SMP 77: Expert Insights: Driving Growth in the Energy Storage Industry
Episode Summary
In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Kelly Speakes-Backman who is the first CEO of the U.S. Energy Storage Association (“ESA”) discusses about the many benefits of energy storage. She also talks about how the cost is decreasing exponentially and the storage capacity keeps increasing significantly, how it is a game changer for intermittent power sources, and many other interesting topics.
Our Host
Benoy Thanjan
Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy, as well as an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer, and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar, as well as utility-scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges both energy and environmental commodities.
Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity, which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity, to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche.
Our Guest
Kelly Speakes-Backman is the first Chief Executive Officer of The U.S. Energy Storage Association (ESA), the national trade organization for the energy storage industry. Serving as CEO since 2017, Kelly leads the association’s efforts to represent the interests of energy storage in the United States, including policy, external relations and industry leadership.
Kelly has spent over 20 years working in energy and environmental issues in the public, NGO and private sectors, including United Technologies, SunEdison and Alliance to Save Energy. She is a former Commissioner of the Maryland Public Service Commission.
Stay Connected:
Benoy Thanjan
Email: info@reneuenergy.com
LinkedIn: @bthanjan
Website: https://www.reneuenergy.com
Kelly Speakes-Backman
ESA Phone Number: +1 202 293-0537
Email: k.speakes-backman@energystorage.org
Twitter: @KSpeakesBackman
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyspeakesbackman/
Energy Storage Association Website: https://energystorage.org/
Sponsor:
Thank you to Silverline Communications for sponsoring this episode of the podcast.
Sillverline Communications, an integrated marketing and PR agency focused on clean and emerging tech, is headquartered in DC with satellite offices in Chicago and Salt Lake City.
To learn more about Silverline, go to teamsilverline.com. You can reach Silverline at 703-286-5500 or info@teamsilverline.com.
We interviewed Laura Taylor who is the CEO and Founder of Silverline Communications on Episode 59: Lessons Learned from Clean Energy Entrepreneur.
Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on itunes, Podbean, youtube, and most other podcasting platforms.
This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry (www.podcastlaundry.com)
The League Episode 1-The Latest Clean Energy Trends with Benoy Thanjan and David Magid
How Solstice differentiates from other Customer Acquisition and Management Companies?
SMP 157: Proposed California Community Solar Program Update(April 2024)
SMP 156: How to develop Solar and Storage on Disturbed Land with AC Power?
SMP 155: Capital Solutions for Real Estate for Solar and Battery Storage with SolaREIT
SMP 154: How Aurora Solar is innovating the residential and commercial sales experience through software?
153: How Sunstone Credit is providing debt financing for an underserved market in solar?
SMP 152: How Anza Renewables is innovating solar module & energy storage procurement?
SMP 151: Proliferation of Flexible Solar in Space
SMP 150: How SunRaise Capital is innovating residential solar financing?
SMP 149: Jigar Shah, Director of the LPO of the DOE, Discusses How the Solar Industry Has to Innovate
SMP 148: How Summit Ridge Energy is dominating the Virginia Community Solar Market?
SMP 147: RE+ Conference Takeaways
SMP 146: How Erthos is revolutionizing Utility Scale Solar Construction?
SMP 145: US Community Solar Market Analysis
SMP 144: Luxpower: Introduces its Innovative Inverter Technology to the US Market
SMP 143: Insights on the US Solar and Storage Market
SMP 142: The Benefits of Local Solar
SMP 141: Unlocking Your Solar Project’s Potential with Operations and Maintenance
SMP 140: Agrivoltaics: One of the Next Frontiers in Solar
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures Podcasts
Rationally Speaking
Big Ideas: Science
Math Mutation
The Science Bar Podcast