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Tell us what you think of the show! 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 E&E News reporter Christian Robles who covered the controversial debate over federal green hydrogen incentive rules. This Week in Cleantech —  April 5, 2024This 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 Times2. BlackRock Issued Legal Warning Over ESG Strategy by Mississippi — Bloomberg3. Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis? — The New York Times4. NOAA gets dire warning about solar geoengineering — POLITICO5. How do you ensure hydrogen is ‘clean’? Treasury rules draw fire. – E&E NewsWatch the full episode on YouTubeHelp make This Week in Cleantech the best it can be. Send feedback and story recommendations to rew@clarionevents.com. And don’t forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts.Want to make a suggestion for This Week in Cleantech? Nominate the stories that caught your eye each week by emailing Paul.Gerke@clarionevents.com

Tell us what you think of the show! 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 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, 2024This 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 Times2. Oil Executives Are Getting Refreshingly Honest These Days — The New Republic3. US Announces $6 Billion to Clean Up Heavy Manufacturing — Bloomberg4. The Last Coal-Fired Power Plants in New England Are to Close — The New York Times5. New EPA vehicle standards would cut US emissions, ramp up pressure for more EVs — ABC NewsWatch the full episode on YouTubeHelp make This Week in Cleantech the best it can be. Send feedback and story recommendations to rew@clarionevents.com. And don’t forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts.Want to make a suggestion for This Week in Cleantech? Nominate the stories that caught your eye each week by emailing Paul.Gerke@clarionevents.com

Tell us what you think of the show! 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 Heatmap's Andrew Moseman who reported on a dilemma facing rooftop solar owners and the beleaguered industry: is it better to save your solar, or sell it? This Week in Cleantech — March 22 2024This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Sylvia Leyva Martinez, Principal Analyst at Wood Mackenzie!1. How the World’s Biggest Plane Would Supersize Wind Energy — The Wall Street Journal2. Bill Gates’ TerraPower plans to build first US next-generation nuclear plant — Financial Times3. The Zombies of the U.S. Tax Code: Why Fossil Fuels Subsidies Seem Impossible to Kill — New York Times4. Britain to import energy from US under plan for transatlantic power cable — The Telegraph5. Is It Better to Save Your Solar, or Sell It? — HeatmapWatch the full episode on YouTubeHelp make This Week in Cleantech the best it can be. Send feedback and story recommendations to rew@clarionevents.com. And don’t forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts.Want to make a suggestion for This Week in Cleantech? Nominate the stories that caught your eye each week by emailing Paul.Gerke@clarionevents.com

Tell us what you think of the show! 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 Syris Valentine, who reported in Grist on private capital that has followed the Inflation Reduction Act. This Week in Cleantech — March 15, 2024This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Riley Neugebauer!1. How China Came to Dominate the World in Solar Energy — The New York Times2. Emissions hit a record high in 2023. Blame hydropower — MIT Tech Review3. How changes to Hawaiʻi’s home battery program could hinder its clean energy transition — Grist4. Does Rooftop Solar Actually Help the Climate? — Heatmap’s “Shift Key” 5. The IRA has injected $240 billion into clean energy. The US still needs more. — GristWatch the full episode on YouTubeHelp make This Week in Cleantech the best it can be. Send feedback and story recommendations to rew@clarionevents.com. And don’t forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts.Want to make a suggestion for This Week in Cleantech? Nominate the stories that caught your eye each week by emailing Paul.Gerke@clarionevents.com

Tell us what you think of the show! Distributed generation doesn't quite grab the headlines like utility-scale. A megawatt here, a few megawatts there pales in comparison to multi-gigawatt projects spanning thousands of acres.But Nexamp — the Boston-based community solar developer — is proving scale isn't monolithic. Bit by bit, the company has become one of the most influential developers in the country, both in deploying projects and influencing policy, with a private valuation surpassing $1 billion. That's unicorn status for a so-called small player.Episode 76 of the Factor This! podcast features Zaid Ashai, the cerebral CEO who built Nexamp into a forceful DG platform. Ashai shares his outlook for the crowded community solar market, the potential impact of Donald Trump returning to the White House, and why, now, solar is only the beginning.That's all next on Factor This!Want to make a suggestion for This Week in Cleantech? Nominate the stories that caught your eye each week by emailing Paul.Gerke@clarionevents.com

Tell us what you think of the show! 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 in Cleantech — March 8, 2024This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is EDP CEO Miguel Stilwell d'Andrade!1. Spanish Power Is Almost Free With Renewables Set for Record — Bloomberg2. Fury after Exxon chief says public to blame for climate failures — The Guardian3. New York Awards Offshore Wind Deals to Orsted, Equinor — Bloomberg4. New satellites will make oil and gas companies’ methane emissions public — The Washington Post5. Amid explosive demand, America is running out of powerWatch the full video on YouTubeHelp make This Week in Cleantech the best it can be. Send feedback and story recommendations to rew@clarionevents.com. And don’t forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts.Want to make a suggestion for This Week in Cleantech? Nominate the stories that caught your eye each week by emailing Paul.Gerke@clarionevents.com

Tell us what you think of the show! 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 was recorded live from DISTRIBUTECH International, North America's largest transmission and distribution utility event.This week's episode features Latitude Media co-founder Stephen Lacey, whose podcast Carbon Copy, broke down the latest data on clean energy investment and whether it's enough to achieve climate goals. This Week in Cleantech — March 2, 2024This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Jon Pevitali from VDE Americas.1. Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion — IEEE Spectrum2. Coal's influence on energy generation is fading fast — Axios3. Why Oil Stocks Aren’t That Hot — The New York Times4. How BYD and CATL’s Solid-state Battery Partnership Impacts Toyota And Tesla — TopSpeed5. Views on the $1.8 trillion clean energy economy — Latitude Media’s “Carbon Copy”Watch the full episode on YouTubeHelp make This Week in Cleantech the best it can be. Send feedback and story recommendations to rew@clarionevents.com. And don’t forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts.This Week in Cleantech is hosted by Renewable Energy World senior content director John Engel and Tigercomm president Mike Casey. The show is produced by Brian Mendes with research support from Alex Petersen and Clare Quirin.Want to make a suggestion for This Week in Cleantech? Nominate the stories that caught your eye each week by emailing Paul.Gerke@clarionevents.com

Tell us what you think of the show! This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less. Produced by Renewable Energy World and Tigercomm, This Week in Cleantech will air every Friday in the Factor This! podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts.This week’s episode features Amanda Chu, US energy reporter for the Financial Times, who reported on President Biden’s challenge of making investments in clean energy and infrastructure resonate with voters.This Week in Cleantech — Feb. 23, 2024This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Dan Shugar, CEO of the Nextracker, which was recently featured on CNBC's "Mad Money" for its successful IPO and stock performance. 1. JPMorgan, State Street quit climate group, BlackRock steps back — Reuters2. 'We got your money, see ya': Customers frustrated by Encor Solar closure — WRAL 3. How the housing industry is working to stop energy efficient homes — The Washington Post4. A traditional automaker just turned a profit on EVs — CNN5. Biden’s clean energy conundrums — Financial TimesWatch the full episode on YouTubeHelp make This Week in Cleantech the best it can be. Send feedback and story recommendations to rew@clarionevents.com. And don’t forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts.Want to make a suggestion for This Week in Cleantech? Nominate the stories that caught your eye each week by emailing Paul.Gerke@clarionevents.com

Tell us what you think of the show! Most CEOs are deliberate and careful, often neutering commentary of any hint of controversy. Sheldon Kimber is not like most CEOs. He's known to pen a thousand words, or two, on the ebbs and flows of the energy transition. His comments are not always complimentary. But they're aimed at pushing the industry toward new heights. Don't be mistaken— Kimber is deliberate, too. He uses his voice not for attention, but because he passionately believes the clean energy industry needs an unashamed advocate.His latest campaign may be his most bold. In Episode 75 of the Factor This! podcast, Kimber shares why you should forget everything you know about clean energy development. He's convinced a fresh business model is necessary to sustain an industry battered by rising capital costs, which have shaken even the likes of sector king NextEra.Clean energy is in desperate need of a new bellwether, and way of thinking, to survive and thrive. Kimber, and Intersect Power, say they are ready to lead the charge. Watch the full episode on YouTubeWant to make a suggestion for This Week in Cleantech? Nominate the stories that caught your eye each week by emailing Paul.Gerke@clarionevents.com

Tell us what you think of the show! This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less. Produced by Renewable Energy World and Tigercomm, This Week in Cleantech will air every Friday in the Factor This! podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts.This week’s episode features Latitude Media founding reporter Maeve Allsup, who covered some of the challenges facing one of the first virtual power plants deployed in the U.S. This Week in Cleantech - Feb. 16, 2024This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is world-renowned Climate Scientist Michael Mann.1. This Arctic Circle Town Expected a Green Energy Boom. Then Came Bidenomics. — New York Times2. California could make — or break — the Western grid — E&E News3. The world is reducing its reliance on fossil fuels – except for in three key sectors — The Guardian4. Fervo Energy Is Quickly Making Geothermal Cheaper — Heatmap News5. Under the hood of PG&E's summer VPP pilot with Sunrun — Latitude MediaWatch the full episode on YouTubeHelp make This Week in Cleantech the best it can be. Send feedback and story recommendations to rew@clarionevents.com. And don’t forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts.Want to make a suggestion for This Week in Cleantech? Nominate the stories that caught your eye each week by emailing Paul.Gerke@clarionevents.com