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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. 


Episode Date
This Week in Cleantech (4/26/24) — A new solar tariff fight begins
Apr 26, 2024
This Week in Cleantech (4/5/24) — The final battle over green hydrogen tax rules
Apr 05, 2024
This Week in Cleantech (3/29/24) — Can the White House stop China's clean energy dominance?
Mar 29, 2024
This Week in Cleantech (4/22/24) — Wind power has hit a rut. Could a huge plane change its course?
Mar 22, 2024
This Week in Cleantech (3/15/24) — The debate over rooftop solar
Mar 15, 2024
Building a DG unicorn with Nexamp CEO Zaid Ashai
Mar 11, 2024
This Week in Cleantech (3/8/24) — America's power crunch
Mar 08, 2024
This Week in Cleantech (3/2/2024) — LIVE from DISTRIBUTECH International
Mar 02, 2024
This Week in Cleantech (2/23/24) — Can Biden win on climate?
Feb 23, 2024
Clean energy needs a new bellwether. Who should it be?
Feb 19, 2024
This Week in Cleantech (2/16/24) — Virtual power plants still working out the kinks
Feb 16, 2024
This Week in Cleantech (2/9/24) — The NIMBY stat that clean energy can't ignore
Feb 09, 2024
This Week in Cleantech (2/2/24) — Should we worry about rooftop solar?
Feb 02, 2024
Community solar keeps growing. Here's what we still have to figure out
Jan 29, 2024
This Week in Cleantech (1/26/24) — Biden's climate pitch to young voters
Jan 26, 2024
Speed and scale: Thinking big with small-scale DERs
Jan 22, 2024
This Week in Cleantech (1/19/24) — Texas grid survives, thwarting NIMBYs, and companies turn to 'greenhushing'
Jan 19, 2024
We need a lot more transmission. Here's why it isn't getting built
Jan 15, 2024
This Week in Cleantech (1/12/24) — How utilities get their way, renewables impact home values, and China's clean energy dominance
Jan 12, 2024
A conversation with solar's oracle, Jenny Chase
Jan 01, 2024
This Week in Cleantech (12/22/23) — Tesla's charging dominance, oil's big year, and Ohio bribery tapes
Dec 22, 2023
Battery bubble or boom? It’s complicated
Dec 18, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (12/15) — COP28, transmission win, and Tesla recall
Dec 15, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (12/8/23) — Hydrogen rules leak, solar job losses, battery prices plummet
Dec 08, 2023
Dominion CEO Bob Blue on offshore wind, batteries, and the utility's role in the energy transition
Dec 04, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (12/1/23) — 'Solar bros,' lithium jackpot, and a geothermal breakthrough
Dec 01, 2023
Battery powerhouse Powin's new CEO eyes public markets
Nov 27, 2023
Renewables are cleaning the grid. They're also messing it up
Nov 20, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (11/17/23) — Nuclear setback, U.S.-China climate talks, EV dealer hesitations
Nov 17, 2023
How solar survived: SEIA's outgoing chair on COVID, Auxin, and the path forward
Nov 13, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (11/10/23) — 'Motown' for EVs, wind turbine tech, and public power's setback
Nov 10, 2023
AI in clean energy: This company wants you to be able to talk with your projects
Nov 06, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (11/3/23) — Historic grid investments, offshore wind's rough seas, and how clean are hydrogen hubs?
Nov 03, 2023
A 'new normal' for clean energy capital markets
Oct 23, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (10/20/23) — Hydrogen hubs, AZ's solar slash, and a record battery deal
Oct 20, 2023
100 years ago, industrials built the electric grid. Now they're leaving it
Oct 16, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (10/13/23) — Battery giveaway, capturing carbon, Cali climate laws
Oct 13, 2023
The tax equity rule with ‘dire’ consequences for clean energy
Oct 09, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (10/6/23) — Green hydrogen unicorn, renewables popularity, and clean stocks collapse
Oct 06, 2023
Digesting RE+: IRA pain, financial turmoil, and unmissable optimism
Sep 25, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (9/22/23) — EV forced labor ties, battery recycling, and carbon tariffs
Sep 22, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (9/15/23) — RE+, lithium discovery, and battery fires
Sep 15, 2023
Green hydrogen is 'under attack,' Plug Power boss says
Sep 11, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (9/8/23) — Texas' battery betrayal, the billionaires behind climate denial, and Biden's EV boost
Sep 08, 2023
Interconnection and permitting get their moment. Is it enough?
Sep 04, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (9/1/23) — Gulf offshore wind dud, Google’s solar AI, and Las Vegas Sphere goes green
Sep 01, 2023
How Utah—yes, Utah—found itself at the cutting edge of the energy transition
Aug 28, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (8/25/23) — Solar tariffs, grid tech, and wind-powered cargo ships
Aug 25, 2023
Perovskites: Solar power revolutionary or cleantech fad?
Aug 21, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (8/11/23) — IRA anniversary, NIMBYs target offshore wind, and carbon removal cash
Aug 11, 2023
Can the Northeast fix its interconnection slog?
Aug 07, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (8/4/23) — New interconnection rules, a nuclear milestone, and concrete batteries
Aug 04, 2023
Inside scaling a national residential solar company
Jul 31, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (7/28/23) — Solar manufacturing, IRA rollout, and clean energy in Coal Country
Jul 28, 2023
Form Energy's 100-hour battery is almost here
Jul 24, 2023
This Week in Cleantech (7/21/23) — Geothermal 2.0, offshore wind, and 'Bidenomics'
Jul 21, 2023
Will the U.S. get green hydrogen right? One decision has big climate implications
Jul 17, 2023
Fintech arrives to streamline clean energy project finance
Jul 03, 2023
Underperformance. Extreme weather. Labor shortages. Solar's bright outlook faces big risks
Jun 26, 2023
Battery storage is booming. Now what do we do with it?
Jun 19, 2023
Solar's biggest risk? Too few works to deliver the massive project pipeline
May 22, 2023
He started solar's preeminent advocacy group. Now, Adam Browning is all in on EVs
May 15, 2023
Auxin Solar tariff petition: What's next for solar's dark cloud
May 08, 2023
A rosy future for agrivoltaics (without the thorns)
May 01, 2023
The long-duration energy storage dilemma
Apr 24, 2023
Why this gas-heavy utility is going (really) big on solar
Apr 17, 2023
Sunnova's John Berger is hell-bent on upending the status quo
Apr 10, 2023
Green hydrogen, recycling, and next-gen batteries: Checking in on ‘Cleantech 2.0’
Apr 03, 2023
Dan Shugar is just getting started
Mar 27, 2023
A fresh start for concentrated solar power?
Mar 20, 2023
Introducing Suncast: Democratizing the clean energy revolution
Mar 16, 2023
Data: The energy transition’s next big thing
Mar 13, 2023
Solar's legal risks are changing. Here's what to watch out for
Mar 06, 2023
Clean energy's long road to diversity
Feb 27, 2023
New players in solar manufacturing are rushing to meet US demand. Are they up to snuff?
Feb 20, 2023
Talking energy storage with Yann Brandt
Feb 13, 2023
The grid is fragile. Is distributed energy the answer?
Feb 06, 2023
Community solar: Can California get it right this time?
Jan 30, 2023
In North Carolina, a lesson on the pitfalls of the energy transition
Jan 23, 2023
Toledo Solar founder Aaron Bates on the 'untruths' of American solar manufacturing
Jan 16, 2023
Why 2023 is about to be the biggest year yet for C&I clean energy with PowerFlex CEO Raphael Declercq
Jan 09, 2023
Will solar energy’s challenges finally ease in ’23? Market analyst Paula Mints weighs in
Dec 19, 2022
Europe wants its own Inflation Reduction Act moment
Dec 12, 2022
Climate tech takes on clean energy's biggest headaches
Nov 28, 2022
California NEM 3.0: Unpacking rooftop solar’s fate
Nov 21, 2022
Women in renewables: 3 female execs share their stories and recruitment strategies
Nov 14, 2022
Texas grid braces for winter. What’s changed since Uri?
Nov 07, 2022
Interconnection woes make strange bedfellows
Oct 31, 2022
A bright future for brownfield solar development
Oct 24, 2022
The climate law will have an impact on PPAs. What’s in store for 2023?
Oct 17, 2022
Introducing the Texas Power Podcast
Oct 13, 2022
Clean energy is popular but NIMBYism remains potent. What gives?
Oct 10, 2022
LIVE from RE+: The race is on to meet demand with made-in-America solar modules
Oct 03, 2022
Celebrating clean energy risk takers
Sep 26, 2022
Solar’s report card is coming. And a reckoning could follow
Sep 19, 2022
FERC Commissioner Allison Clements on record heat, resiliency, and smart grids
Sep 12, 2022
Beware of the clean energy gold rush with Leyline Renewable Capital CEO Erik Lensch
Sep 05, 2022
Rethinking solar development from the ground up with Terabase CEO Matt Campbell
Aug 29, 2022
Going beyond the PPA with Clearloop CEO Laura Zapata
Aug 22, 2022
Green hydrogen: What’s next for the energy transition’s secret weapon?
Aug 19, 2022
Taking on solar's recycling imperative with SOLARCYCLE CEO Suvi Sharma
Aug 15, 2022
What's going on in clean energy capital markets? Pine Gate Renewables CEO Ben Catt
Aug 08, 2022
Breaking down FERC's interconnection reform plan with AEE managing director Jeff Dennis
Aug 01, 2022
Bonus Episode: Manchin makes a deal
Jul 28, 2022
Betting big on 'Made in America' solar with Nextracker CEO Dan Shugar
Jul 18, 2022
Rooftop solar's biggest fight is back on with Vote Solar executive director Sachu Constantine
Jul 01, 2022
Special Edition: Shaping the grid of the future with GE Digital's Jim Walsh
Jun 27, 2022
A lifeline from President Biden
Jun 20, 2022
Supply chain sacrifice
Jun 06, 2022
Solar's political risk
May 23, 2022
Who is Auxin Solar? Exclusive interview with Auxin Solar CEO Mamun Rashid
May 09, 2022
Introducing Factor This!
Apr 21, 2022