{"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 277:  Energy Storage Explained: From Lithium-Ion to the Future of the Power Grid","slug":"smp-277-energy-storage-explained-from-lithium-ion-to-the-future-of-the-power-grid","published_at":"2026-04-23T23:58:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/solar-maverick-podcast-75045/smp-277-energy-storage-explained-from-lithium-ion-to-the-future-of-the-power-grid","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/solar-maverick-podcast-75045","url":"https://solarmaverick.podbean.com/e/smp-277-energy-storage-explained-from-lithium-ion-to-the-future-of-the-power-grid/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/x5wbaefvz4qybjc6/SMP_277_Energy_Storage_Explained_From_Lithium-Ion_to_the_Future_of_the_Power_Grid7omcs.mp3","summary":"In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy Thanjan sits down with Marek Kubik, energy storage expert and former Fluence founder, to break down the rapid evolution of battery storage and its critical role in the energy transition. Marek shares insights from nearly two decades in the industry, explaining how declining costs, technological advancements, and new use cases are pushing energy storage to the center of the modern grid. From lithium-ion dominance to emerging technologies like sodium-ion, and from grid stability to long-duration storage, this conversation covers the trends shaping the future of energy.","meta_description":"In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy Thanjan sits down with Marek Kubik, energy storage expert and former Fluence founder, to break down t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3324,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/solar-maverick-podcast-75045/episodes/smp-277-energy-storage-explained-from-lithium-ion-to-the-future-of-the-power-grid/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-277-energy-storage-explained-from-lithium-ion-to-the-future-of-the-power-grid.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}