Green Giants: Titans of Clean Energy Podcast
Welcome to Green Giants: Titans of Clean Energy, a podcast dedicated to unveiling the stories, insights, and strategies of the most influential leaders in the renewable and clean energy sector. Our mission is to offer a platform where the voices of innovators, pioneers, and visionaries in renewable energy are amplified, sharing their journey, challenges, and triumphs with a global audience.
Episodes
120 episodes
From Lab to Scale: Tina Tosukhowong of TDK Ventures on What Makes Deep Tech Commercially Viable
Breakthrough science is only the beginning. The harder challenge is turning promising technology into a system that can operate reliably, economically, and repeatedly in the real world.In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Clean ...
The Battery Breakthrough Hiding in the Electrolyte with David Mackanic, Anthro Energy
What if the next major battery breakthrough does not require a new chemistry, a new factory, or an entirely new manufacturing ecosystem?In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Da...
Geothermal Retrofits: Better Buildings from the Ground Up with Mike Richter, Brightcore Energy
Most of the buildings we will depend on for the next several decades are already standing. That makes the next phase of building decarbonization less about showcase new construction and more about upgrading the systems hidden behind walls, bene...
Can Nuclear Energy Scale? Tony Roulstone on SMRs, Cost, and Repeatability
Nuclear energy is having another moment. But enthusiasm alone will not create a nuclear renaissance.The bigger question is whether the industry can finally learn to deliver complex projects predictably, repeatedly, on time, and at a cost...
Bryan Hassin: There Is No Energy Transition Without a Materials Transition
The energy transition is usually framed around generation, storage, transmission, permitting, and capital. But one of the biggest constraints may be hiding in plain sight: the physical materials required to build everything.In this episo...
Why Energy Projects Fail: The Owner’s Role in Cost, Risk, and Delivery
Major energy projects do not fail simply because of weak contractors, poor controls, or the wrong contract structure. They fail when owners misunderstand their role.In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, We...
Lisa Jacobson on the Race to Power America’s Next Era
America’s energy system has entered a new phase.After years of relatively flat electricity demand, the country is now facing sustained growth driven by data centers, industrial expansion, electrification, reshoring, aging infrastructure,...
Kellie Macpherson on NERC Compliance, Cybersecurity, and Grid Reliability
Renewable energy has scaled rapidly. Now the industry faces a more demanding question: can solar, wind, and storage operate with the discipline, security, and reliability expected of critical infrastructure?In this episode of Green G...
Why Clear Communication Wins in Solar with Aaron Nichols
Solar has world-changing technology, but the industry still struggles to explain itself clearly.In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth, President of Lee Group Search, sits down with Aaron Nicho...
Building the Power Behind AI: Nuclear, SMRs, and the Delivery Challenge
Electricity demand is entering a sharp new growth cycle. After years of relatively flat demand, the economy is becoming more electric at the same time AI and data centers are exploding. New manufacturing, reshoring, EV charging, building electr...
John Berger on Otovo, AI, and the Solar Service Crisis
In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with John Berger, CEO of Otovo, to unpack one of the most important and under-discussed problems in distributed energy: the solar service crisis.<...
Liam Ryan of Streetleaf: The Solar Streetlight Revolution Hidden in Plain Sight
Streetlights are one of the most overlooked pieces of community infrastructure. Most people only notice them when they fail. But for builders, developers, utilities, municipalities, and storm-prone communities, streetlighting can quietly shape ...
Drew Maggio of Highmark on Heat Pumps and the Hidden Energy Inside Cities
What if the next major clean energy opportunity is all around us in the systems cities already use every day?In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host Wes Ashworth, President of Lee Group Search sits...
Fusion Gets Real: Will Regan on Pacific Fusion’s Path to Clean Firm Power
Fusion has spent decades sitting just beyond the horizon. But according to Will Regan, Founder and Chief Scientist at Pacific Fusion, that story is changing fast.In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host We...
Erica Ocampo of The Metals Company on Deep-Sea Mining, Critical Minerals, and Clean Energy
The energy transition is often discussed in terms of solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, batteries, and grid infrastructure. But beneath all of that progress sits a harder question: where do the critical minerals come from?In...
Frank Tybor of Infravision: Rewiring the Grid with Drone Robotics
Transmission may be the most important energy story most people are not talking about.In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host Wes Ashworth sits down with Frank Tybor, Chief Technology Officer at Infrav...
Community Solar’s Hidden Engine: Trust, Access, and Scale with Sandhya Murali
Episode: Sandhya Murali, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer at Perch EnergyCommunity solar is often described as a simple promise: sign up, receive credits, save money, and support clean energy. But behind that promise is a co...
Quino Energy’s Flow Battery Bet on Safer, Longer Grid Storage
Energy storage is no longer a future need. It is becoming the backbone of a reliable, renewable grid.In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Eugene Beh, Founder and CEO of Quino ...
Vinnie Campo of Haven Energy on the Future of Home Batteries
Electricity demand is accelerating from every direction: AI, data centers, transportation, home electrification, industrial load growth, and rising expectations for reliability. But building new grid infrastructure is getting harder, slower, an...
Sachu Constantine of Vote Solar: Clean Energy Won’t Win by Accident
Clean energy may be cheaper, cleaner, and more scalable than ever, but that does not mean the transition will happen fast enough, fairly enough, or automatically.In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host
Howard Wenger, Nextpower: Building the Utility-Scale Solar Integrated Platform
Episode 100 of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy marks a major milestone and captures a pivotal shift happening across the solar industry.In this episode, Wes Ashworth sits down with Howard Wenger, President...
Amrit Robbins of Axiom Cloud on the Most Overlooked Opportunity in Energy Today
Refrigeration is everywhere. Grocery stores. Warehouses. Cold storage. But almost no one is talking about its climate impact.In Episode 99, Wes Ashworth sits down with Amrit Robbins, CEO and Co-Founder of Axiom Cloud, to unpack a problem...
Aaron Gabelnick on Building Resilient Solar Infrastructure at ARRAY Technologies
What does it actually take to build solar infrastructure that performs for 30 years in the real world?In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Aaron Gabelnick,...
Jason Few of FuelCell Energy on AI, Data Centers, and Power Demand
AI may be grabbing the headlines, but power is becoming the real constraint.In Episode 97 of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Jason Few, President and CEO of FuelCell Energy, for a timely conversation...
B2U Storage Solutions’ Freeman Hall on Unlocking the Second Life of EV Batteries
What happens to electric vehicle batteries after they come off the road is quickly becoming one of the most important questions in energy.In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with F...