Speaking with Enfinity Leaders: Building Renewable Energy at Speed | Hans Helmerich

How do you build renewable energy fast enough to meet record electricity demand? In this episode of Speaking with Enfinity Leaders, Hans Helmerich, Global Head of Operations at Enfinity Global, explains how the company went from zero to close to 60 solar, wind and battery storage projects under construction in a single year. Speaking with Enfinity Leaders is Enfinity Global's video series with the people building the company. Episode 1 of the 2026 edition focuses on execution: how to deliver new energy capacity on time, on budget and safely, across the United States, Italy, Japan and India. In this episode, Hans covers: Why the energy industry is moving from the energy transition to "energy addition" How Enfinity manages solar, wind and battery energy storage (BESS) projects at the same time The Enfinity Way: standard processes from site selection to decades of operation Supply chain risk and how operating data shapes supplier selection People, processes and tools: project management training, the Construction Operating System and the Nexus platform How the team rebuilt a solar plant in Japan after heavy snowfall, replacing more than 40,000 modules in three months Partnering with local farmers in Japan and communities in Italy Scaling up construction in the US, with more than 10 GW safe-harbored to build over the next three years Site Enfiniters, the community for colleagues on remote construction sites Where Enfinity will be in five to ten years, with a pipeline of more than 40 GW Chapters 00:00 Introduction: from energy transition to energy addition 00:50 The time of Power Now: execution at speed 02:10 From two projects to 60 under construction 03:20 Solar, wind and battery storage: the Enfinity Way 04:50 Managing supply chain risk 07:05 People, processes and tools 09:40 Teamwork and project management training 10:50 Rebuilding a solar plant in Japan after the snow 13:05 Working with local communities in Japan and Italy 16:00 Scaling up renewable energy construction in the US 19:05 Site Enfiniters: supporting our people on site 22:15 The future of Enfinity Global About Enfinity Global Enfinity Global develops, finances, builds, owns and operates renewable energy, battery storage and energy commercialization solutions in the United States, Europe and Asia. Clients, industries and power grids need energy now. We build it. Website: https://www.enfinity.global LinkedIn:   / enfinity   Subscribe to follow the next episodes of Speaking with Enfinity Leaders. #SpeakingWithEnfinityLeaders #RenewableEnergy #PowerNow