This Week in Cleantech (04/03/2026) - Could this huge CA solar+storage project help farmers cope with water shortages?

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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 Jeff St John from Canary Media, who reported on a 21 gigawatt solar and battery storage project in California, which is potentially the largest project of its kind in the world.

This week's "Cleantechers of the Week" are Tim Sahay and Kate Mackenzie, hosts of the brand new podcast, The Polycrisis. This podcast will cover geopolitics, climate change, finance and industry. 

This Week in Cleantech — April 03, 2026 

1. What Americans Really Pay For Electricity — Heatmap News
2. Top energy developer warns on overbuilding power supplies for AI — The Financial Times
3. US AI Data Center Expansion Relies on Chinese Electrical Equipment Imports — Bloomberg
4. A Winter Without Snow Depletes Europe’s Clean Energy Reservoir — Bloomberg
5. ‘We’re harvesting the sun’: A huge solar project grows in California — Canary Media

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