Dr. Jane Meila is the CEO and co-founder of Harvest Thermal, a growing San Francisco Bay Area manufacturer and distributor of heat pump based home heating systems. Michael Barnard explores Melia’s experiences in fluid dynamics, quantum cybersecurity and wind turbine flow modeling before explore Harvest Thermal’s solution. That solution intelligently uses a hot water tank with a heat pump to time shift the lowest cost, lowest emissions electricity into optimized hot water and heating for homes. T...
Dec 29, 2022•51 min
Brian Menell, CEO and Chairman of TechMet, talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan about the lithium market, broader EV battery mineral market, and US Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This is actually perhaps the best discussion we've had on these matters, thanks in good part to TechMet's unique position in the market investing in lithium mines and lithium mining startups.
Nov 21, 2022•33 min
Dianne Martinez, Chair of East Bay Community Energy (EBCE), talks EV subsidies, EV charging infrastructure, public health equity, and more.
Nov 07, 2022•29 min
CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan talks with East Bay Community Energy CEO Nick Chaset about virtual power plants, clean and distributed renewable energy, solar net metering, and more.
Oct 21, 2022•39 min
Aaron Smith, CEO of the Energy and Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA), recently took delivery of his Ford F-150 Lightning, and he already used it to power some essentials during an electricity outage, and also some of his neighbors' stuff. However, first, we talked about his experiences with his other EV, the Ford Mustang Mach-E.
Oct 17, 2022•57 min
Legrand Crewse is one of the leaders of the e-bike revolution in America — and his company, SUPER73, is bringing established gearhead brands like Hot Wheels and Indian Motorcycles as well as celebrities like Lil Nas X along for the ride!
Oct 14, 2022•39 min
Jo Borras, Zach Shahan, and Steve Hanley discuss electric vehicles and the grid, including flexibility & resiliency enabled by EVs as well as myths about the grid's ability to integrate EVs. They also discuss electric hypercars.
Oct 14, 2022•43 min
Xendee co-founder and CTO Michael Stadler talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zachary Shahan about microgrids and Xendee's "microgrid as a service" technology.
Oct 04, 2022•43 min
Duncan McIntyre, Founder and CEO of Highland Electric Transportation, talks with CleanTechnica's Jo Borras about electrifying school bus fleets for municipalities.
Sep 27, 2022•43 min
Florida solar energy experts and political experts on the right and the left discuss Ron DeSantis' decision to veto a bill that would have harmed rooftop solar net metering in the Sunshine State. Why did he do it?
Sep 20, 2022•51 min
Jo Borras and Loren McDonald dive into the intricacies of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, and discuss who gets what when it comes to rebates, incentives, and tax credits.
Sep 14, 2022•40 min
We discuss the various clean energy benefits available to people via the new Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
Sep 08, 2022•15 min
Tesla has become the 2nd best selling auto brand in California, only trailing Toyota. It also has the 1st and 2nd best selling vehicles in the state (the Tesla Model Y and Tesla Model 3). How high can Tesla fly?
Sep 07, 2022•35 min
Tesla is clearly the king of electric vehicles today, but what does it need to do to go from 1–2% of the auto market to 10%+ of the auto market?
Aug 30, 2022•28 min
Braintrust Partners CEO Tim Hayden discusses all the data that you might, or might NOT, expect your car to be sharing with the world, from biometrics and purchase history to location history and where you’re speeding. Be careful out there, kids.
Aug 29, 2022•32 min
Steve Hanley, Jo Borras, and Zach Shahan talk about the new Dodge Charger Daytona SRT (bleh) concept electric vehicle as well as true EV innovation coming out of Chinese smart electric vehicle startups like NIO and XPeng.
Aug 26, 2022•41 min
Mike Casey, founder and President of Tigercomm, a 100% cleantech communications firm, talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zachary Shahan about the history of the fossil fuel industry's influence on US politics, the influence it had (including on Senator Joe Manchin) on delaying and almost killing recent US climate legislation, whether or not ANY politicians fear the political power of the renewable energy industry, and how to change all of that for the better.
Aug 20, 2022•42 min
CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan, Jo Borras, and Steve Hanley discuss the EV and PHEV subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act, including their various pros & cons. They also discuss the role of dealers in the new legislation.
Aug 15, 2022•25 min
CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan, Jo Borras, and Steve Hanley discuss the Clean Vehicle Credit in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in this episode of CleanTech RoundTalk, especially focusing on the exclusion of any EVs using battery minerals from China and what that means. We also touched on PHEVs with small batteries being eligible for the tax credit as it's currently written. (Image courtesy of Albemarle Corporation.)
Aug 10, 2022•27 min
CleanTechnica's Jo Borras talks with Vice President of School Bus, Contracts and Grants at GreenPower, Michael Perez, about electrifying school buses, the BEAST (GreenPower's electric school bus), and more.
Aug 10, 2022•28 min
Today, CleanTechnica's Jo Borras talks with Ben Shapiro (not THAT Ben Shapiro) about cutting carbon emissions in transportation. Ben is a Manager with RMI’s Carbon-Free Mobility team, aiming to catalyze rapid progress on emissions reductions in the transportation sector. His work focuses on pairing knowledge of both the electric power and transportations sectors to identify barriers and opportunities to vehicle electrification, while also listening to and leveraging the distinct expertise and pe...
Aug 10, 2022•44 min
Jo Borras, Steve Hanley, and Zach Shahan talk about Walmart's order for thousands of Canoo EVs, especially in response to Amazon's partnership with Rivian — and all kinds of relate topics.
Aug 01, 2022•30 min
In this episode of Cleantech Talk, we dive into the fun of decarbonizing data centers with the Hitachi Environmental Business Division's Justin Bean and Jody Heyroth.
Jul 29, 2022•47 min
Herbert Diess is out as CEO of Volkswagen Group. Steve Hanley, Jo Borras, and I offer our thoughts on Diess, Volkswagen Group, new CEO Oliver Blume and his leadership at Porsche, Ferdinand Piëch, Elon Musk and Tesla, and more.
Jul 27, 2022•37 min
CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan talks with BloombergNEF's Head of Economics & Modeling, David Hostert, about how despite rising renewable energy costs, renewable energy is getting more and more competitive and dominating new power installations.
Jul 26, 2022•26 min
CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan, Jo Borras, and Steve Hanley talk about EV sales trends at Volkswagen, Tesla, NIO, XPeng, and BYD. They also discuss the new Volkswagen ID. Buzz and how much appeal it might or might not have. Listen in!
Jul 21, 2022•45 min
Steve Heckeroth made a name for himself as an architect designing solar "umbrella homes" in California, until he discovered EVs and, he believes, a way to turn back the clock on human-driven climate change. As founder and CIO of electric tractor company Solectrac, Steve believes that agriculture can save the world.
Jul 20, 2022•40 min
With more than 20 years' experience helping automotive brands understand consumer psychology, Chargeway founder Matt Teske talks climate change, consumerism, and what kind of change really needs to happen to save the planet.
Jul 20, 2022•46 min
On the side of the road with a thrown chain or flat tire? With a 20 lb road bike, that's not so bad — but with a 70 lb e-bike, it's a different story. Andy's inventions at Handlebar Jack are here to make unexpected e-bike repairs easier.
Jul 11, 2022•34 min
Jigar Shah has had an exceptional career as a commercializer of energy decarbonization solutions, from founding solar developer SunEdison, to putting his money where his mouth is with the original Clean Feet Investors fund, to co-founding the Carbon War Room with Richard Branson. Now he’s running the US Department of Energy’s Loans Program Office and has $40B of authority within manufacturing, innovative project finance, and tribal energy. In this broad and animated discussion, he asserts the va...
Jul 09, 2022•24 min
