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Solar Maverick Podcast

The Solar Maverick Podcast is the insiders guide to where the solar and energy markets meet entrepreneurship and trailblazing. Hosted by Benoy Thanjan - a serial entrepreneur and founder of Reneu Energy

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SMP 117: European Commercial Solar Discussion with...

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2022/01/18

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy speaks with Harald Overholm who is the CEO and Founder of Alight Energy. Alight Energy is the leading solar Power Purchase Agreement provider in the Nordics and developing more than 500 MW of PPA-based onsite and offsite projects across Europe. Harald speaks about many interesting topics like the European PPA market, how the European solar market has evolved, and how higher electricity prices in the past year is allowing more

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SMP 116: Innovative Financing Solutions for...

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2022/01/04

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy speaks with Jim Spano who is the Co-Founder, Head of Originations of Sol-REIT and Mark Settles who is the CEO of Sol-REIT. Sol-REIT offers long-term, fixed rate debt that matches the operational life of an asset and at a lower cost of capital. Jim and Mark speak about many interesting topics like how developers can keep more of the value that they created with their solar projects, their innovative financing to help developers

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56:24

SMP 115: How solar projects produce EMF radiation and...

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2021/12/21

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy speaks with B.D. Erickson who is the CEO of Satic USA and Satic Solar which produces electronic products that cleans and filters EMF radiation and Satic Solar is involved in residential solar. B.D. Erickson speaks about many interesting topics like how solar projects produce EMF radiation or dirty electricity, what trends are increasing EMF radiation, and the Montana solar market. Satic is offering a 10% discount to Solar Maverick

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50:28

SMP 114: Developer discusses how to develop a great...

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2021/12/07

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy speaks with David Magid who is Managing Member and Founder of YSG Solar which is a solar developer based in New York City with a solar pipeline in excess of 100MWs. David speaks about many interesting topics like how to develop a good solar project, what are great markets in the US to develop solar, and how the grid should compensate energy storage. Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy, as well as an

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44:38

SMP 113: How Clean Choice Energy is the easiest way...

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2021/11/23

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Tom Matzzie who is President & CEO at CleanChoice Energy which expand access to clean energy through clean electricity, community solar, and offset products. Tom speaks about many interesting topics like how Cleanchoice is the easiest solution to procure renewable energy, how data science is lowering customer acquisition cost, and the future of the community solar. Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of

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36:09

SMP 112: Developer/Owner Discusses Great States in...

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2021/11/09

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Mateo Chaskel who is Managing Director, USA at UGE which develops, owns and operates community and commercial solar generation & storage projects. Mateo speaks about many interesting topics like how UGE develops solar in state markets early before it becomes saturated, competitive advantages of developing and owning projects, and prime community solar markets. Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of

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40:39

SMP 111: Innovative Data Driven Solar Insurance...

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2021/10/26

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Jason Kaminsky who is COO at kwh Analytics which is insuring the energy transition through the most comprehensive renewable energy data. Jason speaks about many interesting topics like how kwh uses data to create insurance products like their solar revenue put product, how hail storm in Texas damaged a solar plant and how that impacted the insurance market, and underperformance of solar projects is common based on the

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53:24

SMP 110: 30 Year Solar Veteran discusses solar‘s...

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2021/10/12

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Nigel Morris who is Head of Business of Development at Solar Analytics, has 30 years of experience in the solar industry, and has two solar podcasts. Nigel speaks about many interesting topics like the importance of data on the solar industry, the Australian solar market, and future solar trends. Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy, as well as an advisor for several solar startup

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51:26

SMP 109: Expert‘s Insights on the Texas Renewable...

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2021/09/28

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Jesson Bradshaw who is CEO of Energy Ogre which is an electricity management company that uses proprietary systems to ensure its customers are always getting the best prices on their energy electricity. Jesson speaks about many interesting topics like how solar is technology and it will continue to decrease in cost and talks about how energy storage technology will be different for utility scale storage compared to

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34:20

SMP 108: How RatedPower is lowering technology costs...

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2021/09/14

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Andrea Barber who is the Founder and CEO of RatedPower. RatedPower built pvDesign, a cloud-based software that carries out the design and engineering of utility-scale solar pv plants and their software has designed 800 Gigawatts of solar projects. Andrea speaks about many interesting topics like the importance of software how it significantly reduces the cost of solar, increase efficiencies, and allows more

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31:07

SMP 107: Expert in ESG and Traceability discusses how...

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2021/08/31

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Paul van Brenkelen who is the Director, ESG and Traceability at Clean Energy Associates(“CEA”). Paul speaks about many interesting topics like the importance of ESG regarding solar supply chain, new traceability protocol that CEA worked with Solar Energy Industries Association(“SEIA”) to create, and US Government Withhold Release Order ("WRO") with Alleged forced labor how that impacts the solar industry. Benoy

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SMP 106: The Future of Solar on Agriculture Land with...

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2021/08/17

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Drew Pierson who is the head of sustainability at BlueWave and Iain Ward who CEO of Solar Agricultural Services(“SolAg”). Iain and Drew speak about dual-use which is installing solar on farmland and the primary agricultural activities are continued. They speak about many interesting topics like the many benefits of dual-use and which states have or developing dual-use incentives. Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the

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41:49

SMP 105: CEO of ConnectDER discusses how the...

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2021/08/03

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Whit Fulton who is the CEO and Founder at ConnectDER™ which unlocks the massive potential of Distributed Energy Resources (“DERs”) by turning the meter socket into the utility's all-in-one plug-in point for solar, storage, EVs, and beyond. Whit speaks about a lot of interesting topics like opportunities and challenges with DERS, the grid of the future, and how their meter collar product helps utilities, installers, and

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42:07

SMP 104: CEO of Leading Residential Solar and Home...

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2021/07/20

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Eric White who is the CEO and Founder at Dividend Finance which is a leading national provider of renewable energy and energy-efficient financing solutions to property owners. Eric speaks about a lot of interesting topics like electrification of the car fleet is impacting the house, how the home will act as virtual power plant with solar plus storage and supply electricity to the grid to maximize revenue. Benoy

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45:37

SMP 103: LG’s Business Development Executive...

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2021/07/06

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Brian Lynch who is the Director in Sales and Business Development in Solar plus Storage for LG Electronics which manufactures high efficiency high quality PV modules solar panels in the US and South Korea. Jon speaks about a lot of interesting topics like residential solar customers will pay more for premium solar equipment and brand awareness matters, how to lower residential solar customer acquisition cost, and why

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SMP 102: Renewable Energy Job Trends and Outlook

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2021/06/22

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Jon Semingson who is the Managing Partner at Peak Demand which is a talent access firm that connects top companies in the renewable energy space with the talent they need to grow their businesses. Jon speaks about a lot of interesting topics like his renewable energy jobs outlook, how hiring was impacted by COVID, and how people can transition into renewable energy. Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO

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40:09

SMP 101: Leader of the Largest US Solar Installer...

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2021/06/08

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with George Hershman who is the President of Swinerton Renewable Energy and SOLV. Swinerton Renewable Energy (SRE) is the largest Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC), and Operations & Maintenance Company through SOLV for solar photovoltaic plants and energy storage facilities throughout North America. George speaks about a lot of interesting topics about new innovations and efficiencies in the solar and storage

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52:07

SMP 100: US Residential Solar, Storage, and Electric...

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2021/05/25

Episode Summary It is our 100th episode of the podcast! We wanted to thank our listeners for their loyal support of the podcast. In the 100th episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Nathan Jovanelly who is the Director of Business Development at IGS Solar and regular contributor to the podcast. Nate speaks about a lot of interesting topics about how to lower residential solar customer acquisition costs, trends that he is seeing in storage and Electric Vehicles, and how solar policy

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47:36

SMP 99: Why the 1970s was the most important decade...

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2021/05/11

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Jay Hakes who is a Presidential & Energy Historian, Author, and Speaker and he discusses his new book called ENERGY CRISES -NIXON, FORD, CARTER, AND HARD CHOICES IN THE 1970s. Jay has worked for the Clinton and Obama Administration and President Carter. Jay also discusses how the 1970s had a huge impact on the US Energy Industry today, how the US invested in alternative energy technologies in the 70s including solar,

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27:08

SMP 98: Innovative Financing Options for Land on...

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2021/04/27

Episode Summary In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Laura Pagliarulo who is the President and Co-Founder of SolaREIT invests in land for solar developments through land acquisitions, lease monetization, and project re-powering. Laura speaks about a lot of interesting topics about innovative financing options for land on solar projects, how the financing of land on solar projects has not yet been disrupted, and increasing developers returns for projects with SolaREIT’s

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