A Blueprint for the Transactive Grid
Ryan Hanley is convinced that the distributed electric grid will create vastly more economic, security and societal value than today's centralized system.Over the course of his career as a civil engin...
6 Mars 20181h 10min
Don't Like the Solar Buying Process? Start Your Own Company
In 2009, Sara Ross and her husband bought a dilapidated farmhouse in Massachusetts, intending to turn it into a net-zero home.Solar was an important part of the plan. And then came the price tag: $81,...
2 Mars 20181h 2min
Can Solar Become the World's Dominant Source of Energy?
Nothing can stop solar's growth trajectory -- except maybe solar itself.This week, we have a deep discussion on the future of solar photovoltaics. Solar is exploding around the world, but have we grap...
19 Feb 201852min
Cleantech's Top Venture Capitalist, Nancy Pfund
Nancy Pfund is perhaps the most recognizable venture capitalist in the clean energy space.Before she raised multi-hundred-million-dollar funds at her firm DBL Partners and made early investments in th...
9 Feb 201853min
Death to Energy Tribalism
The Breakthrough Institute was founded on the idea that traditional environmentalists were wrong about how to protect the planet.Back in 2004, the co-founders called for ending the "politics of limits...
8 Feb 20181h 3min
Our Blockchain Explainer Segment: 'Consensus'
Blockchain is coming to the energy industry in a big way.We're at the beginning of a fierce hype cycle, when new startups are emerging weekly to tout their Initial Coin Offerings and tokenization plat...
31 Jan 201855min
Trump Issues Solar Tariffs: We Answer Your Questions
The Trump Administration just imposed 30 percent tariffs on imported solar cells and modules. How much will it stunt solar growth in America? Will it spark a broader trade war?There are a lot of quest...
23 Jan 201843min
What the Grid Really Needs
Grid nerds have spent the last few months whipped into a frenzy over Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s hastily-written plan to prop up aging coal plants in the name of grid resiliency.And then, last week,...
17 Jan 201856min
