Quantify what you can, intuit the rest: Engie's distributed development playbook for 2026
In this episode, James talks with Navya Gundeti, Director of Project Development at Engie North America, where she leads the distributed solar and storage development pipeline. Navya is operating in a...
20 Maj 32min
Scaling Distributed Generation Beyond Community Solar with Bill Francis from New Energy Equity
In this episode, James talks with Bill Francis, Vice President of Emerging Markets at New Energy Equity — a distributed solar developer that has spent over a decade building community solar programs a...
14 Apr 32min
A mile deep, not wide: NineDot's case for going all-in on one market with Sam McGarvey
In this episode, James talks with Sam McGarvey, Director of Origination at NineDot Energy — a developer, owner, and operator of front-of-meter battery storage systems across New York City's five borou...
31 Mars 31min
How virtual power plants became a daily grid resource with Matt Plante
In this episode, James talks with Matt Plante, President of Voltus, about what it actually takes to build a virtual power plant that grid operators call on every single day. Voltus aggregates distribu...
18 Mars 32min
Learning from the last grid build-out (and why VPPs are the answer) with Mark Dyson
The grid has been here before. Between 1960 and 2000, US utilities grew demand 4–5x while cutting real electricity prices by 20%, and the lessons from that era are more relevant than ever. Mark Dyson...
3 Mars 34min
Why grid planning is the hardest problem in energy right now with Derek Stenclik
In this episode, James talks with Derek Stenclik, Founding Partner at Telos Energy. Derek shares his path into the power sector, starting at GE where he spent nearly a decade working on grid planning,...
17 Feb 32min
Bridging the power gap: The fuel-flexible future for data centers with Craig Gordon
In this episode, James talks with Craig Gordon, Head of Global Policy, Regulatory Affairs, and Business Development at Mainspring Energy. Craig brings deep experience in clean energy—from scaling Inve...
21 Jan 32min
Fixing the Grid-Data Center Disconnect with Tony Wagler and Alex Oort Alonso
In this episode, James talks with Tony and Alex from the Paces team about their recent white paper exploring the mismatch between data center growth projections and actual grid planning. Tony, a seaso...
3 Dec 202532min
