SunCast

978: Solar + Farming, Part 2: How Developers Earn Lasting Community Trust | Lauren Glickman

Getting a solar project approved is one thing. Building enough trust that the community welcomes the next project is another. In this Part 2 of Nico Johnson’s conversati

977: Solar + Farming, Part 1: How Solar Can Help Save American Farmland | Lauren Glickman

For years, the solar industry has defended development on agricultural land by arguing that solar can help keep farms in the family and protect them from more permanent f

976: AI Can Pay 100X More for Power. Is This Clean Energy's Moment? | Hans Royal, David Siap, & Peter Kelly-Detwiler

AI is changing electricity demand faster than the grid was built to accommodate it. But the more interesting question may not be how much power data centers need. It may

975: Powerful Branding: How to Build a Brand Your Team Can Actually Use | Aimee Tuck

A strong brand should do more than make your company recognizable. It should help your people understand what the company stands for, who it serves, and how to make bette

974: How to Make the Case for Solar + Storage to People Who Don’t Speak Energy

What if the difference between winning support and losing your audience isn’t better data, but knowing how to tell the story? In this episode, the tables are turned once

973: 11 Years of SunCast: What Changed, What We Missed, What’s Next | Nico Johnson & Josh Beck

After more than two decades working in clean energy and 11 years behind the mic at SunCast, Nico Johnson has had a front-row seat to an industry that looks radically diff

972: How Smart Solar Developers Treat Land as Growth Capital | Laura Pagliarulo

Could the land beneath your solar project help finance the next one, without giving up equity in your company? Laura Pagliarulo, CEO and co-founder of SolaREIT™, returns

971: The Hidden Bottleneck Slowing Solar Automation | Nick de Vries, Matt Campbell & Frédéric Laure

If robotic automation is becoming inevitable in utility-scale solar, where does that thesis run into the realities of actually building a power plant? That's the questio

970: 11 Years, 3 Pivots, and a Successful Exit | Jason Kaminsky

What does it actually take to build a company someone else eventually wants to buy? For Jason Kaminsky and kWh Analytics, the answer was 11 years, three major pivots, a

969: Could Data Centers Pay for Your Rooftop Solar? | Barry Cinnamon

Data centers need enormous amounts of power, and apparently they need it fast. What if some of the outrageous sums of money they’re willing to spend to get that power wen

968: How to Make Better Building Technology Investable | Dermot & Aiden Sweeny

Buildings consume an enormous amount of energy. We have plenty of technologies that could make them perform better. So why is the real estate industry often so slow to ad

967: Why U.S. Solar Costs 2–3x More Than Australia | Barry Cinnamon

In Australia, residential solar and storage can be installed for about $2 a watt. In the U.S., a comparable system can cost more than twice that. Why? Barry Cinnamon wa

966: When Solar Works But the Savings Don’t | Charlotte Meerstadt

When Charlotte Meerstadt put solar on her Amsterdam home, the numbers made sense. Then Charlotte moved to the U.S. and rented out the apartment. The solar panels kept do

965: 3 Lessons From Germany’s Plug-In Solar Boom | Stephan Scherer

Germany has turned plug-in solar from a fringe idea into a mainstream energy product found in millions of homes. And the biggest lessons for the U.S. aren't really about

964: Why the Best Energy Technology Doesn't Always Win | Sass Peress

The best technology does not always win. Sass Peress has spent nearly four decades learning why. Since entering solar in 1988, he has built companies, introduced new tec

963: How Exact Solar Keeps Growing in a Shrinking Market | Aaron Nichols

While many solar companies are fighting to stay afloat, Exact Solar is flying. After growing 23% and then 50% in the previous two years, the Pennsylvania installer says

962: What If We Paid Households to Power the Grid? | Ari Matusiak

America needs more power. Data centers are accelerating demand, utilities are planning billions of dollars in new infrastructure, and households will ultimately help pay

961: Latinoamérica 2026: Dónde Poner Tiempo, Capital y Capacidad de Ejecución (Español)

En Latinoamérica, la oportunidad no siempre está donde se anuncia más capacidad, sino donde existe una combinación real de demanda, capital comprometido y capacidad de ej

960: Why Good Companies Still Struggle to Get Noticed | Melissa Baldwin

Good companies don't automatically get noticed. And doing good work isn't enough to ensure that customers, investors, journalists, communities, or increasingly AI systems

959: The Argument for Automation: Making Solar Construction More Predictable | Cody Houser, FTC Solar

Solar construction has always depended on experienced crews adapting to whatever the jobsite throws at them. But what happens when the industry needs to build more projec