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Launched in 2022, the Factor This Podcast has 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 content director Paul Gerke 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.
The all-new FactorThis.com is your best source for news, commentary, and analysis of renewable energy and the power grid.
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This Week in Cleantech (06/06/2025) - Trump wants to repurpose Biden's green bank
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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.
This week’s episode features special guest Ari Natter from Bloomberg, who wrote about how the Trump administration plans to repurpose Biden’s $400 billion green bank to fund loans for nuclear, geothermal, and critical mineral projects
This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Mayor Mondale Robinson of Enfield, North Carolina. He led a plan to build a solar farm, resilience hub, and weatherization center in Enfield, cutting $650 monthly energy bills, replacing crumbling grid infrastructure, and using clean energy to bring jobs and economic independence to a historically Black, underserved rural community.
This Week in Cleantech — June 6, 2025
- The Supreme Court Just Started a Permitting Revolution — Heatmap
- U.S. Oil Companies Are ‘Battening Down the Hatches’ — The New York Times
- Why Wind And Solar Make Grids More Vulnerable to Blackouts — The Wall Street Journal
- Chinese battery glut plugs into solar boom to power Pakistan — The Financial Times
- Trump Plans to Tap Biden’s Green Bank to Make Billions in Loans — Bloomberg
Nominate the stories that caught your eye each week by emailing Paul.Gerke@clarionevents.com
