Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast
Welcome to Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, a podcast dedicated to unveiling the stories, insights, and strategies of the most influential leaders in the renewable 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.
Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast
How Jeremy Teresinski Is Scaling Utility-Scale Solar Construction at Qcells
What does it take to scale utility-scale solar construction fast, safely, and at gigawatt scale?
In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Jeremy Teresinski, Vice President of Construction at Qcells USA, to explore how one of the most ambitious EPC platforms in the country is redefining how large-scale solar gets built.
Jeremy’s leadership story is anything but traditional. He started his career as a day laborer installing solar modules, worked his way through the trades and electrical apprenticeship, and ultimately rose into executive leadership. Today, he oversees construction execution for Qcells’ self-perform utility-scale projects, including some of the largest solar and energy storage developments currently underway in the United States.
This conversation is about execution, people, and preparation at scale.
Wes and Jeremy unpack how Qcells rapidly built a construction organization from the ground up, moving from minimal self-perform capability to delivering projects measured in hundreds of megawatts and gigawatts. Jeremy shares the systems, standards, and leadership principles required to scale without sacrificing safety, quality, or culture.
Key topics include:
- How Qcells built a scalable construction platform focused on standardization and execution
- Why preparation and planning matter more than speed alone
- How empowering field leaders drives accountability and performance
- What most executives misunderstand about craft labor
- How Qcells supports workforce development, training, and well-being
- The role of automation, physical AI, and new skill sets in the future of solar construction
- Why solar remains the fastest and most affordable solution to meet explosive power demand from AI and data centers
This episode offers a rare look at what the energy transition looks like when leadership comes from the field and execution is treated as a strategic advantage.
If you care about how clean energy is actually built, this is a must-listen.
Links:
Wes Ashworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/weslgs/
- Email: wes@leegroupsearch.com
- https://leegroupsearch.com/green-giants-podcast/
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