Soliverse | The Future of Solar
Soliverse is a solar and renewable energy podcast for professionals who want clarity in an industry that keeps shifting under their feet.
The energy transition is moving fast, but the real story is not in press releases or policy headlines. It is in how projects get financed, permitted, connected to the grid, and built in the real world. Soliverse focuses on solar, storage, and the broader energy ecosystem, with a strong emphasis on utility scale projects in the EU and the US.
Through in depth conversations with developers, operators, investors, engineers, and industry leaders, the podcast explores how successful teams navigate changing regulation, political risk, grid constraints, and volatile capital markets. The goal is simple, to cut through noise and hype and replace it with practical, execution focused insight.
Listening to Soliverse will help you:
• Understand where solar, storage, grids, and capital are really going
• Learn directly from people building and financing real projects
• Connect the dots between technology, policy, finance, and execution
• Avoid common and costly mistakes by learning from experienced operators
• Stay relevant and competitive as the solar industry matures and consolidates
Soliverse is for anyone working in solar and renewables who wants to think more clearly, move faster, and lead with confidence as the energy transition accelerates.
Soliverse | The Future of Solar
Latest Episodes
Bonus Episode: Even J. Kvelland, from GlintSolar, live at Intersolar Europe 2026 - Spotlight
🎙️ In this episode, Peter Pongracz sits down with Even J. Kvelland, Co-Founder & CCO of @GlintSolar, live at Intersolar Europe 2026, fresh off parental leave and straight back into back-to-back customer meetings. They dig into what it actua...
Why Solar Developers Pay a Gate Fee When They Could Profit Instead ft. Dr. Jan-Philipp Mai | Soliverse Ep. 45
Solar panel recycling is about to flip from liability to profit center, and Dr. Jan-Philipp Mai explains exactly why.Solar developers and asset owners who treat end-of-life panels as a future disposal cost are sitting on roughly 110 bil...
Bonus Episode: Stanislas Van Der Vaeren from Sitemark, live at Intersolar Europe 2026 - Spotlight
This is a Soliverse Spotlight — a bonus, on-the-ground conversation recorded live at Intersolar Europe 2026.Peter Pongracz catches up with Stanislas Van Der Vaeren, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Sitemark, on day three of the sho...
The Hidden Cost of Too Many Tools in Solar Development Today ft. Douglas Geist | Soliverse Ep. 44
Solar developers and EPCs who assume more tools means better coverage are paying a hidden cost in wasted hours and lost data. Douglas Geist, Co-founder and CCO of PVcase, quantified the problem after surveying 400-plus industry professionals: t...
Bonus episode: Christophe Lits on Global Market Outlook 2030
In this episode, Peter Pongracz sits down with Christophe Lits, Senior Market Analyst at @SolarPowerEurope, live at Intersolar Europe 2026 to unpack the freshly launched Global Market Outlook for Solar Power. They dig into the slowdown in globa...
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