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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.
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This Week in Cleantech (07/17/2026) - In Texas, solar and sheep go hand in hand
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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.
This week's episode features special guest Lana Ferguson from the Dallas Morning News, who discusses the booming agrivoltaics industry in Texas.
This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Joey Fiore, CEO of PowerLabs. His company builds the Roav, a portable solar generator that unfolds into a tracking solar array that looks like a metal trailer you’d pull behind a car. It is cleaner, cheaper and easier to use than a standard diesel generator. Congratulations Joey!
This Week in Cleantech — July 17, 2026
- New York becomes first US state to impose data center moratorium — Data Center Dynamics
- The American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It? — The New York Times
- US power companies scramble to secure equipment as surging data center demand strains supplies — Reuters
- Global Investment in Fusion Companies Surges 69% to $4.5 Billion — Bloomberg
- Solar sheep: Texas ranchers, farmers' new opportunity on solar sites – Dallas Morning News
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