Solar

Streamlining the difficult work of whole-home retrofits

Grant Gunnison explains how digitizing project design can save local contractors from the grueling overhead of the HVAC sales process.

May 6 • David Roberts

1:02:28

Enabling ordinary people to invest in renewable energy projects

Energea co-founder Mike Silvestrini explains why the best returns in renewable energy are hiding in places often overlooked by traditional investors.

Apr 29 • David Roberts

1:03:48

The big stories from the last year in electricity

The biggest stories from the global power sector in 2025, from India's new path to a possible plateau in fossil generation.

Apr 22 • David Roberts

1:07:17

Ruggedized solar power for the hard places

I chat with Lauren Flanagan about self-contained solar nanogrids in disaster areas & forward deployments.

Apr 10 • David Roberts

50:26

A Tesla vet tries to master the VPP market

Kunal Girotra and I explore the massive potential of combining plug-and-play home batteries with smart enterprise software to stabilize the grid

Mar 18 • David Roberts

1:16:32

Taiwan's energy dilemma

Yeh-Tang "Ricky" Huang and I discuss the struggle to build renewables, the nuclear debate, and the promise of geothermal power.

Feb 4 • David Roberts

1:09:45

How to make rooftop solar power as cheap in the US as it is in Australia

Nick Josefowitz and Andrew Birch join me to explain how slashing red tape can bring Australian solar prices to the US.

Jan 28 • David Roberts

1:08:20

Sen. Brian Schatz wants permitting reform, but not like this

Hawaii's senator on the Trump "solar ban," the pivot to energy affordability, and the hard lessons of the IRA.

Dec 31, 2025 • David Roberts

56:41

What's the real story with Australian rooftop solar?

Saul Griffith joins me to debunk the myths surrounding Australia's massive influx of solar energy.

Dec 26, 2025 • David Roberts

1:27:31

What's the deal with balcony solar?

Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.

Nov 26, 2025 • David Roberts

1:07:20

Clean electrification is inevitable

Kingsmill Bond explains why the global march of "electrotech" has moved beyond the reach of US political interference.

Nov 21, 2025 • David Roberts

1:22:33

Michael Liebreich on a "pragmatic climate reset"

Michael Liebreich joins me to argue that the climate movement is alienating the very people it needs to persuade.

Oct 31, 2025 • David Roberts

42:58

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