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735 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsNico Johnson takes you into conversations with those at the forefront of Renewable Energy.
SunCast gives an inside look into what is happening in renewable energy. From conversations with the biggest Solar Panel manufacturers in the world to the small startups creating the future of renewable energy, such as carbon capture and battery technology breakthroughs.
SunCast is dedicated to providing the knowledge, research, tools and expert guidance you need to understand, grow and be ahead of the curve in the fastest-growing markets in the world.
Featuring over 600 conversations, Nico has interviewed people from Tesla, SolarCity, Trina Solar, Meyer Burger, Conergy, SunEdison, Energy Vault and even the US Government... to name a few. Covering topics such as Solar Power, Wind Energy, Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Carbon Capture, Finance, Hydrogen, and more.
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323 - Why did Live Nation choose this little-known battery storage company as their partner?
December 10, 2020 16:59 - 1 hour - 47 MBToday’s entrepreneur is in rare company. I can’t recall that I’ve ever interviewed an entrepreneur who’s lost a Billion dollar contract. That story alone is worth tuning in today. But you’ll also learn how James Wagoner, and his Storage startup Joule Case, became the live events power provider for Live Nation, how he’s future-proofing consumer power needs thanks to a few failed startups and the tribulations of Covid. As Joule Case’s CEO, James builds teams, manages resources, and aligns to...
321 - How to digitize solar customer acquisition, with Austin Rosenbaum from Demand IQ
December 03, 2020 17:19 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBToday's entrepreneur is going to show us how to use artificial intelligence to streamline customer acquisition. Austin Rosenbaum is the Denver-based Founder of Demand IQ, an A.I. based technology platform that promises to turbocharge your solar marketing and sales efforts. I've really enjoyed getting to know Austin since I met him on a conference panel this past summer, and it's just so clear to me that this young entrepreneur is on point on the digital trends that matter to small and medi...
319 - How Feminist Electrification is revolutionizing Haiti's grid, with Earthspark International Allison Archambault
December 01, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBToday's entrepreneur is no stranger to not just business in the developing world, but also bridging the gap between business development, sales, and nonprofit fundraising and growth. It's an honor to be able to introduce Allison Archambault and the work of EarthSpark International on this Giving Tuesday. Allison developed not just her career, but the organization that she's been leading now for a decade, providing light, access to opportunities, and what she refers to as feminist electrifi...
320 - Giving Tuesday Special - EarthSpark International is Electrifying Everything - GIVE Today
December 01, 2020 15:54 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBAs the title might suggest today, is Giving Tuesday. But what exactly is Giving Tuesday? You can check out more at the show notes down below where we get more insight into Giving Tuesday. We first introduced Giving Tuesday, to our audience here on SunCast a year ago with Kristina Skierka, which is still a worthwhile interview to give a listen to (listen to that interview clicking here). Today, we're going to follow the Giving Tuesday tradition with an interview of my friend Allison Archam...
318 - Are high-power home solar + battery systems a game-changer? With Arnold Leitner, CEO of YouSolar Inc.
November 26, 2020 17:27 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBHappy Thanksgiving to those of you faithful who listen on the day that episodes are produced. My dear friend Arnold Leitner, an entrepreneur and pioneer in his own right, founded a company called SkyFuel that, as I was kicking off my career way back in 2005, was already taken on investor dollars and cranking out a really novel product in the concentrating solar photovoltaic industry. For those of you who've been following along, CSP has been sidetracked lately by the ridiculously fast dro...
317 - The Great Solar Debate: Can Energy Management Software Alone Replace Batteries?
November 24, 2020 18:43 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBWhat you’re about to hear is a recorded version of an insightful debate we hosted at SPI, ESI & NORTH AMERICA SMART ENERGY WEEK 2020. Can energy management software alone replace batteries? This was an amazing roundtable discussion sparring back and forth between our good friends, John Powers over at Extensible Energy, Andrew Tanner at Yotta Energy, and also Jonás Villalba from Promise Energy, three practitioners both using, creating, and evangelizing energy management software and storage...
316 - Culture-centric tech startup raises $25m for Demand Response, Gregg Dixon of Voltus Inc.
November 19, 2020 17:09 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBToday's entrepreneur is no stranger to distributed energy, and high growth startups. Gregg Dixon has held executive marketing and sales roles in public companies in consulting, energy, petrochemical products, heck, even crayons. But nothing has captured and commanded his attention and focus, like saving customers money on their energy bills. We're going to dig into how he's helped literally thousands of businesses save money and how he's turning an entire industry on its head with smart te...
315 - How will VR be used in Solar training? 40+ year Solar Pioneer, Mark Mrohs, Part 2
November 17, 2020 16:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBMark Mrohs is a true solar pioneer and lifelong dedicated educator for our industry. If you missed Part 1 of this episode, I really encourage you to press pause here, and go back and listen to part 1. I think that it would be helpful to better understand Mark’s background and trajectory. Today, Mark and I go into a lot on his theory of learning, where he sees the world of virtual reality and whether or not we're ready for it. VR Headsets like Oculus and many other headset makers are changi...
314 - How will VR be used in Solar training? 40+ year Solar Pioneer, Mark Mrohs, Part 1
November 12, 2020 17:29 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBWe're going to jump into what I expect to be a very exciting and interesting conversation with Mark Mrohs, a true solar pioneer. A couple of things as his accreditations just to set the stage, Mark was Training Director for ARCO Solar Inc, Siemens Solar, AstroPower, SunPower, SunEdison, of course, he's an instructor for Solar Energy International, and he was a Technician at Spectrolab Inc. before that. He's also had some time now focused on virtual reality with a young company called Inter...
313 - How Clean Energy Jobs can lead the recovery, with Abby Hopper, Emilie Wangerman, Erika Symmonds, and Audrey Lee [Career Summit]
November 10, 2020 17:12 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBWhat you’re about to hear is a recorded keynote of Day 2 of our SunCast Career Summit. Clean Energy has led the job-creation efforts for the decade since the last recession. Hear from industry insiders, SEIA’s Abby Hopper, Lightsource BP’s Emilie Wangerman, GRID Alternatives’ Erika Symmonds, and Clean Energy for Biden’s Audrey Lee, Ph.D., on what roles are being hired for and where we might see the greatest momentum coming out of the current crisis. Get access to the video replay of this ...
312 - How to productize renewable energy assets, with Emilie Wangerman, VP Business Dev. at Lightsource BP
November 05, 2020 16:00 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MBI have really enjoyed the conversations that I've been having with Miss Emilie Wangerman, the Vice President of Business Development for Lightsource BP. Emilie has over 8 years of experience in power markets and energy policy, on both the buy-and-sell side of solar, storage, and distributed energy resources (DERs), as well as experience with generation and electric system operations and utility rate design, which is complemented by her background in technology development and process engine...
311 - SunCast Weekly Roundup, Presented by LG! Week 7
November 02, 2020 22:09 - 1 hour - 96.5 MBWe're so excited to be back with you for SPI, ESI & NORTH AMERICA SMART ENERGY WEEK 2020 in its new virtual format. This is the final edition of the SunCast Weekly Roundup, presented by LG Solar, where we decided to go LIVE and catch some of the big takeaways from the first-ever Virtual Solar Power International. In today’s episode, my Co-Host Joshua Porter from SolarCoaster and I held interesting conversations Inside the Green Room with cleantech leaders like Erika Myers from Smart Electr...
310 - Span.io is revolutionizing a 100 year old home appliance, with CEO Arch Rao, ex Tesla Powerwall lead
October 29, 2020 17:43 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBToday’s guest is Arch Rao, Founder & CEO of Span.IO, a technology company reinventing the electrical panel to enable the rapid adoption of renewable energy. He is an engineer and entrepreneur with expertise in research, development and commercialization of energy technologies. We’re going to not only explore how Span is advancing the very technology that supports home energy devices, but also the background of this engineer and entrepreneur, and his expertise in storage systems and their ...
309 - SunCast Weekly Roundup Live at SPI 2020, Week 6
October 27, 2020 17:18 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBHear insights from clean-energy thought leaders like Daisy Meyer, Robert Broadwater, Gwen Yamamoto and Lavannya Pulluveetil Barrera, as they share with us their insights on week 6 sessions, as well as their experience of participating in this fully-virtual format of North America’s most popular cleantech tradeshow. We also had Brian Lynch, LG Electronic’s Director of Solar and Storage, and Kenneth Locklin, Director at Impax Asset Management, LLC starring in our newest segment, “Industry Pu...
308 - How-to LinkedIn from a certified expert, Andy Foote of LinkedInsights
October 27, 2020 17:14 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBToday’s guest is Andy Foote, a professional LinkedIn consultant. He’s spent the last decade obsessively testing multiple engagement strategies and building a large and supportive network on the largest professional networking website in the World. His podcast, Foote Notes, is an interview show featuring interesting people that he’s discovered on LinkedIn. If you want to connect with today's guest, you’ll find links to his contact info in the show notes on the blog at https://mysuncast.com/...
307 - How NREL helps bring Cleantech innovations to market, with Trish Cozart, Group Manager | Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center
October 22, 2020 15:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBThis week we have a really interesting angle on the way that cleantech companies are lifted from the dust. Today's intrapreneur and entrepreneur is Trish Cozart, Program Manager for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at the National Renewable Energy Lab in Colorado. Now, Trish has been recommended by several people, but a special shoutout to Antenna Group for helping make this interview happen for you. Trish and I really dig into how the National Renewable Energy Lab, through its ...
307 - How NREL helps bring Cleantech innovations to market, with Trish Cozart, Group Manager | Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center
October 22, 2020 15:00 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MBThis week we have a really interesting angle on the way that cleantech companies are lifted from the dust. Today's intrapreneur and entrepreneur is Trish Cozart, Program Manager for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at the National Renewable Energy Lab in Colorado. Now, Trish has been recommended by several people, but a special shoutout to Antenna Group for helping make this interview happen for you. Trish and I really dig into how the National Renewable Energy Lab, through its...
306 - SunCast Weekly Roundup Live at SPI 2020, Week 5
October 20, 2020 16:44 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBIn today’s episode, you’ll be able to hear insights from clean-energy thought leaders like Emma Nicholson, Jon Wellinghoff, and Dawn Weisz, as they share with us their insights on week 5 sessions, as well as their experience of participating in this fully-virtual format of North America’s most popular cleantech tradeshow. We also had Brian Lynch, LG Electronic’s Director of Solar and Storage, and Ian Lochore, Vice President and General Manager of Baker Electric Home Energy starring in our ...
305 - What is localized generation? With Phil Watts
October 15, 2020 17:45 - 53 minutes - 36.4 MBSpecial shoutout to Nicole Watson from Iconic Earth Foundation back in Episode 277 for the intro to Dr. Phil Watts, today’s entrepreneur. Dr. Watts studied aeronautical engineering at McGill University, and went on to earn his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering Sciences from Caltech, where he lobbied for on-campus recycling and green buildings. Upon graduation, he worked as a research scientist for around a decade, publishing more than 30 scientific papers in some of the top peer-reviewed ...
304 - SunCast Weekly Roundup Live at SPI 2020, Week 4
October 13, 2020 17:21 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBWe're so excited to be back with you for SPI, ESI & NORTH AMERICA SMART ENERGY WEEK 2020 in its new virtual format. Alongside my friend Glenda Johnson, we're stoked to have been invited back by the SPI team to bring you an exciting new segment - the SunCast Weekly Roundup, presented by LG Solar. This is a recap of week 4, where interesting sessions like “Using Storage to Achieve Long-Term Equity Outcomes “, and “Storage Solutions for Utilities” took place. In today’s episode, you’ll be abl...
303 - How & why to put together a 30/60/90 plan for/as a new hire, with Hanna Grene from PXiSE
October 13, 2020 17:13 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBIn case you haven’t heard about Hanna Grene, Head of Commercial Development for PXiSE Energy Solutions, I invite you to listen to episode 296 where she and I talked about the 16 Core Infrastructure Sectors of Modern Economy. In today’s interview with Hanna, we‘re going to deep into a framework we’ve both used in our career: a 30/60/90 plan. Michael D. Watkins, author of the book “The First 90 Days” framed this out for millions of other hiring managers, and Hanna will help us understand wha...
302 - Solar’s Fit in Public Power, with Paula Gold-Williams, President & CEO of CPS Energy
October 08, 2020 17:03 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBThis week's entrepreneur is someone who's risen to the title of CEO of the largest public power, gas, and electric utility in the United States, CPS Energy down in San Antonio. If you’re from Texas, then this episode is especially for you. Paula Gold-Williams is the President & CEO of CPS Energy, a company that has over 3,100 employees and more than two billion dollars in annual revenue. Paula leads more than 3,100 team members with the vision she has coined “People First,” whereby CPS En...
301 - SunCast 5-year Anniversary with Adam James, Part 2
October 06, 2020 17:46 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBIf you didn’t have a chance to listen to part 1 of this episode, I invite you to check it out clicking here. During that episode, Impact Energy Solution’s Adam James and I walked down memory lane and reminisced some interesting facts about the clean energy industry back in 2015 when SunCast began. This is Part 2, where we get really deep into Adam’s daily routine, how he manages his calendar, and how he manages his schedule. Adam kind of gives all about how he balances a family of three an...
300 - SunCast 300th episode with Adam James, Part 1
October 01, 2020 15:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBThe story that you're going to hear today takes us back to the very beginning. Mr. Adam James was the first interview guest here on SunCast, and he’s back to celebrate this important milestone with us. It is a distinct honor to bring him back now for his third appearance here on SunCast. In that time, Adam has risen to the position of Chief of Staff at Energy Impact Partners, which is a nearly $700MM dollar strategic venture investment fund focused on sustainable energy. Adam is going dee...
299 - SunCast Weekly Roundup Live at SPI 2020, Week 2
September 29, 2020 17:14 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBWe're so excited to be back with you for SPI, ESI & NORTH AMERICA SMART ENERGY WEEK 2020 in its new virtual format. Alongside my friend Glenda Johnson, we're stoked to have been invited back by the SPI team to bring you an exciting new segment - the SunCast Weekly Roundup. This is a recap of week 2, where interesting sessions like “Financing Renewables in the Face of COVID 19” or “Variations on Community Solar Program Design” took place. In today’s episode, you’ll be able to hear insights ...
298 - How to find your ideal role, with Ebony Seymour of GQR Global Markets
September 24, 2020 16:21 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MBToday's entrepreneur is a new friend of mine, introduced by our friend Tara Doyle and Amanda Bybee. Ebony Seymour is the Associate Vice President at GQR Global Markets, and if you're not familiar with either GQR or Ebony, you're in for a treat. We're gonna go deep into how Ebony rose from Associate to Associate Vice President in the recruiting world, and how she's adding value to private equity, investment banking in the renewable sector and infrastructure, and the many ways she has self-...
297 - SunCast Weekly Roundup Live at SPI 2020, Week 1
September 22, 2020 20:29 - 25 minutes - 35.2 MBWelcome to another Tactical Tuesday, a short-form conversation with subject-matter experts designed to give you practical tools, tips and advice for building your solar business or career. We're so excited to be back with you for SPI, ESI & NORTH AMERICA SMART ENERGY WEEK 2020 in its new virtual format. Alongside my friend Glenda Johnson, we're stoked to have been invited back by the SPI team to bring you an exciting new segment - the SunCast Weekly Roundup. This is a recap of week 1, wher...
296 - What are the 16 Core Infrastructure Sectors of Modern Economy? with Hanna Grene of PXiSE
September 17, 2020 17:24 - 1 hour - 88.8 MBToday’s guest is taking us into what is like to work in a fast-moving intrapreneurial role at a mega-corporation inside Energy Industry. Hanna Grene is the Head of Commercial Development for PXiSE Energy Solutions, a growing company that builds technology to manage an increasingly complex, renewable, and distributed energy grid. In this role, Hanna oversees market development, sales, marketing, external relations, and global partnerships. She goes down the rabbit hole of positioning yours...
295 - How do medium to large scale solar projects get done? with Jesse Grossman of Soltage
September 15, 2020 18:34 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBToday we have a repeating guest, Jesse Grossman, Co-Founder & CEO of Soltage. We already had Jesse on the show in episode 283, where we dropped the replay of the webinar we had back in June: Solar Project Finance & Acquisitions in the Post-COVID Era. The webinar included valuable insights around not only how Soltage has grown to be one of the leaders in developing solar assets in the United States, but also advice and insight from Jesse’s 10+ years since the last recession. Today, we’re g...
294 - A golden opportunity in the Sunshine State, with Daren Goldin
September 11, 2020 18:02 - 57 minutes - 39.1 MBI’m honored you’re joining me for another fantastic foray into the world of solar energy. Today’s guest, Daren Goldin, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Goldin Solar, one of Florida's leading solar energy contractors with over 1,000 active installations throughout the state. Daren founded Goldin Solar in 2014 to bring the best solar technology available to Floridians to help them save money and protect the planet. Remember you can always find the resources and learn...
293 - Selling residential solar with real data, Brian Lynch of LG Solar USA
September 08, 2020 20:34 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBIf you have been building a residential solar installation business, then today’s episode is for you. Are you on the front lines trying to convince homeowners for value over price, and trying to help them understand how this investment is going to improve their overall well-being and life? Grab a seat and listen to this conversation with LG Electronic’s Brian Lynch, the Director of Solar and Storage. Working closely with industry contacts and partners, Brian has been involved in hundreds o...
292 - The QB Sneak: The Journey from Pro Football to Renewable Energy
September 03, 2020 22:44 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBWhat do the Chicago Bears, United Airlines, and the solar industry have in common? Well, the particularly quick mind, feet, and contributions of today’s guest. Eric Peterman, the CEO of GRNE Solar has such a transformative and interesting story. Eric and I knew each other preparing for a Midwest Solar Expo panel that you’ve probably already heard. If you haven’t, I invite you to go back and listen to that one about O&M. Eric impressed me and I had to get to know more about his story, and ...
291 - Cybersecurity in the era of distributed energy, with Tom Tansy of SunSpec
September 01, 2020 17:27 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBIf you listened to our previous episode with Tom Tansy, then you are aware that we left off with unfinished conversations around cybersecurity, which itself is a very hot topic. Today we are digging deeper into some of the implications of the “internet of energy” concept that we are creating, and that the next decade is absolutely certain to cement and expand upon exponentially for our industry. Remember you can always find the resources and learn more about today’s guest, recommendations,...
290 - How SunSpec is advancing rapid shutdown for Solar, with Tom Tansy of SunSpec
September 01, 2020 17:22 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBWe have a returning SunCast guest: Tom Tansy. Having first appeared in episode 111, his entrepreneurial story is remarkable (you can listen to episode 111 clicking here). Tom unfolded how he broke into clean energy, and how he parlayed one opportunity after the other, translating into a successful entrepreneurial career. He has found a home for himself as one of the arbiters of how regulatory policy in solar and internet energy makes its way to us: the practitioners. Remember you can alwa...
289 - How to be a thought leader in Energy, with Peter Kelly-Detwiler
August 27, 2020 16:58 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBWelcome to another SunCast episode with a clean energy thought leader you should definitely know better. Every now and then I have the opportunity to host guests who have as equal or greater a platform as we do in presence in the public from a thought leadership and content creation perspective. Today, Peter Kelly-Detwiler from NorthBridge Energy Partners, LLC is joining us on the show. He has become well known for his advocacy and education around helping others understand not only how th...
288 - Adapting your marketing strategy during COVID-19
August 25, 2020 17:15 - 50 minutes - 34.3 MBDo you know if your marketing strategy is working? The coronavirus (COVID-19) has disrupted the way in which we work and engage as a society. Cities, states, and countries are shutting down, slowing the economy. During times of crisis, it’s important to adapt your marketing strategies to ensure your business continues to bring in revenue and thrives post pandemic. Join us for a candid conversation with Katie Ullmann, Senior Director at Antenna Group, Lennie Moreno, Founder & CEO of Sofdes...
287 - Clean Wave: Careers in the Green Recovery, with Eric Pasi
August 20, 2020 15:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBToday’s entrepreneur is a longtime internet friend and member of the SunCast Tribe, Eric Pasi. Better known for his role as Chief Development Officer at Impact Power Solutions, one of the well-known EPC and Energy Development companies in the MN and broader Midwest markets. He was instrumental in the Community Solar Gardens initiative at the company and foresaw the community solar boom in the region. Since becoming Chief Development Officer in 2016, he’s helped IPS grow revenues by more th...
286 - How Big Is The Opportunity To Gain Diversity Hires From The Fossil Industry?
August 18, 2020 16:33 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBAfter big oil & gas companies like Chevron laid off up to 15% of their staff amid Coronavirus context, the downsizing of the fossil fuel industry has become obvious, and it opened a window for many qualified professionals to transition into the clean energy space, but how do we get there? Join me with Catherine McLean and Reneé Bourgeois as we cover some of the best techniques and approaches you can take to transfer your skills into the clean energy sector by identifying your right "role"....
285 - Andrew Birch on Digitizing 20 years of solar expertise in OpenSolar
August 13, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBHow did one of the solar industry’s true pioneers take everything he’s learned about solar in the last 20 years and make it Free and open-sourced to the world? Andrew Birch (Birchy), Co-Founder of the first company to pioneer delivering online solar designs(Sungevity), tells us what his research suggests is the answer to scaling solar by 30% per year through 2050 to address climate change. The 1st barrier - permitting. The 2nd barrier - adding 10M people to the industry in the next 10 ye...
284 - How COVID-19 has impacted Solar Finance and Development
August 11, 2020 18:24 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBCoronavirus has drastically changed the global economy with impacts across every industry, including clean energy and solar development. We may have never seen an economic or public health crisis at this scale, but policy, solar and finance experts have reason to believe that renewable energy can weather this storm and continue to grow. Moreover, the industry can help create jobs and meet public policy goals once we return to a new normal. How can we navigate current challenges, and what c...
283 - Solar Project Finance & Acquisitions in the Post-COVID era
August 11, 2020 18:21 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBCOVID-19 has touched every corner of our economy, and guess what? The solar project finance and acquisition space is not the exception. Jesse Grossman, CEO of Soltage, joined us here on SunCast to provide his insights on this concerning area. Jesse has directed over $600M into solar asset investment through Soltage, which currently owns and manages a solar portfolio of over 300 MWs across 14 states. The main points of our conversation were how the solar industry has changed since the star...
282 - Enel X Head of E-Mobility on the future of electric charging (Giovanni Bertolino)
August 06, 2020 17:16 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBWe’ve been extending into e-mobility and energy storage as you might have noticed in our recent episodes. Both elements serve the collective consciousness of how low-carbon future for the grid can be achieved, as well as mas penetration of renewables as a whole. Today, we have Giovanni Bertolino, Head of E-Mobility for U.S. and Canada at Enel X. We are going to tease out what’s happening in the market from their mobility-business representative. He’s focused on growing the Residential and ...
280 - How is Energy Storage driving innovation in renewables? [SunCast Clean Energy Summit]
August 04, 2020 15:50 - 58 minutes - 39.8 MBFrom residential to large-scale utility projects, energy storage (predominantly in the form of batteries) is leap-frogging other applications for finally providing firm and transactive power to the grid from renewables. How are developers using storage as a force-multiplier and where can we expect to see further business model innovation? We had the pleasure to break this question down with Jacqueline DeRosa, Vice President Battery Energy Storage Systems of Ameresco, Omeed Badkoobeh, Co-Fo...
281 - State of the Union of Clean Energy, with James Ellis [SunCast Clean Energy Summit]
August 04, 2020 15:49 - 45 minutes - 31 MBToday’s episode is one of the keynotes of our SunCast Clean Energy Summit: the State of the Union of Clean Energy in the LATAM region. Learn about this market’s ecosystem, players, and dynamics from BloombergNEF's Head of Research in LATAM, James Ellis. He is based in São Paulo, and he oversees an analyst team focused on research material into the clean energy sector across the LATAM region. This was a great session to those who needed (and need) to make critical decisions around how to gro...
279 - How to value energy storage as an investment? with Paul Dailey, Outback Power
July 30, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBDid you ever wonder how ideas like SunRun’s Brightbox Storage Program got their start? Today’s Intrapreneur and solar OG, Paul Dailey, has had a hand in that bright idea and more in his 2+ decade career on the solarcoaster. We dig into his journey to Director of Product Strategy at Outback, the twists and turns along the way, and the carefully curated and practical steps he took to craft his role in this booming market. Committed listeners will recall that we had Paul on last week for a Ta...
279 - How to value energy storage as an investment? with Paul Dailey, Outback Power
July 30, 2020 00:58Did you ever wonder how ideas like SunRun’s Brightbox Storage Program got their start? Today’s Intrapreneur and solar OG, Paul Dailey, has had a hand in that bright idea and more in his 2+ decade career on the solarcoaster. We dig into his journey to Director of Product Strategy at Outback, the twists and turns along the way, and the carefully curated and practical steps he took to craft his role in this booming market. Committed listeners will recall that we had Paul on last week for a Ta...
279 - How to value energy storage as an investment? with Paul Dailey, Outback Power
July 30, 2020 00:58Did you ever wonder how ideas like SunRun’s Brightbox Storage Program got their start? Today’s Intrapreneur and solar OG, Paul Dailey, has had a hand in that bright idea and more in his 2+ decade career on the solarcoaster. We dig into his journey to Director of Product Strategy at Outback, the twists and turns along the way, and the carefully curated and practical steps he took to craft his role in this booming market. Committed listeners will recall that we had Paul on last week for a Ta...
278 - Perfecting Operations and Management, live from Midwest Solar Expo 2020
July 28, 2020 15:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBWhat you’re about to hear was recorded LIVE during the pandemic, but also during the first-ever virtual solar conference hosted by our friends over at Midwest Solar Expo 2020. I was the moderator for a panel dedicated all about the innovations around operations and maintenance. This topic certainly demands more attention than what it’s getting within the clean energy industry, so we’re trying to give it more exposure. Thanks to our friends at Midwest Solar Expo 2020, as well as the fantast...
277 - How light changes lives, Nicole Watson of Econic Earth
July 23, 2020 15:47 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBIt’s truly an honor every time I get the chance on this show to highlight the work that folks are doing to bring light, electricity, hope and opportunity to those less fortunate. Today’s entrepreneur has traveled the world producing and acting in films, and she has learned what a privilege we have in developed countries to consider electric lights and running water a necessity, not a luxury. She also has seen first hand how introducing the simplest of light can eradicate darkness in many d...
276 - 10 Predictions For Solar+Storage In The 20’S, With Paul Dailey, Outback Power
July 21, 2020 15:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBToday’s conversation is aimed to discuss the storage scenarios many of you face, which are Residential & Commercial spaces, and today’s Intrapreneur, Paul Dailey, has a decorated career in some of the most recognized and established solar companies in the business serving those 2 markets. It’s no wonder Outback Power recruited him to head Product and Market Strategy, and it was great to have a fellow podcaster on the show as Paul originated the AEE podcast nearly a decade ago! We are goin...