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On this week's episode, TOBE Energy CEO Colby DeWeese joins host Andrew Burnes to discuss his new Oklahoma-based company and the ways it is differentiating itself from other green hydrogen providers through its unique electrolysis system.  DeWeese also discusses why the company is focused exclusively on green hydrogen, use cases for its technology, and what he hopes to accomplish in 2026 alon...

On this week's episode, esVolta CEO Randy Mann joins Andrew Burnes to discuss some of the issues facing a well-established storage IPP in the 2025 market landscape. The conversation includes a look into the realities of FEOC and the status of domestic and alternative supply, including alternate chemistries, as well as a look at how storage values are holding in ERCOT as new storage capacity e...

Laura Pagliarulo , CEO and co-founder of SolaREIT , joins the podcast this week to discuss the rise of powered land banks to support data centers and other forms of load demand.  Later in the program, she also discusses the forecast for US battery energy storage and what growth might look like with FEOC restrictions being implemented in January 2026. *This podcast is sponsored by Meter . Meter pro...

Alight chairman and co-founder Harald Överholm joins NPM Europe on this week’s episode to give us his take on building a Nordic solar developer into an increasingly pan-European operator of both behind-the-meter and utility-scale, grid-connected PV assets. Harald also provides insight on how data centres could power the corporate PPA market across the Nordics for years to come, how Alight is targe...

On this podcast, veteran energy advisor Rob Sternthal, managing partner of Expedition Infrastructure Partners and Peter Kaufman, president and head of restructuring and distressed M&A for the Gordian Group, discuss their newly formed strategic partnership. The strategic partnership is aimed at helping renewable energy developers and owners deal with ongoing financial challenges in the sector a...

This week’s episode is the full recording of the panel discussion titled “Behind the Meter, Ahead of the Curve: Onsite Power for Data Centers,” held as part of NPM’s DG Development & Finance Forum on October 23, 2025 in New York City. Speakers include: Kevin Imboden – Global Director of Competitive Intelligence, EdgeConneX Charlie Daum – VP of Development and Origination, Generate Capital Dunc...

Former FERC Commissioner Allison Clements joins the podcast to unpack Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s directive to bring large-load interconnections under FERC oversight. Now an advisor to the data center industry at ASG , Clements discusses the DOE initiative’s legal grounding and the wider energy policy landscape under the Trump administration. NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events co...

This week’s episode is the full recording of an NPM webinar discussion titled “Building Europe’s Digital Backbone: The Race for Data Centre Dominance,” held on September 30, 2025. Speakers include: Fabio Spucches – Chief Executive Officer, Greenfield Margaux Harris – Investment Director, Rivage Investment Mika Suomi – Head of Operations, Polarnode Jose Luis Arnau – Chief Commercial Officer, Nostru...

Maria Mura from pan-European IPP Nadara is the guest on today's episode, joining NPM's Jon McNair to chat about a diverse mixture of subjects across the renewable energy landscape. We'll hear Maria's views on the relative merits of various Southern European energy markets, how generators are dealing with deflated electricity prices, whether to go for PPAs or government-backed i...

On this episode, Altus Power’s Chief Investment Officer Abhi Parmar speaks with Skyler Frazer about the distributed solar energy sector during a time of federal headwinds and regulatory uncertainty. You can hear Abhi speak more during the first panel “Powering Ahead: The Future of Community Solar & DG” at NPM's third annual DG Development and Finance Forum being held this year on October...

On this episode, Mariko Meier , Chief Revenue Officer at Convergent Energy and Power , joins Michelle France to discuss growth and opportunities in the DG market amid a federally volatile market and energy storage expansion. You can hear Mariko speak more during the second panel “Storage Under Pressure: Navigating Policy and Safety Risks” at NPM's third annual DG Development and Finance Forum...

On this episode, Treaty Oak Clean Energy’s CEO Chris Elrod joins Andrew Burnes to discuss the firm's near-term pipeline in the Southeast, efforts to raise USD 1bn of debt capital during the calendar year, issues with interconnection timelines in MISO, and the impacts of the end of tax credits and start of FEOC requirements for solar and storage projects. NPM is a leading data, intelligence &a...

On this episode, NPM Europe editor Peter Kneller catches up with NTR CIO Anthony Doherty to discuss likely outcomes from Ireland’s current RESS 5 competition, ongoing corporate PPA appetite in the country, how asset valuations have held up and the energy transition fundraising environment. NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the U...

Eversheds Sutherland ’s Thomas Warren , Partner and Co-Head of Global Energy and Frank Comparetto , Counsel in the US Tax Practice Group, join Jon Berke on the podcast this week. The duo discuss some of the impacts from the IRS guidance released on August 15th regarding safe harboring, how storage developers are going to map out their game plan despite getting favorable treatment under the One Big...

John Stroud , managing director of Limes Renewable Energy, joins the NPM podcast this week to discuss the future of distributed energy growth under the Trump administration and what aid is being provided at the state level for both incentives and legislation. The Italian domiciled Limes established a US presence this year to develop community solar projects in Illinois and Maryland. NPM is a leadi...

This week’s episode is the full recording of an NPM webinar discussion titled “Putting the Scale in Hyperscale,” held on August 12, 2025. Speakers include: Craig McKesson - Chief Commercial Officer, Takanock Bill Thomas - Chief Energy Officer, CleanArc Data Centers Syed Ahmed - Head of Digital Infrastructure, Apterra Infrastructure Capital Kyle Younker - Senior Editor, NPM (m) The panel tackles ut...

On this week’s episode, Roy Xu , Senior Director of Power Resources at Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE) joins Jillian Ward to discuss the shifting landscape that new energy projects are facing in the wake of the US budget reconciliation bill passage. Xu also shares his view on how the energy market for California could evolve over the next few years as a result. Roy oversees long-term resource plannin...

On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by Jon Rodriguez , Energy Business Director for Engine Power Plants at Wartsila to discuss the huge lead times the natural gas industry is facing in the wake of a massive spike in demand driven by data center load growth. Jon discusses Wartsila's reliance on RICE technology and how they are able to get 300 MW projects in the ground in a 2-y...

NPM's Kyle Younker is joined on this week's podcast by Hannan Happi , co-founder and CEO of Exowatt , a startup delivering modular, dispatchable solar power solutions tailored to meet the exploding energy demand from AI and data centers. Hannan explains how Exowatt’s flagship product, the P3, uses custom optics and long-duration heat batteries to convert solar energy into on-demand elect...

On this episode, NPM Europe editor Peter Kneller is joined by Tion Renewables CEO Ingmar Helmke to discuss the flexibility that being an IPP provides and strategies for incorporating BESS into the renewables generation mix. Helmke also shares his views on how power demand will eventually chart higher, and why the German government probably shouldn't be supporting the roll-out of a new wave of...

Abby Hopper, President and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) , and Eric Goodwin, Vice President of Business Development for OMCO Solar , join the NPM podcast this week. The duo discuss the latest proposed changes to energy tax credits under the tax-and-spending bill currently being debated in the US Senate and how it impacts solar-and-storage developers and domestic supply chai...

Chris McKissack , president and CEO of Fullmark Energy, joins the podcast this week to discuss the state of play for standalone storage developers, strategies to manage through tariffs and near-term threats to sunset tax credits and later, discuss how Fullmark is being flexible this environment. Founded in 2018, Fullmark Energy develops, builds, owns, and operates energy storage projects across th...

Ingrid Capacity’s global head of markets, Amanda Niklaus , is this week’s guest on the podcast, joining NPM’s Jon McNair to discuss her company’s battery storage plans across various markets in Europe. In this episode, Niklaus appraises the relative merits of developing projects in the Nordic countries – with Ingrid starting life in Sweden and expanding out from there – as well as the battle for g...

Timothy Radcliff , managing director at Denham Capital Management, joins the NPM podcast to discuss broader investing trends in energy and digital infrastructure. Radcliff also talks about the growth trajectory of US C&I solar developer Solops, a platform which Denham initially invested in February 2023, in spite of volatile policy headwinds ongoing in the US clean energy sector. Founded in 20...

On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by PVH USA's VP of Business Development Rodolfo Bitar .  Bitar discusses the whirlwind that the domestic manufacturing sector has weathered over the first half of the year starting with the impacts of tariffs from the Trump Administration and culminating presently with the proposed cutoff of the IRA.  Bitar discusses the potential ramificat...