All Episodes

Tom Jensen/FREYR Battery: From Giga Arctic to Giga Americas - the most capital and operationally efficient battery plant in Europe is headed for the US State of Georgia.

John Berger and Michael Grasso: Sunnova wants to build a ground breaking local energy powered neighborhood and that is rattling cages. Will regulators let them?

Donnel Baird/BlocPower: His boyhood Brooklyn apartment was heated with an oven. Now he is pursuing a bold, gutsy vision of how entire cities can retrofit buildings and save on energy costs.

Jacqueline Novogratz: Two decades of hard-edged hope coupled with off- grid solar changed the lives of hundreds of millions. What's next?

Michelle Moore/Groundswell: Will America's smaller, rural communities have to wait for the far reaching benefits of clean power?

Astrid Atkinson/Camus Energy: What do Capybaras and Google's famous reliability have to do with managing a dynamic, zero carbon electric grid?

Catherine Von Burg: Can climate tech founders achieve success without compromising on their mission?

Patrick Walsh & Anish Thakkar: How is this solar+battery startup improving tens of millions of lives while simultaneously creating one of the hottest companies in climate tech?

Jennifer Garson/DOE: Is water power innovation dead in the water? Innovators and this DOE Team are charting a very different course that suggests anything but.

Bonus Content: Podcasters Roundtable - Experts Navigate Politics and Energy Transformation

Sophie Purdom and Kim Zou: An insider's peek into the eye-opening report on 2022 climate tech venture investing.

Greg Wetstone: How does this powerful Washington, DC renewable energy group connect the dots between local energy and the US transmission grid?

Jeff Cramer/CCSA: How community solar can make local energy accessible to everyone.

Titiaan Palazzi: How is AI reshaping the grid, and how will that affect local energy?

Arshad Mansoor: What is the grid's biggest R&D team planning for the future and how does local energy fit?

Jigar Shah:The US Department of Energy is breaking down barriers to Local Energy and the story goes way beyond science and technology.

Ben Polito of Generac: How a 60-year-old industrial company is transforming itself into a leader in the clean, local energy market.

Amory Lovins: Local energy was born 20 years ago with the book Small is Profitable. Where will it go from here?

Bryan Hannegan: Can the electric utility industry reinvent itself? One small utility in Colorado is proving it can.

Gabriela Herculano: What's behind the first ever publicly traded fund (SHFT) for local energy?

Erwin Spolders: Learn how renting solar power in a box is revolutionizing energy access for businesses across Africa.

Danny Kennedy: An inside look at the amazing California clean tech ecosystem that's reshaping how startups are built.

Michael Barnard: Nuclear, solar, wind, hydrogen, batteries? This expert predicts the winners and the losers.

Tim Echols: How does this Georgia Public Service Commissioner see net metering and its future?

Nico Johnson and Bill Nussey: What's the connection between Tequila and Freeing Energy?

Esteban Gast: Is there anything to laugh about from the clean energy headlines in 2021?

Bill and Melinda Nussey: Write a book about clean energy? Some thought he was nuts but she said let's go for it!

Bryan Hassin: An inside look at a radical new approach to building climate tech companies.

Tim Montague: How is good old fashioned midwestern grit helping shape a clean energy future in Illinois?

Andy Klump: What do stuck boats, melted rocks, and geopolitics have to do with US efforts to transition away from fossil fuels?

Wendy Philleo: How can a little sunshine in our schools speed the adoption of local energy?

Karl Rabago: Does adding local distributed energy defy conventional wisdom and save money for everyone?

Peter Kelly-Detwiler: What does a reimagined electric grid look like and what does it mean for all of us?

Michael Liebreich: What are the biggest opportunities in our clean energy future?

Michael Liebreich: Is it time to go big or go home? Which renewable energy solutions should we pay attention to?

Jorge Elizondo: How computer science is radically simplifying the design and operation of micro-grids..

Bill Nussey: The vision behind Freeing Energy and lessons learned from three clean energy entrepreneurs.

Loren McDonald: Could the new Ford electric pickup truck disrupt the century old electric grid?

Garrett Nilsen: The DOE may be the best way to fund energy tech startups that no one knows about.

Dr. Jemma Green: Will peer-to-peer electricity trading unlock local energy and transform the grid?

Steph Speirs: Not everyone can afford solar. Here's what one visionary company is doing to change that.

Samir Ibrahim: The story behind an affordable solar-powered irrigation system that is changing the lives of smallholder farmers in Africa.

John Farrell: Monopoly utilities and consumers are headed for a collision over local energy. The rules must change, but how?

John Farrell: One organization is working to bring power to the people. Literally.

Steve LeVine - Batteries were invented 220 years ago. Why are they suddenly critical to our grid?

Abigail Ross Hopper: What are the top policy priorities shaping the future of the solar industry?

Bernadette Del Chiaro: could a change in California net metering policy cripple residential solar?

Yann Brandt and Mike Casey: Is creating a surge in solar jobs easier than we think?

Michael Chanin: Emory University is going solar and doing it in a surprising way.

Andrew Birch: Can Cutting Red Tape Lower the Cost of Residential Solar in the United States?

Nussey and Easterby: Local Renewable Energy - 2020 favorites and an informed peek Into 2021

Martin DeBono: Why add solar panels if your roof can capture solar energy all by itself?

Dr. Becca Jones-Albertus: The government's surprising role in supercharging solar technology innovation.

Ryan Goodman: Are microgrids the future of reliable, clean energy?

Vikram Aggarwal: Why are millions of people putting solar on their roofs?

Mike Casey: What is strategic brevity and how can it amplify the local energy story?

Michael Sachse: Is part of the local renewable energy solution right under our feet?

Charlie Gay: How Can the United States re-establish leadership in solar manufacturing?

James Marlow: Are rules and regulations keeping pace with innovation in solar energy?

Dr. Nick Engerer: How does having precise weather data change the way we manage solar energy?

Nussey and Easterby: How Is Covid-19 Impacting the Grid and Renewable Energy?

John Powers: Can software supercharge financial returns for commercial solar projects?

Laura Sartore: What happens when we ditch panels and let our roofs, walls, and windows make affordable solar directly?

Joshua D. Rhodes: How will massive new data sets and some rational thinking shape the future of clean local energy?

Ashvin Dayal: How is the Rockefeller Foundation using mini-grids to tackle energy poverty in Africa and India?

Andy Klump: An insider's look at how COVID-19 is impacting the global clean energy supply chain.

Dr. Peter Fox-Penner: What must change to move our electric power system beyond carbon?

Expert tips: What you can do to help get to a clean energy future faster.

Nussey and Easterby: Innovation in the power industry is harder than you think, but that is about to change.

Dr. Greg Nemet: How solar became cheap and the lessons for other clean energy technologies.

Nussey and Easterby: Unpacking solar myths around land use, raw materials and agriculture.

Top Experts: What were the biggest headlines for local energy in 2019 and what has experts most excited about 2020?

Sunnova CEO John Berger: Will a rapidly evolving residential solar + battery story reshape energy markets?

Ana Sophia Mifsud: Her story from ground zero - shaping the energy future of Puerto Rico with microgrids.

Roy Torbert: Can tapping people power shape a local energy revolution in Puerto Rico?

After Maria: How solar microgrids are helping remote mountain schools in Puerto Rico stay open during outages.

Jereme Kent: Can small-scale distributed wind allow companies to embrace clean energy and lower the electric bills at the same time?

Peter Heintzelman: Can electric membership cooperatives light the way for clean local energy in the utility industry?

Emily Morris: Can distributed hydropower provide clean local energy 24/7 without expensive dams?

Alan Russo: Can artificial intelligence turbocharge local energy?

Mike Dudgeon: An insider's guide to navigating the state politics of clean energy policy.

Bill Nussey and Sam Easterby: Separating fact from fiction about renewable energy.

Anya Schoolman and Solar United Neighbors: Can we change the future of energy at the community level?

Paul Gibbs & Paul Grana – Folsom Labs: Can software help accelerate adoption of Solar Power?

Marc Perez: Can we capture more sunshine and save big on energy storage?

Finn Findley and Will Arnold – Quest Renewables: Can 1 Billion Parking Spots Help Power The US?

Steve Kalland and Autumn Proudlove: The Fifty States of Solar, EVs, and the Grid.

Dr. Deepak Divan: The century-old grid is evolving. How will we manage it?

Jeff Chamberlain: Are batteries the final puzzle piece for a clean energy grid?

Andy Klump: Inside China's impact on the global renewable energy business.

Bill Nussey: The clean energy renaissance and what it means for all of us.

Susan Kennedy: The future of energy will be distributed, digitized, and much, much smarter

February Clean Energy Headlines - Green New Deal

Greg Robinson: Learn how you can have clean renewable energy 24/7.

Amar Inamdar: One man's journey to end energy poverty.

Mary Anne Hitt: How A Grassroots Organization Stopped Coal Burning Power Plants

Chris Riley: A Coal Miner's Son Takes on a Giant Utility

Luis Reyes: David Takes on Goliath in Local Energy

Bill Nussey: Tech CEO Turned Local Energy Leader