CleanTech Talk — EVs, Solar, Batteries, AI

There’s a new hydrogen-reality sheriff organization in town, the Hydrogen Science Coalition. Founded by several engineers and scientists with deep experience in hydrogen, its focus is on ensuring that the press and policy makers have accurate information about the slippery molecule. Paul Martin, chemical process engineer and a co-founder, talks with Michael Barnard about the coalition, its founder...

There’s a new hydrogen-reality sheriff organization in town, the Hydrogen Science Coalition. Founded by several engineers and scientists with deep experience in hydrogen, its focus is on ensuring that the press and policy makers have accurate information about the slippery molecule. Paul Martin, chemical process engineer and a co-founder, talks with Michael Barnard about the coalition, its founder...

Stu Ungar of Evolve KY talks to us about EV evangelism in Kentucky, how it's evolving, and how to help more people go electric.

What's going on in the world of electric trucks, electric truck charging, and electric fleet charging? In this episode of CleanTech Talk, Steve Bloch, VP, Western Region, ABB E-Mobility Inc., and Kendell Whitehead, Western Region Lead, Heavy Vehicle Solutions, ABB E-Mobility Inc., sat down with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan to share their insights on these markets.

In this episode of Dealer Digest, Jo Borras and Zach Shahan talk further about automaker direct sales but focus the conversation on ordering ahead (instead of just getting something off the lot), and specifically Volvo's leading programs on this.

CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan and Jo Borras dive into how auto dealerships and legacy auto manufacturers are approaching and will likely navigate the EV transition.

Bill Nussey is a serial entrepreneur who sold his last company to IBM. He spent the past few years interviewing well over 300 people as he wrote his upcoming book, Freeing Energy, and started Solar Inventions, which just received a US patent for a manufacturing innovation that improves solar panel efficiency a few percent and cuts material costs as well. Michael Barnard and Bill talk broadly acros...

Bill Nussey is a serial entrepreneur who sold his last company to IBM. He spent the past few years interviewing well over 300 people as he wrote his upcoming book, Freeing Energy, and started Solar Inventions, which just received a US patent for a manufacturing innovation that improves solar panel efficiency a few percent and cuts material costs as well. Michael Barnard and Bill talk broadly acros...

In this episode, RK Equity cofounder Howard Klein talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan about nickel mining, green graphite versus dirty graphite, lithium supplies, & US EV battery policy potential.

In this episode, RK Equity cofounder Howard Klein talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan about what's new in the EV battery market, current & future supply chain concerns, Tesla's battery progress, and more.

Convergent Energy + Storage is a North American firm installing electricity storage in front of and behind the meter for commercial and industrial clients, for utilities and for municipalities. A long conversation between the CEO and Mariko McDonagah-Meier finally found fertile ground for her to join the firm as Chief Strategy Officer due to, of all things, COVID. Mariko talks about pockets of the...

Convergent Energy + Storage is a North American firm installing electricity storage in front of and behind the meter for commercial and industrial clients, for utilities and for municipalities. A long conversation between the CEO and Mariko McDonagah-Meier finally found fertile ground for her to join the firm as Chief Strategy Officer due to, of all things, COVID. Mariko talks about pockets of the...

In the second part of this interview with Assaad Razzouk, CEO of Gurin Energy and host of The Angry Clean Energy Guy podcast, CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan asks about stranded assets and discusses three more greenwashing topics.

Assaad Razzouk, CEO of Gurin Energy and host of The Angry Clean Energy Guy podcast, sits down with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan and runs through his list of some top greenwashing topics.

In this episode of CleanTech Talks, Michael Barnard talks with Anders Forslund, PhD, founder and CEO of Heart Aerospace. Heart is building a 19 seat, hence easier to certify, regional passenger plane, with a target for certification in 2026. Anders shares his journey to electrifying aviation, his passion for climate solutions, and the pragmatic way in which he and his team have approached designin...

In this episode of CleanTech Talks, Michael Barnard talks with Anders Forslund, PhD, founder and CEO of Heart Aerospace. Heart is building a 19 seat, hence easier to certify, regional passenger plane, with a target for certification in 2026. Anders shares his journey to electrifying aviation, his passion for climate solutions, and the pragmatic way in which he and his team have approached designin...

Grant Canary is the CEO of DroneSeed, a drone-based integrated tree-planting company. It’s the only company the US FAA has certified to fly 120 lb loaded, 8’ diameter, hexacopter in swarms out of line of sight of the operator. We talk about his lifelong obsession with things with wings, from insects to wind turbines to drones, and his time in Italy, Colombia and China that led him to his current s...

Grant Canary is the CEO of DroneSeed, a drone-based integrated tree-planting company. It’s the only company the US FAA has certified to fly 120 lb loaded, 8’ diameter, hexacopter in swarms out of line of sight of the operator. We talk about his lifelong obsession with things with wings, from insects to wind turbines to drones, and his time in Italy, Colombia and China that led him to his current s...

In the second part of my two-part interview with Bill McKibben, we spent a lot of time talking about Elon Musk, Tesla, and social trust. That included getting into the topic of unions, the UAW itself, cryptocurrency, and whether or not people with nefarious — or at least selfish and greedy — motives have intentionally split the "climate solutions community." This is surely a topic I will come back...

In this episode of CleanTech Talk, CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan gets renowned climate author and social movement leader Bill McKibben to talk about the climate change crisis we're quickly rolling into, climate grief and how to deal with it, US climate policy, rampant conspiracy theories, the great energy transition, and more! Listen and share!

FLO Chief Product Officer Nathan Yang talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan about EV charging station design, evolution, reliability, and the changing EV market. They also talk about differences in the customer base across the EV landscape.

Rodney Hooper of RK Equity gives us an update on what's happening in the EV battery market, EV battery mining world, and with Tesla's EV battery goals.

Rodney Hooper of RK Equity gives us an update on what's happening in the EV battery market, EV battery mining world, and with Tesla's EV battery goals.

Michael Liebreich has published a "hydrogen ladder" that tries to show where hydrogen is useful and likely to be used versus where it is useless and unlikely to be used. Chemical engineer Paul Martin and Michael Barnard discuss some of the ideas in detail here.

Michael Liebreich has published a "hydrogen ladder" that tries to show where hydrogen is useful and likely to be used and where it is useless and unlikely to be used. Hydrogen experts Paul Martin and Michael Barnard discuss some of the ideas in detail here.