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
735: How to Avoid Common Intellectual Property Mistakes
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Knowing when and why to invest in patents can be a game-changer for your startup. But what’s the right strategy to ensure your intellectual…
734: From Google’s Moonshot to GM’s Vehicle-to-Everything | Lessons in Innovation from Ty Jagerson
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How does an idea go from concept to lab, from lab to field, and finally attract massive capital investment? What can a decade of business b…
733: RE+ 2024: The Know Before You Go Guide for the Biggest Show Yet
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RE+ is only TWO Weeks Away!
Back by popular demand, we’ve curated our annual "Know Before You Go" episode to help you make the most of this…
732: What’s Really Stalling Solar’s Momentum? Insights from Sunnova’s CEO
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Despite more capital coming into the solar industry than ever before, healthy unit economics, rising utility rates, and even declining equi…
731: The BESS Book: A Cell to Grid Guide to Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems with authors Drew Lebowitz & Swetha Sundaram
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I have been looking [and waiting] for this book for years.
And if you’re in Utility-scale battery storage, I’m going to boldly suggest tha…
730: How Each Home Will Be Its Own Energy Generation Machine
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With an anticipated 40% increase in energy consumption by 2035, the grid faces immense pressure.
How do we service the rising demand driven…
729: How to Start a Solar Company that Customers Rave About | Hunter Trenary of Sun Collectors
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Deciding where and which customers to focus on can make or break a business. How do you go about choosing one market over another? Furtherm…
728: The Rocket Scientist Making Rechargeable Lead-Acid Batteries, Michael Burz of Enzinc
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From thermonuclear weapons that helped stop the Cold War, to a Le Mans 24 Hour Eco Car, and now pioneering a revolutionary battery, today’s…
727: A Simple Logistics Improvement Worth Billions To The Solar Industry, Philip Schwarz of PVpallet
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Have you ever considered the environmental impact of the non-solar components we deploy in the solar industry? It’s good that we generate c…
726: Community Solar: Renewable Energy At A Discount Everyone Can Afford; Aviv Shalgi of Solar Simplified
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You might think of community solar as a “Groupon for your energy bill” - you get discounted access to clean energy without needing to insta…
725: Fewer holes, No Leaks. Solar Racking Reimagined, with Pegasus CEO Kai Stephan
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What is the unsung hero of solar installations?
Racking… It's a "set it and forget it" component for contractors, as its reliability is ess…
724: Operating Systems for a Drama-Free Workplace | Maria Kingery of Southern Energy Management & 360Impact
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“Unclear expectations are a downpayment for future resentment.”
Maria Kingery is the Founder & Principal of 360Impact and Co-Founder and Ch…
723: From Tetris To Clean Energy: Henk Rogers' Conversion Story
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two years before the end of the Cold War to broker a licensing agreement for what would become the best-selling video game of all time: Tet…
722: A 100-Year Vision for a new kind of Energy Company with Cherry Street’s Michael Chanin
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What does it take to build a 100-year business? How does one expand beyond integration of off-the-shelf products to branding power plants a…
721: Achieving 250x growth, How CPS Americas scaled to >1000 customers & #1 Market Share in under a decade, with Bryan Wagner
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Every growth story has roots in finding scalable and duplicatable processes. From a Big Mac to the Macintosh, the capacity to create produc…
720: Derek Chase Built A Robotics Company For Better Solar Inspections
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Imagine a Roomba on a solar farm with a camera that can automatically inspect modules, wiring, even hot-spots, and report all that informat…
719: Training The Clean Energy Workforce w/Brittany Heller of Heatspring
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Perhaps the best way to scale your company is by investing in your people!
If knowledge is wealth, then upskilling your workers (and indee…
718: FBI Negotiation Tactics To Better Your Business, With Chris Voss
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I’m going to argue that procurement (buyer OR seller) negotiations are just like hostage negotiations. Hear me out.
Effective negotiations a…
717: Is THIS the biggest clean energy opportunity? Panama Bartholomy of Building Decarbonization Coalition thinks so
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Electrify Everything!
Ok, we’ve heard that “Electrification” is coming, but beyond our Automobiles what else can be electrified?
Did you kn…
716: NC's Clean Energy Evangelist (is not a Democrat): John Szoka
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Energy isn't a battle of fossil fuels vs renewables; it's about figuring out the energy transition together.
As a North Carolina State Repre…