{"podcast":{"title":"Catalyst with Shayle Kann","slug":"catalyst-with-shayle-kann-4458041","podcast_index_feed_id":4458041,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/catalyst","website_url":"https://www.latitudemedia.com/podcasts/catalyst","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d2f3b172-3bc3-11ec-a455-6f999fef6a5d/image/91b6eaa70e6ec9b2be5275786995350c.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Latitude Media","episode_count":257,"summary":"Investor Shayle Kann is asking big questions about how to decarbonize the planet: How cheap can clean energy get? Will artificial intelligence speed up climate solutions? Where is the smart money going into climate technologies? Every week on Catalyst, Shayle explains the world of climate tech with prominent experts, investors, researchers, and executives. Produced by Latitude Media.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catalyst-with-shayle-kann-4458041"},"episode":{"title":"Scaling America's domestic solar supply chain","slug":"scaling-america-s-domestic-solar-supply-chain","published_at":"2026-03-19T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catalyst-with-shayle-kann-4458041/scaling-america-s-domestic-solar-supply-chain","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catalyst-with-shayle-kann-4458041","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PSMI6168584193.mp3?updated=1774972155","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PSMI6168584193.mp3?updated=1774972155","summary":"Despite the dark cloud of federal policy hanging over the solar industry, skyrocketing load growth is driving demand. The question is whether supply can keep up. In this episode, Shayle talks to Scott Moskowitz — VP of market strategy and public affairs at Qcells and board chair of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) — about the challenges of reshoring solar in the U.S. They cover topics like: How supply chain resilience incentivize reshoring efforts The specific state of polysilicon, wafers, cells, and module reshoring Why resource “clustering” has been a boon for Chinese solar manufacturing Industry challenges around permitting solar Why American solar remains so much more expensive per watt than Chinese solar The threat of technological obsolescence to funding solar projects Resources Catalyst: More 2026 trends: Solar costs, oil oversupply, and the startup slump Catalyst: Tumult in residential solar Open Circuit: Does residential solar have a bad product? Latitude Media: GlassPoint is back, and armed with global expansion plans Latitude Media: Tesla’s rooftop solar paradox Latitude Media: Can the US bring solar installation to below $2 per watt? Credits: Hosted by Shayle Kann. Produced and edited by Max Savage Levenson. Original music and engineering by Sean Marquand. Stephen Lacey is our executive editor. Catalyst is brought to you by Uplight. Uplight activates energy customers and their connected devices to generate, shift, and save energy—improving grid resilience and energy affordability while accelerating decarbonization. Learn how Uplight is helping utilities unlock flexible load at scale at uplight.com. Catalyst is brought to you by Antenna Group, the public relations and strategic marketing agency of choice for climate, energy, and infrastructure…","meta_description":"Despite the dark cloud of federal policy hanging over the solar industry, skyrocketing load growth is driving demand. The question is whether supply can k…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2426,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/catalyst-with-shayle-kann-4458041/episodes/scaling-america-s-domestic-solar-supply-chain/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catalyst-with-shayle-kann-4458041/scaling-america-s-domestic-solar-supply-chain.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}