SunCast
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
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 864
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
443: Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me - Solar Edition! (Live @Intersolar’22)
Many will instantly recognize the popular NPR Quiz show “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!”
If you don’t, you really have missed one of the all-time-great NPR staples.
Well, at Intersolar North America last m…
442: Hire, train & motivate 1000+ sales people, with Alex Williams, Solar Energy Partners
Open Solar OS3.0 Launch: https://suncast.media/nycwp
Alex Williams is a problem-solver. That, and he loves to recruit high-performing sales people. He loves watching people transform into what…
441: C&I Energy Storage: Live Intersolar’22 Innovation Stage w/Yotta Energy CEO, Omeed Badkoobeh
Open Solar OS3.0 Launch: https://suncast.media/nycwp
Can Energy Storage unlock a “Solar-Plus-Storage-Powered Future” for the largely yet-to-be-disrupted Commercial and Industrial segment of so…
440: Tigo’s Chairman on storage as energy intelligence, Zvi Alon w/special guest Jing Tian
Open Solar OS3.0 Launch: https://suncast.media/nycwp
How did Zvi Alon become Chairman and CEO of one of the early MLPE pioneers, Tigo Energy? By believing in the strategy he mapped out and inv…
439: 3 Keys to new market expansion (Including USA), w/Sergio Blanco of Partner Engineering
Open Solar OS3.0 Launch: https://suncast.media/nycwp
I’ve been getting a LOT of inbound over the last year since President Joe Biden took office as investors and renewable energy developers th…
438: From ski bum to Solar legend, REC Americas President - Cary Hayes
Open Solar OS3.0 Launch: https://suncast.media/nycwp
I first met Cary Hayes back when I was working at Trina Solar circa 2012. He was still at REC Solar, and we had an unforgettable dinner (an…
437: Andrew Birch, Nem3.0, Save our Solar Jobs!, Live @Intersolar N.A.’22
Open Solar OS3.0 Launch: https://suncast.media/nycwp
Andrew Birch, affectionately referred to by many as simply “Birchy”, joins Nico in this live interview [rebroadcast] from the Intersolar N.…
436: Greenpenny, banking that funds Clean Energy. Jason MacDuff, President
Open Solar OS3.0 Launch: https://suncast.media/nycwp
Jason MacDuff is President of greenpenny, a virtual carbon-neutral bank dedicated to financing a sustainable tomorrow. Money deposited in …
435: American Clean Power, w/CEO Heather Zichal
Open Solar OS3.0 Launch: https://suncast.media/nycwp
Some of you will recall, Nico was live-broadcasting from the CleanPower21 tradeshow in Salt Lake City back in December. While he was there…
434: A comprehensive SaaS suite for utility-scale solar? Andrea Barber, CEO RatedPower
Open Solar OS3.0 Launch: https://suncast.media/nycwp
You probably assume that the Utility-scale solar market, having deployed hundreds of GW globally, has surely by now figured out the necessa…
433: Drones or manned aircraft for site data? Maybe both? Mark Culpepper, GM Solar, Drone Base
Mark Culpepper, who heads up global solar for Drone Base, is on a mission to simplify the process and amplify the importance of solar site data gathering with aerial methods. As the name might imply,…
432: Goal-setting, Regenerative Capitalism & Food Forests, with Jim Gale
Open Solar OS3.0 Launch: https://suncast.media/nycwp
If you have yet to set out your goals for 2022, then you’re absolutely in the right place.
If you have, then maybe this anecdote will help s…
431: Legacy, Equity, & Solar for All, w/Geoff Greenfield of Third Sun Solar
Open Solar OS3.0 Launch: https://suncast.media/nycwp
Merry Christmas!
As a special bonus for these longer days, I decided to NOT break out this 100 minute episode into 2x50min episodes bc I bel…
Green Hydrogen (Mini-series) Ep 5 - Decarbonizing the Steel Industry with Joachim Von Sheele Global Director of Commercialization at Linde
In the final episode of Season One of our Green Hydrogen series, we’re looking at how Hydrogen might be useful to aid hard-to-abate industries such as Steel in achieving a zero-carbon future.
Let’s g…
Green Hydrogen (Mini-series) Ep 4 - The Role of New Technologies with Raffi Garbedian, Co-founder of Electric Hydrogen (formerly CTO of First Solar)
If you’ve been around the solar industry for long, you might recognize the name, Raffi Garabedian. If you don’t, however, it’s probably because you haven’t studied the rise of one of the largest sola…
428: System Repowering, Microgrids, and a New DC Optimizer contender, Hanan Fishman of Alencon Systems
Open Solar OS3.0 Launch: https://suncast.media/nycwp
In the words of today’s guest, Hanan Fishman, “Planning a DC microgrid is no different than any other technical undertaking. You need to st…
Green Hydrogen (Mini-series) Ep 3 - The Role of the Large Energy Companies in the Hydrogen Economy with Biraj Borkataria
Biraj Borkataria is always looking at the details to determine how they affect the big picture. As an analyst for RBC, ranked #7 globally for his sector, he’s a respected voice in the discussion aro…
Green Hydrogen (Mini-series) Ep 2 - The Green Hydrogen Opportunity with Jason Goodhand, DNVs Global Energy Storage leader and Hydrogen Industry Veteran
Two decades ago, Jason Goodhand was working in Hydrogen. But he says it’s different now. “Whether it's renewable energy, or oil and gas, every sector is trying to ramp up to have enough people to wor…
425: The Inevitability of Green Hydrogen with Sheldon Kimber, CEO Intersect Power
It’s time to bet on the future. Climate change is here, disasters are daily, and even financial systems are strained to breaking. In Episode One of our Green Hydrogen Mini-Series, Sheldon Kimber is t…
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424: [Trailer] Green Hydrogen, a Mini-Series
Hydrogen, the most abundant element on earth, has been hailed for decades as a beacon of the coming clean energy revolution. So why has it still not arrived? And why is everybody all of a sudden talk…