Factor This podcast

Factor This

Launched in 2022, the Factor This Podcast has featured many of the most influential leaders driving the energy transition. From solar and battery storage executives to utility CEOs, the Factor This Podcast brings unique insights and answers to the energy industry’s most pressing challenges. Go beyond high-level trends and mainstream talking points with actionable takeaways. The Factor This Podcast grew in 2023 with the addition of This Week in Cleantech, a weekly roundup of the biggest stories in climate and clean energy in 15 minutes or less. With new episodes every Friday, Factor This content director Paul Gerke and Mike Casey, a cleantech commentator and president of Tigercomm, bring listeners the most important headlines of the week while featuring the leading journalists behind the stories. The all-new FactorThis.com is your best source for news, commentary, and analysis of renewable energy and the power grid.

Launched in 2022, the Factor This Podcast has featured many of the most influential leaders driving the energy transition. From solar and battery storage executives to utility CEOs, the Factor This Podcast brings unique insights and answers to the energy industry’s most pressing challenges. Go beyond high-level trends and mainstream talking points with actionable takeaways. The Factor This Podcast grew in 2023 with the addition of This Week in Cleantech, a weekly roundup of the biggest stories in climate and clean energy in 15 minutes or less. With new episodes every Friday, Factor This content director Paul Gerke and Mike Casey, a cleantech commentator and president of Tigercomm, bring listeners the most important headlines of the week while featuring the leading journalists behind the stories. The all-new FactorThis.com is your best source for news, commentary, and analysis of renewable energy and the power grid.

 

#203

This Week in Cleantech (12/12/2025) - Can these senators save NEPA?

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#202

This Week in Cleantech (12/05/2025) - 'Amid the ashes' of the 2025 LA wildfires

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05 Dec 2025

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05 Dec 2025


#201

This Week in Cleantech (11/21/2025) - Oil industry gears up for a comeback

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21 Nov 2025

23 MINS

23:29

21 Nov 2025


#200

Semiconductors, Storage, and the Future of Transmission

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18 Nov 2025

38 MINS

38:23

18 Nov 2025


#199

This Week in Cleantech (11/14/2025) - Can rising electricity prices be a winning issue for Democrats...

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14 Nov 2025

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14 Nov 2025


#198

GridFAST and furious: EPRI initiative expediting EV infrastructure deployment

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12 Nov 2025

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47:49

12 Nov 2025


#197

This Week in Cleantech (11/07/2025) - What does a pragmatic 'climate reset' look like?

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07 Nov 2025

27 MINS

27:58

07 Nov 2025


#196

This Week in Cleantech (10/31/2025) - Are data centers really to blame for rising electricity costs?

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31 Oct 2025

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22:32

31 Oct 2025


#195

Understanding ERCOT's strategy for grid transformation

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27 Oct 2025

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34:17

27 Oct 2025


#194

This Week in Cleantech (10/24/2025) - Why are Democrats suddenly downplaying climate change?

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24 Oct 2025

19 MINS

19:25

24 Oct 2025


#193

This Week in Cleantech (10/17/2025) - Who's winning the renewables race?

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17 Oct 2025

27 MINS

27:35

17 Oct 2025


#192

The reality of residential solar

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13 Oct 2025

46 MINS

46:06

13 Oct 2025


#191

This Week in Cleantech (10/10/2025) - Private equity's bet on utilities

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10 Oct 2025

22 MINS

22:22

10 Oct 2025


#190

This Week in Cleantech (10/03/2025) - Rick Perry's nuclear bet

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03 Oct 2025

20 MINS

20:13

03 Oct 2025


#189

This Week in Cleantech (09/26/2025) - Solar-powered vehicles, on a road near you?

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26 Sep 2025

26 MINS

26:03

26 Sep 2025


#188

This Week in Cleantech (09/19/2025) - Will rate cuts provide relief for renewables?

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19 Sep 2025

15 MINS

15:47

19 Sep 2025


#187

WoodMac weighs in on the state of the clean energy industry at RE+

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15 Sep 2025

41 MINS

41:28

15 Sep 2025


#186

This Week in Cleantech (09/12/2025) - New battlefronts in Trump's war on wind

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12 Sep 2025

19 MINS

19:33

12 Sep 2025


#185

California utility reflects on learnings from the largest virtual power plant test in US history

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08 Sep 2025

27 MINS

27:20

08 Sep 2025


#184

This Week in Cleantech (09/05/2025) - Utilities brace for data center unknowns

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05 Sep 2025

18 MINS

18:26

05 Sep 2025


#183

This Week in Cleantech (08/29/2025) - Is electricity just going to keep getting more expensive?

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29 Aug 2025

21 MINS

21:10

29 Aug 2025


#182

This Week in Cleantech (08/22/2025) - Can Google reduce it's AI energy footprint?

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22 Aug 2025

21 MINS

21:24

22 Aug 2025


#181

This Week in Cleantech (08/15/2025) - A more affordable electric pickup truck?

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15 Aug 2025

23 MINS

23:13

15 Aug 2025