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Steve Chan, COO and co-founder of Enterprise Energy, joins Jeff "Fuzzy" Wenzel on Invst Guru to break down what it really takes to survive — and thrive — in today's turbulent clean energy landscape.
Steve shares how Enterprise Energy built a 20-project community solar and battery storage portfolio across Illinois and Minnesota, why they're now pivoting toward grid-scale battery development in the Chicagoland region, and what the One Big Beautiful Bill actually means for developers in the 1–5MW "sweet spot." He also gets candid about what keeps him up at night, how they work with farmers and local communities to secure project permits, and why battery storage may ultimately be better for the grid than solar ever was.
Energy Enterprise is currently raising on Climatize for its Batteries for Chicagoland portfolio.
Check out their campaign here 👉 https://web.climatize.earth/project/00041
🎧 Learn more about the show and all featured companies at https://invst.guru/
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Intro & Steve's 90-second pitch
02:00 – Origin story: from physics to clean energy development
03:30 – Why Minnesota and Illinois are the core markets
04:45 – How the landowner/farmer leasing model works
09:10 – The three legs of development: permitting, interconnection & diligence
11:18 – 20 active projects and how capital is deployed strategically
12:43 – How Enterprise Energy discovered Climatize and why they use it
15:20 – Pivoting from solar to battery storage — what changed and why
16:39 – Illinois' Clean and Reliable Grid Act (CRGA) explained
18:24 – Addressing battery safety fears and FUD in the market
20:19 – Technology agnostic? Navigating FIAC (Foreign Entity of Concern) rules
22:32 – What communities actually care about (and how to get permits approved)
23:34 – Scale roadmap: from 7 people to 10 states in 5 years
26:20 – The #1 thing keeping Steve up at night: federal policy chaos
28:01 – Investor sentiment before and after the One Big Beautiful Bill
30:22 – How to connect with Enterprise Energy and the Climatize campaign
🔗 LINKS
🌱 Enterprise Energy: https://enterpriseenergy.com
💰 Invest in Batteries for Chicagoland: https://web.climatize.earth/project/00041
🎙️ Invst Guru: https://invst.guru
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