Factor This This Week in Cleantech (05/01/2026) - Are Trump's efforts against clean energy in vain?
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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.
This week's episode features special guest Oliver Milman from The Guardian, who discussed how the clean energy industry is pushing forward despite Trump's aggressive efforts to suppress it.
This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Sean Park, the CEO of Point2. Data centers rely heavily on copper cables, but copper has physical limits on efficiency and is subject to major price swings. Point2 has developed a way to transmit data using radio waves through plastic materials instead, cutting out copper entirely. The company claims this halves power consumption compared to traditional high-speed copper cables. Congratulations Sean!
This Week in Cleantech — May 1, 2026
- Why Is Your Electric Bill Going Up? Blame the Broken Grid. – The New York Times
- Trump administration to pay 2 more companies to walk away from US offshore wind leases – The Associated Press
- Why electricity markets are stuck on the gas price rollercoaster — The Financial Times
- The Rise of the High-Range, Less Expensive E.V. — The New York Times
- Trump’s attempt to crush clean energy progress not going to plan, experts say — The Guardian
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