🎙️ From Venezuela to Australia: Passion, Grit, and Solar Innovation ☀️

In this episode, we sit down with Andreas Rastelli, Business Development Manager at Clenergy, whose energy could power a small city.
From his wild childhood in Venezuela to becoming one of Australia’s most passionate renewable energy advocates, Andreas brings stories that will make you laugh, think, and maybe even crave a good cup of coffee.

We dive into:
🌎 His journey from Caracas to Melbourne
☕ The science, art, and obsession of perfect coffee
🏗️ Engineering, rail systems, and Roman concrete that still baffles scientists
⚙️ Solar innovation, racking design, and the future of renewables
❤️ Family, culture, and what it truly means to build a life from the ground up

This isn’t just another energy chat - it’s a ride through culture, engineering, and pure human drive.

👀 Watch till the end to hear Andreas’ take on Clenergy’s secret sauce: people, products, and partnerships.

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From backyard lemon trees to nuclear reactors and everything solar in between!

In this episode, Veli sits down with George Phani, veteran of Australia’s solar industry and current Business Development Manager at Yingli Solar, for a no-nonsense, deeply personal, and occasionally hilarious journey through the evolution of photovoltaics.

George shares:
👉 His early days tinkering with applied physics and working at Australia’s only nuclear reactor.
👉 How Australia almost led the global solar revolution - and why it didn’t.
👉 What it was like pioneering new solar materials in Switzerland before most people even knew what “PV" meant.
👉 The rise (and survival) of Yingli through boom-and-bust solar cycles.
👉 The real future of solar - bifacials, building-integrated PV, agri-voltaics, and AI-driven manufacturing.
👉 And, of course, why his dad’s cucumbers and lemon trees might just be the original renewable energy systems.

This episode is equal parts education, nostalgia, and technical masterclass - told through stories of persistence, migration, and innovation in an ever-changing clean energy landscape.

🎙️ The engineer’s edge: Sanna from Gamcorp unpacks structures, solar, and the art of doing things properly.

In this episode, we sit down with Sanna Afshar, Director of Operations at Gamcorp, to dive deep into the engineering side of solar and renewable energy systems.
From his family’s incredible journey fleeing Iran in the 1980s to his rise as one of the industry’s most passionate and insightful structural engineers, this chat goes way beyond beams and bolts.

THE GREENROOM explores:

- The untold story behind Sanna’s upbringing, resilience, and values
- How structural engineering shapes safe and reliable solar installations
- Why so many roof inspections are done wrong, and how to fix it
- The real-world failures and lessons that are quietly shaping the solar industry
- The role of mentorship, family, and faith in building better engineers and better people
- Plus Sanna’s love for music, hand pans, and how rhythm connects to problem-solving
- Roof mount vs. ground mount systems
- Wind load, racking, and fixing failures
- Australian standards and engineering ambiguity

🔧 Sit back, tune in, and enjoy a conversation that’s equal parts inspiring, technical, and brutally honest.