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Factor This
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.
Episodes
253 episodes
Solar, storage, and staying ahead: OCI Energy’s growth story
U.S. solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage developers are well positioned to serve unprecedented electric load growth spurred by data centers, putting the people and companies who spearhead power projects in the driver's seat- or so you...
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This Week in Cleantech (08/14/2026) - Can Trump's new solar tariffs help the domestic supply problem?
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 Mark Chediak fr...
Surviving summer with demand-side solutions | Factor This Policycast
It's been a rough summer for soft serve ice cream cone enthusiasts. In most parts of the United States, hot and humid weather has visited and overstayed its welcome, which is no treat for the power grid, either. Elevated temperatures mean incre...
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This Week in Cleantech (08/07/2026) - With speed to power in mind, data centers are eyeing fuel cells
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 Heather Clancy ...
Redefining the utility playbook with PG&E’s Sumeet Singh
In an era defined by compounding wildfire risks, rapid digitalization, and unprecedented demand growth, utilities need to redefine their playbook. Sumeet Singh, CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and EVP for Energy Delive...
This Week in Cleantech (07/31/2026) - Is beer brewing getting greener?
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 Clara Hudson fr...
Relieving grid congestion with advanced transmission technologies | Factor This Policycast
The U.S. transmission grid needs a facelift and a little reconstructive surgery. Efforts are underway to construct new long-distance high-voltage lines, but construction takes time, prompting states to explore additional ways to quickly meet gr...
This Week in Cleantech (07/24/2026) - As EV sales flatten, automakers make the case for backup power
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 Alexa St. John ...
This Week in Cleantech (07/17/2026) - In Texas, solar and sheep go hand in hand
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 f...
Beyond the Big Beautiful Bill: Building and financing clean energy after a critical tax credit deadline | Factor This Policycast
July 4, 2026, marked one year since the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) was signed into law and a critical safe harbor deadline for clean energy developers in the United States. The legislation, which sunsets federal tax credit eligibility for so...
This Week in Cleantech (07/10/2026) - As IRA subsidies wind down, clean energy PPA prices 'soar'
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 Martha Muir fro...
Fixing generator interconnection | Factor This Policycast
Generator interconnection, the process by which power plants like large solar arrays, wind farms, and utility-scale batteries connect to the electrical grid, continues to be one of the biggest barriers to project development. Despite gr...
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This Week in Cleantech (06/26/2026) - 16 GW without new build? Inside the plan to unlock huge VPP capacity
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 Emily Pontecorv...
This Week in Cleantech (06/19/2026) - What does global energy trade look like after US-Iran deal?
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 Tim McDonnell f...
How we benefit from transmission competition | Factor This Policycast
Welcome to the premier edition of the Factor This Policycast, a brand-new podcast partnership with national industry association Advanced Energy United, tackl...
Unifying awareness, control, and settlements to solve grid instability
Talk about systems and solutions is everywhere across the utility sector, but the biggest challenges the grid is facing are more about coordination than hardware. As utilities, retail suppliers, and operators all compete to manage the same DERs...
This Week in Cleantech (06/12/2026) - Europe and Asia are feeling the pressure from Iran war energy crisis
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 Akshat Rathi fr...
This Week in Cleantech (06/04/2026) - Why are some Democratic governors backing Trump's gas pipelines?
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 Benjamin Storro...
Stalled federal funding is freeing up to aid homeowners eyeing energy efficiency
The U.S. Department of Energy is moving forward with releasing billions of dollars in rebate funding to states earmarked by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for two home energy programs: Home Efficiency Rebates (HER/HOMES), which enables whole...
This Week in Cleantech (05/29/2026) - Local pushback against data centers hits a new high
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 Robison Meyer f...
This Week in Cleantech (05/26/2026) - Iran conflict makes clean energy look more secure
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 Akshat Rathi fr...
This Week in Cleantech (05/15/2026) - xAI grows data center gas fleet despite legal scrutiny
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 Molly Taft from...
This Week in Cleantech (05/08/2026) - Can Ford revive its struggling EV program?
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 Andrew Moseman ...
This Week in Cleantech (05/01/2026) - Are Trump's efforts against clean energy in vain?
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 Oliver Milman f...
This Week in Cleantech (04/24/2026) - Why the effects on the Iran conflict will be felt on the US grid
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 Bianca Giacobon...