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Energy Gang

Millennials: The Core of the Clean Economy? Or Overhyped as the Green Generation?

Energy Gang

Wood Mackenzie

Tech News, Environment, Sustainability, Innovation, Renewable Energy, Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, News, Cleantech, Wind Energy, Business, Climate Change, Solar Energy

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2014

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Depending on your perspective, Millenials are either the most globally aware, technologically savvy generation or the most distracted, dependent, self-obsessed generation. For many, those feelings about Millenials extend to the environment. Some criticize their surface-level engagement and say young people mistake Facebook “likes” and virtual signatures for actual action. Others believe Millenials are much more sophisticated about the environment, pointing to the surge in green MBAs and cleantech startups working to solve big problems. In this week’s podcast, we’ll be joined by guest co-host Andrew Winston, author of “The Big Pivot,” to debate the role of Millenials in the clean economy. At the top of the show, we’ll discuss the correlation between corporate environmental strategy and rankings for the top-50 most innovative companies in the world. And then we’ll also chat about how the elections may impact utilities around the country. You can check out our live podcast on November 18 in San Francisco at ACEEE’s Intelligent Efficiency conference: bit.ly/1wvgv5x And don’t forget to fill out our short listener survey: svy.mk/1rCT4HH This podcast is brought to you by SMA, the world's leading solar inverter manufacturer. With more than 850 service experts, 90 service hubs, 30-plus gigawatts installed globally and thousands of commercial and utility projects completed worldwide, SMA is the partner of choice for your PV projects. The Energy Gang is produced by Greentechmedia.com. The show features weekly discussion between energy futurist Jigar Shah, energy policy expert Katherine Hamilton and Greentech Media Editor Stephen Lacey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This podcast is brought to you by SMA, provider of the world's leading inverter technology

0:07.1

and backed by the world's leading service team.

0:10.1

With more than 850 service experts, 90 service hubs, 30 plus gigawatts installed globally

0:16.9

and thousands of commercial and utility scale projects completed worldwide,

0:21.1

SMA is the partner of choice for your PV projects.

0:25.2

For more, visit W.W. dot SMA-America.com. For the week of October 31st 2014 this is the Energy Gang from Green Tech Media.

0:49.0

Hello and welcome to the show. I am Stephen Lacey, your host, and a senior editor at Green Tech Media based as usual in Washington, D.C.

0:56.6

This week, how did the top 50 most innovative companies in the world rank in their clean energy

1:02.2

adoption and environmental policies.

1:05.2

Then later in the show we'll look at how upcoming elections may impact U.S. utilities and ask why

1:10.1

millennials are changing the way they define environmentalism.

1:15.4

With me on this Halloween Eve are my co-hosts, dressed up in environmental theme costumes to celebrate

1:21.5

the holiday just like we did last year.

1:24.0

Catherine Hamilton is a co-founder and partner at 38 North Solutions, a clean energy public policy

1:30.4

firm and she is here in Washington with me. What are you dressed up as for

1:33.9

Halloween, Catherine? Yeah, so you know I like to go retro, so last year I went as

1:39.5

Ready Kilowatt, which you reminded me of. This year I'm going to go back to School House

1:44.5

Rock and people are just going to have to look on YouTube for School House

1:48.2

Rock and the character of the bill. I'm just a bill sitting here on Capitol Hill

1:52.3

and the bill is so dejected

1:54.6

and tired looking and I'm going as the Expire Act in particular because we got to

2:00.5

get this thing through and if you watch the video,

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