Renewable Energy SmartPod
The Renewable Energy SmartPod offers an inside look at the people, technologies and trends that are powering the energy transition. If you want to hear more about the role renewables are playing to decarbonize the global economy and combat climate change, this is the podcast for you. Follow us on Twitter @RenewablesPod or sign up for our newsletter: Renewable Energy SmartBrief.
Episodes
91 episodes
Jigar Shah helps the renewables industry look in the mirror
Plus: Energy analysts call US-EU deal 'pie in the sky' ... EPA targets endangerment finding ... PJM looks for answers ... Electricity output and prices hit record highs
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Details scarce on US tariff deal with EU ... The US needs more transmission ... Geothermal industry faces a skills shortage
Plus: North Carolina puts 50,000 jobs and $47 billion at risk ... An MIT spinoff works on some very hot e-bricks
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4:05
Trump agenda hits jobs and US energy investment ... Data centers go portable ... Google turns to CO2
National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory facing job cuts ... Foreign investors shy away from US ... Brightcore Energy's Mike Richter is on the way
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Grain Belt Express responds to cancellation of DoE loan guarantee ... NextEra's Ketchum sounds upbeat ... Powin declares bankruptcy
Plus ... White House AI plan and solar supply chain challenges
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4:36
BNEF issues renewables forecast ... PJM sees energy costs going up ... Texas weighs Senate Bill 6 ... Equinor takes $955 million impairment ... Fusion energy sees investment surge ... Clean energy lobbying falls short
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4:51
Watchdog says PJM can't handle more data centers ... UN's Guterres weighs in on the future of energy ... Trump takes anti-renewables sentiment to a new level ... JP Morgan makes a play in carbon markets
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Tough headlines for solar ... Congress pivots to permitting ... RMI aims to close funding gap
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BP sells its US onshore wind business ... Moss Landing fire sparks BESS pushback
BP sells its US onshore wind business ... Utilities accelerate renewables projects ... Moss Landing sparks more BESS pushback ... Trump taps LaCerte for FERC ... Commerce plans new duty on Chinese graphite ... The EU marks a solar power milesto...
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Daily Dose of Renewables - July 17, 2025
Should Big Tech fret Interior Department's slow roll of wind and solar? ... Jigar Shah compares renewables now to fracking of the early 2000s ... Amazon's carbon emissions cllimb ... VPPs save the day in heat waves ... GOP districts come to gri...
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Daily Dose of Renewables - July 16, 2025
A salute to Cipher ... Renewables go missing in Pittsburgh ... The US threatens to pull out of the IEA ... Uncertainty persists for transferability of tax credits ... California bill tweaks net metering for home sales
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The State of the US Solar Industry
Sponsored by KPMG Policy shifts and market pressures are making big headlines in renewables industry in the US. Amid all the uncertainty, D...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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18:27
Congress Takes Aim at Tax Incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act
Sponsored by KPMGNegotiations currently taking place on Capitol Hill stand to have a dramatic impact on tax incentives in the Infla...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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42:24
How Integrated EPC Teams Are Streamlining Renewables Projects
From project development and permitting to interconnection, construction and startup, the experience of a fully integrated engineer-procure-construct (EPC) team can be a crucial driver of results for renewables projects. With that in mind, two ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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26:20
State of the Industry: Offshore Wind - Part 2
Walt Musial, a principal engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, stops by the show to discuss the current state...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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24:41
State of the Industry: Offshore Wind - Part 1
Sponsored by EDF RenewablesLearn more about Atlantic Shores Offshore WindThe offshore wind industr...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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37:14
How Renewables Are Powering Heavy Industry and Data Centers
Wade Gungoll, CEO of Industrial Sun, and Christine Larson, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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26:20
Geothermal Energy Digs Deep to Meet Surging Power Demand
Jason Peart, GM of Strategy and Development at Sage Geosystems, joins the show to outline the many ways geothermal ener...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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28:53
The Big Picture on Batteries - with Roger Miksad from Battery Council International
Sponsored by KPMGWith Climate Week in full swing, tons of speeches, meetings and presentations are taking place in New York, with an eye toward how the energy transition...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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Suzanne Leta from Fluence on the Policies (And Politics) of Domestic Manufacturing
Sponsored by KPMG and EDF RenewablesWith the electio...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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35:50
Checking in from RE+ with Ryan Pfaff from EDF Renewables
Sponsored by KPMGIn this special episode from RE+,...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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Checking in from RE+ with Jessica Libby from KPMG
Sponsored by EDF RenewablesThis special episode focusing on RE+ features insights from
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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