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It’s a Green Insider Road Trip as we’re live at the gorgeous Lost Pines Resort in Bastrop, Texas, just a stone’s throw south of Austin for the first North American Energy Markets Association Conference in two years. Day one was great as we had the chance to check out the Key Capture Silicon Hill Storage Facility and actually witness construction of the system. It was cool to see...

We’re coming down the homestretch of our 8-part series with the University of Houston, UH-Energy and the Energy Coalition as we sit down with third-year law student Neil Segel for Part 7. A New Mexico native, Segel gives one of the more interesting perspectives of the series as he dishes on his work with Israel, the importance of studying abroad, why bringing new ideas to old technology is v...

It’s a Follower Friday with a NAEMA twist today as we welcome one of newest NAEMA members to the program – Nathan Sprague from Compute North. The Blockchain mining and Data Center company is revolutionizing the way Data Centers operate through both their modular design and interrupt-ability thanks to their signature Tier 0 offering. Sprague also tells us what all goes into the project,...

Part Six of the Series with the University of Houston’s Energy department and The Energy Coalition at UH continues with Uchenna Ube, a Phd. student in Physics who hails from Nigeria. Ube, who also has his undergrad and masters in Physics, is determined to bring changes back to his native Nigeria and get them on track with the Energy Transition and more important, sustainability, but he wants...

We caught up with 8 Rivers’ President and Chief Development Officer Damian Beauchamp for Part Two of our conversation with perhaps the undisputed leader in the Carbon Capture industry. Beauchamp details how the company has worked with both renewables and oil and gas to become a global leader in net-zero solutions. He also talks about the infrastructure issues that are hindering carbon captur...

Part Five of our Series with the University of Houston – Energy and UH’s The Energy Coalition, takes us to the Political Science and educational side of the Energy Transition as we sit down with Phd. Student and New Delhi, India native Aparajita Datta. Datta details her plans to get into academia following graduation in 2024 – although she hasn’t completely ruled out gradua...

We conclude our coverage of the Energy Marketing Conference 17 this week with Part Two from the Green Insider’s exclusive content at the event. Packed with some of the best and brightest in the energy space that were both speakers and attendees at EMC17, Part Two had great insight featuring: Jay Harpole – CEO – APG&E Kyle Andrus – Asset Analyst – Acciona McKenzie...

It’s a Follower Friday TWOFER! As we wind down the Energy Marketing Conference 17 and GRIDNext Conference Series – we had to give you our one-on-ones with two legends in their respective fields – Hala Ballouz and Deryl Brown, from the Clean Energy and Retail Electric fields respectively. Both of these professionals have been on the forefront of innovation and have left distinct m...

Part four of our 8-Part series features a young man with a heart of gold and an eye for making sustainability affordable for the masses. Sobouh Rahimi, a Senior who graduates in May with a Marketing degree and a minor in Energy and sustainability, tells us how his family made its way to the United States from Iran, how an entrepreneurial spirit is part of who he is, and why his mother’s guid...

Part Three of our UH Series rolls along and we welcome third-year law student Kevin Donovan to the program. The former Army Solider and Providence Grad tells us what brought him to Houston, why he chose the law field and how he can affect the Energy Transition as a Corporate Attorney. To be an Insider Please  subscribe  to The Green Insider powered by ERENEWABLE wherever you get your pod...

It was worth the wait. Three years after the last ‘in-person’ GRIDNEXT, Melissa Miller and her Crew at CleanTX were finally able to put their best foot forward and show the Lone Star State it has a viable option to promote clean technology and renewable energy. Hampered by Covid like the rest of the world, GRIDNEXT featured an impressive panel of experts and industry leaders to promote...

It’s always fun to sit down with a legend – just don’t tell him I said that. Peter Kelly-Detwiler drops in on this week’s Follower Friday and the 30-year energy veteran does not disappoint. PKD gives us some backstory on how he became the foremost authority on the renewable energy side of the energy transition, his book ‘The Energy Switch’ and who are some &#821...

The Second Part of our 8-Part UH Series goes live today with Miss Neha Bhat, Chair of UH’s student-run Energy Coalition, the largest student group at the school. Bhat, who will receive her Masters in Accounting in December, didn’t plan on going to UH but fate proved otherwise and it’s been a wonderful turn of events for the young Houston (by way of Katy) native. Bhat dishes on le...

You never forget your first time. And that’s certainly the story after The Green Insider made its Energy Marketing Conferences Debut this week at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Houston. With nearly 500 attendees, Jack Doueck and his team put on an incredible show with non-action including panels on renewable energy, a CEO Roundtable that was very well received and a risk management discussion...

We’ve spent the past 101 episodes talking to some of the brightest minds who are leading the energy transition – now it’s time to talk to those who are next in line to lead the energy transition – which is why we’re thrilled for this 8-part podcast series collaboration – Coogs Energizing the Energy Transition. Along with The University of Houston – Energy...

It’s like a family reunion every time Tim Berrigan stops by The Green Insider, and today is no different as he tells us about the upcoming NAEMA Conference April 19-21 in Lost Pines, Texas, which is in the beautiful Hill Country for folks who have never been. Tim outlines what’s on the agenda for the conference, the panels, speakers and why it’s important to talk all things Energ...

No better way to hit the century mark of podcasting than to discuss a technology that is changing the way business gets done in all spaces – Blockchain. And there’s few folks better in the energy space to talk about it than Michael Matthews from Data Gumbo. A SaaS company, Data Gumbo’s Smart Contracts are revolutionizing the way bookkeeping is done and Data Gumbo is leading that...

The wait is finally over. After weeks of planning and sifting through applications, the eight-part podcast series produced by The Green Insider and The University of Houston’s Energy Group is finally ready to kick things off with an introductory podcast featuring two folks instrumental in the series’ creation, Chief Energy Officer Ramanan Krishnamoorti and UH Student and Vice Chair of...

It’s a week of return guests as Melissa Miller drops by the show once again to promote the GRIDNEXT event going down in Houston on March 30-31. A veteran of the renewable industry for more than 20 years, Miller has been an instrumental part in the renewable push in Texas and has worked with Clean Tx and what was TREIA before the two merged in 2020 – for more than seven years. Now, afte...

In today’s NNM, Executive Director Tim Berrigan gives the latest NAEMA Conference details, member RFPs, latest job offers and welcomes New Members to the NAEMA family. To learn more about North American Energy Markets Association, go to NAEMA.com. To be an Insider Please  subscribe  to The Green Insider powered by ERENEWABLE wherever you get your podcast from and remember to leave...

A return trip was only right. Making his second appearance on the show, Senior VP of Hydrogen Infrastructure and Chief Operating Officer of what promises to be the largest hydrogen storage project in the world, Michael Ducker gives listeners a tutorial on the hydrogen economy and why Mitsubishi has been so bullish on it all along. Fresh off CERAWeek, Ducker tells us about the collaborations that a...

We take a trip to the non-profit side of things with Exec. Director of Environment Texas, Mr. Luke Metzger for out latest Follower Friday episode. In today’s show, we discuss how Texas became a global leader in renewables thanks to previous policies, the future of community aggregation for the state, what Luke and his team are doing to improve the Texas Parks and Wildlife system and much mor...

We were live at CERAWeek 2022 for one of our first in-person sitdowns of the new year and there’s nobody better to chat with than the co-founder of 8 Rivers, Mr. Bill Brown. With a career spanning four decades in finance, law and now technology and energy, Bill Brown is one of the smartest and revolutionary thinkers in the energy space today. In our two-part series with 8 Rivers, Bill tells...

Another great week of content capped off with the hottest Series on Social Media – Follower Friday and we take a look at the tools that put the the Energy Transition together with Mark Bouc from Atlas Copco. The manufacturing and tooling giant delved into the energy and renewable space in the last 10 years and have made their mark already thanks to guys like Mark. Whether it’s tighteni...

We were live at the Sarah Stogner Campaign watch party Tuesday night as she looked to force a run-off in the Texas Railroad Commissioner race against Republican incumbent Wayne Christian. Sarah, who held her watch party in Houston due to her campaigning schedule, was surrounded by a group of her closest friends, family and supporters