The Green Light In this Green Light episode, Catherine sat down with Lightsource bp’s COO & Head of USA, Emilie Wangerman, to hear about her latest updates – from 520 MW of solar projects with Verizon, Bank of America & McDonald’s to scaling agrivoltaics to bp fully acquiring the company. Emilie has worked her way…
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The Green Light Did you know the U.S. Army has over 950 renewable energy projects that supply it with over 480 MW of power? The Army also plans to add 25 new microgrids by 2024. The Department of Defense is one of the largest consumers of energy in the U.S., & for over a decade,…
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The Green Light Solstice recently partnered with ENGIE North America & Microsoft to bring up to 60% electricity savings to low-income households & nonprofits in Illinois through community solar. In this Green Light episode, Catherine spoke with the Founders of Solstice, Steph Speirs & Sandhya Murali, who met in business school at MIT after working…
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The Green Light Heading to the WRISE Leadership Forum in D.C. this year? In this Green Light episode, Catherine spoke with Doseke Akporiaye, Executive Director of WRISE, about what will be new at the Forum, including their executive track, which will help empower senior women & non-binary leaders. Doseke & Catherine also discussed the impact…
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The Green Light What was it like to found an onshore wind development firm & develop a pipeline of 8 GW in a few short years? Catherine spoke with Kenneth Labeja, CFO & Co-Founder at Triple Oak Power, about this, Triple Oak’s recent acquisition by private equity fund Energy Capital Partners & onshore wind development…
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The Green Light From a $4.5M zero emissions trucking project with Forum Mobility, to virtual power plants, to contracting with Clearway Energy Group on a solar project involving Wartsila & NEXTracker, Ava Community Energy continues to track toward 100% carbon-free power by 2030. In fact, NREL recently named Ava, a community choice aggregator, one of…
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The Green Light Are you heading to Cleanpower in May? In this Green Light episode, you will learn what sets this show apart, including its EmpowHER Forum that is associated with WRISE, as well as about the significant growth of the trade association behind the conference. Catherine spoke with Rosanna Maietta, Chief Communications Officer &…
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The Green Light From SunPower to Silicon Ranch to now RWE, Tasha McCarter has provided engineering leadership at every stage in the lifecycle of a power plant. She is now tasked with ensuring continued cleantech growth by focusing on people, processes & technology for RWE, which has nearly 20,000 employees in 30 countries. In this…
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The Green Light Arevon has been all over the news lately with a handful of major announcements, including its $350 million raise from Blackstone for an 800 MWh energy storage project with Southern California Edison, Rosendin & Tesla. In total, Arevon has secured over $2 billion in clean energy project financing over the last 4…
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The Green Light How was Pine Gate Renewables able to grow its team by 3x during the pandemic while also ensuring nearly half of its team remained people who identify as women? In this Green Light episode, Catherine spoke with Eric Shangle, a Navy Veteran & Veterans Advanced Energy Project Fellow, about the company’s myriad…
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