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Factor This
Launched in 2022, the Factor This Podcast has featured many of the most influential leaders driving the energy transition. From solar and battery storage executives to utility CEOs, the Factor This Podcast brings unique insights and answers to the energy industry’s most pressing challenges. Go beyond high-level trends and mainstream talking points with actionable takeaways.
The Factor This Podcast grew in 2023 with the addition of This Week in Cleantech, a weekly roundup of the biggest stories…
Episodes
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Speed and scale: Thinking big with small-scale DERs
Tell us what you think of the show! A common knock on distributed energy resources, or DERs, is that they don't scale. DERs uniquely provide resilience and…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (1/19/24) — Texas grid survives, thwarting NIMBYs, and companies turn to 'greenhushing'
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…
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We need a lot more transmission. Here's why it isn't getting built
Tell us what you think of the show! Three decades ago, FERC recommended implementing independent entities to manage regional power markets and system planning…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (1/12/24) — How utilities get their way, renewables impact home values, and China's clean energy dominance
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…
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A conversation with solar's oracle, Jenny Chase
Tell us what you think of the show! When Jenny Chase speaks or, more frequently, tweets, the solar industry listens. For nearly 20 years, Chase has chronicled…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (12/22/23) — Tesla's charging dominance, oil's big year, and Ohio bribery tapes
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…
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Battery bubble or boom? It’s complicated
Tell us what you think of the show! Battery storage is booming in the U.S., and for good reason. So much intermittent renewable energy on the grid demands…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (12/15) — COP28, transmission win, and Tesla recall
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…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (12/8/23) — Hydrogen rules leak, solar job losses, battery prices plummet
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…
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Dominion CEO Bob Blue on offshore wind, batteries, and the utility's role in the energy transition
Tell us what you think of the show! I first met Dominion Energy CEO Bob Blue at a shipping terminal in Norfolk, Virginia. We stood two years ago at the site…
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This Week in Cleantech (12/1/23) — 'Solar bros,' lithium jackpot, and a geothermal breakthrough
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…
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Battery powerhouse Powin's new CEO eyes public markets
Tell us what you think of the show! Jeff Waters is always looking for a challenge. He thrives on chasing growth and the rush that comes by solving hard…
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Renewables are cleaning the grid. They're also messing it up
Tell us what you think of the show! Solar, wind, and battery projects are displacing fossil fuel assets in an urgent push to address the threats of climate…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (11/17/23) — Nuclear setback, U.S.-China climate talks, EV dealer hesitations
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…
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How solar survived: SEIA's outgoing chair on COVID, Auxin, and the path forward
Tell us what you think of the show! George Hershman's term as chair of solar's leading trade group began with optimism and excitement. He stepped into the role…
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This Week in Cleantech (11/10/23) — 'Motown' for EVs, wind turbine tech, and public power's setback
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…
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AI in clean energy: This company wants you to be able to talk with your projects
Tell us what you think of the show! What does AI really mean for clean energy? These days, the answer is increasingly hard to find. The AI craze, fueled by the…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (11/3/23) — Historic grid investments, offshore wind's rough seas, and how clean are hydrogen hubs?
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…
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A 'new normal' for clean energy capital markets
Tell us what you think of the show! Corporate demand for renewables, and the urgency of fighting climate change, fueled a decade of meteoric growth in clean…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (10/20/23) — Hydrogen hubs, AZ's solar slash, and a record battery deal
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…
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100 years ago, industrials built the electric grid. Now they're leaving it
Tell us what you think of the show! More than 100 years ago, the electric grid was built by, and for, large industrial companies. What started with on-site…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (10/13/23) — Battery giveaway, capturing carbon, Cali climate laws
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…
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The tax equity rule with ‘dire’ consequences for clean energy
Tell us what you think of the show! Monetizing clean energy tax credits is already tough enough. Critical to clean energy deployment, tax equity financing is…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (10/6/23) — Green hydrogen unicorn, renewables popularity, and clean stocks collapse
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…
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Digesting RE+: IRA pain, financial turmoil, and unmissable optimism
Tell us what you think of the show! 40,000? 50,000? More? Whatever the number, there were a lot of people at this year's RE+ in Las Vegas. While the event's…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (9/22/23) — EV forced labor ties, battery recycling, and carbon tariffs
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…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (9/15/23) — RE+, lithium discovery, and battery fires
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…
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Green hydrogen is 'under attack,' Plug Power boss says
Tell us what you think of the show! The stakes couldn't be higher. The Inflation Reduction Act launched a market for green hydrogen. But more than a year later…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (9/8/23) — Texas' battery betrayal, the billionaires behind climate denial, and Biden's EV boost
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…
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Interconnection and permitting get their moment. Is it enough?
Tell us what you think of the show! Clogged interconnection queues and an inefficient permitting process have the attention of federal policymakers. At last…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (9/1/23) — Gulf offshore wind dud, Google’s solar AI, and Las Vegas Sphere goes green
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…
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How Utah—yes, Utah—found itself at the cutting edge of the energy transition
Tell us what you think of the show! On a quest to find the cutting edge of the energy transition, Utah is unlikely to be the first stop. It may not even make…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (8/25/23) — Solar tariffs, grid tech, and wind-powered cargo ships
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…
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Perovskites: Solar power revolutionary or cleantech fad?
Tell us what you think of the show! In the year since the Inflation Reduction Act supercharged clean energy manufacturing, rarely does a week go by without a…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (8/11/23) — IRA anniversary, NIMBYs target offshore wind, and carbon removal cash
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…
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Can the Northeast fix its interconnection slog?
Tell us what you think of the show! A simple mention of the word can send shivers down a developer's spine. Interconnection. It's the bogeyman of the energy…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (8/4/23) — New interconnection rules, a nuclear milestone, and concrete batteries
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…
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Inside scaling a national residential solar company
Tell us what you think of the show! Kyle Udseth helped media giants like DIRECTV and Netflix craft their customer experiences. Now, he's working to scale a new…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (7/28/23) — Solar manufacturing, IRA rollout, and clean energy in Coal Country
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…
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Form Energy's 100-hour battery is almost here
Tell us what you think of the show! Battery storage deployment is surging to fill the gaps left by intermittent renewable energy resources. And, sometimes…
Factor ThisThis Week in Cleantech (7/21/23) — Geothermal 2.0, offshore wind, and 'Bidenomics'
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…
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Will the U.S. get green hydrogen right? One decision has big climate implications
Tell us what you think of the show! Green hydrogen could be a key tool to meet climate goals. It could also make things a lot worse, if we get this one…
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Fintech arrives to streamline clean energy project finance
Tell us what you think of the show! Amanda Li found herself in the thick of the arduous and disorganized project finance lifecycle. It was 2014, and she had…
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Underperformance. Extreme weather. Labor shortages. Solar's bright outlook faces big risks
Tell us what you think of the show! The U.S. solar industry is primed for significant growth in the coming years, emboldened by big federal incentives and even…
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Battery storage is booming. Now what do we do with it?
Tell us what you think of the show! In the spring of 2016, Jeff Bishop was developing wind projects when he came across an analyst chart that caught his eye…
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Solar's biggest risk? Too few works to deliver the massive project pipeline
Tell us what you think of the show! Praise for the solar industry's meteoric growth often shines on developers and their multi-gigawatt pipelines and…
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He started solar's preeminent advocacy group. Now, Adam Browning is all in on EVs
Tell us what you think of the show! For more than 20 years, Adam Browning was solar's biggest cheerleader. There was 165 MW of interconnected solar in the U.S…
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Auxin Solar tariff petition: What's next for solar's dark cloud
Tell us what you think of the show! Hurry up and wait. We launched the Factor This! podcast one year ago — May 9, 2022 — to share a fresh and introspective…
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A rosy future for agrivoltaics (without the thorns)
Tell us what you think of the show! Agrivoltaics -- solar PV paired with livestock or crops -- make for rich marketing materials. Good luck finding a developer…
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The long-duration energy storage dilemma
Tell us what you think of the show! A decarbonized grid, powered primarily by solar and wind, will require a lot of energy storage. Lithium-ion batteries…
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Why this gas-heavy utility is going (really) big on solar
Tell us what you think of the show! The news from Entergy Louisiana may have required a second reading. And a third. The utility wants to go (really) big on…
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Sunnova's John Berger is hell-bent on upending the status quo
Tell us what you think of the show! More than a decade since John Berger founded Sunnova… the company is one of the largest residential solar and storage…
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Green hydrogen, recycling, and next-gen batteries: Checking in on ‘Cleantech 2.0’
Tell us what you think of the show! A new era of cleantech innovation is here. And it’s a good time to take stock of what’s in the pipeline. Green hydrogen…
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Dan Shugar is just getting started
Tell us what you think of the show! How do you measure the impact of someone like Dan Shugar? He's been a mainstay in the solar industry since the early days…
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A fresh start for concentrated solar power?
Tell us what you think of the show! Concentrated solar power has had a rough go in the US. But that's not because it's a poor resource. Using mirrors and…
Factor ThisIntroducing Suncast: Democratizing the clean energy revolution
Tell us what you think of the show! Bonus episode! Today, we're dropping in an episode from our friends over at the Suncast podcast that we know you'll enjoy…
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Data: The energy transition’s next big thing
Tell us what you think of the show! While the energy transition is well underway, the power dynamics that have ruled the industry for generations are still…
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Solar's legal risks are changing. Here's what to watch out for
Tell us what you think of the show! As the renewable energy industry has grown up, its legal risks have too. Sure, we as an industry talk all the time about…
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Clean energy's long road to diversity
Tell us what you think of the show! The proverbial light bulb that sparked Tasha McCarter's interest in energy was an actual light bulb. A third grade…
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New players in solar manufacturing are rushing to meet US demand. Are they up to snuff?
Tell us what you think of the show! There’s a press release almost every week. Increasing demand for solar modules, paired with supply chain constraints and…