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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.

This week’s episode features special guest Jack Ewing from The New York Times, who wrote about how Massachusetts start-up Factorial Energy, led by Siyu Huang, has successfully tested its solid-state battery in a Mercedes-Benz EQS sedan

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Carlo Angeles, of the Biodiversity Credit Alliance who posted about how defaunation is breaking our forests. He shared that there is a 68% decrease in forest regeneration when key dispersers are gone, along with other information that we’ll include in our episode writeup. Congratulations, Carlo!

This Week in Cleantech — May 22, 2025

1. Tax bill passed by House Republicans would gut Biden-era clean energy tax credits –– AP News
2. Swiss Clean-Energy Startup Produces Diesel From Solar Power –– The Wall Street Journal
3. Trump orders the government to stop enforcing rules he doesn’t like –– The Washington Post
4. Renewable Energy Is Booming in Texas. Republicans Want to Change That. –– The New York Times
5. A Decade-Long Search for a Battery That Can End the Gasoline Era –– The New York Times

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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.

This week’s episode features special guest Nico Rivero from The Washington Post, who wrote about how some startups are are reviving zeppelins as a low-emissions option for cargo and tourism.

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is one of our previous ‘This Week in Cleantech’ guests, Michael Thomas, founder at Cleanview and Distilled. He analyzed Cleanview data showing that 78% of post-IRA clean energy projects—and $100 billion in investment—benefit Republican districts, warning that repealing the IRA would hurt those communities most. Congratulations, Michael!

This Week in Cleantech — May 16, 2025

1. US House targets big climate, clean energy rollbacks in budget proposal — Reuters
2. How Donald Trump blew the offshore wind industry off course — The Verge
3. How this coal company could help break U.S. dependence on China for rare earths — CNBC
4. Energy prices push chemicals groups to explore exit from Europe — The Financial Times
5. Why these start-ups think zeppelins could be the future of air travel — The Washington Post

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Utilities are doing all they can to accommodate large load customers like AI data centers, but some worry those efforts come at a cost to other customers. On this episode of the Factor This podcast, West Monroe Partner Sam Uyeno explains how the proliferation of data centers could actually lower electricity prices. In a far-reaching discussion, Uyeno and host Paul Gerke touch on demand flexibility, the potential benefits of AI in grid planning, and the complexities of co-location and supply chain issues. Uyeno also previews his participation in the upcoming DTECH Data Centers & AI event in San Jose, California.

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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.

This week’s episode features special guest Alex Kaufman, who wrote for the The Atlantic about how Trump’s administration is fast-tracking domestic mining projects, pushing executive orders and green-lighting new rare earth and mineral ventures to reduce reliance on foreign sources like China.

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Meredith Connolly, who shared a story from her first road trip in an electric vehicle. Charging her car cost just $22, but the station was in front of a Target so she ended up spending more inside the store than she did on charging. Her point: businesses should want EV chargers, because they bring in more customers.

This Week in Cleantech — May 6, 2025

1. Why Going Nuclear Is the Only Good Choice: Merryn Talks Money — Bloomberg
2. Republicans say EVs don’t pay their fair share. Here’s the math. — The Washington Post
3. India Sees a Future Making Solar Panels for Itself, and Maybe the World — The New York Times
4. United Bets on Photosynthesis and Limestone to Fuel Net-Zero Flight Path — The Wall Street Journal
5. The Missing Part of Trump’s Minerals Math — The Atlantic

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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.

This week’s episode features special guest Molly Taft from WIRED, who wrote about how several states and startups are suing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), arguing its strict, slow regulations stifle innovation in small nuclear reactor development.

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Maddy Mowrey, Event Specialist at National Grid Renewables. She was the point person for the National Grid Executive Parnter Summit event in Nashville last week. Congratulations Maddy!

This Week in Cleantech — May 2, 2025

1. U.S. Needs More Power for AI—but Critical Equipment Is Pricey and Scarce — The Wall Street Journal
2. Video: Underwater windmills could revolutionize our energy systems — CNN Business
3. How a Carbon Pipeline Is Turning Iowa Against Wind — Heatmap News
4. Farmers are making bank harvesting a new crop: Solar energy — Grist
5. States and Startups Are Suing the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission — WIRED

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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.

This week’s episode features MIT Technology Review's Casey Crownhart, who wrote about how $8 billion of US climate tech projects have been canceled so far this year.

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Rev. Nate Pyle, senior pastor at Christ’s Community Church in Fishers, Indiana for supporting rooftop solar on his church and helping show the community how caring for the planet is part of their faith.

This Week in Cleantech — April 25, 2025

1. US Imposes Tariffs Up to 3,521% on Asian Solar Imports — Bloomberg News
2. The Heat Coming Out of Your Car’s Tailpipe? Some Can Be Turned Into Electricity — The Wall Street Journal
3. Scientists say they can calculate the cost of oil giants’ role in global warming — The Washington Post
4. As Tesla Falters, These New EVs Are Picking Up the Pace – Bloomberg
5. $8 billion of US climate tech projects have been canceled so far in 2025 — MIT Technology Review

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In this episode of the Factor This podcast, host Paul Gerke taps into the brain of a leading expert, Craig Clements of San Jose State University, to discuss the evolving threat wildfires pose to utility infrastructure and explore how a rigorously tested product, Hexion's ArmorBuilt, could stand as an effective means of protecting vital equipment.

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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less featuring John Engel and Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.

This week’s episode features Jake Spring from The Washington Post, who wrote about how the Trump administration ordered an immediate halt to construction on the Empire Wind project, a major offshore wind development off the coast of New York.

This week's "Cleantechers of the Week" are Andrea Giampoli & Alyssa Edwards who were Chairs for the (sold out!) ACP Siting + Permitting Conference in Seattle this week. Congratulations Andrea and Alyssa!

This Week in Cleantech — April 18, 2025

1. This Massive Hydrogen Project Could Hurt the Climate More Than It Helps — Heatmap News
2. Google’s geothermal energy ambitions are growing — The Verge
3. New technologies are helping to regrow Arctic sea ice — Grist
4. Bringing back evaporative cooling for data centers — Latitude Media
5. Trump administration halts New York offshore wind project — The Washington Post

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