Renewable Rides
Renewable Rides is the guide to the corporate energy transition. Featuring interviews with industry experts and business leaders, Renewable Rides aims to help companies tackle challenges and maximize opportunities in the pursuit of a resilient, profitable, and thriving energy future. Hosts Gareth Evans and Dan Roberts, founders of VECKTA, shed light on the energy transition and the benefits it presents for company brand, operations and resilience.
Episodes
143 episodes
Top Moment from Utility Data as a Sustainability Planning Tool With Sagiliti’s DeVynne Farquharson
In this highlight episode, DeVynne Farquharson explains how organizations can use utility data to uncover cost savings, improve operational efficiency, and build practical sustainability strategies that deliver measurable results. You'll learn ...
Ep 122: Building an Onsite Energy Strategy That Works With, Not Against, Policy Shifts
What happens to the business case for onsite energy when the incentives that helped drive it start to disappear? In this episode, we explore how changing U.S. energy policy, rising electricity costs, and growing grid investment are reshaping th...
Top Moment from Knocking Down Barriers to Onsite Energy Adoption at Scale - Feedback from Fortune 500 Leaders
What if businesses could take greater control of their energy costs, resilience, and sustainability without relying entirely on the traditional grid? In this highlight episode, we explore the growing opportunity for onsite energy systems and wh...
Ep 121: How AI Data Centers and Electric Grid Strain Create Challenges and Opportunities for CRE - Gareth Evans on ICSC's From Where I Sit, hosted by Tom McGee
What if your rooftop, car park, or unused land could become not just part of your property, but also a source of revenue? In this episode, Gareth joins Tom McGee on the From Where I Sit podcast to explain how commercial real estate own...
Top Moment from Quantifying the Human and Ecological Impact of Clean Energy with Quantum Energy
What if clean energy investments could be measured not just in dollars and emissions, but in lives saved, species protected and economic value created? In this highlight episode, you’ll learn how Andrew DeMille and Quantum Energy are bringing i...
Ep 120: How and Why the REIT, Phillips Edison, Is Building Toward 25 Megawatts of Onsite Energy by 2030
What happens when energy and sustainability stop being “nice-to-have” initiatives and become a core part of business strategy? In this episode, Ryan Knudson, Vice President of Energy and Sustainability at Phillips Edison, shares how Phillips Ed...
Top Moment from Examining the Ratepayer Protection Pledge and the Case for Distributed Generation
What happens when AI's demand for electricity grows faster than the grid can keep up? In this highlight episode, we unpack the growing pressure AI data centers are placing on power infrastructure, from rising electricity prices and political ba...
Ep 119: How to Buy an Onsite Energy System Without Overpaying for It
What if your business could take control of its energy future instead of waiting for the grid to decide your costs and reliability? In this episode, we explore why businesses are increasingly vulnerable to rising energy prices, grid constraints...
Top Moment from Gareth Evans on his Book and Why the Cost of Waiting on Onsite Energy Has Never Been Higher
What if your biggest business risk isn't your competition—but your energy strategy? In this highlight episode, Gareth steps into the guest seat to discuss the launch of his book, Powering Profits. You'll discover why energy has become ...
Ep 118: Turning Idle Grid Capacity Into Profit with Voltus President Matthew Plante
What if the key to building a cleaner, more reliable energy future isn’t just producing more power, but using the power we already have more intelligently? In this episode, Matthew Plante, Co-Founder and President of Voltus, Inc., shares how de...
Top Moment from Joshua Rhodes on the ERCOT Data Center Bubble, Rate Pressure, and What Business Leaders Are Missing
435 gigawatts of data centers want to connect to a grid that has never delivered more than 85 gigawatts at one time, and they want to do it in five years.In this highlight episode, Dr. Joshua Rhodes, research scientist at UT Austin, nonr...
Ep 117: Energy Innovation’s Robbie Orvis on What Is Actually Driving Up Electricity Rates
Why are electricity prices rising? And what can businesses do now to protect themselves from what's coming next? In this episode, Robbie Orvis, Senior Director of Modeling and Analysis at Energy Innovation, unpacks the policy, market, and techn...
Top Moment from How Onsite Energy Adds Real Estate Asset Value with Brian Rappaport, JLL
What if energy isn't just a utility bill, but one of the biggest opportunities to increase the value of your real estate portfolio? In this highlight episode, Brian Rappaport explains why energy has become a strategic real estate issue rather t...
Ep 116: Utility Data as a Sustainability Planning Tool With Sagiliti’s DeVynne Farquharson
What if the key to achieving sustainability goals is already hidden in your utility bills? In this episode, DeVynne Farquharson shares his journey from growing up in a community heavily impacted by industrial pollution to leading sustainable so...
Top Moment from Greg Nemet on How Solar Got 10,000 Times Cheaper and Why Commercial Rooftops Are Next
What if solar energy isn't just another power source, but the foundation of the future economy? In this highlight episode, Greg Nemet explores why solar energy's rapid growth shows no signs of slowing, as well as what that means for businesses,...
Ep 115: Joshua Rhodes on the ERCOT Data Center Bubble, Rate Pressure, and What Business Leaders Are Missing
If the data is this clear, why are so many business leaders still getting energy wrong? In this episode, Dr. Joshua Rhodes, research scientist at the University of Texas at Austin, nonresident fellow at Columbia University's Center on Global En...
Top Moment from Linking Sustainability with Profitability and Impact - Our Conversation with Business Resilience Strategist Melanie Larkins
Is sustainability just a reporting requirement, or is it one of the most underused drivers of revenue and business value today? In this highlight episode, Melanie Larkins explores how organizations can move beyond viewing sustainability as a co...
Ep 114: Greg Nemet on How Solar Got 10,000 Times Cheaper and Why Commercial Rooftops Are Next
What if the biggest energy transformation in history is only just getting started? In this episode, Greg Nemet explains how solar energy went from one of the most expensive technologies on earth to the cheapest source of electricity in history ...
Ep 113: Gareth Evans on his Book and Why the Cost of Waiting on Onsite Energy Has Never Been Higher
What happens when energy stops being something businesses can take for granted? In this episode, we discuss the launch of Gareth’s new book, Powering Profits. Gareth explains why businesses are entering a completely new energy paradigm...
Ep 112: Building an Energy Program that Scales with Carson Bristol of Lithia & Driveway
What does it actually take to move sustainability from strategy decks into real-world projects? In this episode, Carson Bristol from Lithia Motors shares how one of the world’s largest automotive retailers is approaching energy efficiency, elec...
Top Moment from The Price of Power: Examining the Costs Behind Keeping the Lights On and What's Next with Mark Ellis
Why do your electricity bills keep rising—and who actually benefits from it? In this highlight episode, we unpack the complex (and often hidden) financial mechanics behind utility companies and how they make money. From cost-of-service regulati...
Ep 111: How Onsite Energy Adds Real Estate Asset Value with Brian Rappaport, JLL
What happens when energy stops being just a cost and becomes a strategic advantage? In this episode, Brian Rappaport from JLL unpacks the evolving role of energy in today’s market, from grid constraints and rising demand to the growing impact o...
Top Moment from Lessons Learned in Deploying a Hybrid Microgrid System From Aerospace Manufacturer Kirkhill
What does it really take to reduce energy costs and future-proof a large-scale manufacturing operation? In this highlight episode, Charlie Marquez, Senior Manager of EHS and Facilities at Kirkhill, shares how his team tackled rising energy expe...
Ep 110: What Deploying an Onsite Energy System Actually Requires
Is installing an onsite energy system going to overwhelm your team? Or is that fear overblown? In this episode, we unpack one of the most common concerns businesses have when considering solar and energy systems: how much work is actually invol...
Top Moment from One AI Platform for All 50 States - Making Sense of Energy Utility Filings with Halcyon Co-Founder Nat Bullard
What happens when energy demand grows faster than the system can handle? In this highlight episode, Nat Bullard breaks down the unique moment we’re in—where surging demand from data centers, industrial players, and electrification is colliding ...