Inside Renewable Energy

In this episode, Scott Tew, the founder and leader of the Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability at Ingersoll Rand, discusses Ingersoll Rand’s work toward achieving its sustainability goals and what other companies can learn from that experience.

In this episode, Ron DiFelice of Energy Intelligence Partners puts the challenges and opportunities of entering the energy storage market into perspective for businesses interested in everything from energy markets to big solar plus storage pairings.

In this episode, guest Joel Stronberg gives a U.S. midterms election update, and outlines what might happen in Washington D.C. before November and what the renewables industry should be thinking about beyond election day.

In this episode, representatives of Blue Planet Energy discuss their work in Puerto Rico helping communities deliver on the value of energy storage and solar power through training and education.

In this second episode of our cybersecurity series, Brian Wrozek with Optiv Security discusses realistic cybersecurity concerns for renewable energy system owners as they look at a future that includes an ever-increasing digital backbone for their operations.

In this first episode of our cybersecurity series, Joe Sullivan with FMC GlobalSat discusses the communications backbone of renewable energy IoT and how companies can secure their data in the future.

In this episode, Joel Stronberg of the JBS Group takes a closer look at how we talk about climate-related energy issues and where the language we use drives a wedge between stakeholders. He says that people with differing opinions do meet on some issues, and it’s possible to maximize the benefits of that common ground.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has a broad set of applications, and exactly how it could be applied in the renewables sector and what changes it might bring to the grid can seem elusive. But this future-like technology is already hard at work for our power system. Stem Inc.’s Larsh Johnson explains in this episode.

Businesses are asking how much attention they should be paying to blockchain now and what the opportunities are for this crypto-technology in the future. In this episode, Dan Wellers, Global Lead for Digital Futures for SAP, ventures into the coming possibilities of blockchain for renewables and the entire energy value chain.

Motivating young people to take an interest in renewable energy and engineering is critical to our sustainable, long-term energy future. In this episode, hear how one program provides that inspiration with remote controlled solar cars, with guests Noah Davis, executive director of Solar Rollers, and Jayvin Krzych, a Solar Rollers alumn and engineering student.

In this episode of Inside Renewable Energy, Rajit Gadh of the Smart Grid Energy Research Center at UCLA breaks down the sectors involved in vehicle-to-grid technology, identifying the path to widespread adoption for V2G and the resulting benefits to the power grid.

What is the importance of the midterm elections for the clean energy and climate communities in the US? How can these communities form messaging as identity groups to cause change before November’s elections? Guest Joel Stronberg takes a closer look at the issues these communities face before the midterms and the concrete actions they can take starting now.

In the world of inverters, it’s an exciting time. Catch up with Bruce Bailey and Ken Boyce of UL on what the market for advanced inverters looks like today, why they can support the growth of a clean and resilient grid, and what their evolution will look like over time.

In this episode of Inside Renewable Energy, Joel Stronberg of the JBS Group joins Jennifer Delony of Renewable Energy World for a discussion about the top three big events that happened in Washington that affected the renewables industry in 2017, plus what critical issues we should be watching in 2018 and the actions industry members can take next year to stay informed and involved in the evolution of renewables in the U.S.

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