Kristina Costa and Ted Lee, who were involved in FEOC guidance at the White House and Treasury during the Biden administration, and Kyle Sweeney with the NYU Tax Law Center, join us to discuss their concerns with the FEOC restrictions in the budget reconciliation bill that passed the US House this week.
May 22, 2025•26 min
Hilary Lefko, Norton Rose Fulbright partner, joins us to discuss the Republicans' proposed plans for the future of renewable tax credits to be folded into the budget reconciliation bill later this year.
May 16, 2025•19 min
Michael Stadler, CTO of Xendee, discusses how microgrids are designed and operated to minimize costs, enhance reliability and achieve emissions goals. He explains how microgrids can address the growing electricity demand driven by AI and the challenges of utility upgrades and discusses the benefits of technologies like combined heat and power systems and batteries.
May 08, 2025•20 min
Gary Dorris, CEO of Ascend Analytics, discusses how his company uses software and data to understand the economic dynamics of energy supply. He explains the complexities of predicting power prices due to the increasing influence of renewables and storage and the importance of advanced computing and machine learning in optimizing asset management.
May 01, 2025•27 min
Jason Prince, CEO of Giraffe Financial, discusses tax credit monetization and the challenges and opportunities in the evolving landscape of climate incentives, including dealing with transaction costs and regulatory compliance, as he explains Giraffe Financial’s approach to make tax credit monetization accessible and efficient.
Apr 24, 2025•18 min
Sabah Bayatli, president of OCI Energy, discusses the evolving policy and regulatory landscape shaping utility-scale solar and energy storage development in the US, including tariffs, the Inflation Reduction Act, interconnection challenges and contracting strategies and also explainsOCI Energy’s approach to geographic and technological diversification.
Apr 17, 2025•35 min
Four industry experts discuss what to expect from current financing structures for data centers. The four are Claus Hertel , managing director, Rabobank, Melih Ileri , SVP capital markets and strategy, DC BLOX, Mike Johnson , vice president, Nomura and Tim McGuire , senior director, project finance, Rowan Digital Infrastructure. The moderators are Christine Brozynski and Christy Rivera in New York....
Apr 11, 2025•54 min
Stefan Reisinger, Norton Rose Fulbright partner, joins us to discuss the newly imposed tariffs and how they may affect the infrastructure industry.
Apr 07, 2025•17 min
Ally DeGunther, vice president of strategy for Reflect Orbital, joins us to discuss the company’s development of technology that uses satellites to reflect sunlight after dark, and how this technology could be applied.
Apr 03, 2025•26 min
Rob Piconi, CEO of Energy Vault, joins host Todd Alexander to discuss the energy storage market and novel storage solutions that Energy Vault has been working on.
Mar 27, 2025•25 min
Vitaly Lee, EVP and Chief Development Officer of Qcells, joins us to discuss the outlook of greenfield solar development in 2025, the M&A market outlook, and more.
Mar 18, 2025•21 min
Kirk Edelman, CEO of SolMicroGrid, joins us to discuss microgrids, their benefits, how they can be deployed, and more.
Mar 13, 2025•11 min
Katie Ellet, CEO of ETCH, joins us to discuss ETCH’s process for decarbonizing natural gas to produce clean hydrogen and solid carbon.
Mar 06, 2025•16 min
Jim Boyle, CEO of Sustainability Roundtable Inc., joins us to discuss the reverse auction procurement process system Sustainability Roundtable has developed where companies and municipalities can incentivize the development of new renewable energy projects.
Feb 27, 2025•27 min
Jared Haines, CEO of Catalyze, joins us to discuss the community solar development process and success Catalyze has had in the New York community solar market.
Feb 20, 2025•24 min
Eugene Beh, CEO of Quino Energy, joins us to discuss how water-based batteries can meet the growing demand for long-term and middle-term energy storage.
Feb 13, 2025•24 min
Apoorv Sinha, CEO of Carbon Upcycling, joins us to discuss how his company is taking carbon emissions from industrial processes and upcycling them into new materials.
Feb 06, 2025•24 min
Britta von Oesen, partner and managing director at CRC-IB, joins us to discuss the US renewables market, with a particular focus on the M&A market.
Jan 31, 2025•28 min
Four industry experts discuss the final rules released earlier this month by The US Treasury to make it easier to claim tax credits for making hydrogen. The four are Rachel Crouch, chief counsel, hydrogen, The AES Corporation, Matt McMonagle, CEO & Founder, NovoHydrogen, Josh Stolaroff, CEO, Mote Hydrogen and Jacob Susman, CEO, Ambient Fuels, LLC. The moderator is James Berger in Los Angeles.
Jan 22, 2025•55 min
Gary Cate, director of energy market analytics at Fluence, joins the podcast to discuss electricity price forecasting and its role in the energy services sector.
Jan 16, 2025•27 min
Four project finance industry veterans talk about what to expect in the year ahead for tax equity, tax credit sales and debt. The four are Jack Cargas, managing director and head of tax equity origination, Bank of America , Ralph Cho , co-CEO, Apterra Infrastructure Capital , Rubiao Song , managing director and head of energy investments, JPMorgan , and Elizabeth Waters , managing director - project finance Americas, MUFG . The moderator is Keith Martin in Washington....
Jan 10, 2025•57 min
Amy Duffuor, co-founder and general partner of Azolla Ventures, joins us to discuss venture capital investments in the renewable energy sector.
Jan 02, 2025•26 min
Michelle Demers, CEO of Boundless Impact and Analytics, joins us to discuss the use of data to help investors understand climate-related risks.
Dec 19, 2024•25 min
Stefan Reisinger, Norton Rose Fulbright partner, joins us to discuss the new anti-dumping duties on imported solar panels using cells made in Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Vietnam.
Dec 12, 2024•16 min
A new report by Wood Mackenzie predicts a number of consequences from rising US demand for electricity. Chris Seiple, vice chairman, energy transition and power & renewables of Wood Mackenzie, discusses the findings.
Dec 05, 2024•29 min
Five prominent stock analysts discuss how they expect policy changes in the wake of the Trump victory to affect renewable energy, storage, transmission, RNG and other parts of the energy transition sector. The five are George Gianarikas , managing director and senior analyst, Canaccord Genuity, Joe Osha , senior managing director for equity research, Guggenheim Partners, Phil Shen , managing director and senior research analyst, Roth Capital Partners, Whitney Stanco , managing director and senio...
Nov 19, 2024•55 min
Five Washington insiders discuss the election results to assess what they mean for renewable energy, carbon capture, clean hydrogen, RNG and other parts of the energy transition. The five are Michael Catanzaro , CEO, CGCN Group, Richard Glick , principal, GQ New Energy Strategies, Hannah Hawkins , principal, KPMG, David Kautter , federal specialty tax leader, RSM, and Joe Mikrut , partner, Capitol Tax Partners. The moderator is Keith Martin in Washington....
Nov 15, 2024•56 min
Leslie Biddle, Deputy Under Secretary for Commercialization and Finance, and Art Scavone, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Infrastructure, join us to discuss the DOE-lender relationship and the soon to be released Government-Creditor Agreement. Links for more information on the Government-Creditor Agreement: Government-Creditor Agreement | Department of Energy , and to learn about the Under Secretary for Infrastructure: Meet the Office of the Under Secretary for Infrastructure | Departm...
Nov 07, 2024•23 min
David Burton, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, joins us to give an update on the tax credit transferability market.
Oct 31, 2024•17 min
Akshat Kasliwal, managing consultant at PA Consulting, joins us to give his thoughts on the thermal and renewables markets.
Oct 24, 2024•32 min