{"podcast":{"title":"Solar Maverick Podcast","slug":"solar-maverick-podcast-75045","podcast_index_feed_id":75045,"rss_url":"https://solarmaverick.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://solarmaverick.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3741974/Podcast_2.jpg","author":"Benoy Thanjan","episode_count":289,"summary":"The Solar Maverick Podcast is the insiders guide to where the solar and energy markets meet entrepreneurship and trailblazing. Hosted by Benoy Thanjan - a serial entrepreneur and founder of Reneu Energy one of the industries top companies. Benoy is known for his passion, leadership and style. Always eager to truly learn from his guests, Thanjan digs deep and provides a tangible blueprint for his listeners to put what he’s learning to immediate use - making the show not only funny but entertaining, energetic and hyper -useful.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T20:17:03.589335+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/solar-maverick-podcast-75045"},"episode":{"title":"SMP 269: Inside Europe’s Solar Market: Batteries, Grid Challenges, and the Next Wave of Growth","slug":"smp-269-inside-europe-s-solar-market-batteries-grid-challenges-and-the-next-wave-of-growth","published_at":"2026-03-18T11:35:55+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/solar-maverick-podcast-75045/smp-269-inside-europe-s-solar-market-batteries-grid-challenges-and-the-next-wave-of-growth","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/solar-maverick-podcast-75045","url":"https://solarmaverick.podbean.com/e/smp-269-inside-europe-s-solar-market-batteries-grid-challenges-and-the-next-wave-of-growth/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/j9qwef45m9ps6mxc/SMP_269_Inside_Europe_s_Solar_Market_Batteries_Grid_Challenges_and_the_Next_Wave_of_Growth94cst.mp3","summary":"In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy Thanjan speaks with Peter Pongratz, host of the Soliverse Podcast, about the current state of the European solar market and how it compares with the U.S. Peter shares insights on the slowdown in European solar installations, the growing importance of battery storage, curtailment, negative pricing, permitting delays, and the need for better grid integration. They also discuss trends in hybrid solar-plus-storage projects, the rise of recycling as a major future opportunity, and how podcasting has become a powerful platform for learning and connecting across the renewable energy industry.","meta_description":"In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy Thanjan speaks with Peter Pongratz, host of the Soliverse Podcast, about the current state of the Eur…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1867,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/solar-maverick-podcast-75045/episodes/smp-269-inside-europe-s-solar-market-batteries-grid-challenges-and-the-next-wave-of-growth/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/solar-maverick-podcast-75045/smp-269-inside-europe-s-solar-market-batteries-grid-challenges-and-the-next-wave-of-growth.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}