This Week in Cleantech (11/6/2026) - What does the blue wave mean for clean energy?

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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 Kelsey Tamborrino from POLITICO, who discusses how the midterm elections brought permitting reform to the forefront, and how clean energy tax credits could come back to the table.

This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Iain Ward, a solar consultant and longtime cranberry farmer in southeastern Massachusetts. Ward manages two bogs that are the first in the country to grow cranberries under working solar panels. Congratulations, Iain!

This Week in Cleantech — November 6, 2026

1. How the biggest renewable energy project in US history finally got built — Vox
2. Old, Polluting Jet Engines Are Being Scavenged to Power Data Centers — The New York Times
3. Does it matter that OpenAI is aiming to protect the grid? — Latitude Media
4. Spain saved $26 billion on gas imports thanks to renewables boom, IEA says — Reuters
5. Democratic deluge sweeps over energy world — POLITICO

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