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This Week in Cleantech (8/16/24) — What are the friendliest states for solar?

Renewable Energy World Season 1 Episode 114

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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 Business Insider reporter Catherine Boudreau, who wrote about Con Edison's plans to capture heat from data centers and large commercial buildings to power underground thermal energy networks.

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Samuel Truthseeker, CEO of Solvari Solar. His system view of rooftop solar enables panels to be installed in 2 minutes rather than 20 minutes, and is based on over 20 years developing solar products. Congratulations Samuel!

This Week in Cleantech — August 16, 2024

  1. How Solar-Friendly Is Your State? We Scored Them All — CNET
  2. This Texas Energy Is So Bountiful, They Pay You to Take It Away — New York Times
  3. Americans tapped $8 billion in tax credits on home energy upgrade — Washington Post
  4. Delays hit 40% of Biden’s major IRA manufacturing projects — Financial Times
  5. How New York City's data centers and Rockefeller Center could help power a climate solution — Business Insider

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