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Factor This!

By: Renewable Energy World
  • Summary

  • Factor This! is a weekly podcast for the solar industry that provides in-depth and actionable content not available anywhere else. The podcast features solar energy leaders who actually move the needle, in hopes of making you smarter, your solar job easier, and moving the industry forward. Factor This! is produced by Renewable Energy World and Clarion Energy, and is hosted by John Engel. Have an idea for an episode or want to sponsor the show? Email john.engel@clarionevents.com for more information. Find show notes, transcripts, and resources at RenewableEnergyWorld.com. Subscribe today to renewable energy's newest podcast.

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Episodes
  • This Week in Cleantech (5/3/24) — The EPA is cracking down on power plant emissions. Will it stick?
    May 3 2024

    This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less.

    This week’s episode features Washington Post climate reporter Maxine Joselow, who reported on a new ruling by the EPA to curb power plant emissions.

    This Week in Cleantech — May 3, 2024

    This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Justina Whipkey, the mill supervisor at a JM Steel plant outside Pittsburgh that just tripled capacity to supply trackers to solar projects throughout the region.

    1. In America’s Biggest Oil Field, the Ground Is Swelling and Buckling — Wall Street Journal
    2. Musk Plans More Layoffs as Two Senior Tesla Executives Depart — The Information
    3. Sodium Batteries From Michigan Challenge Lithium’s Grip on Energy Transition — Bloomberg
    4. Biden completes permitting rule — Axios
    5. New rules will slash air, water and climate pollution from U.S. power plants — Washington Post

    Watch the full episode on YouTube

    Help make This Week in Cleantech the best it can be. Send feedback and story recommendations to rew@clarionevents.com. And don’t forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts.

    Join us every Friday for new episodes of This Week in Cleantech in the Factor This! podcast feed, and tune into new episodes of Factor This! every Monday.

    This Week in Cleantech is hosted by Renewable Energy World senior content director John Engel and Tigercomm president Mike Casey. The show is produced by Brian Mendes with research support from Alex Petersen and Clare Quirin.

    Registration is LIVE for GridTECH Connect Forum - California. Join us in Newport Beach June 24-26 for the interconnection event. We're bringing together utilities, developers, and regulators to take on one of the biggest challenges facing the energy transition. Click here to save 10% on your ticket. Join partners from PG&E, CAISO, ENGIE, AES, and more.

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    16 mins
  • This Week in Cleantech (4/26/24) — A new solar tariff fight begins
    Apr 26 2024

    This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less.

    This week’s episode features AP News climate solutions reporter Alexa St. John, who reported on new polling that tests whether or not the Inflation Reduction Act is resonating with voters.

    This Week in Cleantech April 26, 2024

    This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Antoine Wagschal, Sales Director of Southeast Asia at Nextracker!

    1. Why Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth — NPR
    2. Biden wants to triple China tariffs on steel, aluminum imports — CNBC
    3. U.S. Solar Factories Urge Biden To Crack Down On China — HuffPost
    4. Energy-Guzzling AI Is Also the Future of Energy Savings — Wall Street Journal
    5. Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden's climate law will help, an AP-NORC poll finds — AP News

    Help make This Week in Cleantech the best it can be. Send feedback and story recommendations to rew@clarionevents.com. And don’t forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts.

    Join us every Friday for new episodes of This Week in Cleantech in the Factor This! podcast feed, and tune into new episodes of Factor This! every Monday.

    This Week in Cleantech is hosted by Renewable Energy World senior content director John Engel and Tigercomm president Mike Casey. The show is produced by Brian Mendes with research support from Alex Petersen and Clare Quirin.

    Registration is LIVE for GridTECH Connect Forum - California. Join us in Newport Beach June 24-26 for the interconnection event. We're bringing together utilities, developers, and regulators to take on one of the biggest challenges facing the energy transition. Click here to save 10% on your ticket. Join partners from PG&E, CAISO, ENGIE, AES, and more.

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    17 mins
  • This Week in Cleantech (4/5/24) — The final battle over green hydrogen tax rules
    Apr 5 2024

    This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less.

    This week’s episode features E&E News reporter Christian Robles who covered the controversial debate over federal green hydrogen incentive rules.

    This Week in Cleantech — April 5, 2024

    This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” goes to Bill Weihl, who is transitioning from ClimateVoice’s Co-Executive Director to the role of Founder & Chief Strategic Advisor.

    1. Berkeley Will Repeal Its Landmark Ban on Natural Gas in New Homes — The New York Times
    2. BlackRock Issued Legal Warning Over ESG Strategy by Mississippi — Bloomberg
    3. Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis? — The New York Times
    4. NOAA gets dire warning about solar geoengineering — POLITICO
    5. How do you ensure hydrogen is ‘clean’? Treasury rules draw fire. – E&E News

    Watch the full episode on YouTube

    Help make This Week in Cleantech the best it can be. Send feedback and story recommendations to rew@clarionevents.com. And don’t forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts.

    Registration is LIVE for GridTECH Connect Forum - California. Join us in Newport Beach June 24-26 for the interconnection event. We're bringing together utilities, developers, and regulators to take on one of the biggest challenges facing the energy transition. Click here to save 10% on your ticket. Join partners from PG&E, CAISO, ENGIE, AES, and more.

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    19 mins

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