Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

What if the biggest reason renewable energy projects fail has nothing to do with technology or capital... and everything to do with trust? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth sits down with Tristan Walker , President at Massif Energy , a company rethinking how renewable projects get built by putting communities at the center from day one. Tristan grew up...

Climate change is no longer a distant or abstract issue. It is rapidly becoming a financial reality embedded in home values, insurance premiums, mortgage risk, and long-term affordability. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Winston Morton , CEO of Climative , to explore how physical climate risk is reshaping the economics of buildings across N...

The solar industry has never been simple, and few leaders understand its full arc better than Marty Rogers. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Marty Rogers, General Manager for North America at SolarEdge, for a wide-ranging conversation on leadership, global perspective, and what a healthy solar industry actually looks like over the next decad...

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with David Piperno, CFO of SparkCharge , to explore how portable energy solutions are reshaping EV charging, fleet electrification, and grid stability. SparkCharge is best known for building the world’s first portable EV charging network, but the conversation goes far beyond charging vehicles. David explains how m...

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth sits down with Joe Adiletta, CEO of Volexion and a veteran of the battery world, to explore what it really takes to commercialize deep tech innovation in one of the most capital-intensive and strategically vital industries of our time: lithium-ion batteries. With two decades of experience spanning A123Systems, 24M, Ion...

What if the strongest opportunities in renewable energy aren’t in massive utility projects, but in the overlooked middle of the market where disciplined operators consistently outperform? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Mike Silvestrini, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Energea. After developing more than 500 solar projects across three c...

What if the key to unlocking nuclear energy’s future has been buried all along? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth dives into one of the most overlooked and misunderstood challenges of the clean energy transition: nuclear waste disposal. His guest, Rod Baltzer , is a 25-year veteran of the nuclear waste industry and now CEO of Deep Isolation, a company...

Most conversations about solar focus on growth, installation, and deployment. Far fewer address the reality on the other end of the lifecycle: what happens to millions of solar panels once they’re damaged, decommissioned, or reach the end of their usable life. In this episode, host Wes Ashworth sits down with Dr Janette Freeman, Vice President of Business Development at Fabtech Solar Solutions , o...

When policy shocks hit and the ground shifts beneath an entire industry, real leadership is revealed. In Episode 78 of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth welcomes back Kimberlee Centera , Founder and CEO of TerraPro Solutions , one of the renewable industry’s most trusted names in risk management and project finance. Over more than 30 years in renewables, Kimberlee has gu...

Episode Summary In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Steffanie Dohn, Vice President of Government Affairs at McCarthy Building Companies, shares how one of America’s most trusted EPCs is redefining what progress looks like. From reframing the national energy conversation to transforming rural economies through workforce development and authentic community engagement, this...

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth welcomes Emily Easley , Founder and CEO of NOVUS Energy Advisors , for a powerful look at how oil, gas, renewables, real estate, and AI are colliding to define the next era of energy. Emily’s career bridges both sides of the energy spectrum. A sixth-generation Texan who built her career in Washington, DC, she has spent...

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Justin Rangooni , President and CEO of Energy Storage Canada. With a background in law, policy, and government relations, Justin has become a leading voice in one of the most dynamic and consequential sectors of the clean energy transition: energy storage. From the early days of pilot projects to today’s grid...

What does responsible growth really look like in one of the world’s most competitive industries? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth sits down with Andrew Moles , Vice President and General Manager of PCL Solar , the powerhouse EPC that’s helped deliver over 12 gigawatts of solar capacity across North America and Australia. Andrew shares a refreshingly c...

Why is hydrogen still missing from most clean energy conversations and what will finally unleash its full potential? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , we sit down with Brian DeBruine , founder of the Colorado Hydrogen Network and host of the Hydrogen NowCast podcast. After a 36-year career at Honeywell Aerospace, Brian stepped out of retirement to help solve one of the...

The energy transition is colliding with unprecedented demand from AI data centers, fleet electrification, and fast-moving policy shifts. But are developers and operators truly prepared to make projects both technically sound and financially viable? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Jae Choi, VP and Head of Global Operations at ArkN , a subsid...

Industrial heat is one of the biggest blind spots in the energy transition, yet it represents nearly 40% of all industrial emissions. From oil sands and refineries to food processing, pulp and paper, and chemicals, the challenge of decarbonizing heat is enormous. But where most see complexity, Jan Poetsch, Founder and CEO of Arder Energy , sees opportunity. With nearly two decades of international...

Batteries are the hidden bottleneck in electrification and AI. While chips get the headlines, the energy powering our devices, vehicles, and infrastructure is what ultimately sets the pace of innovation. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth sits down with Jorge Diaz Schneider , CEO of ION Storage Systems , and Todd Crescenzo , Managing Partner & CIO a...

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Meghan Milo , Director of Energy Solutions, Curriculum and Instruction at Madison Energy Infrastructure , to explore how solar energy is transforming far more than just rooftops. From budget relief to career readiness, schools across the country are discovering that solar can power a whole new vision of what&...

The renewable energy industry has never been a smooth ride. Policy swings, financing hurdles, shifting market sentiment, what many call the “solar coaster.” Few leaders know this rollercoaster better than Brad Stutzman , CEO of O3 Energy , a Dallas-based company pioneering commercial and industrial solar solutions. Since founding O3 Energy in 2011, Brad has helped the company evolve from financing...

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Scott Therien , Director of Strategic Partnerships at REC Solar , to explore what long-term success really looks like in commercial solar. Scott isn’t just a veteran of the solar coaster. He’s a grounded, clear-thinking voice who has helped REC Solar evolve from a contractor into a national independent power...

Home energy storage is often misunderstood, expensive, and out of reach for most, until now. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , Wes Ashworth sits down with Vinnie Campo, Co-Founder and CEO of Haven Energy, to explore how his team is flipping the traditional model of battery ownership on its head. Drawing from his experience scaling tech and energy companies like Uber and...

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth sits down with Owen Barrett, clean tech entrepreneur, investor, and Founder & President of Shine to talk about the overlooked frontier in renewable energy: multifamily housing. With over a decade of hands-on experience deploying solar PV, energy storage, LED lighting, and HVAC optimization, Owen has scaled multiple...

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth sits down with Jim Boyle , CEO and founder of Sustainability Roundtable Inc. (SR Inc.) , a Boston-based firm that has helped nearly 100 Fortune 500 companies advance toward sustainable high performance. Boyle brings a rare trifecta of experience: high-level public service under Senator John Kerry and Vice President Al...

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth sits down with Nasreddine Guerfala , Executive Vice President of Growth & DERs at Edgecom Energy and one of Canada’s 2025 Clean50 Emerging Leaders. With a career that spans continents and disciplines from engineering and legal strategy to policy influence and AI-driven energy management, Nasreddine brings a uniquel...

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy , host Wes Ashworth sits down with Shanelle Montana, Chief Development Officer at Arevon. As one of the country's largest utility-scale renewable energy developers and operators, Arevon has nearly 200 solar, storage, and hybrid projects across the U.S. Shanelle brings two decades of experience spanning Capitol Hill, ethanol, wind, so...