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Renewable Rides — 124 episodes

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Ep 112: Building an Energy Program that Scales with Carson Bristol of Lithia & Driveway

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Top Moment from The Price of Power: Examining the Costs Behind Keeping the Lights On and What's Next with Mark Ellis

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Ep 111: How Onsite Energy Adds Real Estate Asset Value with Brian Rappaport, JLL

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Top Moment from Lessons Learned in Deploying a Hybrid Microgrid System From Aerospace Manufacturer Kirkhill

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Ep 110: What Deploying an Onsite Energy System Actually Requires

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Top Moment from One AI Platform for All 50 States - Making Sense of Energy Utility Filings with Halcyon Co-Founder Nat Bullard

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Ep 109: Why Solar and Battery Storage Systems Rarely Benefit from Waiting

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Top Moment from Selling Solar Tax Credits: Pricing, Timing, and Deal Structuring with Basis Climate and Conductor Solar

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Ep 108: Examining the Ratepayer Protection Pledge and the Case for Distributed Generation

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Top Moment from 2026 Energy Predictions and 2025 Reflections with Bill Nussey

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Ep 107: Market Maturation Moment as Behind-the-Meter Becomes Real Infrastructure

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Top Moment from Onsite Energy as a Profit Center for Commercial Real Estate Owners - Our Talk with Brendan Wallace, Fifth Wall CEO and CIO

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Ep 106: Selling Solar Tax Credits: Pricing, Timing, and Deal Structuring with Basis Climate and Conductor Solar

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Top Moment from Power Market Dynamics with Author and Analyst Meredith Angwin

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Ep 105: How Leading Commercial Real Estate Owners Are Building Million-Dollar Revenue Streams from Solar and Energy Storage

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Top Moment from The Immense Savings Potential of Energy Efficiency with Josh Bachman of Cascade Energy

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Ep 104: Understanding the ITC Phase-Out: Deadlines, Requirements, and Strategy

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Top Moment from Winning Strategies for Clean Energy Leaders with Chris Moyer

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Ep 103: 2026 Energy Predictions and 2025 Reflections with Bill Nussey

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Top Moment from Our Talk with Ember’s Kingsmill Bond on Electrotech and Energy Security

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Ep 102: Power Market Dynamics with Author and Analyst Meredith Angwin

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Top Moment from Amory Lovins on Powering a Resilient Future

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Ep 101: Strategies to Influence Change in Energy Policy, Insights from Communications Leader Chris Moyer

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Top Moment from Insights into Commercial Real Estate Technology Trends with JLL’s Lee Jackson

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Ep 100: Amory Lovins on Integrative Design for Efficiency, Grid Reliability and Powering Datacenters

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Ep 99: Deep Dive on Onsite Energy Project Procurement, Risks and Cost Drivers

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Ep 98: Navigating the New Solar and Storage ITC Requirements

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Ep 97: How Utilities are Dealing with the Storm of Surging Demand, an Aging Grid and Climate Risk

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Ep 96: The Price of Power: Examining the Costs Behind Keeping the Lights On and What's Next with Mark Ellis

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Ep 95: The Utility of the Future and the Community Power Model with San Diego Community Power CEO, Karin Burns

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Ep 94: Linking Sustainability with Profitability and Impact - Our Conversation with Business Resilience Strategist Melanie Larkins

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Ep 93: The Potential of Hydrogen and Business in Reversing Climate Change with Entrepreneur, Author and Expert Rinaldo Brutoco

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Ep 92: One AI Platform for All 50 States - Making Sense of Energy Utility Filings with Halcyon Co-Founder Nat Bullard

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Ep 91: Middle East Tensions and Energy Supply Chain Shocks - What Companies Need to Consider

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Ep 90: Spotlight on Texas Energy Policy and Unpacking the Impact of the Big Beautiful Bill on Distributed Generation

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Ep 89: A New Suite of Solutions for the New World: Our Talk with Ember’s Kingsmill Bond on Electrotech and Energy Security

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Ep 88: Lessons From the Recent Major Outages and Putting a Value on Resilience

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Ep 87: Insights into Commercial Real Estate Technology Trends with JLL’s Lee Jackson

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Ep 86: The Business Value of Sustainability: Our Discussion with UPS, CBRE, Jamestown and Southface Institute

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Ep 85: Reflecting on the Ending Intermittent Energy Subsidies Act and a Phased-Down Investment Tax Credit

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Ep 84: How the U.S. Tariffs Will Impact Onsite Energy Project Economics

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Ep 83: The State of U.S. Energy Infrastructure and Its Recent D+ Grade

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Ep 82: Tech Spotlight: DG Matrix and its Power Router for Scalable Building Electrification

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Ep 81: Quantifying the Human and Ecological Impact of Clean Energy with Quantum Energy

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Ep 80: Patients Expect Sustainability in Healthcare and Other Takeaways from Our SXSW Panel

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Ep 79: What is Happening with Energy Rates? Recent Increases and State Comparisons

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Ep 78: VECKTA's Newest Platform Tool Answers the Final Major Question of Onsite Energy Deployment

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Ep 77: Trump's Unleashing American Energy Order and Its Impact on Distributed Energy

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Ep 76: Knocking Down Barriers to Onsite Energy Adoption at Scale - Feedback from Fortune 500 Leaders

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Ep 75: Mastering the Discipline of Tension Management to Achieve The Best Corporate Sustainability Outcomes - Insights from Corporate ESG Experts

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Ep 74: Reflections and Lessons from the EV Buying Process

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Ep 73: 2025 Energy Predictions with Bill Nussey, VC Investor and Author of Freeing Energy

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Ep 72: The Realities of Grid Hardening and Onsite Energy as Adaptation Infrastructure

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Ep 71: The Process of Adopting Solar and Storage - Lessons Learned From a Business Owner and CEO

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Ep 70: A Complete Primer on Reporting and Analyzing Scope 3 Emissions with Ty Colman, Co-Founder of Optera

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Ep 69: Our Year-End Reflections: How Did Our 2024 Energy Predictions Play Out?

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Ep 68: Peter Kelly-Detwiler on Decarbonizing the Energy Economy

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Ep 67: Review of SEIA’s Solar Means Business Report

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Ep 66: The Financial Materiality of Climate Risk: Industry Perspective with Sotiria Anagnostou

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Ep 65: Lessons Learned in Deploying a Hybrid Microgrid System From Aerospace Manufacturer Kirkhill

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Ep 64: How States Stack Up on Grid Carbon Intensity

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Ep 63: Post-Election Debrief on Energy and Distributed Generation

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Ep 62: The Under the Radar Regulations Impacting Building Owners

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Ep 61: The Most Frightening Blackouts Explored: Cyber Attacks, Lightening, Hurricanes and a Fish

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Ep 60: Maximizing NOI, Tenant Experiences and Property Valuations with Onsite Energy - Insights from Head of Real Estate Responsible Investment at Calvert

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Ep 59: Operational Resilience During Extreme Weather

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Ep 58: A Systems-Based Approach to Net Zero - Insights From Mike Dieterich, Corporate Sustainability Expert

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Ep 57: Onsite Energy as a Profit Center for Commercial Real Estate Owners - Our Talk with Brendan Wallace, Fifth Wall CEO and CIO

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Ep 56: The Growth of the Energy Procurement Role in Enterprise

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Ep 55: Our Take: What Do the Olympics Have to Do with the Energy Transition?

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Ep 54: GM's Winning Sustainability Strategy - Our Conversation with Chief Sustainability Officer Kristen Siemen

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Ep 53: The Nuance of Project Pricing and the Value of Competition

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Ep 52: Pain Point Series: Self-Financing vs Debt Financing for Onsite Energy Systems

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Ep 51: Pain Point Series: How to Choose the Right Contractor

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Ep 50: Decarbonizing Industrial Steam with Heat Pumps - Our Conversation with Skyven Technologies CEO, Arun Gupta

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Ep 49: Pain Point Series: How to Effectively Engage Stakeholders

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Ep 48: The Immense Savings Potential of Energy Efficiency with Josh Bachman of Cascade Energy

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Ep 47: Pain Point Series: Choosing the Right Onsite Energy System

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Ep 46: Parallels Between the Energy Transition and Endurance Training - Reflections from Gareth's 100-Miler

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Ep 45: Embracing Microgrids in Commercial and Industrial Settings - Our Talk with Author and Energy Analyst Peter Asmus

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Ep 44: Meeting Georgia's Energy Demand + Expanding Clean Energy with Commissioner Tim Echols

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Ep 43: Pain Point Series: Implementing Energy Transition Strategies Across Your Entire Portfolio

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Ep 42: Microgrids, Utility Business Models and Empowering Companies to Speak Up - Our Talk with Reimagine Power's Allie Detrio

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Ep 41: The Rise of Renewables in the EU and the Business-Model Innovation It Can Unlock - Our Talk with Energy Analyst Beatrice Petrovich

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Ep 40: How Companies Can Set a Winning Energy Transition Strategy - Insights from Julia Hamm

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Ep 39: Beyond the Grid: Unlocking Energy Autonomy for Enterprises

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Ep 38: The Potential of Corporate Rooftop Solar, Batteries for Resilience and Scaling Clean Energy: Our Talk with Jigar Shah and Arpita Bhattacharyya

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Ep 37: Onsite Energy Is Possible at Scale: How to Make It Happen with VECKTA

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Ep 36: Season 1 Recap: Main Lessons From 35 Energy Experts

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Ep 35: Green Hydrogen for Big Industry - How Viable Is It?

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Ep 34: The Real Reasons EV Adoption Isn't Higher - Interview with Engineer and Entrepreneur Cory Hewett

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Ep 33: How Launch Alaska Is Taking Action to Transform the Power Supply for Local Communities

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Ep 32: Renewable Propane's Role in The Energy Transformation

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Ep 31: Learnings from Walmart's Phenomenal Emission Reduction Journey

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Ep 30: Simplifying How We Think About the Energy Transition

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Ep 29: Finding Control in the Energy Overtime Era

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Ep 28: Why Microgrids? Get Stackable Benefits That Maximize Savings and Efficiency

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Ep 27: Power Grid Realities & Risks for Business

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Ep 26: Designing Efficiency: From Agriculture to Transportation with Steve Heckeroth

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Ep 25: Charging Ahead or Stalling Out? Hertz’s EV Drop Back After the Brady Bonanza

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Ep 24: A Conversation About Start-Ups, Resiliency, and Climate Innovation with Will Wells

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Ep 23: Onsite Energy Solutions and Debt Financing with James Coombes

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Ep 22: Leadership Insights for a Sustainable Energy Future with Tony Frencham

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Ep 21: The Power Shift: Energy Trends in 2024

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Ep 20: Onsite Energy Solutions and Tax Credit Financing with James Coombes

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Ep 19: Impactful Investments: Working Towards a Better Future With Craig Jonas

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Ep 18: Navigating Tax Incentives in On-Site Energy Systems with James Coombes

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Ep 17: Cultivating Success: Andy Klump's Blueprint for Building a Thriving Team in Clean Energy

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Ep 16: Financing Energy Systems with James Coombes

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Ep 15: Energizing the Future: A Sustainability Conversation with Brad Andrews

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Ep 14: Grid Hardening Goldrush - Necessary Expense or Financial Folly?

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Ep 13: Exploring the Hydrogen Horizon with Jetson Juopperi

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Ep 12: Demystifying Your Business’s Electricity Bill

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Ep 11: Education and Sustainability in the Energy Transition With Uma Gopaldass

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Ep 10: Demystifying Solar Energy: Separating Fact from Fiction

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Ep 9: Scaling Through Education in the Renewable Energy Sector

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Ep 8: The Four Levers of Energy Transition for Enterprise Success

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Ep 7: Brewing Success: Firestone Walker's Sustainable Journey with COO, Nick Firestone

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Ep 6: Navigating the Onsite Energy Revolution

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Ep 5: Revolutionizing Renewable Energy: Lessons from the Frontlines with Eoghan Quinn

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Ep 4: Empowering Tomorrow: Understanding the Global Impact of the Energy Transition

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Ep 3: Leading the Energy Storage Revolution with Michael Worry

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Ep 2: Empowering Change: Disrupting the Global Energy Industry with Bill Nussey

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Ep 1: Welcome to Renewable Rides!