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17 March 2021
The Green Insider - Ep. 28 - Beth Vaughan - Exec. Director - Cal-CCA
We head out to the West Coast for Episode 28 and welcome Beth Vaughan to the program, Executive Director of the California Community Choice Association. A 20+ year veteran of the California Energy scene, Vaughan takes us through her career starting out in New Zealand and the adaptation she made …
10 March 2021
The Green Insider - Ep. 27 - ERCOT Series Finale - Ed Hirs
It’s the Finale of our Three-Part ERCOT Series and it does not disappoint as longtime University of Houston Professor and Energy Fellow Ed Hirs joined us and he pulled no punches in his blunt and candid assessment of the ERCOT failure. Hirs also explains the collateral damage from the disaster …
04 March 2021
The Green Insider - Ep. 26 - ERCOT Series Pt. 2 - Evan Caron & Ken Donohoo
In Part Two of our ERCOT Series looking at what went wrong and what needs to happen moving forward – we welcome Evan Caron, founder of Clear Trace and HGP Storage and one of the brightest minds in renewable energy to share his thoughts. And making a return to the …
02 March 2021
The Green Insider - Ep. 25 - ERCOT Series Pt. 1 - Steve Berberich & Ben Parvey
Despite the warm temperatures and running water, the fallout from the Texas Winter Storm in Mid-February that left Millions of Texans without power in and made ERCOT a household name for all the wrong reason is far from over. Power companies, financiers, policy makers and arguably the rest of the …
24 February 2021
The Green Insider - Ep. 24 - First Five of 2021 Recap Edition
2021 has picked up right where 2020 left off and the renewable world is front and center like never before. To keep pace, we’re recapping the first five guests of this year from The Green Insider while getting you ready for a new series we’re producing on ERCOT after the …
10 February 2021
The Green Insider - Ep. 23 - Bret Estep - Sr. Director - Tenaska Renewable Advisory Group
Where does leadership factor into the Energy Transition and will there be sensible and meaningful discussion as to how renewables and fossil fuels can work together moving forward? Those are just two of the topics we cover with Bret Estep, a 15-year renewable veteran who took his talents to Tenaska …
03 February 2021
The Green Insider - Ep. 22 - Ken Robinson - President of Engie Energy Marketing NA
The Green Energy Revolution is in full-swing so who better to discuss it from a local and global perspective than President of Engie Energy Marketing, North America and longtime Energy Industry Executive Ken Robinson who joins The Green Insider for our latest episode. It’s a wide-ranging and comprehensive discussion where we …
27 January 2021
The Green Insider - Ep. 21 - Steve Berberich - Former CAISO CEO
2021 is moving right along and so are we at The Green Insider as we welcome one of the premier names in the renewable energy movement – former California Independent Systems Operator (CAISO) CEO Steve Berberich. In this exceptionally informative episode, Steve, who retired last October after 15 years with …
20 January 2021
The Green Insider - Ep. 20 - Matt Beaton - SVP at TRC Companies
As we welcome in President Joe Biden, it was only natural that we bring on someone who has experience in the public sector, which made Matt Beaton from TRC Companies and the former Massachusetts Energy Secretary the perfect guest for our third episode of 2021. In it, Matt details the …
13 January 2021
The Green Insider - Ep. 19 - Jake Jacques - CEO - EnergyWare
Our first guest of 2021 is no stranger to the chaotic world of energy and power, but after 25 years in the brokerage world, the New Owner and CEO of EnergyWare, Jake Jacques has his sights set on the renewable energy and energy efficiency market as he and his team …
07 January 2021
The Green Insider - Ep. 18 - 2021 Preview Edition
The New Year is finally upon us and The Green Insider is back at it getting you ready for what’s ahead in the renewable world in 2021. Mike and I also take a quick look back at some of our favorite episodes of 2020, we debut the North American Energy …
22 December 2020
The Green Insider - Ep. 17 - Sarah Ryan - Environmental Defense Fund
The end of 2020 is nigh but that hasn’t stopped us at The Green Insider from finishing the year on a ROLL! Sarah Ryan from the Environmental Defense Fund drops by to talk Vehicle Electrification, EVs, Tesla, where we’re at with mid-to-large fleets and trucks going electric, Sarah’s report on …
16 December 2020
The Green Insider - Ep. 16 - Michael Ducker - Mitsubishi Power
Episode 16 is here and we welcome Michael Ducker, VP of Renewables at Mitsubishi Power. Ducker tells us about the exciting Advanced Clean Energy Storage Project, the only of its kind in the world and what it means for Green Hydrogen in the Renewable Energy Puzzle. He also details the …
10 December 2020
The Green Insider - Ep. 15 - Chaim Lubin - Lincoln International
In episode 15 of The Green Insider, Chaim Lubin, Managing Director for Lincoln International, makes his podcast debut with us and gives the audience a deep dive into the M&A solar space. A 13-year veteran who has specialized on the solar side, Lubin tells us how solar did well despite …
24 November 2020
The Green Insider - Ep. 14 - Thanksgiving Mashup Edition
We’re rounding third on 2020 and it’s no different here at eRENEWABLE as we bring to you our Thanksgiving Mashup edition of The Green Insider, spotlighting the last four guests of the podcast, giving you some of the best of what they had to offer. Tim Echols – Georgia Public …
11 November 2020
The Green Insider - EP. 13 - CPS Energy Pres. & CEO Paula Gold-Williams
The Baker’s Dozen here and it does not disappoint. CPS Energy President and CEO and San Antonio’s 2020 Woman of the Year Paula Gold-Williams drops by The Green Insider for perhaps our most important episode yet as she discusses not just her vision and plan for CPS’s continued implementation of …
05 November 2020
The Green Insider - Ep. 12 - Solvay's Ron Johnson
The Dirty Dozen of Green Insider episodes is here and it’s all clean with our guest Ron Johnson, who like our founder Mike Nemer, took the plunge into the renewable world after a 24 year career in the oil and gas business. In this episode, Ron talks about what made …
28 October 2020
The Green Insider - Ep. 11 - NAEMA Exec. Director Steve Sheppard
Episode 11 of The Green Insider welcomes North American Energy Markets Association (NAEMA) Executive Director to the program where he discusses taking the reins of the organization during a Pandemic, coming out of retirement, the growth of NAEMA in the last half decade, where the organization is heading and the …
20 October 2020
The Green Insider - Ep. 10 - Georgia Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols
The Green Insider ventures down south for the first time since we sat down with eRENEWABLE Founder and President Mike Nemer as we welcome Tim Echols from the Georgia Public Service Commission to the show. A conservative, Echols has garnered national bi-partisan support for the work he’s done bringing renewable …
15 October 2020
The Green Insider - Ep. 9 - RECAP EDITION
You can call it a Quasi-Special Edition episode if you will. The eMEDIA team is happy to release our first Green Insider Recap Episode as we play the best hits from the first eight episodes of the podcast. In this special recap, you’ll hear snippets from all eight guests thus …
23 September 2020
The Green Insider - Ep. 8 - David Smart - BioStar Renewables
Episode Eight of The Green Insider is here and David Smart from BioStar Renewables came by chock full of helpful information and insight. Smart discussed the attitude of renewables in the Midwest, the evolution of Biostar, the projects they’re working on that could have a huge impact on future landfill …
03 September 2020
The Green Insider Podcast - Ep. 7 - Philip Gonski - Burns Engineering
In this episode Philip Gonski takes us on a discussion that dives into Carbon Neutrality, the pros and cons of going electric and the impact Green aka Economics – has a on going Green. It’s wide-ranging conversation that you’ll no doubt enjoy on the status quo of the grid and …
26 August 2020
The Green Insider - Ep. 6 - Sammy Reifer from Scale Microgrid Solutions
Episode Six of the Green Insider Podcast is out and we were delighted to be joined by Sammy Reifer from Scale Microgrid Solutions. Reifer is the Director of Special Projects for Scale and handles everything from policy legislation initiatives to business development and is a one-woman wrecking crew when it …
17 August 2020
The Green Insider GridNext2020 Series Pt. 2 - Ken Donohoo
In Part Two of our Three-Part Series on GridNext2020 – we sit down with Ken Donohoo from Electric Power Engineers and one of the Keynote Speakers at Gridnext on Aug. 19. Ken, a 37-year vet in the renewable space, breaks down the barriers facing renewables, the momentum the industry has …