This Week in Cleantech (08/14/2026) - Can Trump's new solar tariffs help the domestic supply problem?

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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 Mark Chediak from Bloomberg, who breaks down Trump's new 15% tariffs and price floors on imported polysilicon and its derivatives, including wafers, cells and modules.

This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Kumo Sharma, founder of Arkaya Energy. His company's milk-source heat pump pulls heat straight out of fresh milk as it's chilled for cheesemaking, then uses that heat to make near-boiling water for washdown — cutting England’s Barber's Farmhouse Cheesemakers' electricity use in half and saving them about $94,000 a year. Congratulations, Kumo!

This Week in Cleantech — August 14, 2026 

1. Zach Dell Is Raising Money to Put a Battery in Your Backyard — WSJ
2. Trump waged war on EVs. Now he’s helping them out. — E&E News
3. Some Nebraska communities are cashing in on renewables. Others are being left behind. — Grist
4. Federal Judge Orders Pentagon to Lift Freeze on Wind Power — The New York Times
5. How the US Is Trying to End Solar Tariff Whack-a-Mole — Bloomberg

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