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
044: Tony Clifford, Creating Rapid Growth as the CEO of Standard Solar
Welcome to Episode 44 of SunCast, Solar Warrior!
I'm so glad you are with me again this week! We're back with another edition of the Solar Pioneers Series, and today's guest hails from …
043: Smart Home, Monitoring on steroids, Blockchain & startup fundamentals with Stefan Grosjean of Smappee
Welcome to Episode 43 of SunCast, Solar Warrior!
While I was recently in SF for the Intersolar N.America show, I was on the lookout for products that I thought were innovative. Thanks …
042: Cory Vaughan - Pt 2, After Sunedision, lessons from the trenches
Welcome to Episode 42 of SunCast, and episode 3 of our Solar Pioneers series.
Today we're picking up on Part 2 of our Episode 40 with Cory Vaughan. If you missed the previous episode, p…
041: Jing Tian is the Boss you wish you had
Welcome to Episode 41 of SunCast.
Today we'll chat with a friend who has done some pioneering work in solar R&D and in setting the bar for Women in Solar. I had the privilege to work wi…
040: Cory Vaughan, From Solar Cowboyz to SunEdison
Wow, Episode 40 of SunCast! And you're gonna love it.
This is a long-ish intro, for a longer episode, so settle in for what I hope you'll agree is a fun and fact-filled episode.
Today we…
039: Dan Shugar, CEO NEXTracker
Welcome to Episode 39 of SunCast. We're going to continue our trip down memory lane this week, in what might be more like a Back-to-the-Future style episode for SunCast.
Today I'm launc…
038: Arturo Herrero, Old-school solar & a world-class network
Today we are going to take a trip down memory lane, to a time when names like Trina and Jinko Solar were yet unheard of in the solar industry, a time when the largest brands were BP, a…
037: Bob Blenker, CEO of WRB Energy
Welcome to Episode 37 of SunCast.
Bob Blenker is CEO of WRB Energy, an Independent Power Producer who is perhaps most well known in the solar space for the 28MW solar plant they built a…
036: Edgar Arvizu (Round 2), Be the CEO of your own Career!
Welcome to Episode 36 of SunCast.
Today we will be spending time with Edgar Arvizu, VP of Development at major global IPP, Sonnedix. Edgar was one of my original guests back in Episod…
034: Minisode - Santiago Barcon, Mexico Energy specialist & Publisher of Energia Hoy
Welcome to another minisode here on SunCast. If you're new here, I'm your host, Nico Johnson, and we're here to help you unlock your potential as a leader in the solar industry.
The sho…
033: Prepare for the Unexpected with Sarah Chapman, Faro Energy
Welcome to Episode 33 of SunCast
Today you'll meet my friend, Sarah Chapman, Co-Founder & CEO of Faro Energy. I Some Takeaways from today's episode:
- Looking at the C&I solar market in L…
032: Andy Bindea - The next step in our Energy Evolution
Welcome to Episode 32 of SunCast
Today we spend time with Andy Bindea of Sigora International, a company revolutionizing energy access in Haiti and beyond. Listen in if you're interest…
031: Financing off-grid solar, Juan Fermin Rodriguez of Kingo Energy
Welcome to Episode 31 of SunCast
Today we will be spending time with Juan Fermin Rodriguez of Kingo Energy. Stick around if you're interested in hearing:
- The strategy behind starting an…
030: Financing Energy Efficiency + Renewables, Patrick Doyle of MGM Innova Capital
Welcome to Episode 30 of SunCast (woohoo, Thirty!).
Today, we will be spending time with Patrick Doyle of MGM Innova Capital. You should have a listen if you're interested in:
- Structure…
029: Alejo Lopez, a field guide to career change, from Fracking to Photovoltaics
Welcome to Episode 29 of SunCast. Today we will be spending time with Latin America solar veteran, Alejo Lopez of Nextracker. You should keep listening if you're interested in
- What's …
028: Stephen Lacey, Editor-in-Chief at GTM and creator of The Energy Gang podcast
Welcome to Episode 28 of SunCast. Today's episode in many ways has been 18 months in the making. I met today's guest way back when I was just recording the first episodes of SunCast, …
027: Latam Founder Juan Carlos Navarro, pivoting from public servant to solar warrior
Today’s episode, back by popular request - is in English. ;-)
This is Episode 27 of SunCast, and Episode 7 in the Latam Founders Series. It’s the final installment of this series, broug…
026: [ES] Latam Founders Hector and Gabriel of Ecopartners, technical gurus for emerging markets
This is Episode 26 of SunCast, and Episode 6 in the Latam Founders Series, which is being brought to you through a collaboration with Enphase Energy. This is our final episode in Spani…
025: Jason Zook sold his future to make YOUR goals a reality
This is Episode 25 of SunCast. And, today you get to meet one of the guys who’s most influenced my life in the last 5 years. He’s not in the solar industry. He’s not even in the Energ…
024: [ES] Latam Founder Arturo Duhart on scaling up a Mexico solar distributor
This is Episode 24 of SunCast, and Episode 5 in the Latam Founders Series, which is being brought to you through a special collaboration with Enphase Energy. This episode is entirely …