind enjoy broad public support, but the fight in Congress over the Inflation Reduction Act showed that the industry can be held hostage by a single vote, as proven by Sen. Joe Manchin’s nail-bite tactics. 

And for all the IRA promises to do to fuel clean energy deployment, the law doesn’t cure the industry’s persistent NIMBY problem.

On Episode 20 of the Factor This! podcast, veteran clean tech communicator Mike Casey shares his vision for establishing long-term political power to prevent the next Manchin-like holdout. 

We’re also joined by SOLV Energy CEO George Herschman, whose company is developing the largest solar project in the US, to share strategies that clean energy developers can use to overcome NIMBY opposition.

Show notes:
-Episode article
-Check out the energy industry's newest event, the GridTECH Connect Forum, which will bring together utility leaders and DER developers to tackle interconnection issues.

Sponsor:
Learn more about Nextracker's proprietary TrueCapture software in a new white paper that's available for free download here. TrueCapture combines advanced sensing and machine-learning technologies to help mitigate energy losses and boost plant performance. Nextracker is the only tracker company with proven, third-party verified data and measured results that meet or exceed modeled predictions. See the results for yourself. 

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In June, President Joe Biden announced a two-year pause on new tariffs on solar modules imported from Southeast Asia— much-needed relief for the industry that was brought to a standstill.

Weeks later, though, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act took effect and has resulted in the detention of modules believed to have been manufactured in the Xinjiang region of China using forced labor.

Vulnerabilities in the solar supply chain have been magnified over the past year. With historic incentives for domestic solar production secured by the Inflation Reduction Act, can the US ramp up manufacturing capacity before new tariffs are potentially imposed as a result of the Auxin Solar petition? 

On Episode 19 of the Factor This! podcast, leaders from Cypress Creek Renewables, Lightsource bp, and Qcells took on this all-important question live from RE+ in Anaheim.

Show notes:
-Episode article
-Watch the live recording of Factor This! at RE+ on the Renewable Energy World  YouTube channel
-Check out the energy industry's newest event, the GridTECH Connect Forum, which will bring together utility leaders and DER developers to tackle interconnection issues.
-Introducing: The Texas Power Podcast

Sponsor:
-This episode is sponsored by Nextracker, the industry’s most advanced smart solar tracking systems. Learn more about how Nextracker is ramping up domestic manufacturing capacity to 10 GW here.

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Before the Inflation Reduction Act, working and succeeding in clean energy came with quite a bit of risk. Now with the historic legislation in place, it's time to honor those risk takers for laying the groundwork for a new level of certainty not seen before in the industry. 

Tom Weirich, who leads marketing efforts in North America for EDP Renewables, chronicles the stories of those clean energy visionaries in his forthcoming book We Took the Risk. 

Weirich joined Episode 18 of the Factor This! podcast from Renewable Energy World to share some highlights from the book before it's released on October 1st.

Show notes:
-You can purchase "We Took the Risk" here
-Read the full article for this podcast episode here

Sponsor notes:

This episode of Factor This! is sponsored by Nextracker.

Learn more about Nextracker's proprietary TrueCapture software in a new white paper that's available for free download here. TrueCapture combines advanced sensing and machine-learning technologies to help mitigate energy losses and boost plant performance. Nextracker is the only tracker company with proven, third-party verified data and measured results that meet or exceed modeled predictions. See the results for yourself. 

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Over the past year, DroneBase, a company that conducts aerial assessments of utility-scale solar projects, drove up and down the western and eastern seaboards of North America to develop what it hopes will become a comprehensive database of every major solar project.

A resource like this would give DroneBase the ability to rate developers, EPCs, asset owners, and manufacturers of modules, trackers, and inverters, based on performance. 

 That report card could bring a new level of transparency, and a reckoning, to the solar industry. 

 Mark Culpepper, the general manager of DroneBase's solar division, joins Episode 17 of the Factor This! podcast to discuss the new platform and its implications for the industry. 

 Show notes:
-Read the article on DroneBase's announcement here

Sponsor notes:

Learn more about Nextracker's proprietary TrueCapture software in a new white paper that's available for free download here. TrueCapture combines advanced sensing and machine-learning technologies to help mitigate energy losses and boost plant performance. Nextracker is the only tracker company with proven, third-party verified data and measured results that meet or exceed modeled predictions. See the results for yourself. 

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As Labor Day weekend came to a close, a sense of dread settled in at the home of Allison Clements, who was appointed to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 2020.

On the cusp of entering fifth grade, Clements' daughter was tasked with completing a homework assignment over the summer break. And of course, it wasn’t done.

Upgrading the U.S. electric grid is akin to the nation's own summer homework, Clements said on Episode 16 of the Factor This! podcast. And Labor Day weekend has long since passed as an opportunity to complete catch-up work. 

Clements discussed record heat in the West, resiliency, and FERC’s effort to reform transmission planning and interconnection rules.

Show notes:
-Full article: FERC Commissioner Allison Clements on record heat, resiliency, and smart grids

Sponsor:
-This episode is sponsored by Nextracker, the industry’s most advanced smart solar tracking systems. Learn more about how Nextracker is ramping up domestic manufacturing capacity to 10 GW here.

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The Inflation Reduction Act established historic incentives for clean energy and climate change. It may have also created a gold rush with potentially dangerous consequences.

In Episode 15 of the Factor This! podcast, Erik Lensch, founder and CEO of Leyline Renewable Capital, shares how the Inflation Reduction Act is impacting clean energy capital markets, which he said were already oversaturated with investors chasing projects before the climate bill passed.

Remember to leave a rating or review of FactorThis! wherever you get your podcasts. 

Show notes:
-Check out  Episode 10, "What's going on in clean energy capital markets" with Pine Gate Renewables CEO Ben Catt, who shared a developer's point of view of clean energy capital markets.
-Read the full article for this episode, ‘Gold rush’ fever stoked by new climate law is a real concern, investor warns
-Have questions for our next guess, FERC Commissioner Allison Clements? Email me! john.engel(at)clarionevents.com
-Subscribe to the free Renewable Energy World newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest news in solar, wind, energy storage, green hydrogen, and more.

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With the Inflation Reduction Act's historic investments in clean energy and climate change in place, U.S. solar power development is expected to explode over the next decade. 

But meeting lofty decarbonization goals won't be easy— siting challenges, interconnection delays, and supply chain constraints all stand in the way. 

In Episode 14 of the Factor This! podcast, Terabase co-founder and CEO Matt Campbell shares how his company is using software and automation to redefine how gigantic solar farms get built and are managed.

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-Subscribe to the free Renewable Energy World newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest news in solar, wind, energy storage, green hydrogen, and more.

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The power purchase agreement has done wonders for the deployment of clean energy. 

Corporations can offset their annual energy consumption with long-term offtake contracts for solar and wind farms.

But what if that financial model doesn't work for every business—especially smaller ones that still want to make an impact? And does traditional clean energy procurement offset as much carbon as possible?  

There's a new player solar that thinks they can address both of those challenges. In Episode 12 of Factor This!, Laura Zapata explains the mission behind Clearloop.
 
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This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less.

This week’s episode features Newsweek editor Jeff Young, who reported on President Biden's effort to link his climate goals to good-paying jobs.

This Week in Cleantech — June 21, 2024

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Megawatt-X founder Laurent Segalen!

1. Solar Power’s Giants Are Providing More Energy Than Big Oil - Bloomberg
2. Green Peace: How the Fight Against Climate Change Can Overcome Geopolitical Discord - Foreign Affairs
3. A Trump Win Puts $369 Billion in Clean Energy Incentives at Risk, BI Says - Bloomberg
4. Solugen scores $214 million loan from DOE to make chemicals from corn sugar not petroleum - CNBC
5. Biden Links Green Power to Good Pay With Clean Energy Wage Rules - Newsweek

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In this bonus episode of Factor This!,  we introduce you to the RENWABLE+ Series™ from Renewable Energy World. Don't worry, we'll get back to tackling solar's biggest stories on Monday.

In this +Series discussion, panelists from EDP Renewables, Generate Capital, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory break down what's next for green hydrogen— the energy transition's secret weapon. 

• Bryan Pivovar, Senior Research Fellow I-Materials Science, NREL
• Ana Quelhas, Managing Director for Hydrogen, EDP Renewables (EDPR)
• Brandon Moffatt, VP, Generate Capital

While green hydrogen’s versatility offers potential answers to some of the energy transition’s most challenging questions, factors such as scale, scope, and affordability remain daunting challenges.

Show notes:
-Read the roundtable recap article here
-You can watch this +Series webinar on-demand here and check out the full +Series archive here.
-Subscribe to the free Renewable Energy World newsletter here 

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Around 70% of solar systems in the U.S. are less than five years old, and with a lifespan of 30 years or more, recycling may not seem urgent. 

But multi-gigawatt demand for solar recycling awaits the industry in the decades to come. The International Renewable Energy Agency estimates global solar PV waste will reach 78 million tonnes by 2050—with those raw materials worth $15 billion.  

How can solar recycling scale to meet the need, and who’s going to capture that market? 

On Episode 11 of the Factor This! podcast, Suvi Sharma – the solar veteran who co-founded Solaria and Nextracker – shares how his latest startup, SOLARCYCLE, is taking on solar’s recycling imperative.

Show notes:
-Read the article: Can solar avoid a recycling problem? Suvi Sharma is convinced it can
-Register for the free RENEWABLE +Series on green hydrogen, featuring panelists from Generate Capital, EDP Renewables, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
-Subscribe to the free Renewable Energy World newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest news in solar, wind, energy storage, green hydrogen, and more.

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Think back to June. President Biden had just paused new tariffs on solar modules imported from Southeast Asia—a lifeline for the solar industry after months of tumult caused by the Auxin Solar tariff petition. 

 Shipments resumed. Projects restarted. Stability returned. 

 Then came rising interest rates, record inflation, and recession anxiety, all complicating the buildout of clean energy infrastructure. 

 In Episode 10 of the Factor This! podcast, Pine Gate Renewables CEO Ben Catt breaks down what's going on in clean energy capital markets, fresh off raising $500 million for his utility-scale solar and storage development company. 

Show notes:
-Register for the free RENEWABLE +Series on green hydrogen, featuring panelists from Generate Capital, EDP Renewables, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
-Subscribe to the free Renewable Energy World newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest news in solar, wind, energy storage, green hydrogen, and more.

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Up until a few days ago, Congress had been a frequent disappointment to clean energy advocates. Even the current optimism around budget reconciliation is... cautious. 

But a few blocks north of Capitol Hill, seismic change has been underway.

In June, FERC laid out a set of proposed rules to address what possibly is the biggest threat facing clean energy deployment goals in the US: interconnection delays.

The notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) identified ways to tackle widespread challenges that have led to years-long interconnection request backlogs across the country.

Jeff Dennis, managing director for the advocacy group Advanced Energy Economy, and a former FERC policy staffer, joined Episode 9 of Factor This! to break down what's in the FERC interconnection NOPR and what comes next.

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In a shocking turn of events late on the afternoon of July 27th, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced that he had reached a deal with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on a budget reconciliation package that includes $369 billion.  

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 includes: 

• 10-year extensions of the ITC for residential and commercial solar
• A new ITC for standalone energy storage 
• Credits for domestic solar manufacturing 
• Credits for new and used EVs 

Jose Zayas, EVP of Policy and Programs, American Council on Renewable Energy, joined the Factor This! podcast for a rapid reaction to the reconciliation news. You can read our recap of the legislation at Renewable Energy World here.

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In Episode 7 of the Factor This! podcast, Nextracker founder and CEO Dan Shugar explains his company's decision to invest heavily in U.S. manufacturing amid supply chain constraints and trade disputes facing the solar industry.

Plus, he gives a sneak peek at Nextracker’s next manufacturing announcement.

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In Episode 6 of the Factor This! podcast, rooftop solar's biggest fight — California's net energy metering reform process — is back on. The California Public Utilities Commission has reopened the docket for NEM 3.0, which rooftop solar advocates warn could have a devastating impact on the industry nationwide.

Vote Solar's new executive director, Sachu Constantine, takes Factor This! to the frontlines of the policy fight and shares how he plans to move one of the leading solar advocacy groups to its next chapter.

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How to manage and monetize distributed energy resources is one of the most rapidly changing pieces of the energy transition.

Every few weeks it seems a new software startup has raised tens (sometimes, hundreds) of millions of dollars in pursuit of those challenges. Meanwhile, utilities are watching the electricity distribution model that has stood up for a hundred years get turned on its head.

In a special edition of Factor This!, live from DISTRIBUTECH and POWERGEN International in Dallas last May, hear from Jim Walsh, who leads GE Digital’s grid software business, about the enabling forces behind the energy transition.

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In Episode 4 of the Factor This! podcast, Abigail Ross Hopper, CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association trade group, shares how the solar industry swayed President Joe Biden to pause new tariffs on module imports from Southeast Asia, while also boosting domestic manufacturing.

And later in the episode, Intersect Power CEO Sheldon Kimber discusses the early days of Recurrent Energy, tariffs, and solar's path forward.

This is the fourth and final episode of the Factor This! Auxin Solar tariff petition series. The full series is available wherever you get your podcasts.

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In Episode 3 of the Factor This! podcast, Rhone Resch, the CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association from 2004-16, looks back at solar’s “boom” and his regret as the former head of the industry’s leading trade group of not prioritizing domestic solar manufacturing. He explains why now is the time to invest in a domestic supply chain.

Plus, Martin Pochtaruk, CEO of North American solar manufacturer Heliene, joins the podcast to talk about the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act and how proposed incentives for domestic manufacturing would impact production in the U.S.

Finally, Michael Parr, executive director of the Ultra Low Carbon Solar Alliance discusses how focusing on solar’s carbon footprint could spur domestic manufacturing. For show notes, visit here. 

This episode is the third installment of a four-part series on the Auxin Solar tariff petition. If you missed our exclusive interview with Auxin Solar CEO Mamun Rashid, listen here.

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This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less.

This week’s episode features Michael Thomas, author of the "Distilled" newsletter, who reported on the growing size of clean energy projects in the U.S.

This Week in Cleantech — June 14, 2024

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Andrew Savage, vice president and founding team at electric vehicle and bike sharing company, Lime. 

1. The World Needs More Batteries for Electric Vehicles — But Not This Many — Bloomberg
2. House hearing to be held to consider bill to reform how public utility regulators are appointed — WOSU Public Media
3. Long-Range EVs Now Cost Less Than the Average New Car in the US — Bloomberg
4. World faces ‘staggering’ oil glut by end of decade, energy watchdog warns — Financial Times
5. The Rise of the Clean Energy Megaproject — Distilled

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In Episode 2 of the "Factor This!" podcast, Lightsource bp Americas CEO Kevin Smith describes how one of the world's largest solar developers is approaching the Auxin Solar tariff petition and the threat of additional tariffs on imported modules.

Also in this episode, American Clean Power Association CEO Heather Zichal, a former Obama administration climate and energy official, takes us behind the scenes of the $5 million to oppose the Biden Administration on tariffs. 

The episode is the second in a 4-part series on the Auxin Solar petition. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. If you missed the first episode, and our exclusive interview with Auxin Solar CEO Mamun Rashid, listen here.

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For the first episode of the "Factor This!" podcast,  Auxin Solar CEO Mamun Rashid gives his first extensive interview since filing the tariff petition that has rocked the solar industry.

The episode is the first in a 4-part series on the Auxin Solar petition.

Find more information about the Auxin Solar tariff petition, show notes, and a transcript from this episode at Renewable Energy World. And don't forget to subscribe, wherever you get your podcasts so that you don't miss an episode of the series.

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Factor This! is a weekly podcast that takes on solar's biggest stories with industry leaders who actually move the needle. 

After launching with a four-part series on the Auxin Solar tariff petition, featuring an exclusive interview with Auxin Solar CEO Mamun Rashid, Factor This! became required listening for solar industry leaders. 

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Christian Roselund has a strategy for when a new solar tariff petition drops.

Turn off your phone. Then get to reading. Had he failed to follow these rules in April, Roselund, a senior policy analyst at Clean Energy Associates, would have gotten an ear full from developers fearful of yet another tariff fight.

U.S. solar manufacturing giants First Solar and QCells are putting their weight behind the latest threat to an already fragile supply chain, and it could be much worse than the one that brought the industry to its knees just two years ago.

Roselund joined Episode 78 of the Factor This! podcast to break down the impact of the newest attempt to tamp down China's solar dominance.

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This week's episode features The Guardian's Dharna Norr, who reported on an effort by Vermont leaders to force fossil fuel companies to pay for their emissions impacts.

This Week in Cleantech — June 7, 2024

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is CleanCapital co-founder Jon Powers!

1. Renewable Energy Wins for Now in Michigan as Local Control Measure Fails to Make Ballot — Inside Climate News
2. World’s biggest solar farm goes online, big enough to power a country — The Independent
3. How Electric Car Batteries Might Aid the Grid (and Win Over Drivers) — The New York Times
4. How a simple fix could double the size of the U.S. electricity grid — The Washington Post
5. ‘Game-changing’: Vermont becomes first state to require big oil to pay for climate damages — The Guardian

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This week’s episode features Stephen Robert Miller, who wrote for Yale E360 about an effort to convert existing oil wells for long-duration storage of solar energy.

This Week in Cleantech — May 31, 2024 

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Gregg Patterson, CEO of Origami Solar!

1. The U.S. just took its biggest step yet to end coal mining — The Washington Post
2. Opinion | Can Biden Win America’s Green Tech Trade War With China? — The New York Times
3. How red Texas became a model for green energy — The Financial Times
4. Biden’s Long Game on Climate — Heatmap News
5. Can a California Oilfield Be Retrofitted to Store Solar Energy? — Yale Environment 360

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has unveiled landmark new rules in attempt to jumpstart the beleaguered transmission system in the U.S. Many are already calling it the most impactful action by the agency in decades, providing a path to meet the needs of the energy transition.

Taken together, Orders 1920 and 1977 total more than 1,500 pages, requiring long-term, proactive transmission planning and providing a backstop to some key siting disputes.

But experts say there's still plenty of work ahead, and challenges to the rules are likely.

Episode 77 of the Factor This! podcast features Tory Lauterbach, a partner in the energy and climate practice at Foley Hoag LLP, who breaks down what FERC did, and didn't, do to boost transmission.

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This week's episode features Oliver Milman, an environment reporter for The Guardian, who covered a new report that casts doubt on sustainable aviation fuel prospects.

This Week in Cleantech — May 17, 2024

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Paul Carp, Independent Climate Consultant for his recently launched Carpe Diem Climate Consulting

1. Biden sharply hikes US tariffs on an array of Chinese imports — Reuters
2. FERC shakes up power industry with landmark grid rule — E&E News
3. What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign — The Washington Post
4. As Ohio clamps down on clean energy, recent changes make it easier to force landowners to allow oil and gas drilling — Energy News Network
5. ‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds — The Guardian

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This Week in Cleantech — May 10, 2024

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Lara Hamsher, Director of Stakeholder Relations, Social Impact and Sustainability for AES Clean Energy!

1. Battery Recycling Shatters the Myth of Electric-Vehicle Waste — Bloomberg
2. Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply — The Guardian
3. A Century-Old Company The Government Owns Wants To Solve A Big Energy Problem — HuffPost
4. Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity — New York Times
5. Biden's tax credits for sustainable aviation fuel allow a big role for corn ethanol — Semafor

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This week's episode features CNET senior editor Jon Reed, who visited an energy-efficient home in Vermont that will eventually be part of a virtual power plant, or VPP.

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Jim Kapsis, CEO of the Ad Hoc Group, who recently wrote about his 531-mile trip from Virginia to Maine in an electric vehicle. Jim wrote about his experience traveling the long electric miles, both the good and bad. We’ll link his piece in our YouTube bio. Congratulations Jim!

This Week in Cleantech — August 23, 2024

1. Big Tech’s bid to rewrite the rules on net zero — The Financial Times
2. EVs are starting to overtake gas-powered cars in a surprising place — CNN
3. Clean Fuel Startups Were Supposed to Be the Next Big Thing. Now They Are Collapsing. — The Wall Street Journal
4. Coal Power Defined This Minnesota Town. Can Solar Win It Over? — The New York Times
5. The US Power Grid Has a Problem. Your House Could Help Solve It — CNET

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This week’s episode features Washington Post climate reporter Maxine Joselow, who reported on a new ruling by the EPA to curb power plant emissions.

This Week in Cleantech — May 3, 2024

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Justina Whipkey, the mill supervisor at a JM Steel plant outside Pittsburgh that just tripled capacity to supply trackers to solar projects throughout the region.

1. In America’s Biggest Oil Field, the Ground Is Swelling and Buckling — Wall Street Journal
2. Musk Plans More Layoffs as Two Senior Tesla Executives Depart — The Information
3. Sodium Batteries From Michigan Challenge Lithium’s Grip on Energy Transition — Bloomberg
4. Biden completes permitting rule — Axios
5. New rules will slash air, water and climate pollution from U.S. power plants — Washington Post

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This week’s episode features AP News climate solutions reporter Alexa St. John, who reported on new polling that tests whether or not the Inflation Reduction Act is resonating with voters.

This Week in Cleantech — April 26, 2024

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Antoine Wagschal, Sales Director of Southeast Asia at Nextracker!

1. Why Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth — NPR
2. Biden wants to triple China tariffs on steel, aluminum imports — CNBC
3. U.S. Solar Factories Urge Biden To Crack Down On China — HuffPost
4. Energy-Guzzling AI Is Also the Future of Energy Savings — Wall Street Journal
5. Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden's climate law will help, an AP-NORC poll finds — AP News

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This week’s episode features E&E News reporter Christian Robles who covered the controversial debate over federal green hydrogen incentive rules.

This Week in Cleantech —  April 5, 2024

This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” goes to Bill Weihl, who is transitioning from ClimateVoice’s Co-Executive Director to the role of Founder & Chief Strategic Advisor.

1. Berkeley Will Repeal Its Landmark Ban on Natural Gas in New Homes — The New York Times
2. BlackRock Issued Legal Warning Over ESG Strategy by Mississippi — Bloomberg
3. Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis? — The New York Times
4. NOAA gets dire warning about solar geoengineering — POLITICO
5. How do you ensure hydrogen is ‘clean’? Treasury rules draw fire. – E&E News

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This week's episode features Kelly Livingston of ABC News who covered the EPA's new vehicle standards meant to spur the adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles.

This Week in Cleantech  — March 29, 2024

This week’s “Cleantecher(s) of the Week” are Michael Tekabe, chief operating officer, and Hayat Bedane, engineering lead at Kubik, an Africa-based startup.

1. Yellen Warns China Against Flood of Cheap Green Energy Exports — The New York Times
2. Oil Executives Are Getting Refreshingly Honest These Days — The New Republic
3. US Announces $6 Billion to Clean Up Heavy Manufacturing — Bloomberg
4. The Last Coal-Fired Power Plants in New England Are to Close — The New York Times
5. New EPA vehicle standards would cut US emissions, ramp up pressure for more EVs — ABC News

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