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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.

This week's episode features special guest Jeff St John from Canary Media, who reported on a 21 gigawatt solar and battery storage project in California, which is potentially the largest project of its kind in the world.

This week's "Cleantechers of the Week" are Tim Sahay and Kate Mackenzie, hosts of the brand new podcast, The Polycrisis. This podcast will cover geopolitics, climate change, finance and industry.

This Week in Cleantech — April 03, 2026

1. What Americans Really Pay For Electricity — Heatmap News
2. Top energy developer warns on overbuilding power supplies for AI — The Financial Times
3. US AI Data Center Expansion Relies on Chinese Electrical Equipment Imports — Bloomberg
4. A Winter Without Snow Depletes Europe’s Clean Energy Reservoir — Bloomberg
5. ‘We’re harvesting the sun’: A huge solar project grows in California — Canary Media

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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Robert Piconi, CEO of Energy Vault. This week, the company officially acquired the 175 MW McMurtre battery storage project in ERCOT North, taking its global portfolio of owned, operating, and under-construction assets to 715 MW. Congratulations, Robert!

This Week in Cleantech — March 27, 2026

1. Could a global economy dependent on renewable energy see less war? Experts explain — ABC News
2. Asia Turns Back to Coal as War Chokes Off Natural Gas — The New York Times
3. JPMorgan Warns Aging US Power Grids Pose National Security Risk — Bloomberg
4. How to get Big Tech to pay your energy bills — The Washington Post
5. Britain responds to Iran war energy shock by requiring solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes — CNBC

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Terms like “AMI 2.0” often mean different things to different teams, depending on a utility’s current infrastructure and future goals. This lack of consensus is why Matt Wakefield, Director of Information, Communication & Cyber Security at EPRI, argues that the industry may need to shift from hardware versions to core capabilities. By positioning AMI as a cross-cutting platform for grid visibility and DER integration, utilities can move far beyond simple meter-to-cash functions.

The “NextWave AMI” framework is designed to provide that capability-based lens, focusing on long-term value rather than the integration of a specific tool. Matt joins the Factor This podcast to explore how aligning people and processes with high-value AMI use cases allows utilities to achieve "stacked benefits" that address mounting pressures like affordability and grid resilience. He unpacks the limitations of viewing AMI 2.0 as a fixed technology stack and shares the resources available to help utilities plan their next transformational upgrades.

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