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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. 

  1. قبل ٢١ ساعة

    This Week in Cleantech (09/11/2026) - China's solar gambit pays off

    Tell us what you think of the show! 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 of Semafor, who discusses how solar has overtaken coal as China's top power source for the first time, after a massive build-up.  This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Kofi Asante, founder and CEO of Bluecore Energy. Just two months after launching out of stealth, Asante's startup closed an oversubscribed $50 million seed round this week to build small nuclear reactors mounted on floating barges, generating clean power for ports and nearby infrastructure without needing a fixed site.  This Week in Cleantech — September 11, 2026  Massachusetts Will Require New Data Centers to Use Clean Energy — BloombergCarbon Capture Won’t Save Us Anytime Soon — The New RepublicWhy California Is Reconsidering Its Decision to Shun Nuclear Power — The New York TimesChina’s cleantech exports are widening the “energy dominance” gap — Latitude MediaChina's solar beats coal — SemaforEnergy policy on your mind? Check out all episodes of the Factor This Policycast

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    This is CITAP: Accelerating transmission permitting | Factor This Policycast

    Tell us what you think of the show! In April 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a final permitting reform rule to streamline the authorization process for large electric transmission projects without sacrificing environmental reviews. The Coordinated Interagency Transmission Authorizations and Permits (CITAP) program uses the Federal Power Act to establish the DOE as a coordinating entity between federal agencies and the state and local stakeholders responsible for permitting decisions needed to site transmission lines. CITAP sets a binding two-year schedule for a process that has historically taken four years or longer. It also requires developers to submit a comprehensive public participation plan to ensure that communities and key stakeholders are included in the permitting process. By acting as the lead agency, DOE aims to reduce duplication of effort that would otherwise be expended across several distinct agencies, processes, and procedures. Ultimately, by enabling faster buildout of new electric transmission infrastructure, CITAP promises to increase access to a diversity of energy sources, reduce transmission congestion and energy prices, and deliver reliable, affordable power to consumers when and where they need it.  More than two years have passed since the final rule was issued- so where is the first wave of streamlined transmission projects? This episode of the Factor This Policycast, the latest in a series presented in partnership with national business association Advanced Energy United, explores that question. Hosted by Factor This content director Paul Gerke, the podcast features Advanced Energy United managing director Dylan Reed and Ashley Kang, senior director of external affairs and communications for transmission developer Grid United. They dive into the details of the CITAP program and share why community engagement plays a critical role. The group discusses the value of grid-to-grid projects and gets into why they're so tricky to build. They also highlight the early fruits of the feds' efforts, including the North Plains Connector project, which just broke a record for the fastest turnaround on an environmental impact statement. Energy policy on your mind? Check out all episodes of the Factor This Policycast

    This is CITAP: Accelerating transmission permitting | Factor This Policycast

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    This Week in Cleantech (09/04/2026) - Why is a Trump donor profiting from offshore wind cancellations?

    Tell us what you think of the show! 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 Evan Halper from The Washington Post, who breaks down new drama surrounding the Trump administration's settlement requiring RWE to abandon offshore wind leases in exchange for $1.2 billion. This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Emily McAteer, co-founder and CEO of Odyssey Energy Solutions, which just closed $74 million to scale a platform that connects more than 6,000 solar installers and EPCs across 50-plus countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America with financing and bulk equipment procurement. The company's already facilitated $3.6 billion in capital and unlocked 1.5 gigawatts of distributed solar projects, with activity in India up 205% over the past year. This Week in Cleantech — September 4, 2026 Meet the super PAC working to crush clean energy's political foes — Canary MediaData Center Backlash Reaches the Ballot Box — Data Center KnowledgeIs electricity dimming oil’s political power? — POLITICOFervo bets big on geothermal energy — CNBC$900 million from a canceled wind deal will benefit a Trump donor — The Washington PostEnergy policy on your mind? Check out all episodes of the Factor This Policycast

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    How autonomous BVLOS drones and physical AI are transforming grid reliability with Trevor Perrott

    Tell us what you think of the show! Modern grid management is about much more than routine efficiency. Utility teams are under pressure to enable proactive wildfire mitigation, rapid storm response, and continuous oversight across thousands of miles of aging infrastructure, but maintaining and scaling these tasks can be a major challenge when teams are constrained by traditional field inspection methods that are slow, expensive, and visually limited. How are autonomous, long-range drone platforms and Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations transforming grid monitoring across massive service territories? And what does it actually take to deploy and scale these capabilities? Trevor Perrott, CEO and Co-Founder of Censys Technologies, sat down with us to answer those questions and more. He breaks down the operational realities of moving from reactive maintenance to predictive asset management, explores how utilities can achieve "asset omniscience" to protect critical infrastructure, and outlines strategies for turning massive aerial datasets into actionable intelligence. Perrott also outlines how to navigate ever-evolving FAA regulations, what approaches are being used to scale pilot programs into high-ROI enterprise deployments, and more.  Energy policy on your mind? Check out all episodes of the Factor This Policycast

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    This Week in Cleantech (08/28/2026) - Rooftop solar takes a huge hit

    Tell us what you think of the show! 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 Dan Gearino from Inside Climate News, who lays out how new tariffs and the phaseout of federal tax credits have dealt a heavy blow to the rooftop solar industry.  This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Richard Wang, CEO and co-founder of Voya Energy, which just raised $35 million to turn scrap aluminum into backup power for data centers. Instead of diesel generators, Voya's system runs an electrochemical reaction that pulls energy out of aluminum with zero carbon pollution, aiming to be quieter, smaller, and cleaner than the diesel backup that's become a flashpoint in local data center opposition. The company plans to have generators ready for on-site testing by the end of 2027, with nearly a dozen companies already lined up for pilot demonstrations. This Week in Cleantech — August 28, 2026  Exclusive: 75% of Americans Now Oppose Local Data Center Development — HeatmapThe Clean Energy Transition Has A Grid Problem. Here’s How To Fix It. — AtmosUS building twice as much gas-fired capacity as China in AI boom, analysis finds | Fossil fuels — The GuardianHyperscalers’ Off-Grid Power Push Comes With Risks — The Wall Street JournalRooftop Solar Is Having a Rough One — Inside Climate NewsEnergy policy on your mind? Check out all episodes of the Factor This Policycast

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    Supporting the grid with managed EV charging and V2G technology | Factor This Policycast

    Tell us what you think of the show! While some students enjoy summer break, their school buses are still hard at work. Rather than transporting pupils, they're hauling electrons and supporting the grid during critical periods of peak electricity demand. Such is one of the tantalizing promises of vehicle-to-grid, or V2G, technology, and it's far from fantasy. More than 30 utilities across 21 U.S. states currently have V2G school bus projects, from California to Connecticut, North Carolina up to Massachusetts. Since they can charge their beefy batteries of 200 kilowatt-hours or more when power prices are low, the peak-shavers-on-wheels are proving to be a valuable tool for utilities, especially as demand surges and affordability discussions grow louder.  And applications go beyond buses. More broadly, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology enables batteries to communicate with and be discharged to external systems, whether that's an electric vehicle (EV) or something else. Such virtual power plant (VPP) programs are still in their infancy, and regulatory frameworks and standards to support them are far from established, but early studies are beginning to tease out the enticing possibilities for managing EV charging and smart battery dispatch. On this episode of the Factor This Policycast, the latest in a series presented in partnership with national business association Advanced Energy United, we dive into a world where smart charging plays a critical role in grid reliability and keeping electricity prices manageable.  Host Paul Gerke leads a discussion between electrifying transportation policy principal Elizabeth Stears of Advanced Energy United and Leah Brams, market development manager at Highland Fleets, an electrification-as-a-service provider helping school districts, local governments, and commercial fleet owners affordably convert their traditional diesel vehicle fleets to EVs. They outline the policy reforms needed to unlock V2X's potential and identify the roadblocks to wider adoption. Brams and Stears identify how utilities can best leverage such technologies and share learnings from pilots- what works, what doesn't, and how we can refine policy to roll idling electric buses into peak-demand squashers. Energy policy on your mind? Check out all episodes of the Factor This Policycast

    Supporting the grid with managed EV charging and V2G technology | Factor This Policycast

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    This Week in Cleantech (08/21/2026) - Data center backlash is cross-partisan

    Tell us what you think of the show! 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. Jeremiah Karpowicz, Content Director at Clarion Events, is filling in for Paul this week. This week's episode features special guest Molly Taft from WIRED, who discusses the growing, cross-partisan backlash against AI data centers. This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Drew Baglino, founder and CEO of Heron Power. His company builds solid-state transformers that don't rely on the steel causing shortages, and Heron just closed a $140 million round to build a U.S. factory capable of producing 40 gigawatts of the gear a year. Congratulations, Drew! This Week in Cleantech — August 21, 2026 OpenAI Locks In Lease for Huge Data Center in Ohio With Backing From Nvidia — The Wall Street JournalThe Blackout That Could Devastate America — The New York TimesBig Batteries to Bolster the Grid Are Stuck Waiting to Plug In — BloombergDOE says we need more transmission, decides building less is fine — Factor ThisHow Data Centers Broke American Politics — WIREDEnergy policy on your mind? Check out all episodes of the Factor This Policycast

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    Solar, storage, and staying ahead: OCI Energy’s growth story

    Tell us what you think of the show! 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'd think. The reality is a little more complicated than that. On this episode of the Factor This podcast, Sabah Bayatli, president and CEO of San Antonio-based OCI Energy, lends insights into what it's like to develop utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects in Texas and beyond. In a conversation with host Paul Gerke of Factor This, Bayatli shares OCI Energy's growth story and what makes it different from other independent power producers, leaning on what he has learned through collaboration with utilities, financial institutions, technology providers, and infrastructure investors.  Bayatli outlines OCI Energy's development strategy and argues that interconnection remains the biggest bottleneck to getting projects online. He weighs in on how grid operators are managing their queues and opines on how developers can continue to advance projects amid policy, permitting, and market uncertainty. Plus: Bayatli's perspective on the future of energy storage, grid reliability, and energy growth over the next five years.  Energy policy on your mind? Check out all episodes of the Factor This Policycast

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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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