This Week in Cleantech (07/10/2026) - As IRA subsidies wind down, clean energy PPA prices 'soar'

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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 Martha Muir from The Financial Times, who discusses how the cost of clean energy power purchase agreements is set to rise 40 to 120 percent as Inflation Reduction Act subsidies wind down.

This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Dr. Bill Ho, CEO of GRST, whose company makes a PFAS-free, water-soluble battery binder. Conventional binder relies on "forever chemicals" and toxic solvents to process. GRST's version dissolves in water, making recycling to high-purity black mass simpler and cheaper. Congratulations, Bill!

This Week in Cleantech — July 10, 2026 

1. In the woods of Maine, searching for an answer to a ticking climate bomb – The Boston Globe
2. One-third of India's new renewable energy capacity faces curtailment – PV Magazine
3. Why Europe Still Struggles to Scale Its Homegrown Climate Tech – Heatmap News
4. Europe's next climate adaptation boom isn't solar panels — it's asphalt –  Reuters
5. US clean power prices set to soar as AI demand coincides with subsidy cuts – Financial Times

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