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The Green Light

Transforming business through talent. Helping professionals find their career passion within the clean energy and technology space.

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Ep. 112 | Where Capital is Being Invested in Clean...

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2026/04/17

In this episode, Catherine spoke with Priyanka Duvvuru, Principal at S2G Investments, to explore what’s driving the next wave of innovation in the energy transition. They discussed how investors evaluate risk, what separates hype from real value, and where the biggest opportunities are emerging across today’s energy landscape. She’ll also share insights from her experience investing in companies tackling critical challenges across utilities, electrification, and distributed energy. If y...

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Ep. 111 | Developing Clean Energy Leaders for a...

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2026/04/07

In this episode of The Green Light, we sit down with Richenda Van Leeuwen, Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI)'s new Executive Director, to discuss how the next generation of clean energy leaders is being developed. Recently featured in Forbes, CELI is playing a key role in shaping talent across the industry through its fellowship and broader community. We explore leadership development, career pathways in clean energy, and how emerging tools like AI are beginning to influence the future...

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Ep. 110 | Building WRISE from the Ground Up — Lisa...

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2025/12/22

What does it look like to spend more than two decades advancing community-led clean energy — from helping farmers and rural landowners build their own wind projects to supporting Native and tribal nations pursuing energy sovereignty today? In this episode, Catherine sat down with Lisa Daniels, one of the founders of Women of Wind Energy (now WRISE) and the longtime Executive Director of Windustry, whose work has shaped how rural and tribal communities participate in the renewable energy trans...

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Ep. 109 | Building America’s Early Wind Industry —...

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2025/11/25

What does it take to lead one of the earliest U.S. wind companies through four decades of change — and help spark a nationwide movement for women in clean energy? Catherine sat down with Jan Blomstrann, Co-Founder and later CEO of NRG Systems, a company that helped build the modern wind industry through its early resource assessment tools and later expanded into solar. When she took over as CEO in 2004, Jan was one of the only women leading a clean energy manufacturing company. She guided NRG...

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Ep. 108 | How Three Generations Lead Through Change —...

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2025/11/12

What happens when three generations of clean energy leaders sit down for one honest conversation? A masterclass in resilience, leadership, and the future of our industry. In this Green Light podcast episode recorded at the WRISE Leadership Forum, Catherine spoke with: Patty Rollin — CCO at Onyx RenewablesYvonne Robinson — Regional Director at EVgoJimin Suh — Development Associate at ArevonTogether they share: The early-career lessons they wish they’d learned soonerHow they stay grounded throu...

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Ep. 107 | Founding WRISE, Advancing State Energy...

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2025/11/11

What happens when women stop waiting to be invited to the table — and start building their own network? That question led Suzanne Tegen and her peers to found Women of Wind Energy, now Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE), twenty years ago. Today, WRISE has over 3,000 members, 47 chapters, a robust slate of annual programming, and continues to expand its impact across the renewable energy industry. Suzanne is now Acting Director at Colorado State University’s Center fo...

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Ep. 106 | How Arevon Built a World-Class Development...

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2025/10/22

What does it take to build a world-class development team from scratch inside a company that already operates over 4.5 GW of solar and storage projects? Catherine sat down with Shanelle Montana, Chief Development Officer at Arevon, on SunCast’s PowerUp Live stage presented by Wärtsilä at RE+ in Vegas, to talk about: • Her path from Washington D.C. to leading utility-scale solar and storage development — including roles at Lightsource bp, EDF Renewables, and BayWa r.e. • How Arevon’s operator-...

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Ep. 104 | What It Really Takes to Manage a 200+ MW...

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2025/09/30

What does it take to lead operations for Greenbacker’s largest utility-scale solar project and maximize performance across a diverse national portfolio? In this episode, Catherine spoke with Emily Modglin, Manager of Solar Operations at Greenbacker Capital, at Solarplaza's AMNA conference about: 🔹 Her transition from engineering and O&M into large-scale asset ownership 🔹 Managing the 240 MW Appaloosa Solar project in Utah and what makes it uniquely complex 🔹 How adaptability, creative

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Ep. 105 | What Actually Drives Revenue in Energy...

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2025/09/30

What actually drives revenue for solar-plus-storage projects? In this episode, Catherine spoke with Sam Kuhlwein from Stem at the Asset Management North America (AMNA) conference in San Diego, where they dug into how energy management systems shape asset performance. They also talked about what gets in the way of performance: commissioning delays, low-quality data, and systems that can’t respond fast enough to dynamic grid signals. Sam shared how Stem approaches EMS design, why these systems ...

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20 Years of WRISE: Founder Karen Conover on Lessons...

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2025/08/26

Karen Conover helped found WRISE — and in doing so, shaped a generation of women leaders and the clean energy industry itself. Today, WRISE has 3,000+ members and 47 chapters advancing diversity across renewables. But Karen’s influence goes further: at 29, she launched Global Energy Concepts, a wind power pioneer later acquired by DNV, helping scale wind in the U.S. and abroad. Two decades later, she’s still mentoring through Repowering Schools — and reflecting on what’s changed and what hasn...

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Ep. 102 | Scaling 1.3 GW of C&I Solar: Policy...

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2025/08/11

How do you scale a 1.3 GW C&I solar platform while navigating policy shifts, AI integration, and long-term asset performance? Catherine spoke with Elizabeth Brennan, COO of Luminace, a Brookfield Renewable company, at the Solarplaza AMNA conference in San Diego about: 🔹 Her path from engineering to executive leadership 🔹 How she defines growth vs. advancement 🔹 Recent expansions via deals with ECA Solar and Renewable Properties 🔹 Luminace’s legacy roots in Constell...

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Ep. 101 | From Founding WRISE to Electrifying School...

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2025/07/08

For the past two decades, Michelle Montague has helped build WRISE— shaping programs, creating opportunities, and driving conversations about what true leadership and equity in energy should look like. When she first joined the organization, she stepped out of her comfort zone, volunteered for a committee, and quickly found a mission that would guide much of her career in renewables. Today, WRISE has over 3,000 members, 47 chapters, a robust slate of annual programming, and continues to expan...

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Ep. 100 | How Grassroots Engagement and Agrivoltaics...

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2025/07/01

What does it take to bring hundreds of megawatts of utility-scale solar to rural communities—and truly earn their support? Valerie Newcomb, VP of Economic & Community Development at Urban Grid, brings deep communications expertise and a decade of leadership in the renewable energy industry to the table. In this episode, she shares how transparent engagement, agrivoltaics, and long-term investment are helping Urban Grid deliver real community benefits alongside clean energy. We cover: 🌱

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Ep. 99 | Inside One of Clean Energy’s Leading...

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2025/06/20

What does it take to lead a top investment bank in the energy transition? Catherine McLean sat down with Britta von Oesen, Partner & Managing Director at CRC-IB, at Solarplaza's Asset Management North America (AMNA) Conference to talk about the trends shaping clean energy finance — from tax equity & M&A to carbon capture & distributed generation. Britta & her team recently advised Dimension Energy on a 122 MW ITC transfer deal purchased by a Fortune 500 company — a great e...

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Ep. 98 | Founding WRISE, Then a Wind Firm: Trudy...

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2025/06/13

20 years ago, Trudy Forsyth and a group of women in wind asked a simple but powerful question: where are the other women in this industry — and how do we bring more in? That question led to the founding of Women of Wind Energy (now WRISE). The first event in 2005 was so packed they ran out of programs — and proved there was a community ready to grow. Today, WRISE has over 3,000 members, 47 chapters, a robust slate of annual programming, and continues to expand its impact across the renewable ...

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Ep. 97 | Scaling Grid Storage: How Fluence, Excelsior...

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2025/06/10

How are Fluence, Excelsior Energy Capital, & Cordelio Power scaling grid battery storage — while navigating policy uncertainty, domestic content requirements, and O&M challenges? In this Green Light episode, Catherine spoke with Kaumil Shah, Senior Director at Fluence, at Solarplaza’s Asset Management North America (AMNA) conference in San Diego to discuss: New storage partnerships with Excelsior Energy Capital on 2.2 GWh of U.S. projects and with Cordelio Power on 1 GWh across three ...

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Ep. 96 | Clean Energy Hiring Trends: What Companies &...

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2025/06/05

This episode is a little different — fellow podcaster Nico Johnson sits down with Catherine McLean, CEO & Founder of Dylan Green, at Intersolar North America to uncover insights on one of the biggest challenges in clean energy: finding and retaining top talent. Catherine, who specializes in recruiting senior-level professionals across the clean energy sector, shares her perspective on hiring trends, the most in-demand skills, and how companies are approaching diversity and inclusion in to...

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Ep. 95 | Driving Sustainability Forward: ClimeCo’s...

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2025/05/28

Our CEO had the privilege of placing all three of these incredible senior women at ClimeCo, and it’s been inspiring to watch them lead with purpose, impact, & real momentum in the sustainability space. In this episode, Catherine sat down with Emily Damon, Erica Schiller, and Emma Cox to talk about: 🌱 How each of them found their way into sustainability — from Big Oil to green tech startups to global nonprofits 🤝 What ClimeCo’s partnerships with Hilton & Lenovo mean for tra...

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Ep. 94: Inside One of Clean Energy’s Most Active...

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2025/05/12

From a 7.5 GWh partnership with LG, to a solar+storage sub-portfolio sale to BlackRock, a 2 GW agreement with Heliene, & the launch of Lydian Energy, Catherine McLean spoke with Anne Marie Denman, Co-Founder & Partner at Excelsior Energy Capital, about what’s driving one of clean energy’s most active infrastructure funds. They also covered: ⚡ Why she believes renewables will thrive under Trump ⚡ Her journey from Big Law to founding Excelsior ⚡ How Excelsior is de-risking supply chains...

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Ep. 93 | From Foster Care Roots to the Clean Energy...

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2025/04/28

“There was such an emphasis in our house about—you can be anything you want to be. Education was really, really important... My parents actually sold their house to send me to college.” Raised by parents whose resilience defied circumstance—a father with a third-grade education who ensured Kelly’s mother could earn her degrees and become a teacher—Kelly Veney Darnell’s clean energy C-suite path is one of grit, purpose, & leadership. Catherine McLean sat down with the COO of the Amer...

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