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June 25, 2021

Ford Launches F-150 Lightning EV Truck | Community Solar Tracker | So…

Today on the Clean Power Hour (Ep.46): Ford launches F-150 Lightning EV truck; Community Solar Tracker by ILSR, a review; Freeing Energy Podcast by Bill Nussey - Montague’s new fav podcast; #solar project of the week - Whalin...

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May 27, 2021

Offshore Wind Takes Off! | Colonel Pipeline Hacked | Solar Podcast Cl…

Clean Power Hour (Ep.45) The offshore wind industry is taking off with full approval of Vineyard 1 that will power 400,000 homes when fully constructed. The 13 MW turbines by GE are the pinnacle of wind engineering might. Bac...

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May 5, 2021

High Efficiency Low Degradation Solar | Carbon Tracker Report | Clean…

Today on the Clean Power Hour: Recap of the Meyer Burger interview (launch of their hot off the presses ultra low degradation, high performance solar mods last week); John Weaver answers important questions about HJT / TopCon...

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May 5, 2021

100% Clean Energy - Update from DOE Secretary Granholm | Net Metering…

Update from the DOE - Big plans coming to life under Granholm Ocean floating solar in Singapore Net metering under attack in CA Biden Huge Infrastructure Plan - GND Gone wild!? PA state Gov now solar powered… nice vid The …

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May 5, 2021

Speedway Solar | Gigafactory Bonanza | Canary Media Launch | Clean Po…

We launched a new segment on the Clean Power Hour today - Project of the Week. Today on the Clean Power Hour, Ep.39: 200 gigafactories are being built globally; Canary Media Launch Paying coal plants to close?; Mars helicopte...

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May 3, 2021

Community Solar in PA | Solar Highways | Viking Solar | Clean Power H…

Community Solar is growing in Pennsylvania! Maybe America’s highways are an significant opportunity for solar PV The Vikings are coming for your hydro and floating solar opportunity Tax revenue from community and utility scal...

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May 3, 2021

China Record 2.2 GW of Solar | Green Bonds Exceed 1 Trillion $$ | Cle…

** www.CESnrg.com/podcast #Tesla over the air update https://twitter.com/SolarInMASS/status/1312500497819951105 $200 billion worth of green bonds have been issued in 2020 thus far - $50 billion in a strong September. This rep...

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May 3, 2021

Community Solar in New Mexico! | Kite Power | Tesla Jacks Solar Roof …

Today on the Clean Power Hour with John Weaver and Tim Montague | Ep.40: Canadian Solar mass produces 665 W module (solar panel) Jobs Act break down New Mexico now has community solar Kite power is approaching commercial depl...

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May 3, 2021

We Don't Have Time | Ocean Hydro Power | Epic HVDC | Module Tech Adva…

There’s a new social media platform to stop climate chaos - "We don’t have time" by Ingmar Rentzhog Unions getting behind Biden’s jobs act plans Solar+wind powered hydrogen space rockets in Australia World’s largest ocean tur...

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May 3, 2021

Earth Day is Elon Musk to the Moon Day | Clean Power Hour Ep.41

Today on the Clean Power Hour Ep.41: Elon Musk Beats Bezos to the Moon Solar Powered Robot Helicopter Flies on Mars Solar Powered Greenhouses Sprouting Asparagus in France HVDC Powerline Crossing North Sea - How about the Ear...

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May 2, 2021

Gunter Erfurt, Ardes Johnson - Meyer Burger High Performance Solar Mo…

Gunter Erfurt, CEO and Ardes Johnson, President and GM, Americas, Meyer Burger join us for a special episode of the Clean Power Hour. We explore this new technology launch and the storied history of Meyer Burger in the solar ...

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April 28, 2021

World's Largest Rooftop PV Array | Clean Power Hour Ep.15

Largest Rooftop Solar Project - 18 MW in Netherlands Sunrun - Vivant merger closes making the combined company 25 percent of the residential solar market King coal is falling to Crown Prince solar and storage Two companies - ...

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April 28, 2021

The Machine That Builds The Machine | Clean Power Hour Ep.13

Today (Sept. 30, 2020) we break down Tesla Battery Day and cover the latest in solar and storage news: John Weaver Bought a Tesla Model Y! Jigar Shah of generate capital is coming on the Solar Podcast Oct 6 Battery …

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April 28, 2021

Rolling Blackouts in CA | Rewiring America | Clean Power Hour Ep.7 | …

Clean Power Hour with Tim Montague & John Weaver Ep. 7 - published Sept 1, 2020 **Rolling Blackouts in CA due to extreme heat wave… necessary or evil https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/08/17/californias-fossil-fuel-plants-faile...

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April 28, 2021

Tesla Battery Day is Here | Solar + Storage is the Holy Grail | Clean…

Tesla battery day! (moving away from Cobalt, going long on Nickel) ​ Hands on with a solar power operating and maintenance financial and labor model Jinko sets efficiency record - 24% / mention of SunPower Agrivoltaics - Cyli...

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April 28, 2021

Google Pledging CO2 Free 24/7 by 2030 | Clean Power Hour Ep.11

Today's solar, wind and battery storage news stories: Google pledging CO2 free 24/7 Getting to a Carbon-Free Economy The urgent is attainable, and at entirely affordable cost. by Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University The incre...

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April 28, 2021

Will Humans Talk to Their Solar Arrays? | Clean Power Hour Ep.9

Roadrunner solar project in Texas goes online at 497 MW...why does Big Solar matter to you? Largest solar project in Texas! Solar panels /modules are getting bigger but is bigger better? NREL - the national renewable energy l...

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April 28, 2021

Covid Knocks 20 Gigawatts Off Global Solar Installations | Clean Powe…

The world will add 142 GW of new solar this year - Covid-19 is knocking 20 GW off the anticipated amount of solar that will get installed this year. ​ MA Solar Market Floating solar at fort Bragg NC, the …

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April 24, 2021

Tesla Solar Breaking Price Barriers | Large Format Solar Panels | Cle…

Today on the Clean Power Hour, Ep. 8: Sept 8, 2020 Tesla launches 2 dollar/watt solar Solar panels are growing larger - longer and heavier Illinois’ Governor Pritzker issues 8 Point Plan and 100% RPS A closer look at JA …

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April 24, 2021

Utility Scale Batteries | Clean Power Hour Ep.6 with Montague & Weaver

On today's Clean Power Hour with Tim Montague and John Weaver we dive into solar pv news stories about solar, solar plus storage, grid scale batteries and the future of solar and storage. 1. Vistra has been granted a permit …

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April 24, 2021

Battery & Solar Safety | Clean Power Hour Ep.5 | Montague & Weaver

AZ grid scale battery blow up: https://commercialsolarguy.com/2020/08/10/a-lithium-ion-battery-burnt-four-firefighters-were-knocked-unconscious-a-timeline-and-recommendations/ Single Axis Trackers for rooftop solar: https://w...

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April 24, 2021

The Big Box Solar Bonanza - Ep.4 of the Clean Power Hour with Montagu…

The Bigbox Solar Bonanza - Ep.4 of the Clean Power Hour. Breaking down the latest news and information about the commercial industrial solar industry. Please subscribe and give us a thumbs up! Hit that bell. Tell us what you ...

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April 24, 2021

Rooftop Solar | FERC | E-Waste | Coal Decline | Clean Power Hour Ep.3

Today on the Clean Power Hour this week we talk about: 1)We tour one of John's rooftop commercial solar projects; 2)FERC Order 841 and battery storage regulations; an investors view of a solar stock (Ameresco); 3)the growing ...

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April 24, 2021

Rooftop Solar Site Selection | Clean Power Hour Ep.2

On this episode of the Clean Power Hour (published July 21, 2020) with co-hosts Tim Montague and John Weaver we discuss site selection criteria for commercial rooftop solar (C&I solar; behind the meter solar PV): roof conditi...

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