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SunCast
Nico 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…
Episodes
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389 - The value of data on solar project finance, a Roundtable with industry experts Heidi Larson, Hao Shen & Skip Dise
Late last year, kWh Analytics released a report titled 2020 Solar Risk Assessment suggesting that Recent assessments of the solar industry’s pre-construction…
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388 - Solar Pioneer Michele Magee on how to Give Power to the world
Today's story of Solar pioneer, Michelle McGee, is illustrative of the power of a good question. In this case, we learn one question that changed the course of…
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387 - First-ever Cleantech Podcasters Roundtable with 8 Major Clean Economy Podcasts
Last week, the first ever Cleantech Podcaster's Roundtable was held with 8 of the major clean economy podcasts, hosted by my friend Mike Casey at Tigercomm…
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386 - Is TX an ideal place for energy business model disruption? with Startup Queen, Nisha Desai of Ennuity
Nisha Desai, is a serial entrepreneur, TX clean energy pioneer, and founder and CEO of Ennuity Holdings. This "Startup Queen" has 25+ years of experience in…
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385 - SunCast Rewind: What is Reactive Power, with Jacqueline DeSouza of Apparent Inc.
Do You understand Reactive Power? How's it different from Real Power? You're not alone, but we're here to help! ICYMI from 2020, this SunCast Rewind answers…
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384 - The Philosopher CEO: BayWa's Boaz Soifer
Today we get to soak in the wisdom of an industry pioneer in the solar-distribution business model. Boaz Soifer has been a solar pioneer for the last 20+…
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383 - Time To Build New Skills, With John Powers, CEO Of Extensible Energy (Linkedin Live Session 2020)
We will continue our SunCast Rewing theme, this time, dipping into the vault of one of our LinkedIn Live sessions from last year. I had a great conversation…
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382 - A serial entrepreneurs approach to simplifying solar, with Aviv Shalgi, CEO of Solar Simplified
Today's entrepreneur is Aviv Shalgi. He has several successful M&A VC investments and joint ventures under his belt, in addition to two successful startups…
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381 - Tactical Rewind - The top 3 Tactical Tuesdays of 2020 from SunCast!
We wanted to add a different touch to this Tactical Tuesday, so we thought “why not create a rewind with the Top 3 Tactical Tuesdays of 2020?”. The first…
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380 - The Largest Floating Solar Project In Texas, With Craig LoValvo And Mark Rangel Of Speir Commercial & Industrial
Today's entrepreneurs are Texas solar pioneers. The story we're about to unwrap today is unprecedented. If you haven’t heard about Speir Innovations, they are…
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379 - Clean Energy 101: Industry Overview with Eric Pasi
What you're about to hear is a conversation between Eric and me rolling out an overview of the clean energy economy where we draw inspiration not just from his…
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378 - Entrepreneurial Innovation: How to lead when technology changes markets. With Jeff Weiss, Distributed Sun
Today's entrepreneur has impressed me through the years with his ability to be a diplomat and translator between technical and laypeople, helping folks dial in…
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377 - California NEM Crisis! Does Net Energy Metering future hang in the balance?
Are the monopoly utilities attacking your individual rights to make energy from the sun, power your life and become more financially independent? If you’re in…
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376 - Pioneering Vanadium Flow batteries, with Matt Harper, Co-Founder of Invinity Energy Systems
Today’s guest is a pioneering cleantech entrepreneur and product developer as chief Commercial Officer of the company Invinity Energy Systems. We’re talking…
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375 - The Great Solar Debate: What’s the best residential solar financing solution?
Last year, we hosted the first Great Solar Debate featuring clean-energy thought leaders sharing two contrasting perspectives on critical solar and storage…
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374 - Is Free Training profitable? How Ryan Mayfield uses education to build his Engineering business
Today's entrepreneur has been in the renewables industry since 1999. My friend Ryan Mayfield started Mayfield Renewables back in 2007, blending his technical…
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373 - ESG Checklist to build your own strategy, with Mona Dajani from Pillsbury Law
Today’s topic is Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), and to give us the ins and outs of this hot topic we have one of the top guests we’ve had on the…
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372 - A primer on risk management for Renewable Energy, with Lee Taylor, Co-Founder & CEO of REsurety
Today's entrepreneur is redefining the way that clean energy buyers and sellers think about Risk Management. Lee Taylor founded REsurety before ever finishing…
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371 - What is the Unconscious Bias? with Tamika Jacques, Ed.D., Director of Workforce Development at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Today’s Tactical Tuesday will be longer than usual, as we have the honor to bring Dr. Tamika Jacques to the show. She is the Director of Workforce Development…
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370 - How Patrick Sherwin's GoSun Builds Solar Products You Actually Want
Today's entrepreneur has been elevating the solar industry for more than 20 years across different roles. More recently, he’s been an inventor of breakthrough…
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369 - How is the solar market evolving for developers, with Joe Tassone, ABOVEgrid
Many of you have probably listened to today's guests Joe Tassone Jr. from episodes 232 where we told his journey from the telecom industry to solar. He was…
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368 - GAF, Solar Tiles, Tax Equity and more - Martin DeBono Redux
Today’s guest is Martin DeBono, and he is by no means a stranger to distributed energy and high growth working in the startup industry. However, he didn't cut…
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367 - Can Words Impact the Climate? How communication can drive real change with Scott Nguyen, Susannah Bradley, Brooke Betts, and Carter Lavin
On April 21st, the team of 17TeraWatts hosted a panel with a group of communication experts to answer the question, “How do we effectively communicate the…
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366 - Solar Industry Insights From 4 Decades' Experience With Rusty Schmit Of Sage Energy Consulting
Today’s guest is Russell Schmit, a successful executive with extensive experience in energy‑related manufacturing, service, and consulting companies ranging…
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365 - Common Intellectual Property mistakes you can avoid, with Russ Krajec, Patent Attorney with BlueIron IP
Welcome to another Tactical Tuesday, a short-form conversation with subject-matter experts designed to give you practical tools, tips, and advice for building…
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364 - Lessons in Solar Entrepreneurship, Robb Jetty, COO at DSD Renewables - Part 2
If you're tuning in for the first time, you're tuning in to a second-part episode of my conversation with a friend and industry colleague and leader mentor…
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363 - Journey To Chief Operating Officer, Robb Jetty, COO At DSD Renewables - Part 1
Happy Earth Day! I'm excited about all the wonderful events and activities that are going on today on Earth Day as we celebrate another year of work towards…
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362 - Free Legal Services from Top Legal Firms, with Stanford's Molly Melius and Jesse Lazarus
This is Tactical Tuesday, a short-form conversation with subject matter experts designed to give you the practical tools, tips and advice for building your…
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361 - We Don't Have Time! Is Ingmar Rentzhog the Mark Zuckerberg of Climate?
Today's guest is a change maker named “The Green Mark Zuckerberg” by France TV's. I’m referring to Ingmar Rentzhog, The CEO and Founder of We Don't Have Time…
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360 - The 4 Quadrants of a Growth-focused company, with Robert Cross
Today’s guest is someone who I've been working with and who several of your colleagues have been working with behind the scenes to help clarify thoughts…
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359 - How can Clean Energy be dirty? EMF myth busting with B.D. Erickson, CEO of Satic USA
Have you ever wondered why your cell phone gets hot when it's charging? Few folks realize the electromagnetism that's picked up as dirty electricity and moves…
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358 - Challenging The Status Quo: C-Suite Examples Of D&I Leadership, With Matt Hankey And Michael Healy
What you are about to hear is content from our Career Summit, a fantastic series of conversations all about not only how to find your dream job, the perfect…
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357 - Design Principles to Drive Customer Engagement with Scott Nguyen, CEO of 17 TeraWatts
Thank you so much for lending me your ears and the only non-renewable resource that you have: your time! Today's entrepreneur is my friend Scott Nguyen, CEO of…
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356 - Strategies to ask for the salary you deserve (and GET IT), with Karima Ladhani, Suparna Kadam, Tara Doyle, and Glenda Johnson
What you are about to hear is content from our Career Summit, a fantastic series of conversations all about not only how to find your dream job, the perfect…
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355 - Special Report: Not All Solar is Created Equal with Michael Parr, Executive Director at The Ultra Low Carbon Solar Alliance
Michael Parr is the Executive Director of the Ultra Low Carbon Solar Alliance, a coalition of global solar companies using market forces to decarbonize the…
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354 - Andrea Luecke, The Roots and Fruits of The Solar Foundation
As we celebrate the impact of women in our culture, the way that women increasingly are being recognized as better leaders as better and more empathic…
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353 - D&I Fireside Chat with Erika Jefferson, President of Black Women in Science and Engineering (BWISE)
What you are about to hear is content from our Career Summit, a fantastic series of conversations all about not only how to find your dream job, the perfect…
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352 - Superconnector Anna Siefken on managing change & empowering the Clean Economy
Thank you so much for lending me your ears and the only non-renewable resource that you've got: your time. Today's guest, Anna Siefken has spent her career…
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351 - Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Hiring in Action with Catherine McLean, Paige Rutten, Melanie Santiago-Mosier, and Lindsay Reichert
What you are about to hear is content from our Career Summit, a fantastic series of conversations all about not only how to find your dream job, the perfect…
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350 - Career pivot, Heidi Lim's journey to Climatetech startup Opus12
Today's guest is our friend Heidi Lim of Opus 12. While I hope that we can do more on Opus 12, we actually don't talk a ton about Opus 12. Today we talk about…
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349 - Case Study: Inside the Job Seeker Experience with Patti Lowe, Malini Kannan and Eric Lindley
This is 2Fer Tuesdays. Whether that's a Tactical Tuesday or just content from one of our many live events like SPI Podcast Lounge, this is going to be a short…
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348 - Success Stories: How to Land your Dream Job? with Caitlyn McCloskey, Rozina Kanchwala and Miles Braxton
This is 2Fer Tuesdays. Whether that's a Tactical Tuesday or just content from one of our many live events like SPI Podcast Lounge, this is going to be a short…
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347 - How To Build A Resilient And Sustainable Infrastructure, With ICFs Head Of Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, Anne Choate
As you probably already know, it is Women's History Month, and here at SunCast we have very intentional programming for the month of March. 3 years ago Miss…
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346 - How-to career transition into Clean Energy, with Resume expert Amanda Rico
Welcome to another Tactical Tuesday, a short-form conversation with subject matter experts designed to give you the practical tips, tools, and advice for…
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345 - The Patagonia of Banking with Ravi Mikkelsen, Co-Founder at Atmos Financial
This is financial Thursday and we're going to help you put your money where your heart is. There are some secrets out there about how your money is being…
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344 - Is rooftop solar+storage finally here for C&I? Omeed Badkoobeh, CEO of Yotta Energy
Today's entrepreneur is no stranger to the wild and crazy ride we call the solar coaster. He cut his teeth in the industry more than a decade ago and has…
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343 - How the Texas grid failed? Insights from a former energy trader, Evan Caron
This episode will be different to the Tactical Tuesdays and long-form Thursday episodes we always publish. This is a mini episode if you will. Sometimes we do…
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342 - Serial entrepreneurs bring robotics to solar farms, Tim Matus & Steve Arters of Renu Robotics
Today's entrepreneurs are certainly no stranger to the start-up ride, as they have started a number of companies. Most recently, they have made it all the way…
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341 - Clean Energy Industry Overview: Where do I Start? with Sarah Wilder, Becca Ward, Joe Tassone, and Eric Pasi
Welcome to another Tactical Tuesday, which is a short form conversation with subject matter experts designed to give you practical tools, tips and advice for…
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340 - Innovation in ESG Data Collection with Zach Livingston, Head of Sales at ClearTrace
Today, we are going to have an intrapreneur and entrepreneur, a friend of mine down in Austin, Texas called Zack Livingston, Head of Sales at ClearTrace. We’ll…
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339 - 5 Pro Tips to actually make Salesforce work FOR you, with Geraldine Gray, Endiem (Saleforce MVP)
Today's entrepreneur is someone I've had the pleasure to get to know recently, through the context of exploring how software can serve and also sometimes be…
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338 - Marketing 101 for Commercial Solar: lessons learned with Meghan Gainer at DSD
Today's intrapreneur has been inside the leadership team of some of the most successful brands in the solar industry and at critical times in their growth…
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337 - 5 key decisions for effective strategic partnerships with Josh Beck, Managing Director of BCI Technology Investments
It’s February 2021 and I’m stoked to have you here. Today's entrepreneur is a good friend of mine that many of you perhaps listened to in 2020, especially when…
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336 - Marc Andreessen is Wrong. Clean Energy can drive a domestic infrastructure boom, with Sheldon Kimber, CEO of Intersect Power
If you listened to Episode 261, then you're no stranger to Mr. Sheldon Kimber of Intersect Power. But I wanted to bring Sheldon back, especially in this month…
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335 - Andy Klump, CEO and Founder of Clean Energy Associates
Andy Klump holds the current and long-standing record of the most downloaded episode on SunCast. That's right, coming in more than 2000 downloads. I wanted to…
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334 - How to Scale C&I solar with Matt Hankey, Founder of New Energy Equity
Today's entrepreneur I have been introduced to multiple times since 2014. Thanks to the homebound lockdowns of the pandemic this year, we finally had a chance…
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333 - Supporting the Advancement of Emerging Leaders & Increasing Diversity Across Clean Energy, with Paula Glover
Welcome to another Tactical Tuesday, a short-form conversation with subject-matter experts designed to give you practical tools, tips and advice for building…
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332 - Abigail Hopper - President and CEO of Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) | Part 2
This is Part Two of the episode we began earlier in the week with SEIA’s President Abby Hopper. We have a lot of ground left to cover, and we get into some…
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331 - Abigail Ross Hopper, President and CEO of Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) | Part 1
Welcome back and Happy New Year, Solar Warrior! If you’re in the solar or energy storage industry, then today’s guest will be no stranger to you. I hope I do…
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330 - San Antonio triples down on solar and storage: An Insiders guide to CPS Energy's 900MW RFP
Happy New Year, Solar Warrior! In early December, I had a chance to sit down with CPS Energy executives to discuss their latest RFP, and I was amazed by the…