The OpenSolar Podcast
Welcome to your source of inspiration, innovation, and impact, spotlighting the people, ideas, and movements driving the transition to a world powered entirely by sunshine.
S02E2: Why 2026 Could Change Solar Forever: Batteries, AI & Electrification
Australia’s solar industry is entering a new phase shaped by installer shortages, home electrification, and AI-driven automation. In this episode of The OpenSolar Podcast, Derek McKercher and Jimi Gatland explore why batteries, integrated energy systems, and agentic workflows could fundamentally reshape how solar businesses operate over the next few years.
S02E1: The Next Solar Superpower? India’s 10M Rooftop Plan Reshaping Global Energy
India’s rooftop solar market is scaling at extraordinary speed, driven by aggressive policy support, falling system costs, and rising energy demand. In this episode of The OpenSolar Podcast, Luminous India CEO Preeti Bajaj explains why the country’s path to solar adoption could become one of the most important energy transition stories in the world.
S01E6: Lighting Up Communities in the Global Energy Access Gap
When access to electricity transforms everything from classrooms to clinics, the impact goes far beyond the grid. In this final episode of The OpenSolar Podcast’s first season, Moira Hanes shares how Empowered by Light is using solar to empower vulnerable communities and build lasting change.
S01E5: What You Need to Know About Tariffs and Solar Energy Policy
Discover how tariffs and energy policies are shaping solar’s future in Episode Four of The OpenSolar Podcast. Experts Sonia Dunlop and Andrew Crossland share insights on unlocking grids, cutting bills and creating millions of clean energy jobs.
S01E4: Birchy’s Electrified Life: Leaving Economics to Power a Solar Future
In Episode Four of The OpenSolar Podcast, CEO Birchy shares how he electrified a 600-year-old farmhouse with solar, heat pumps, and EVs, cutting costs and proving any home can go electric.
S01E3: Solar at Scale: Building the UK Market from Policy to Installation
Episode Three of The OpenSolar Podcast explores how stable solar policy, consistent regulations, and installer empowerment are driving scalable growth in the UK solar energy market.
S01E2: The Solar Switch: From Pro to Opener
Two former solar installers turned Openers share the reality of the solar industry, from gender bias to day-to-day challenges, and why they traded installs for software, in Epiosde Two of The OpenSolar Podcast.
S01E1: Lessons From Australia’s Energy Transformation
In Episode One of The OpenSolar Podcast, Birchy and Nigel discuss how Australia became a global solar leader, with insights on battery rebates, fast installs, and policy.