A smart panel adds a few thousand dollars to an already expensive project, so Matt asks the awkward question straight out. Reynolds Holmes, VP of Product at SPAN, answers with a test: will you add an EV, a battery, a heat pump, or a new AC in the next ten years? If yes, he argues the future…

Perovskite solar has promised a revolution for over a decade, so is it finally real? Matt and Sean talk with Joel Jean, co-founder and CEO of Swift Solar, the US startup spun out of MIT and Stanford. Joel explains how stacking a perovskite film on top of silicon lifts a solar cell's efficiency…

Matt and Sean talk to Paulus Schoutsen, the software engineer who started Home Assistant–the largest open-source smart-home platform in the world, running in over 2 million homes.

Inventor of the Super Soaker, Dr. Lonnie Johnson, joins Matt to talk about his most ambitious project yet: the JTEC, a heat engine with no moving parts that converts low-grade waste heat straight into electricity. They get into how it actually works, why Johnson thinks it could run far more…

Matt sat down with Jorge Diaz Schneider, CEO of Ion Storage Systems, to talk about their anode-less, ceramic-based solid-state battery that doesn't swell or need pressure to work. We get into why they're chasing consumer electronics instead of EVs, the new continuous manufacturing line ...

Matt and Sean talk to Dave Borlace from the YouTube channel, Just Have a Think, to discuss the current state of the renewable energy transition in the UK and the US.

Matt and Sean talk to Zack Nelson of JerryRiggedEverything about building a new wheelchair manufacturing business, solar DIY, and the history and future of his Youtube channel.

Matt and Sean talk to Karl Rábago about the internetification of the electrical grid, and what it means for the future of owning solar panels and energy.

Matt and Sean talk to Nona Yehia (Vertical Harvest) about vertical farming, technological “growth”, and the future of food.

Matt talks with Two Bit Da Vinci and Ziroth about Donut Lab’s new battery, the controversy around it, and what they think it actually might be.