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Welcome to Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, a podcast dedicated to unveiling the stories, insights, and strategies of the most influential leaders in the renewable energy sector. Our mission is to offer a platform where the voices of innovators, pioneers, and visionaries in renewable energy are amplified, sharing their journey, challenges, and triumphs with a global audience.
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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...
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....
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 ...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host Wes Ashworth sits down with Owen Barrett, clean tech entrepreneur, investor, and Founder & President of Shine to talk about the overlooked frontier in renewable energy: multifamily housing. With over a decade of hands-on experience deploying solar PV, energy storage, LED lighting, and HVAC optimization, Owen has scaled multiple ventures from idea to eight-figure revenue. He’s seen the clean energy industry from the inside, ...
In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host Wes Ashworth sits down with Jim Boyle, CEO and founder of Sustainability Roundtable Inc. (SR Inc.), a Boston-based firm that has helped nearly 100 Fortune 500 companies advance toward sustainable high performance. Boyle brings a rare trifecta of experience: high-level public service under Senator John Kerry and Vice President Al Gore, real estate advisory at Trammell Crow, and two decades leading corporate sustainability at SR ...
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