Renewable Energy SmartPod

Sponsored by EDF Renewables Learn more about Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind The offshore wind industry has been navigating some choppy seas as of late, so Oliver Metcalfe , Head of Wind Research at BloombergNEF , stops by the show to outline what the industry must do to chart a course for sustained growth. Oliver recently returned from an industry conference in China, so he shares his expert insigh...

Wade Gungoll , CEO of Industrial Sun , and Christine Larson , the Head of Strategy and Operations at Modern Energy , stop by the show to discuss the role of renewables in heavy industries like chemical processing, manufacturing, and oil and gas. Petrochemical refineries might not be first thing that comes to your mind when you think of the facilities that powered by renewables, but it’s happening...

Jason Peart , GM of Strategy and Development at Sage Geosystems , joins the show to outline the many ways geothermal energy is advancing to provide diverse solutions for the world's booming growth in power demand. Jason walks us through some need-to-know information about the latest trends and technologies related to geothermal energy, including how progress is being made on using geothermal...

Sponsored by KPMG With Climate Week in full swing, tons of speeches, meetings and presentations are taking place in New York, with an eye toward how the energy transition will continue to evolve. One key technology that will continue to play a huge role in that evolution is batteries. Roger Miksad , the president and executive director of Battery Council International , stops by the show to explai...

Sponsored by KPMG and EDF Renewables With the election fast-approaching, many people in the renewable energy industry are wondering how a potential shift in the current political power structure in the US might impact the push for clean energy. With that uncertainty in mind, Suzanne Leta , vice president of policy and advocacy for the Americas at Fluence , joins the show to discuss tax incentives...

Sponsored by KPMG In this special episode from RE+ , we connect with Ryan Pfaff , EVP of Grid- and Distribution-Scale Power at EDF Renewables . Ryan discusses the massive growth in energy demand from companies and utilities, the geographic distribution of clean energy jobs across the US and what the future of automation might look like for renewables. Ryan explains how the longer duration of incen...

Sponsored by EDF Renewables This special episode focusing on RE+ features insights from Jessica Libby , a Principal in the KPMG US Trade and Customs service line. Jessica shares her expert analysis of all the hottest topics from the conference, including the outlook for tariffs, news related to forced labor and the future of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). We also discuss the lo...

Sponsored by KPMG and Vinson & Elkins Chris Creed , the chief investment officer at the US Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO), joins the show to discuss how the LPO is deploying public funds and attracting private capital to energy, transportation and manufacturing projects that are advancing technologies and delivering jobs across America. Creed shares his insider perspect...

Sponsored by KPMG More resources from KPMG Transferable Tax Credits Energy & Chemicals Energy Institute 2024 Statistical Review of World Energy As the financial landscape for the renewables industry continues to evolve, Luis Silva , the chief financial officer at EDF Renewables , joins the show to offer his perspective on what lies ahead for the energy transition. Luis delves into areas of foc...

Sponsored by: EDF Renewables The Inflation Reduction Act has revolutionized how the energy transition is being financed. The IRA is chock full of tax credits and other incentives designed to spur investment in renewables and one key aspect of the IRA pertains to the transferability of those tax credits. Alfred Johnson , the co-founder and CEO of Crux , joins the show to discuss how the market for...

Sponsored by: EDF Renewables When it comes to the utility-scale and residential solar sectors in the US, Daniel Cruise , partner at Lium Research , says current trends tell a tale of two markets. While research from the team at Lium points to a booming utility-scale market that is enjoying record construction starts, the residential market is struggling in California and beyond. Other highlights f...

This episode is sponsored by EDF Renewables Rob Gramlich, the founder and president of Grid Strategies , discusses the challenges faced by the US grid in accommodating increasing demand for renewable energy sources, including power demand growth, limited grid capacity, and constraints in the interconnection process. Rob highlights the importance of building transmission infrastructure and leveragi...

With the American Clean Power Association’s brand new RECHARGE conference taking place this week in Portland, Oregon, we decided to bring on a guest who is the leader of a battery energy storage company that just so happens to be headquartered in The Rose City.  Chris Taylor , the CEO of GridStor , has been in the renewables industry for a long time, so he joins the show to discuss the origins of...

This episode is sponsored by EDF Renewables . Leaders from across the renewable energy industry are gathered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this week for the CLEANPOWER conference. This annual gathering, hosted by the American Clean Power Association, is always a great chance to check in on the key issues and trends that are driving the energy transition. Adam Bernardi , director of renewables sales a...

This episode is sponsored by KPMG More resources from KPMG: Transferable Tax Credits Energy & Chemicals It's tax season, so it's time to once again hear from Lauren Collins , a partner at the law firm of Vinson & Elkins .  Lauren has become a regular guest on this podcast as she stops by about once a year to share her insights on all the tax issues related to the Inflation Reduct...

We can produce all the renewable energy we want, but the march to net zero will take an unnecessarily long time if all that power is being used in inefficient buildings. Buildings are responsible for about 40% of energy related carbon emissions around the world. That means any conversation about reducing emissions and achieving net-zero goals will have to feature insights about the efficient const...

The battery energy storage sector was already in a strong position before the Inflation Reduction Act. Now, the industry is charging up for a boom. Mike Wietecki , Senior Vice President of Strategy and Regulatory Affairs at Powin , joins the show to share his insights on the technology and trends that are driving energy storage growth. Mike does a deep dive on how the Inflation Reduction Act is pr...

Sponsored by: KPMG The Statistical Review of World Energy , which is compiled by the Energy Institute , offers a comprehensive look at global energy production, consumption, trade and emissions. Energy Institute Chief Executive Nick Wayth joins the show to discuss some of the key takeaways from the most recent edition of the review, including region- and country-specific growth of renewables and h...

Sponsored by: KPMG It's time to talk about sustainable fuels; specifically sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Dr. Patrick Gruber is the Chief Executive Officer of Gevo , where he and the team are at forefront of sustainable fuel development. Patrick is here to outline the basics of those fuels, how they fit into a wider energy ecosystem, what it will take for those fuels to see wider adoption,...

Sponsored by Deloitte Environmental liability (E-liability) introduces a simple, accurate, and verifiable calculation for the total cradle-to-gate emissions of any product or service.  Karthik Ramanna is the Co-founder and Principal Investigator at the E-liability Institute . He's also the Professor of Business & Public Policy and Director of the Master of Public Policy Program at the Uni...

Sponsored by: KPMG Much-anticipated guidance coming down the pipeline from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department is set to define how clean hydrogen can be produced in the US. Amid furious lobbying efforts, the release of this guidance has already been delayed once. With potentially hundreds of billions of dollars on the line,  Adi Bhashyam , a hydrogen analyst for BloombergNE...

Sponsored by: ExxonMobil Climate Week is about to kick off in New York, so Lauren Collins and Michael Joyce , who are both partners at the law firm of Vinson and Elkins , join the show to talk about what to expect from Climate Week, what kinds of news and announcements they will be keeping an eye on and how the overall conversation about Climate Week -- and climate coverage in general -- has evolv...

Sponsored by: ImpactAISummit It's time for Part 2 of our back-to-back episodes focused on trends that are shaping the solar sector. On our last episode, Daniel Cruise from Lium Research discussed what's going on in the solar market here in the United States. Today, we hear from Harald Overholm , the co-founder and CEO of Alight Energy . Alight is a solar energy development and consulting...

Sponsored by Deloitte According to a recent report from the Solar Energy Industries Association, US solar and storage companies have announced more than $100 billion in private sector investments since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in August of 2022. So while there's certainly momentum (and capital) flowing in the right direction for solar, the forecast is not entirely sunny. Dan...

Sponsors: CDMSmith.com/Webinars CDMSmith.com/Energy ImpactAISummit.com When you think of the company 3M , you probably think of Post-it notes. But 3M produces a lot more products than Post-it notes. In fact, 3M is very active in the energy sector. Terry Collier , Vice President of Research and Development for 3M's Electrical Markets Division, joins the show to spend some time talking about th...