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.
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
“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…
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 …
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…
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…
“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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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…