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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 (10/11/2024) - A flooded solar supply chain
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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 Maddie Stone from Grist, who wrote about how Hurricane Helene caused the temporary closure of Spruce Pine, NC's two main quartz mines, which has disrupted the solar supply chain.
This week we have multiple "Cleantechers of the Week.” The industry has truly come together to support those impacted by Hurricane Helene:
- Maggie Sasser from Pine Gate Renewables has organized efforts to help rebuild.
- Nico Johnson from Suncast Media and Tom Weirich from EDP Renewables have raised awareness and shared ways to support affected communities.
- Jason Grumet and the American Clean Power Association co-hosted a Hurricane Helene Relief Fund Reception.
- Also thanks to all the other cleantechers this week who donated and helped John Engel bring gas cans, water, food and blankets to those in Asheville, NC.
This Week in Cleantech — October 11, 2024
- Cost of Producing Green Hydrogen Makes It Prohibitive, Says Study - Wall Street Journal
- Form Energy raises $405mn to develop rust-powered batteries - Financial Times
- U.S. Ramps Up Hunt for Uranium to End Reliance on Russia - New York Times
- This country ditched coal. Here’s what the world can learn from it - Washington Post
- The solar supply chain runs through this flooded North Carolina town - Grist
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