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Launched in 2022, the Factor This Podcasthas 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 in climate and clean energy in 15 minutes or less. With new episodes every Friday, Factor This editor-in-chief John Engel and Mike Casey, a cleantech commentator and president of Tigercomm, bring listeners the most important headlines of the week while featuring the leading journalists behind the stories.
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This Week in Cleantech (3/15/24) — The debate over rooftop solar
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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 Syris Valentine, who reported in Grist on private capital that has followed the Inflation Reduction Act.
This Week in Cleantech — March 15, 2024
This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Riley Neugebauer!
1. How China Came to Dominate the World in Solar Energy — The New York Times
2. Emissions hit a record high in 2023. Blame hydropower — MIT Tech Review
3. How changes to Hawaiʻi’s home battery program could hinder its clean energy transition — Grist
4. Does Rooftop Solar Actually Help the Climate? — Heatmap’s “Shift Key”
5. The IRA has injected $240 billion into clean energy. The US still needs more. — Grist
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