This Week in Cleantech
Top five cleantech stories.
Fifteen minutes. Every week.
Fifteen minutes. Every week.
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Ivan Penn
Energy Correspondent
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Alexandra White
Reporter
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Justin Worland
Senior Correspondent
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Kelly Livingston
Reporter
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Jon Chesto
Business Reporter
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Maxine Joselow
Climate and Environmental Reporter
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Christopher Mims
Technology Columnist
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Amy Harder
National Energy Correspondent
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Mark Gongloff
Editor
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Michael Grunwald
Author
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Claire Hao
Reporter
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Jack Ewing
Electric Vehicles Business Reporter
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Nico Rivero
Climate Solutions Reporter
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Scott Waldman
White House Reporter
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Ari Natter
Reporter
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Valerie Volcovici
Correspondent
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Seth Borenstein
Science Writer
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Camila Domonoske
Correspondent
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Brendan Koerner
Contributing Editor
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Jake Spring
Climate and Environment Enterprise Reporter
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Tim De Chant
Senior Climate Reporter
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Jon Reed
Managing Editor
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Catherine Boudreau
Senior Sustainability Reporter
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Brett Christophers
Contributor
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Jeff Young
Environment and Sustainability Reporter
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Amanda Chu
Energy Reporter
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Alexander Kaufman
Senior Reporter
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Christian Robles
Energywire Reporting Intern
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Dharna Noor
Reporter
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Quillian Robinson
Contributor
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Amrith Ramkumar
Reporter
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Casey Crownhart
Senior Climate and Energy Reporter
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Shannon Osaka
Reporter
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Matthew Daly
Climate Change Reporter
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Nichola Groom
Correspondent
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Alan Neuhauser
Energy & Climate Deals Reporter
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Jennifer Dlouhy
Energy and Environmental Policy Reporter
In this episode, we covered how renewable energy could reduce global conflict, Asia’s temporary shift back to coal amid gas shortages, and growing concerns about U.S. grid vulnerabilities. We also explored the rise of virtual power plants as a fast, scalable energy solution and the UK’s push to require solar panels and heat pumps in new homes, highlighting how resilience and energy security are becoming central to the clean energy transition.
Paul Gerke (00:05.624)Hey everybody and welcome back to a fresh edition of This Week in Cleantech, our 15-minute-ish roundup of the biggest stories in climate and clean energy every week.You’re listening to this on Friday, March 20th, 2026. We are deep in March Madness—I’ve got basketball games on all around me right now, Mike Casey.We’ve also got a returning guest in the lobby—Jennifer McDermott from the Associated Press will be joining us shortly.I’m Factor This content director Paul Gerke, joined as always by cleantech commentator Mike Casey of Tigercomm. Mike, how are ya?Mike Casey...