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Apr 24, 2025 • 18min

Ep295: Giraffe Financial CEO on Tax Credit Monetization

Jason Prince, CEO of Giraffe Financial, discusses tax credit monetization and the challenges and opportunities in the evolving landscape of climate incentives, including dealing with transaction costs and regulatory compliance, as he explains Giraffe Financial’s approach to make tax credit monetization accessible and efficient.
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Apr 17, 2025 • 35min

Ep294: Navigating Utility-Scale Solar and BESS Development in 2025

Sabah Bayatli, president of OCI Energy, discusses the evolving policy and regulatory landscape shaping utility-scale solar and energy storage development in the US, including tariffs, the Inflation Reduction Act, interconnection challenges and contracting strategies and also explainsOCI Energy’s approach to geographic and technological diversification.
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Apr 11, 2025 • 54min

Ep293: Data Center Financings

Claus Hertel, a managing director at Rabobank specializing in energy transition, joins Melih Ileri from DC BLOX, and Mike Johnson from Nomura, to delve into the booming data center financing landscape. They discuss the explosive demand driven by AI and cloud technologies, emphasizing sustainable energy solutions. The trio sheds light on financing complexities, recent multimillion-dollar investments, and the critical importance of data center locations. Trends in adapting financing strategies for both large hyperscale and smaller data centers are also explored, highlighting innovative solutions for future challenges.
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Apr 7, 2025 • 17min

Ep292: Tariff Impact on the Infrastructure Sector

Stefan Reisinger, Norton Rose Fulbright partner, joins us to discuss the newly imposed tariffs and how they may affect the infrastructure industry.
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Apr 3, 2025 • 26min

Ep291: Not Science-Fiction: How Reflect Orbital is Creating Sunlight at Night

Ally DeGunther, vice president of strategy for Reflect Orbital, joins us to discuss the company’s development of technology that uses satellites to reflect sunlight after dark, and how this technology could be applied.
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Mar 27, 2025 • 25min

Ep290: New Solutions in Energy Storage

Rob Piconi, CEO of Energy Vault, joins host Todd Alexander to discuss the energy storage market and novel storage solutions that Energy Vault has been working on.
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Mar 18, 2025 • 21min

Ep289: Challenges of Greenfield Solar Development in 2025

Vitaly Lee, EVP and Chief Development Officer of Qcells, joins us to discuss the outlook of greenfield solar development in 2025, the M&A market outlook, and more.
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Mar 13, 2025 • 11min

Ep288: MicroGrids: A Piece of the Energy Supply Puzzle

Kirk Edelman, CEO of SolMicroGrid, joins us to discuss microgrids, their benefits, how they can be deployed, and more.
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Mar 6, 2025 • 16min

Ep287: ETCH’s Clean Hydrogen and Decarbonization Process

Katie Ellet, CEO of ETCH, joins us to discuss ETCH’s process for decarbonizing natural gas to produce clean hydrogen and solid carbon.
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Feb 27, 2025 • 27min

Ep286: Sustainability Roundtable’s Reverse Auction Procurement System

Jim Boyle, CEO of Sustainability Roundtable Inc., joins us to discuss the reverse auction procurement process system Sustainability Roundtable has developed where companies and municipalities can incentivize the development of new renewable energy projects.

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