Best Amy Simpkins Podcasts (2024)

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3.12 Season 3 Wrap Up with Amy Simpkins 44:54

1M ago44:54

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Join Amy Simpkins for a “state of the [renewable energy] union” in 2023-2024, her predictions for 2025, reflections on innovation theory and the importance of creative rest for the entrepreneurial (and life!) journey, and a summary of Power Flow’s stunning Season 3 guests. To consider this summer: How do we give ourselves mental and creative rest a…

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3.11 On Offshore Wind & Building Coalitions of Local Support with Nadia Adam and Elina Khutoryansky 46:27

1M ago46:27

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In this episode, Nadia, Elina, and Amy discuss the new landscape of offshore wind in America and how this holistic solution is providing revitalization to American manufacturing, in addition to the importance of engagement with the local community and meeting people where they are in renewable energy outreach. Quotes “It sounds like people are not …

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3.10 On Obliterating Entrepreneurial Underprivilege with Holistic Innovation Support with Deepa Lounsbury 42:22

2M ago42:22

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In this episode, Deepa and Amy discuss ways to support underrepresented entrepreneurs in climate tech and “making the umbrella bigger for who gets to be a climate entrepreneur,” along with the reality and challenges in the entrepreneurial space. Quotes “Underrepresented people are underrepresented often because they are undersupported.” – Deepa Lou…

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3.09 On Breaking Knowledge Silos with Continuing Education with Esther Morales 42:43

4M ago42:43

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In this episode, Esther and Amy discuss innovation, continuous learning, and the courage to bring your ideas out into reality. Quotes “Energy education is a fundamental building block of participation.” – Esther Morales “Part of what energy education and access to energy education does is it creates a synergy between people’s values and how they ca…

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3.08 On the Viability of Commercial Energy Storage and the Art of System Architecture with Diane Dandeneau 42:26

4M ago42:26

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In this episode, Amy and Diane discuss the past and present landscape of opportunities in solar, along with the viability of commercial energy storage and the art of architecture in renewable energy projects. “It is hard to do this, but the hard work needs to get done.” – Diane Dandeneau Diane Dandeneau is a serial entrepreneur and lifelong artist.…

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3.07 On Holistic Sustainability and Solar Packaging with Vanessa Benkert 41:38

5M ago41:38

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In this episode, Vanessa Benkert shares her passion for working in the renewable energy field, the power of storytelling and innovation, and an overlooked, yet important piece of the solar puzzle: transporting solar panels with reusable packaging. Learn more: https://www.pvpallet.com/ With ~20 years of experience, Vanessa has a proven track record …

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3.06 On Streamlining Technology Deployment in the Field with Sierra Fan 39:59

7M ago39:59

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In this episode, Sierra Fan describes co-founding illu to better support technicians in the renewable energy field. She says, “It really came from personal experience… we tried to look for the software. We thought someone must have built something that makes this easier. We kept looking for it. We couldn’t find it… and that’s how we got started wit…

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3.05 On Unlocking the Barriers to Accessible Solar Solutions with Erika Ginsberg-Klemmt 37:01

8M ago37:01

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In this episode, Erika Ginsberg-Klemmt shares her family’s journey to creating Gismo Power, her joy in driving EVs and traveling the seven seas, as well as her drive to make solar solutions more accessible to everyone. Quotes “It’s fun to run on sun.” – Erika Ginsberg-Klemmt “Ease of interconnection, especially for small systems, would really explo…

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3.04 On the Push for Long Duration Energy Storage with Julia Souder 35:16

10M ago35:16

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In this episode, Julia Souder shares her passion for Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) and shares her ideas on how global organizations can work together to make it more widespread as an extremely resilient energy solution. Quotes “We are a huge part of the solution in the green energy transition.” – Julia Souder “Despite what they tell you, it’s…

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3.03 On Delivering Financial Returns for Energy Storage and Microgrids with Amy Simpkins featuring Laura Novak 57:04

10M ago57:04

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In this episode, Laura and Amy discuss the energy storage and microgrid landscape, with a peek behind the curtain as Amy Simpkins finally answers her own questions as CEO of muGrid Analytics and microgrid architect. Fresh from the RE+ 2023 conference, Amy and Laura explore the gap between the marketing around battery systems as solved science versu…

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3.02 On the Sustainable Future of Lithium with Ali Haji 41:27

11M ago41:27

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In this episode, Amy and Ali discuss lithium mining and how it affects the clean energy future. Ali Haji is the CEO of ION Energy - a leader in the exploration and development of lithium salars within Mongolia and a strong pioneer in the third wave of the green energy revolution. Together, Ali and Amy explore the split between mobility/electric veh…

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3.01 On the SPI/RE+ Legacy with Julia Hamm - Live from RE+ 2022 34:12

11M ago34:12

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On this episode’s one year anniversary, we are sharing for the first time our recording from the LIVE episode with Julia Hamm on her last days as the founder of Solar Power International (now RE+) and President and CEO of SEPA. This episode was recorded at RE+ in September 2022. Quotes: “We all want to accelerate this transition as fast as possible…

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2.13 On Disaster Mitigation and Recovery with Jennifer Gray Thompson 47:11

2y ago47:11

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Jennifer Gray Thompson is a lifelong resident of Sonoma Valley in Northern California. She attended Santa Rosa Junior College and graduated from Dominican University in 2001 with degrees in English and History. After teaching high school for 10 years, Jennifer went on to earn a master’s degree in Public Administration from University of Southern Ca…

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2.12 On Planning For Community-Centered Resilience with Jordana Vasquez 48:00

2+ y ago48:00

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Trained as an architect, Jordana is passionate about socially-driven multidisciplinary projects that advance climate resilience and social justice. Currently, she is the Manager for Climate Resilience & Equity at Resilient Cities Network (R-Cities). At R-Cities, she focuses on supporting cities in developing actions and implementation projects with…

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2.11 On Fueling the Energy Revolution Through Startups with Claire Broido Johnson 50:29

2+ y ago50:29

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A senior operations and finance executive, Claire Broido Johnson is the director of the University System of Maryland Momentum Fund. (MMF). She has a proven track record in creating and managing successful businesses and driving operations: including as founder of SunEdison and program executive at the Department of Energy during the Obama Administ…

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2.10 On the EV Battery Lifecycle - From Chemistry to Infrastructure with Dr. Veronika Wright 55:28

2+ y ago55:28

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Dr. Veronika Wright is an electrification enthusiast, consultant, and author. She holds a PhD in Technical Physics from the Graz University of Technology in Austria and gained extensive industry experience in batteries and electrification before founding her own social enterprise, Electrified Veronika, in 2021. With a passion for people and technol…

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2.09 On Innovation in Shared Mobility & Public Transit with Linda Khamoushian 50:15

2+ y ago50:15

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Linda Khamoushian is a Los Angeles native, and a graduate of UC Berkeley and UCLA. She holds a Masters degree in Urban and Regional Planning. She currently serves as the Director of Shared Mobility at GRID Alternatives. Previously, she worked as the Policy Director for the California Bicycle Coalition and as an urban planning researcher in health e…

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2.08 On Inspiring the Next-Gen Clean Energy Workforce with Chaun MacQueen 49:09

2+ y ago49:09

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Chaun MacQueen oversees CE - Clean Energy. Bright Futures., a clean energy and career-connected education program at the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF). She offers innovation and creative thinking in scaling the impact of CE’s work throughout the U.S. Chaun has over 25 years of experience designing and managing environmental education an…

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2.07 On Turning Energy Data into Actionable Information with Elizabeth Sendich 1:03:02

2+ y ago1:03:02

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Elizabeth Sendich is Lead Economic Modeler with the Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s Macroeconomic and Emissions Team with the Office of Integrated & International Energy Analysis, and delights in the world of how and where things are made. She helps maintain EIA’s long-term international economic forecasts and enhances public understandin…

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2.06 On Architecting the Clean Energy Future through Collaboration with Amy Simpkins featuring Laura Novak 1:00:26

2+ y ago1:00:26

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For this 20th Power Flow episode, we flip the script - Power Flow Creative Director, Laura Novak, interviews our erstwhile host, Amy Simpkins, putting her on the hot seat and giving her a dose of her own tough questions. As co-founder and CEO at muGrid Analytics, Amy Simpkins solves wicked problems at the intersection of energy technology and econo…

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2.05 On Solar Reuse for Low Income Communities & a Whole-Life Approach with Maria Agazio 48:57

2+ y ago48:57

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Maria Agazio is a sustainability and renewable energy professional who serves the rocky mountain region. She is the Co-founder of Equitable Solar Solutions(TM), a nonprofit program that reallocates discarded solar panels that still have a useful life by installing them in low income communities in an effort to close the gap in access to solar. She …

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2.04 On Gaps in Data Access & Balancing Complexity with Nancy LaPlaca 59:33

2+ y ago59:33

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Nancy LaPlaca, J.D., is a regulatory policy consultant who has worked at the cutting edge of regulatory policies that affect clean energy. In 2006, Nancy challenged the permit for a so-called “clean” coal plant with carbon capture and sequestration. Nancy and colleagues helped to stop that boondoggle, as well as other “clean” coal boondoggles aroun…

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2.03 On Intentionality & Intersections in Energy with Melanie Santiago-Mosier 47:48

2+ y ago47:48

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Melanie Santiago-Mosier is an award-winning energy expert and thought leader, implementing a vision for diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in and through clean energy. She is the Deputy Director for Clean Energy Group & Clean Energy States Alliance, sister nonprofits who provide technical expertise and independent analysis in support of comm…

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2.02 On Market Parity for Solar & an Expansive Future with Darryl Parker 52:33

2+ y ago52:33

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An experienced and highly motivated business leader, Darryl Parker’s work in 57 countries makes him a leader in driving innovation across global, matrixed organizations and developing and executing strategies for complex organizations. He brings a strong entrepreneurial mindset, business acumen, passion for innovation and a true commitment to devel…

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2.01 On Equity & Shaping Human Behavior with Puja Vohra 51:14

2+ y ago51:14

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Puja Vohra is the Director of Business Strategy at Slipstream, where she focuses on leading the expansion of Slipstream's clean energy programs and services in the Northeast. Puja has twenty years experience in energy efficiency and sustainability in the built environment, strategic planning for utility program design, green building technology res…

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Episode 1.14 On Designing for Change & Compassion with Ahlmahz Negash, PhD 51:40

2+ y ago51:40

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Here on Power Flow we do a lot of thinking about the future of energy. For Ahlmahz Negash, PhD, it's what she does every day for the City of Tacoma in her job as a long range resource planner. She's helping the city not only plan for clean sources of energy (which they already have in spades) but also plan for electrification - enabling vehicles, b…

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Episode 1.13 On Opportunities at the Consumer/Utility Edge with Dr. Julieta Giraldez 49:51

2+ y ago49:51

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After a 10 year term at the National Renewable Energy Lab, Dr. Julieta Giraldez is working at the edge of technology and regulatory issues, at the edge of the utility, the energy policy, and the energy consumer. She is a facilitator of conversations that move clean energy projects forward. We talk about a lot of edges in this episode: between resea…

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Episode 1.12 On Interoperability and Breaking Down Stovepipes with Lori Wright 45:10

2+ y ago45:10

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Lori Wright is helping to solve tomorrow's problems today. She is a lawyer working in technology - often energy technology - and helping developers, designers, and innovators build systems that will stand the test of time. She focuses on issues of cybersecurity and interoperability, topics that are often hard for implementers to stop and think abou…

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Episode 1.11 On Resilient Microgrids and the Courage to Implement with Daniel Wiggins Jr. 55:22

3y ago55:22

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After a historic flooding event in 2016, which left the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa without power and critical infrastructure, the tribe committed themselves to installing microgrids to ensure clean, resilient power on tribal lands. In May 2021, the tribe commissioned three building level microgrids, incorporating more than 520 kW of s…

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Episode 1.10 On Solar Recycling and the Joy-Innovation Positive Feedback Loop with Janette Freeman 47:15

3y ago47:15

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We all know the green benefits of installing renewable energy generation like solar PV, but what happens at the system's end of life? If the panels end up in a landfill, we aren't doing our planet any favors. Janette Freeman at FabTech is on a mission to keep panels out of landfills by either reusing or recycling them. In this episode, we talk abou…

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Episode 1.09 On Empowering Energy Champions with Katherine Lucey 51:07

3y ago51:07

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Energy access affects health, safety, and education. Seventy-five percent of Africa’s population live without access to modern energy, and women are affected the most. Our guest this week is Katherine Lucey, who is bringing the light to communities in Africa – literally. Her non-profit organization, Solar Sister, recruits women in sub-Saharan Afric…

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Episode 1.08 On Weaving a Narrative of Hope with Una Nowling 59:29

3y ago59:29

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The path to a clean energy future is likely not a straightforward one, strewn with complexities. Luckily, engineers love unpacking complexity. Our guest this week is Una Nowling, a study in paradox. Una is a fuels engineer who knows so much about coal, she has been nicknamed by colleagues and clients "The Coal Goddess." Even so, Una is relentlessly…

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Episode 1.07 On Stewardship of Aging Assets and Reuse with Zora Chung 49:57

3y ago49:57

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Battery energy storage is getting a great deal of press because of the way it is revolutionizing transportation and vehicle electrification as well as how it enables higher penetration of non-dispatchable renewable energy generation, both in front of and behind the meter. But questions about battery end of life plague the technology. Are batteries …

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Episode 1.06 On the Power of Holistic, Incremental Transformation with Liana Cassar 54:49

3y ago54:49

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As an energy industry professional, I know that energy policy is important, but policymaking itself remains something of a black box. State representative Liana Cassar of Rhode Island is pulling back the curtain for us today. Liana's professional background is systems thinking and design for the health care sector, but as a legislator, she balances…

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Episode 1.05 On Citizen Power for the Climate Crisis with Leslie Glustrom 56:33

3y ago56:33

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What can regular citizens possibly do about climate change? To move the clean energy transition forward? Leslie Glustrom was a humble scientist who "belongs in a lab working on a problem only one or two other people understand." But as a mom she couldn't shake the feeling that she needed to do something, anything, to leave a cleaner planet for her …

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Episode 1.04 On EV Infrastructure and Green Workforce Development with Kameale Terry 49:26

3y ago49:26

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One of the biggest concerns I have heard from laypeople about the electric vehicle transition is about the availability of charging stations. Kameale Terry is helping to address that need with ChargerHelp! which boasts a specialized workforce of charging station maintenance professionals, able to troubleshoot non-working EV charging stations and ge…

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Episode 1.03 On the Future of Transactive Energy with Kay Aikin 46:55

3y ago46:55

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As we transition to an all-electric future, we are presented with an unprecedented opportunity to control individual device usage to be more efficient. How do edge devices “decide” whether it’s efficient to operate? Perhaps the answer lies in proper economic incentive. Transactive energy is a concept where the instantaneous price of energy allows t…

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Episode 1.02 On Battery Technology Innovation with Eloisa de Castro 48:31

3y ago48:31

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In this episode, we get nerdy about batteries and how battery technology has the power to drive the energy transition. Energy storage is a crucial piece of the clean energy future. It mitigates the intermittency of nondispatchable renewable generation like solar or wind and allows us to shift energy to when it is truly needed while also providing g…

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Episode 1.01 On Bringing All Minds to the Whiteboard with Amy Simpkins 47:00

3y ago47:00

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In this episode, Power Flow host Amy Simpkins shares her vision for the podcast and the importance of collaboration in innovation. Featuring conversations with energy experts, Power Flow showcases all things energy: the new energy economy, the all-electric future, sustainability, resilience, and equity. Learn how microgrid project development is si…

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Episode 1.00 Trailer 3:04

3y ago3:04

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The energy revolution is coming, and it's all hands on deck. Amplifying the expertise of the leaders in the new energy economy and inviting diverse voices to the table, we'll talk solar power, battery storage and battery alternatives, microgrids, renewable energy, distributed energy architectures, energy policy, energy equity, and all things energy…

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