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Nico Johnson takes you into conversations with those at the forefront of Renewable Energy.

SunCast gives an inside look into what is happening in renewable energy. From conversations with the biggest Solar Panel manufacturers in the world to the small startups creating the future of renewable energy, such as carbon capture and battery technology breakthroughs.

SunCast is dedicated to providing the knowledge, research, tools and expert guidance you need to understand, grow and be ahead of the curve in the fastest-growing markets in the world.

Featuring over 800 conversations, Nico has interviewed people from Tesla, SolarCity, Trina Solar, Meyer Burger, Conergy, SunEdison, Energy Vault and even the US Government... to name a few. Covering topics such as Solar Power, Wind Energy, Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Carbon Capture, Finance, Hydrogen, and more.

You can watch SunCast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SunCastMedia

...or view the full archive of SunCast episodes here: https://www.suncast.media/media/podcast

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Average duration
48 minutes
Episodes
864
Years Active
2015 - 2025
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835: Nextracker Is Rewiring Utility-Scale Solar | Jonathan Eastwood

835: Nextracker Is Rewiring Utility-Scale Solar | Jonathan Eastwood

Nextracker has proven its market dominance for more than a decade, and has practically rewritten the playbook on utility-scale solar globally. Lately, they’ve been on an acquisition sp…

00:40:47  |   Thu 17 Jul 2025
834: The New Solar Standard You Should Know About | w/Amanda Bybee & Karo Fernandez

834: The New Solar Standard You Should Know About | w/Amanda Bybee & Karo Fernandez

What happens when a solar technician calls themselves a “Level 2,” but no one knows what that actually means?

For years, solar O&M has lacked the structure and standardization seen in o…

00:44:56  |   Tue 15 Jul 2025
833: 73% of Solar Damage from One Threat? Inside Solar Risk Assessment with Jason Kaminsky

833: 73% of Solar Damage from One Threat? Inside Solar Risk Assessment with Jason Kaminsky

Your solar project is one storm away from financial disaster!

That’s not just fear-mongering—it’s the reality many developers are waking up to. In this episode, Nico sits down with Jaso…

01:11:30  |   Thu 10 Jul 2025
832: Solar After the Megabill: Tax Credits, Tariffs & What’s Next |Christian Roselund

832: Solar After the Megabill: Tax Credits, Tariffs & What’s Next |Christian Roselund

Is the “Big Beautiful Bill” about to choke the life out of solar & wind?

Can energy storage be solar’s savior?

Isn’t Solar inevitable? We don’t need no stinking subsidies, right?  Righ…

00:26:28  |   Tue 08 Jul 2025
831: Saving Your Solar Project From Cancellation, with Amanda Foley of Kiterocket

831: Saving Your Solar Project From Cancellation, with Amanda Foley of Kiterocket

Solar projects getting canceled? Clean tech CEOs burned out doing their own PR? Amanda Foley has seen it all.

As the CEO of Kiterocket, Amanda leads one of clean energy’s most influenti…

01:17:24  |   Thu 03 Jul 2025
830: Inside the AI Power Race: How Data Centers & Renewables Will Shape the Grid [Expert Panel]

830: Inside the AI Power Race: How Data Centers & Renewables Will Shape the Grid [Expert Panel]

The AI boom isn’t just reshaping tech—it’s redefining the energy grid.

As data center demand skyrockets, clean energy providers are scrambling to keep up with unprecedented power needs,…

00:54:21  |   Tue 01 Jul 2025
829: Dean Solon Unfiltered: What the Shoals Founder Will Create Next Is Unprecedented

829: Dean Solon Unfiltered: What the Shoals Founder Will Create Next Is Unprecedented

What would you do after taking your company public and becoming a billionaire?

If you’re Dean Solon, you start over—with even bigger ambitions.

The outspoken founder of Shoals Technologi…

00:45:04  |   Thu 26 Jun 2025
828: Why The Grid’s Not Ready for Renewables - And What ABB Is Doing About It

828: Why The Grid’s Not Ready for Renewables - And What ABB Is Doing About It

How do you bridge the gap between fast-moving renewables and slow-moving utilities? Brian Nelson has spent the last two decades doing exactly that—from building house-sized transformer…

00:28:46  |   Tue 24 Jun 2025
827: Can Microsoft Solve Solar’s Hardest Problems with AI?

827: Can Microsoft Solve Solar’s Hardest Problems with AI?

Can one of the world’s biggest tech companies actually go carbon-free, not just today, but retroactively, all the way back to 1975?

In this powerhouse keynote from Intersolar 2025, Hann…

00:24:23  |   Sat 21 Jun 2025
826: Behind the Scenes of Electrical Code Writing: An Expert's Perspective

826: Behind the Scenes of Electrical Code Writing: An Expert's Perspective

What if the biggest threat to your solar business wasn’t competition—but compliance?

Rebekah Hren has spent over 20 years helping the solar industry avoid costly mistakes and dangerous …

01:06:58  |   Thu 19 Jun 2025
825: How Interest Rates, Tariffs, & Utility Rates Impact Commercial Solar

825: How Interest Rates, Tariffs, & Utility Rates Impact Commercial Solar

Inflation, interest rates, tariffs—most markets flinch. But according to Josh Goldberg, commercial solar doesn’t blink. In this Tactical Tuesday, Josh pulls back the curtain on how Sun…

00:22:11  |   Tue 17 Jun 2025
824: Sheldon Kimber on Data Centers, Hybrid Renewables & The Next Energy Boom

824: Sheldon Kimber on Data Centers, Hybrid Renewables & The Next Energy Boom

“AI is the greatest threat to your business ever.”

That’s how Sheldon Kimber opens this episode—and it only gets bolder from there.

Live from the Kiterocket Lounge during ACP CleanPower…

00:45:06  |   Thu 12 Jun 2025
823: The Battle for AI Power: Data Centers vs. The Electric Grid

823: The Battle for AI Power: Data Centers vs. The Electric Grid

Forget what you thought you knew about data centers.

Ryan Abbott of Clayco (a major datacenter design/build firm) joins Nico to explain how today’s hyperscale data centers are flipping …

00:29:41  |   Tue 10 Jun 2025
822: Unlock National Media Coverage with These Storytelling Secrets from a PA Solar Firm

822: Unlock National Media Coverage with These Storytelling Secrets from a PA Solar Firm

What makes someone actually care about solar? It’s not the data. It’s the story.

On this special “SundayCast”, Nico sits down with the Reverend himself—Aaron Nichols (okay, not official…

00:21:57  |   Sun 08 Jun 2025
821: AI and Solar Power: Making Renewable Energy Available 24/7 | Martin Hermann of BrigthNight Power

821: AI and Solar Power: Making Renewable Energy Available 24/7 | Martin Hermann of BrigthNight Power

What if a renewable energy power plant could achieve capacity factors above 70%? Wouldn’t that make it, finally, FIRM baseload power, dispatchable and “reliable” for the grid?

Can ai h…

01:02:30  |   Thu 05 Jun 2025
820: Trevor Noah On Why Comedy Might Be The Key To Saving Democracy And The Planet

820: Trevor Noah On Why Comedy Might Be The Key To Saving Democracy And The Planet

“Even the most unsinkable ship can sink.”

That’s Trevor Noah reflecting on the fragility of democracy, and he’s not just here to make you laugh—he’s here to challenge how you think. At …

00:53:42  |   Tue 03 Jun 2025
819: Why Commercial Solar Hasn’t Taken Off—Until Now | Josh Goldberg, Sunstone Credit

819: Why Commercial Solar Hasn’t Taken Off—Until Now | Josh Goldberg, Sunstone Credit

What if the biggest opportunity in solar has been hiding in plain sight?

Josh Goldberg is no stranger to solar. He’s a multi-exit founder who helped shape residential solar finance—and …

01:33:33  |   Thu 29 May 2025
818: Era Of Easy Money Ends: Prepare For A New Financial Landscape | Rob Sternthal On What To Expect

818: Era Of Easy Money Ends: Prepare For A New Financial Landscape | Rob Sternthal On What To Expect

Winter is coming

If you're a solar or battery developer, especially in utility-scale or C&I, you're likely feeling it already: capital has tightened, exits have dried up, and project ti…

00:29:40  |   Tue 27 May 2025
817: Turn Your Roof into a Money Machine: How to make as much as $32/Hour with Solar + AI Compute power! | Karl Andersen of Lektra

817: Turn Your Roof into a Money Machine: How to make as much as $32/Hour with Solar + AI Compute power! | Karl Andersen of Lektra

What if your rooftop solar could do more than just power your fridge?

Karl Andersen believes it can—and should—power the future of AI.

Karl unpacks the grid’s biggest vulnerabilities, wh…

00:43:08  |   Fri 23 May 2025
816: Load Shifting, AI, and DC-Coupling: The Future of Residential Energy Storage | Terahive’s Ram Bhat

816: Load Shifting, AI, and DC-Coupling: The Future of Residential Energy Storage | Terahive’s Ram Bhat

If you think batteries are just for backup, think again. The post-NEM 3.0 world has flipped residential solar economics—and companies like TeraHive are leading a storage revolution tha…

00:20:10  |   Tue 20 May 2025
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