The Green Room - Energy Innovation & Renewables Industry Podcast

Veli is joined by special guest Mick Jojic from Clenergy to dive deep into the realities of the solar industry—from technical design challenges to the art of product management.

Whether you're new to renewables or a seasoned professional, this conversation offers lessons, laughs, and the occasional hard truth. 

Plug in for an unfiltered look at what it really takes to deliver solar at scale and how the renewable industry will change over the next decade.

👷‍♂️ Brought to you by Greenwood Solutions — real talk from real experience.


Chapters:

00:00  Welcome and War Stories from the Job Site
08:20 Why Site Inspections Make or Break Your Quote
19:45 The Tools You Think You Need vs. What You Actually Use
29:30 Dealing with Dodgy Roofs, Heritage Buildings & Unseen Headaches
44:15 Project Management: Communicating with Clients & Crews
01:00:00 When the Budget’s Tight: Engineering for Outcome, Not Overkill
01:13:25 Final System Checks, Commissioning & What We Always Forget
01:28:50 The Greenwood Culture: Building Skills and Growing the Academy
01:42:10 Final Thoughts & What’s Coming Next


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When your neighborhood runs on sunshine and batteries— and the odd temperamental diesel genset — “energy” stops being an invoice and becomes your lifestyle. 

In this wide-ranging chat, renewables expert-electrician Anne Wilson takes us from the mud-brick beginnings of her off-grid home to the cutting-edge software that now powers commercial design desks worldwide. Anne explains how life in Victoria’s Moora Moora intentional community (36 households, zero grid connection) sharpened her approach to system sizing, load profiling and big-battery safety; why she now splits her week between training users on Solar Plus and wiring experiments at Glen Morris’s Smart Energy Lab.

Along the way we dig into:

• lead-acid nostalgia vs. lithium reality
• keeping clients honest about hair-dryers, cool-rooms and sneaky loads unaccounted for
• generator gremlins, frequency droop and biodiesel dreams
• battery warranties, FCAS/arbitrage math and three hours of free power in NZ
• building careers (and Flemish-bond houses) as a woman on the tools — including an all-female 100 kW installation
  
  
  

Whether you’re a rooftop rookie, a software geek or a hardened off-grid veteran, Anne’s mix of pragmatism, humor and hard-won lessons will leave you itching to grab a multimeter… or at least read the manual first.

Raised in the cricket loving suburbs of Mumbai to now steering megawatt projects in Melbourne, Jayesh Satani unpacks the exact steps—from visa hurdles to solar accreditation—that turned a Gujarati electronics grad into one of Australia’s go-to product managers for GridSafe secondary protection. 
Jayesh shows you how jugaad-level hustle, family values, and relentless up-skilling helped create his own path. 

This is a must listen for all engineers and graduates who are wanting to pave their path into renewable energy.

Whether you dream of designing Australia’s next solar farm or turbo-charging India’s rooftop revolution, this episode hands you Jayesh's blueprint of how hard work creates your own luck.

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What does real compliance look like on small-scale solar installs? 

Seasoned sparkies Israel Vogel (New Energy Training) and Robbie Nicholls (Green Earth Electrical) bring decades of experience to the table as we unpack the practical side of solar compliance, safety, best practices, and the stuff that actually matters on-site. 

Whether you're on the tools or overseeing projects, this chat is packed with field-tested insights and straight-talking advice every solar professional needs to hear.

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Curious about what it really takes to run a renewable energy project? In this episode of The Green Room, we sit down with Alana Simpkin to uncover the day-to-day challenges, key skills, and personal journey behind managing commercial green energy projects—perfect for anyone eyeing a future in the renewables space.

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Introducing "THE GREEN ROOM" - By Greenwood Academy. 
In this episode of the Green Room , we deep dive into safety standards, common risks, and real-life lessons from the field in Australia’s energy sector. Whether you’re on rooftops, in switch rooms, or designing systems behind the scenes — safety is everything.