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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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Talking energy storage with Yann Brandt
Tell us what you think of the show! It's time that we talk about energy storage. Not just because solar-plus-storage is a natural fit, but more and more…
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The grid is fragile. Is distributed energy the answer?
Tell us what you think of the show! Our grid is vulnerable to disruption and even failure. Wildfires, floods, and more frequent extreme weather events…
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Community solar: Can California get it right this time?
Tell us what you think of the show! California is a leader in the energy transition. There's no doubt about it. But even the most mature solar market in the…
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In North Carolina, a lesson on the pitfalls of the energy transition
Tell us what you think of the show! The pitfalls of the energy transition are on full display in a Southeast state. A 2021 law set North Carolina on its way to…
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Toledo Solar founder Aaron Bates on the 'untruths' of American solar manufacturing
Tell us what you think of the show! This episode of Factor This! is sponsored by Heila Technologies, a Kohler company. Episode 31 of the Factor This! podcast…
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Why 2023 is about to be the biggest year yet for C&I clean energy with PowerFlex CEO Raphael Declercq
Tell us what you think of the show! This episode of Factor This! is sponsored by Heila Technologies, a Kohler company. Corporate demand for clean energy…
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Will solar energy’s challenges finally ease in ’23? Market analyst Paula Mints weighs in
Tell us what you think of the show! It was a best-of-times, worst-of-times sort of year for solar: long-awaited federal policy support tempered by ongoing…
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Europe wants its own Inflation Reduction Act moment
Tell us what you think of the show! When the American clean energy industry met at RE+ in September, seemingly every conversation exuded an optimistic tone…
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Climate tech takes on clean energy's biggest headaches
Tell us what you think of the show! Clean energy is in broad agreement: the Inflation Reduction Act is a game-changer for the industry and our goals of staving…
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California NEM 3.0: Unpacking rooftop solar’s fate
Tell us what you think of the show! After a series of starts, stops, and outright confusion over the future of rooftop solar, California regulators have…
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Women in renewables: 3 female execs share their stories and recruitment strategies
Tell us what you think of the show! A look around one of clean energy's largest events offered a common sight: There were a lot of men. The challenge is…
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Texas grid braces for winter. What’s changed since Uri?
Tell us what you think of the show! It's been more than 600 days since the lights went out for millions of Texans during Winter Storm Uri. The near-total…
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Interconnection woes make strange bedfellows
Tell us what you think of the show! Bringing new distributed energy resources to the grid often comes with delays and costly upgrades. Interconnection woes…
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A bright future for brownfield solar development
Tell us what you think of the show! More than a decade ago, the proverbial lightbulb glowed over Chad Farrell’s head. Trained as a brownfield remediation…
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The climate law will have an impact on PPAs. What’s in store for 2023?
Tell us what you think of the show! The market for procuring clean energy is enduring one of the most tumultuous stretches in history. A global pandemic, trade…
Factor ThisIntroducing the Texas Power Podcast
Tell us what you think of the show! We're happy to share with you the first episode of Renewable Energy World's newest podcast, the Texas Power Podcast. In…
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Clean energy is popular but NIMBYism remains potent. What gives?
Tell us what you think of the show! Solar and wind enjoy broad public support, but the fight in Congress over the Inflation Reduction Act showed that the…
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LIVE from RE+: The race is on to meet demand with made-in-America solar modules
Tell us what you think of the show! In June, President Joe Biden announced a two-year pause on new tariffs on solar modules imported from Southeast Asia—…
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Celebrating clean energy risk takers
Tell us what you think of the show! Before the Inflation Reduction Act, working and succeeding in clean energy came with quite a bit of risk. Now with the…
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Solar’s report card is coming. And a reckoning could follow
Tell us what you think of the show! Over the past year, DroneBase, a company that conducts aerial assessments of utility-scale solar projects, drove up and…
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FERC Commissioner Allison Clements on record heat, resiliency, and smart grids
Tell us what you think of the show! As Labor Day weekend came to a close, a sense of dread settled in at the home of Allison Clements, who was appointed to the…
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Beware of the clean energy gold rush with Leyline Renewable Capital CEO Erik Lensch
Tell us what you think of the show! The Inflation Reduction Act established historic incentives for clean energy and climate change. It may have also created a…
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Rethinking solar development from the ground up with Terabase CEO Matt Campbell
Tell us what you think of the show! With the Inflation Reduction Act's historic investments in clean energy and climate change in place, U.S. solar power…
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Going beyond the PPA with Clearloop CEO Laura Zapata
Tell us what you think of the show! The power purchase agreement has done wonders for the deployment of clean energy. Corporations can offset their annual…
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Green hydrogen: What’s next for the energy transition’s secret weapon?
Tell us what you think of the show! In this bonus episode of Factor This!, we introduce you to the RENWABLE+ Series™ from Renewable Energy World. Don't worry…
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Taking on solar's recycling imperative with SOLARCYCLE CEO Suvi Sharma
Tell us what you think of the show! Around 70% of solar systems in the U.S. are less than five years old, and with a lifespan of 30 years or more, recycling…
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What's going on in clean energy capital markets? Pine Gate Renewables CEO Ben Catt
Tell us what you think of the show! Think back to June. President Biden had just paused new tariffs on solar modules imported from Southeast Asia—a lifeline…
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Breaking down FERC's interconnection reform plan with AEE managing director Jeff Dennis
Tell us what you think of the show! Up until a few days ago, Congress had been a frequent disappointment to clean energy advocates. Even the current optimism…
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Bonus Episode: Manchin makes a deal
Tell us what you think of the show! In a shocking turn of events late on the afternoon of July 27th, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced that he had…
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Betting big on 'Made in America' solar with Nextracker CEO Dan Shugar
Tell us what you think of the show! In Episode 7 of the Factor This! podcast, Nextracker founder and CEO Dan Shugar explains his company's decision to invest…
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Rooftop solar's biggest fight is back on with Vote Solar executive director Sachu Constantine
Tell us what you think of the show! In Episode 6 of the Factor This! podcast, rooftop solar's biggest fight — California's net energy metering reform process —…
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Special Edition: Shaping the grid of the future with GE Digital's Jim Walsh
Tell us what you think of the show! How to manage and monetize distributed energy resources is one of the most rapidly changing pieces of the energy…
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A lifeline from President Biden
Tell us what you think of the show! In Episode 4 of the Factor This! podcast, Abigail Ross Hopper, CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association trade group…
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Supply chain sacrifice
Tell us what you think of the show! In Episode 3 of the Factor This! podcast, Rhone Resch, the CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association from 2004-16…
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Solar's political risk
Tell us what you think of the show! In Episode 2 of the "Factor This!" podcast, Lightsource bp Americas CEO Kevin Smith describes how one of the world's…
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Who is Auxin Solar? Exclusive interview with Auxin Solar CEO Mamun Rashid
Tell us what you think of the show! For the first episode of the "Factor This!" podcast, Auxin Solar CEO Mamun Rashid gives his first extensive interview since…
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Introducing Factor This!
Tell us what you think of the show! Factor This! is a weekly podcast that takes on solar's biggest stories with industry leaders who actually move the needle…