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Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

Wes Ashworth

85 episodes

4 days ago

Climate change is no longer a distant or abstract issue. It is rapidly becoming a financial reality embedded in home values, insurance premiums, mortgage risk, and long-term affordability. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Winston Morton, CEO of Climative, to explore how physical climate risk is reshaping the economics of buildings across North America and why resilience is emerging as one of the most important value drivers in real estat...

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Climate change is no longer a distant or abstract issue. It is rapidly becoming a financial reality embedded in home values, insurance premiums, mortgage risk, and long-term affordability. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Winston Morton, CEO of Climative, to explore how physical climate risk is reshaping the economics of buildings across North America and why resilience is emerging as one of the most important value drivers in real estat...

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Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

The Future of Home Value, Climate Risk, and Resilience with Climative CEO Winston Morton

Climate change is no longer a distant or abstract issue. It is rapidly becoming a financial reality embedded in home values, insurance premiums, mortgage risk, and long-term affordability. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Winston Morton, CEO of Climative, to explore how physical climate risk is reshaping the economics of buildings across North America and why resilience is emerging as one of the most important value drivers in real estat...

4 days ago

47 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

Up and to the Right: Marty Rogers on Leadership, Storage, and the Future of Solar

The solar industry has never been simple, and few leaders understand its full arc better than Marty Rogers. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Marty Rogers, General Manager for North America at SolarEdge, for a wide-ranging conversation on leadership, global perspective, and what a healthy solar industry actually looks like over the next decade. Marty’s career spans more than three decades across electrical distribution, global manufacturi...

1 week ago

47 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

Portable Power and the Future of Grid Flexibility with SparkCharge's CFO David Piperno

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with David Piperno, CFO of SparkCharge, to explore how portable energy solutions are reshaping EV charging, fleet electrification, and grid stability. SparkCharge is best known for building the world’s first portable EV charging network, but the conversation goes far beyond charging vehicles. David explains how mobile energy storage, pay-as-you-go models, and rapid deployment are solving some of the biggest bo...

3 weeks ago

47 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

Small Change, Big Impact: How Joe Adiletta and Volexion Are Redefining Battery Breakthroughs

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host Wes Ashworth sits down with Joe Adiletta, CEO of Volexion and a veteran of the battery world, to explore what it really takes to commercialize deep tech innovation in one of the most capital-intensive and strategically vital industries of our time: lithium-ion batteries. With two decades of experience spanning A123Systems, 24M, Ionic Materials, and now Volexion, Joe brings a rare blend of hard-won insight and strategic clarity....

1 month ago

44 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

Winning in Global Solar with Mike Silvestrini: Inside the Markets Shaping Renewable Energy

What if the strongest opportunities in renewable energy aren’t in massive utility projects, but in the overlooked middle of the market where disciplined operators consistently outperform? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Mike Silvestrini, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Energea. After developing more than 500 solar projects across three continents and scaling Greenskies into a national C&I leader, Mike is now opening global solar ...

1 month ago

46 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

Can Horizontal Boreholes Solve Nuclear's Biggest Problem? Rod Baltzer Thinks So

What if the key to unlocking nuclear energy’s future has been buried all along? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host Wes Ashworth dives into one of the most overlooked and misunderstood challenges of the clean energy transition: nuclear waste disposal. His guest, Rod Baltzer, is a 25-year veteran of the nuclear waste industry and now CEO of Deep Isolation, a company pioneering deep horizontal borehole disposal for spent nuclear fuel. With a background in finance a...

1 month ago

40 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

The Truth About Solar Panel Waste: Inside the Recycling Revolution with Dr. Janette Freeman

Most conversations about solar focus on growth, installation, and deployment. Far fewer address the reality on the other end of the lifecycle: what happens to millions of solar panels once they’re damaged, decommissioned, or reach the end of their usable life. In this episode, host Wes Ashworth sits down with Dr Janette Freeman, Vice President of Business Development at Fabtech Solar Solutions, one of the few companies in the United States specializing in solar panel recycling, refurbishment,...

1 month ago

47 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

Leading Through Uncertainty: Kimberlee Centera on Power, People, and Resilience

When policy shocks hit and the ground shifts beneath an entire industry, real leadership is revealed. In Episode 78 of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host Wes Ashworth welcomes back Kimberlee Centera, Founder and CEO of TerraPro Solutions, one of the renewable industry’s most trusted names in risk management and project finance. Over more than 30 years in renewables, Kimberlee has guided utility-scale projects through every policy swing imaginable. But this conversation goes far be...

2 months ago

50 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

Building Energy, Building Trust: Steffanie Dohn on McCarthy’s Human Approach to Progress

Episode Summary In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Steffanie Dohn, Vice President of Government Affairs at McCarthy Building Companies, shares how one of America’s most trusted EPCs is redefining what progress looks like. From reframing the national energy conversation to transforming rural economies through workforce development and authentic community engagement, this conversation explores what it truly means to build trust through energy. Full Show Notes When most...

2 months ago

45 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

Building The Bridge: How Emily Easley Connects Oil, Renewables, and the Future of Energy

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host Wes Ashworth welcomes Emily Easley, Founder and CEO of NOVUS Energy Advisors, for a powerful look at how oil, gas, renewables, real estate, and AI are colliding to define the next era of energy. Emily’s career bridges both sides of the energy spectrum. A sixth-generation Texan who built her career in Washington, DC, she has spent more than 20 years translating the language of policy, power, and investment for companies across t...

2 months ago

48 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

The Swiss Army Knife of the Grid: Energy Storage’s Rise and Redefinition

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Justin Rangooni, President and CEO of Energy Storage Canada. With a background in law, policy, and government relations, Justin has become a leading voice in one of the most dynamic and consequential sectors of the clean energy transition: energy storage. From the early days of pilot projects to today’s grid-scale deployments, energy storage has gone from peripheral to pivotal. Justin offers a rare inside...

2 months ago

44 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

Building Solar Responsibly: Inside PCL’s People-First Growth with Andrew Moles

What does responsible growth really look like in one of the world’s most competitive industries? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host Wes Ashworth sits down with Andrew Moles, Vice President and General Manager of PCL Solar, the powerhouse EPC that’s helped deliver over 12 gigawatts of solar capacity across North America and Australia. Andrew shares a refreshingly candid look at how PCL Solar has managed to scale across three continents without sacrificing the one...

2 months ago

49 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

Building the Hydrogen Economy: Brian DeBruine on Breaking the Clean Energy Logjam

Why is hydrogen still missing from most clean energy conversations and what will finally unleash its full potential? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, we sit down with Brian DeBruine, founder of the Colorado Hydrogen Network and host of the Hydrogen NowCast podcast. After a 36-year career at Honeywell Aerospace, Brian stepped out of retirement to help solve one of the energy transition’s most overlooked bottlenecks: the absence of a hydrogen market. From building ou...

3 months ago

45 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

From Grid Stress to Resilience: Jae Choi on Redefining Energy Infrastructure

The energy transition is colliding with unprecedented demand from AI data centers, fleet electrification, and fast-moving policy shifts. But are developers and operators truly prepared to make projects both technically sound and financially viable? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Jae Choi, VP and Head of Global Operations at ArkN, a subsidiary of SK Group. With nearly 20 years of experience spanning energy storage, fleet charging, and m...

3 months ago

42 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

Jan Poetsch: Cracking the Code on Decarbonizing Industrial Heat

Industrial heat is one of the biggest blind spots in the energy transition, yet it represents nearly 40% of all industrial emissions. From oil sands and refineries to food processing, pulp and paper, and chemicals, the challenge of decarbonizing heat is enormous. But where most see complexity, Jan Poetsch, Founder and CEO of Arder Energy, sees opportunity. With nearly two decades of international experience in LNG and senior leadership roles at Shell and PetroChina Canada, Jan brings a deep c...

3 months ago

43 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

Breaking the Battery Bottleneck: ION Storage’s Path to Energy Freedom

Batteries are the hidden bottleneck in electrification and AI. While chips get the headlines, the energy powering our devices, vehicles, and infrastructure is what ultimately sets the pace of innovation. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host Wes Ashworth sits down with Jorge Diaz Schneider, CEO of ION Storage Systems, and Todd Crescenzo, Managing Partner & CIO at Clear Creek Investments, to explore how ION is breaking through decades of stalled promises in batt...

3 months ago

41 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

From the Roof to the Classroom: How Schools Are Sparking the Future of Solar

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Meghan Milo, Director of Energy Solutions, Curriculum and Instruction at Madison Energy Infrastructure, to explore how solar energy is transforming far more than just rooftops. From budget relief to career readiness, schools across the country are discovering that solar can power a whole new vision of what's possible in education. Drawing from her unique background, Meghan shares how Madison’s work with s...

4 months ago

44 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

Brad Stutzman: Thriving on the Solar Coaster and Shaping Tomorrow’s Energy

The renewable energy industry has never been a smooth ride. Policy swings, financing hurdles, shifting market sentiment, what many call the “solar coaster.” Few leaders know this rollercoaster better than Brad Stutzman, CEO of O3 Energy, a Dallas-based company pioneering commercial and industrial solar solutions. Since founding O3 Energy in 2011, Brad has helped the company evolve from financing projects in a shaky middle market to launching innovations like the Solar Split model and O3 Asset...

4 months ago

40 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

From Uncertainty to Optimism: REC Solar’s Scott Therien on the Next Era of Clean Energy

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Scott Therien, Director of Strategic Partnerships at REC Solar, to explore what long-term success really looks like in commercial solar. Scott isn’t just a veteran of the solar coaster. He’s a grounded, clear-thinking voice who has helped REC Solar evolve from a contractor into a national independent power producer. Over the past 15 years, he’s seen policies change, markets swing, and companies rise and f...

4 months ago

47 minutes

Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy Podcast

How Vinnie Campo and Haven Energy Are Reinventing Residential Battery Storage

Home energy storage is often misunderstood, expensive, and out of reach for most, until now. In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, Wes Ashworth sits down with Vinnie Campo, Co-Founder and CEO of Haven Energy, to explore how his team is flipping the traditional model of battery ownership on its head. Drawing from his experience scaling tech and energy companies like Uber and Bulb, Vinnie is building a platform that makes resilient, decentralized power available to the ma...

4 months ago

44 minutes