Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

Electricity demand is entering a sharp new growth cycle. After years of relatively flat demand, the economy is becoming more electric at the same time AI and data centers are exploding. New manufacturing, reshoring, EV charging, building electrification, air conditioning growth, extreme weather, and 24/7 reliability expectations are all pushing more load onto the grid.  AI is the loudest acceleran...

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with John Berger, CEO of Otovo , to unpack one of the most important and under-discussed problems in distributed energy: the solar service crisis. Otovo began as a European rooftop solar marketplace, but under John’s leadership, the company is being reshaped into an AI-enabled energy service platform for homes and...

Streetlights are one of the most overlooked pieces of community infrastructure. Most people only notice them when they fail. But for builders, developers, utilities, municipalities, and storm-prone communities, streetlighting can quietly shape project timelines, infrastructure costs, public safety, resilience, and long-term operating models. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Ene...

What if the next major clean energy opportunity is all around us in the systems cities already use every day? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth, President of Lee Group Search sits down with Drew Maggio, Technical Director at Highmark Building Efficiency , to explore how heat pumps, waste heat recovery, wastewater energy transfer, subway systems, data c...

Fusion has spent decades sitting just beyond the horizon. But according to Will Regan, Founder and Chief Scientist at Pacific Fusion, that story is changing fast. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth, President of Lee Group Search, sits down with Will to explore why fusion is moving from a distant scientific promise into a practical race around execution,...

The energy transition is often discussed in terms of solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, batteries, and grid infrastructure. But beneath all of that progress sits a harder question: where do the critical minerals come from? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth sits down with Erica Ocampo , Chief Sustainability Officer at The Metals Company , f...

Transmission may be the most important energy story most people are not talking about. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth sits down with Frank Tybor, Chief Technology Officer at Infravision , to unpack one of the biggest bottlenecks in the energy transition: how we actually build the grid fast enough to support renewable energy, AI data centers, electri...

Episode: Sandhya Murali, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer at Perch Energy Community solar is often described as a simple promise: sign up, receive credits, save money, and support clean energy. But behind that promise is a complex operating system that determines whether community solar actually works for customers, developers, utilities, and the communities it is meant to serve. In this epi...

Energy storage is no longer a future need. It is becoming the backbone of a reliable, renewable grid. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Eugene Beh, Founder and CEO of Quino Energy , to explore one of the most important questions in the energy transition: how do we store renewable power affordably, safely, and for long durations? Quino Energy...

Electricity demand is accelerating from every direction: AI, data centers, transportation, home electrification, industrial load growth, and rising expectations for reliability. But building new grid infrastructure is getting harder, slower, and more expensive. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Vinnie Campo, Co-founder and CEO of Haven Energy...

Clean energy may be cheaper, cleaner, and more scalable than ever, but that does not mean the transition will happen fast enough, fairly enough, or automatically. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth sits down with Sachu Constantine , Executive Director of Vote Solar , to explore the policy, power structures, and market rules shaping America’s clean energ...

Episode 100 of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy marks a major milestone and captures a pivotal shift happening across the solar industry. In this episode, Wes Ashworth sits down with Howard Wenger , President of Nextpower , a company delivering a utility-scale solar integrated platform designed to improve performance, reliability, and speed at scale. With more than four decades in solar, H...

Refrigeration is everywhere. Grocery stores. Warehouses. Cold storage. But almost no one is talking about its climate impact. In Episode 99, Wes Ashworth sits down with Amrit Robbins, CEO and Co-Founder of Axiom Cloud, to unpack a problem hiding in plain sight across grocery stores, warehouses, and the global cold chain.  The Hidden Reality Refrigerant leaks are a massive issue: 3 to 4 percent of...

What does it actually take to build solar infrastructure that performs for 30 years in the real world? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Aaron Gabelnick , Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Technology Officer at ARRAY Technologies . With a career spanning chemicals, refining, consulting, and large-scale capital projects, Aaron brings a systems-...

AI may be grabbing the headlines, but power is becoming the real constraint. In Episode 97 of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Jason Few, President and CEO of FuelCell Energy, for a timely conversation about AI, data centers, grid constraints, and the growing urgency around speed to power. Jason explains why this moment is bigger than data centers alone. As ele...

What happens to electric vehicle batteries after they come off the road is quickly becoming one of the most important questions in energy. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Freeman Hall, President of B2U Storage Solutions, to explore how second-life EV batteries are transforming from a perceived waste problem into a scalable infrastructure op...

In Episode 95 of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Salim Rahemtulla, President and CEO of PowerTap Hydrogen Fueling Corp., for a grounded, real-world conversation on hydrogen, infrastructure, and what it actually takes to build in a volatile market. With a background as a U.S. Naval Officer and over $1 billion in infrastructure projects delivered, Salim brings...

Battery energy storage is rapidly becoming one of the most critical pieces of modern energy infrastructure. But behind the clean white containers sitting quietly on grid sites lies one of the most complex operational challenges in the energy industry. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth sits down with Lennart Hinrichs , Executive Vice President and Gener...

The renewable energy industry is entering a new phase. Solar alone is no longer the story. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth sits down with Chris Williamson , Director of Business Development at Polaron Solar Energy , to explore how the energy transition is evolving from simple generation to intelligent, integrated systems. Chris has spent decades work...

The clean energy transition is creating one of the greatest economic opportunities of our time. But unlocking its full potential requires expanding access to the financial tools that make participation possible. In this powerful episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Doug Coward, Founder and Director of National Expansion and Partnerships at the Solar and...

Canada has the resources. It has the talent. It has global demand knocking at the door. So why does so much potential stall before projects reach final investment decision (FID)? In Episode 91 of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Jay Khosla and Yiota Kokkinos of the Public Policy Forum to unpack what it actually takes to build large-scale energy, infrastructure...

Clean energy doesn’t scale on ambition alone. It scales on trust, data, and systems most people never see. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth sits down with Ben Gerber , President and CEO of CleanCounts , the nonprofit organization operating one of the most critical yet least visible pieces of clean energy infrastructure in North America. CleanCounts se...

Nuclear energy is having a long-overdue moment. Electricity demand is rising rapidly, advanced reactors are moving closer to deployment, and the United States is sitting on a massive stockpile of spent nuclear fuel with no scalable solution in place. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Ed McGinnis , President and CEO of Curio , to challenge one...

Steel is everywhere. It’s in our cities, vehicles, infrastructure, and daily lives. But few people realize it’s also responsible for roughly 10 percent of global CO₂ emissions. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Kevin Galloway, Vice President of Product at Electra , to explore how one climate tech startup is taking on one of the world’s hardes...

What does it take to scale utility-scale solar construction fast, safely, and at gigawatt scale? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Jeremy Teresinski , Vice President of Construction at Qcells USA , to explore how one of the most ambitious EPC platforms in the country is redefining how large-scale solar gets built. Jeremy’s leadership story is...