This week, Thomas Byrne, CEO of CleanCapital, sits down with Varun Sivaram, a thought leader in the clean energy space. He’s We discuss his exceptional new book, Taming the Sun, which outlines the current clean energy landscape, and the advances that we need to make to unleash it. It's a thought-provoking book, and we encourage all listeners to grab a copy. I hope you enjoy the conversation.

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Learn more about Varun (@VSIV): Science & Technology Fellow @CFR_org; Prof @GeorgetownSFS; Fellow @ColumbiaUEnergy. Order the @MITPress book, #TamingTheSun via http://amzn.to/2Aaal2E

For our 20th episode of Experts Only, we are bringing you an Experts Only first. Join us for our first ever live taping of the podcast at the PACENation Summit in Denver last month. Our bi-partisan panel discusses the different perspectives on PACE, how it relates to policy goals, and the wavering support from the federal government. The panel was a lively discussion of PACE administrators who are well versed in federal policy, as well as leaders in both Residential and Commercial PACE, and affinity groups. Tune in to learn why they’re interested in PACE financing.

Panelists:

Genevieve Sherman

Head of New Markets and Partnerships, Greenworks Lending

Keith den Hollander

National Field Director, The Christian Coalition

Michele Combs

Chairman and Founding Partner, Young conservatives for energy reform

Cisco Devries

Founder and CEO, Renew Financial

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Learn more about PACENation: http://pacenation.us/

This week, Thomas Byrne, CEO of CleanCapital, sits down with Graham Smith, CEO and Founder of Open Energy Group. We discuss the challenges of financing small scale solar as well as the opportunities presented by technology to simplify the process. Graham was drawn to clean energy from a very early age and seized the opportunity to combine his background in finance with his early passion as a career in renewable energy finance. He has also had a front row seat to evolution of the global clean energy landscape and offers a unique perspective on where the industry is headed.

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Learn more about Open Energy Group: https://www.openenergygroup.com/

We have a unique episode this week. There is a lot of industry interest in PACE financing but not a lot of people know how it works. So we're joined this week by PACEnation's, David Gabrielson. David serves as the Executive Director and founded PACEnation in 2010. David and I will talk about PACE, which is property assessed clean energy, which is a financing mechanism that enables low cost, long term funding for energy efficiency, renewable energy and water conservation projects for both residential and commercial. The PACE financing is repaid as an assessment on the properties, regular tax bill in his process, the same way that other local public benefits assessments are like sidewalks and sewers and those programs have been in place for decades. But a lot depends on the local legislation. PACE can be used for commercial, nonprofit and residential properties.

Today’s episode is a great introduction to this innovative and complex PACE financing for #CleanEnergy. Listeners can learn even more at the PACEnation Summit, which will be out in Denver in March. Learn more at PACENation.us.

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Join us this week for a great conversation with Ethan Zindler, Head of Americas at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Ethan’s career has taken him from baggage checker on the Clinton campaign to the White House to MTV to the early days of clean energy covering Cape Wind. For the last 12 years, as Head of Americas for Bloomberg NEF, he’s been at the helm when it comes to clean energy research, with industry leading data on deals and market reports, trends and forecasting. Today we have a great discussion about the market trends and the progress of the industry over the last 10 years. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

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Jon is back this week for a deep dive on energy with Dr. Arun Majumdar, former Director of Department of Energy’s ARPA-E and now at Stanford University. This conversation takes us through the amazing transformations that are happening in the energy space. We talk about how we are in a “tipping period” where we are seeing fundamental change in the energy markets, technology and the future of the space. Enjoy the conversation.

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Additional Resources:

Dr Arun Majumbar’s talk “Navigating the Turbulence of the Global Energy System” https://engineering.cmu.edu/news-events/events/2017/11/29-majumdar-global-energy.html

Learn more about ARPA-E at the ARPA-E Innovations Summit March 13-15, 2019 in Washington, DC - http://www.arpae-summit.com/

This week, Thomas Byrne, CleanCapital CEO, guest hosts for an exciting conversation with Ron Suber, a FinTech leader and pioneer as the President Emeritus of Prosper Marketplace. It’s a great discussion on the history of FinTech and how marketplace lending is transforming finance. Ron has been at the forefront of the advancements taking place in the financial marketplace and the growing interest to interact with the next generation of consumers. Learn what’s in store as we head into the “Golden Age of FinTech” and how we can finance online in a more efficient way.

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This week we sit down with Hans Kobler, CEO and Managing Partner of Energy Impact Partners. It’s an interesting conversation on how Energy Impact Partners is working with sixteen global energy companies, including major utility companies like Southern Company, National Grid and Exel Energy. This represents a cumulative $263 billion in market value. We discuss the culture change happening in those utilities leading to investments and pursuit of energy innovation.

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Learn more about Energy Impact Partners via https://www.energyimpactpartners.com/

This week we sit down with Tom Matzzie, CEO and President of CleanChoice Energy. It’s an informative conversation as we discuss wholesale energy markets. Tom does a great job of breaking down how these complex markets work and how CleanChoice is making it faster and easier to participate in the space.Tom’s journey is also an interesting one as he navigated from political advocacy to clean energy. Join us we learn how technology and innovation is simplifying and driving broader adoption of clean energy through wholesale energy markets.

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Learn more about CleanChoice Energy and how you can get involved: https://cleanchoiceenergy.com/

This week we sit down with Adam Browning, Executive Director of Vote Solar. We explore Vote Solar’s unique role in the marketplace. This conversation is especially timely given the political climate surrounding renewables at the federal level, pending tax reform, and the tariff case before the International Trade Commission.