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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 (01/17/2025) - Solar sales burnout
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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 Brendan Koerner from WIRED Magazine, who wrote about the lives of young men recruited by door-to-door solar sales companies.
This week's "Cleantecher of the Week," is Will Heegaard, CEO of Footprint Power. Footprint Power’s South California team are bringing mobile solar power and other renewable energy resources to base camps and distribution sites, and supporting 92,000 displaced people due to the LA wildfires.
This Week in Cleantech — January 17, 2025
- The Insurance Crisis That Will Follow the California Fires — The New Yorker
- Los Angeles Utilities’ Decisions to Keep Power On Are Scrutinized – The New York Times
- This group says natural gas bans hurt minorities. It has gas industry ties. — The Washington Post
- REC Silicon pulls the plug on polysilicon production at Moses Lake plant — Renewable Energy World
- The Spectacular Burnout of a Solar Panel Salesman — WIRED Magazine
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