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
The Soft Costs and Permits Keeping US Rooftop Solar Unaffordable | Soliverse Ep. 43
Rooftop solar costs seven times more in the US than in Australia, and most energy professionals don't know why.Gavin Mooney, energy and utilities software expert based in Australia, breaks down how a 7-kilowatt system runs around 4,000 ...
Your Electricity Supplier Knows What You're Watching on TV | Soliverse Ep. 42
In this episode, Peter Pongracz sits down with Bradley Mundt, CEO and Co-Founder of PLAN-B NET ZERO AG, to explore why a renewable energy company is building something that looks a lot more like a tech lifestyle brand than a traditional electri...
How Sand Batteries Are Quietly Solving Industrial Heat Emissions | Soliverse Ep. 41
Most discussions around energy storage focus on electricity. But what if the bigger opportunity is heat?In this episode of Soliverse, Peter Pongracz speaks with Tommi Eronen, CEO and Co-Founder of Polar Night Energy, the company behind t...
How Robots and AI Are Rebuilding Solar Construction From Scratch | Soliverse Ep. 40
What does it take to build utility-scale solar at the speed the energy transition actually needs?In this episode of Soliverse | The Future of Solar, Peter Pongracz speaks with Matt Campbell, CEO and Co-Founder at Terabase Energy Inc., a...
Why Simplicity May Be Solar’s Biggest Advantage Right Now ft. Aaron Nichols & Jacob Yang | Soliverse Ep. 39
What if solar’s biggest advantage right now is not more complexity, but simpler communication? In this episode of Soliverse l The Future of Solar Episode 39, host Peter Pongracz is joined by Aaron Nichols, host of This Week In Solar and Marketi...
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