Solar Maverick Podcast
The Solar Maverick Podcast is the insiders guide to where the solar and energy markets meet entrepreneurship and trailblazing. Hosted by Benoy Thanjan - a serial entrepreneur and founder of Reneu Energy one of the industries top companies. Benoy is known for his passion, leadership and style. Always eager to truly learn from his guests, Thanjan digs deep and provides a tangible blueprint for his listeners to put what he’s learning to immediate use - making the show not only funny but entertaining, energetic and hyper -useful.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 199
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
SMP 232: Scaling Solar with Development & Construction as a Service
Episode Summary:
In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, host Benoy Thanjan sits down with Daniel Dus, CEO of Clean Tech Industry Resources (CIR) and founder of Solar Fight Night. Daniel share…
SMP 231: Safe Harbor Guidance: Big Beautiful Bill’s Renewable Shake-Up
Episode Summary:
In this episode, host Benoy Thanjan sits down with Dorian Hunt, Partner and Head of Renewables at Leo Berwick, to unpack the new safe harbor rules, the impacts of the Big Beautiful B…
SMP 230: How Sazmining is Making Bitcoin Mining Sustainable with Renewable Energy?
Episode Summary:
In this episode, Benoy sits down with Kent Halliburton, CEO of Sazmining, to explore the surprising parallels between Solar and Bitcoin mining. Kent explains how Sazmining makes Bitc…
SMP 229: AI Is Changing Solar: The Future of Development and Asset Sales
Episode Summary:
In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, host Benoy Thanjan interviews Maryssa Baron, Founder & CEO of BuildQ, an AI-powered platform transforming clean energy project developm…
SMP 228: After the Big Beautiful Bill: What’s Next for US Residential Solar?
Episode Summary:
Benoy Thanjan sits down with his co-host Nate Jovanelly, Founder & CEO of SunRaise Capital, to break down how the Big Beautiful Bill is reshaping residential solar. They discuss Sect…
SMP 226: Solar, Storage, and Strategy: How Catalyst Power Is Transforming C&I Energy
Episode Overview
In this episode, Benoy Thanjan interviews Gabe Phillips, CEO of Catalyst Power Holdings, a company revolutionizing how commercial and industrial (C&I) customers access clean energy. …
SMP 225: Scaling Quality: How Civic Renewables is Supporting the Next Generation of Local Solar Installers
Episode Overview
In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, I speak with Lee Keshishian, the Founder & CEO of Civic Renewables. We dive into his 18+ year journey in residential solar—from foundin…
SMP 224: How REC Solar Is Navigating Market Uncertainty, Load Growth, and the Next Wave of Solar Innovation
Episode Overview
In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy Thanjan speaks with Robb Jetty, CEO of REC Solar. Rob shares insights from his 23-year journey in renewable energy, REC’s behind…
SMP 223: Farming the Sun: How Agrivoltaics is Transforming Energy and Agriculture
Episode Overview
Benoy Thanjan welcomes back Dan French, Executive Producer of the Solar Farm Summit on the Solar Maverick Podcast and they dive deep into the emerging world of agrivoltaics—solar pro…
SMP 219: Racing to July 4th: SEIA’s Abby Hopper on the Tax Bill Threatening Solar’s Future
Episode Overview
In this episode, SEIA CEO Abby Hopper discusses the current state of solar policy amid Congress's reconciliation efforts, emphasizing critical priorities like preserving the “commenc…
SMP 218: How EDPR Is Powering the Growth of Distributed Generation and Community Solar in the U.S.
In this episode, Benoy Thanjan speaks with João Barreto, CEO of EDPR NA Distributed Generation, at the ACORE Finance Forum. They explore the rapid evolution of distributed generation (DG) in the U.S.…
SMP 217: Powering the Future: ACORE’s Ray Long on Renewables, Energy Policy & the Long‑Term Outlook
Episode Overview
In this episode, recorded live at the ACORE Finance Forum in NYC, host Benoy Thanjan sits down with Ray Long, President & CEO of ACORE. They discuss the evolving clean energy finance…
SMP 216: The Solar Policy Crossroads: Federal Challenges and State Rollbacks
Episode Overview
This episode dives deep into the evolving solar landscape—covering key state-level policy battles, rising resistance to distributed solar, the latest federal tax package in Congress,…
SMP 213: Unlocking Energy Storage Value: PJM Market Reforms with Brattle Group’s Serena Patel
Unlocking Energy Storage Value: PJM Market Reforms with Brattle Group’s Serena Patel
Episode Overview:
In this special live episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, recorded at the 2025 Mid-Atlantic So…
SMP 212: How Tigo Is Powering the Next Wave of Smarter Solar
Episode Summary:
In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy Thanjan speaks with JD Dillon, Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer at Tigo Energy. This conversation dives into how T…
SMP 211: The Legislative Outlook for U.S. Solar: Insights from CleanCapital
Episode Summary:
In this episode, Scott Elias, Vice President of Policy & Market Development at CleanCapital, shares expert insights on CleanCapital’s investment strategy, his background in clean ene…
SMP 208: Empowering Communities Through Solar: The Let's Share the Sun Story
In this inspiring episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, host Benoy Thanjan sits down with Bernie Jordan and Lucas Barreto from the Let’s Share the Sun Foundation to discuss their recent solar insta…
SMP 207: The Road to 2050 – What’s Next for Renewables?
Episode Summary:
In this replay episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, host Benoy Thanjan kicks off the debut episode of Sunvoy’s new podcast series, What Solar Installers Need to Know?
With over 20 …
SMP 206: The Future of Utility-Scale Solar: Wood Mackenzie on Market Trends and Tariff Pressures
In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, host Benoy Thanjan speaks with Sylvia Leyva Martinez, Principal Analyst and Senior Research Manager at Wood Mackenzie and host of The Interchange: Recha…
SMP 205: Revolutionizing Solar Finance: How SunRaise Capital Attracts Investors to Residential Solar Projects?
Episode Summary:
In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy Thanjan is joined by co-host and clean energy advocate Nate Jovanelly, CEO of Sunraise Capital. Together, they dive into the evol…