SolarWakeup Live! with Yann Brandt

SolarWakeup Live! is the insider's guide to the solar and energy markets. Hosted by Yann Brandt, the managing editor of SolarWakeup and CEO of Wakeup Media. Yann Brandt is a veteran executive of the solar industry. After several startups, Yann also founded SolarWakeup, the most influential newsletter in the industry. SolarWakeup is now a big part of Wakeup Media and Yann continues to work in solar investing hundreds of millions of dollars across the Country. Join Yann as he walks you through the most important issues in energy. With expert guests and insiders that have been in your shoes and tell you what creates an impact in your business every day.

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14. Dan Shugar, CEO of Nextracker, on his 30 years in solar and how the growth will keep going

Dan Shugar is the CEO of Nextracker, a FLEX company. Dan, or Shug as his friends call him, has been in the solar industry for nearly 30 years and in some way always thought about trackers. In this interview we talk about his background and how he has built several companies in solar with success and why Nextracker is a market share leader in most markets around the world. This is an interview you don't want to miss. Some links to things we talked about in the podcast. His testimony to Congress h...

Dec 15, 2020•58 min

13. CEO of SEIA, Abby Hopper, Reflects On Biden Victory And McConnell's Senate

13. CEO of SEIA, Abby Hopper, Reflects On Biden Victory And McConnell's Senate by Yann Brandt

Nov 12, 2020•46 min

12. Deregulating Energy Monopolies In the Southeast with Mike O'Boyle From Energy Innovation

In this episode of the SolarWakeup podcast, Yann talks to Mike O’Boyle from Energy Innovation where he is the Director of Electricity Policy. Energy Innovation recently published a report authored by Mike that looks at the southeastern US energy market if it were based on competitive power markets instead of monopolies. The results are as expected, consumers would have cleaner electricity at lower prices while more jobs are created. This RTO would span from Florida to the Carolinas and into the ...

Sep 22, 2020•38 min

11. C&I Solar Fixed By Retail Energy Company Startup with Catalyst Power's Gabe Phillips

In this episode Yann talks to Gabe Phillips, the CEO and founder of Catalyst Power. Catalyst received the backing of BP Energy Partners to the tune of $60million in order to scale their retail energy business. Gabe describes the novel approach to distributed generation development in coordination with the retail energy business under the same business umbrella. Gabe was the CEO and founder of GP Energy Management which was acquired by Genscape a few years ago. If you enjoy this episode please te...

Aug 27, 2020•30 min

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