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Jan. 18, 2022

James Geshwiler on Solar for Non-Owner Occupied Facilities | Solar as…

There is a huge opportunity in rooftop solar that isn't currently being developed - non-owner occupied facilities which represent 90% of the commercial real estate. When tenants don't own their own roof they struggle to install rooftop solar because solar …

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Jan. 12, 2022

Matt Lensink & Lisa Katz on Cleaning Up Thermal Power Ep.68

We don't spend a lot of time talking about thermal energy on the Clean Power Hour, but it’s a thing! And a lot of industrial and institutional processes require high-grade thermal power. We need it to heat hospitals and unive...

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Jan. 4, 2022

Land Stewardship in the Solar Industry | Rhett Kerby, KerTec | #67

#67 Successful vegetation restoration and natural landscaping of solar farms is a vital part of the solar industry. Solar farms mean changes in the land and those changes can be good from an ecological perspective - but this ...

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Dec. 28, 2021

CEJA - Illinois Clean Energy Legislation 2021 with Mark Pruitt of the…

#66: Today on the Clean Power Hour, it's a new day in Illinois! Our new energy legislation, the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act of 2021, triples the amount of resources coming into the solar wind and battery storage industries...

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Dec. 21, 2021

Americans want Solar in 2022 I Clean Power News

#65: Welcome to the Clean Power Hour Holiday special! We cover a TON of big clean energy news in today's episode. - Solar could triple by 2023 to 60 GW per year! - Voters want America-first clean energy and climate …

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Dec. 14, 2021

Hydrogen is The Fuel of The Future! with Joseph Alfred, Ally Power In…

#64 Joe Alfred is the founder and CEO of Ally Power Inc. This hydrogen startup is based in Washington DC. Ally is developing a boiler system that produces hydrogen from aluminum and sodium hydroxide. Hydrogen is in the cleant...

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Dec. 7, 2021

Energy Dome, Claudio Spadacini & CO2 Battery - Long Duration Storage

63: Today on the Clean Power Hour: Energy Dome! We kick off this episode with an interview with the founder and CEO of Energy Dome, Claudio Spadacini. They are bringing long duration (10-24 hr) energy storage to life with the...

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Nov. 30, 2021

Bill Nussey - Freeing Energy, how local renewable energy is changing …

Tech entrepreneur Bill Nussey joins the Clean Power Hour! Bill has been traveling the globe interviewing the best and brightest minds (like Amory Lovins, the founder of Rocky Mountain Institute) on the topics of solar PV and ...

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Nov. 23, 2021

Infrastructure Bill and Renewables

#61: Build Back Better! There’s real money flowing into renewables What crops grow best under solar farms? Agrivoltaics research at the University of Illinois gets us pumped! The largest solar and storage project in the US is...

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Nov. 16, 2021

Gravity Batteries and Illinois Clean Energy Legislation

#60 Are Gravity Batteries the next big thing? How will Illinois' clean energy legislation impact the market? It's all here on this week's news round up on the Clean Power Hour. Reconsilience package seems like it might be sig...

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Nov. 9, 2021

Solar Energy Auctions with eRENEWABLE CEO - Mike Nemer

#59: Mike Nemer is the President and CEO at eRENEWABLE LLC, podcaster, energy expert, advisor, speaker, and more! Mike Nemer has developed a live auction platform for solar, wind and battery storage project PPAs, the sale of ...

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Sept. 16, 2021

WRO on Solar Silicon | Restrictions on Chinese Tech | Clean Power Ho…

Confused about the WRO, Withhold and Release Order on solar silicon products made by Hoshine in Xinjiang Province in China? We have an expert on materials tracing, Paul Wormser, Vice President of Technology for Clean Energy A...

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Aug. 27, 2021

US Moves to Reduce Emissions by 45% | Corporates Going Solar | Roboti…

Clean Power Hour E57 Aug 27, 2021 with Tim Montague and John Weaver Corporates are going hard after renewable energy but hourly energy tracking is necessary Robotic Electric Ships are taking on cargo shipping Used Solar Panel...

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Aug. 20, 2021

A Terawatt by 2035 | Clean Power Hour E56

Biden releases White House plan including 40% of electricity coming from solar power by 2035 - that’s a TW of capacity https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/17/fact-sheet-bipartisan-infrastructu...

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Aug. 13, 2021

CubicPV - Direct Wafer, Tandem, Perovskite Solar Technology | Frank v…

Frank van Mierlo, CEO of CubicPV is our guest today on the Clean Power Hour (E55). CubicPV is the new company formed by the merger of 1366 Technologies (direct wafer tech) with Hunt Perovskite Technologies. Welcome to the nex...

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Aug. 9, 2021

Clean Power Hour Ep.54 | Solar vs. Nukes - who wins? | Resi Flow Batt…

Residential flow battery ♫♪♪coming to America♫♪♪ SuperHeavy getting put together, beautiful! Growing potatoes and broccoli indoors $30 billion - nuclear or solar? $30 billion - nuclear or solar? Who wins? https://pv-magazine-...

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July 31, 2021

Tesla VPP | Solar Powered Beer | US Storage Market Growth | Clean Pow…

Tesla VPP; Solar beer; Renewables #2 in the USA; US Energy storage volume; Tesla sells out stationary storage thru 2023; World’s largest agrivoltaic project; and Montague goes to the dark side. Toyota is quietly pushing Congr...

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July 26, 2021

Biggest floating solar! | Aussie microgrid is for real | Clean Power …

The Pixies are coming and they feed on microgrids The US adopts solar app nationwide What is an ultra mega renewable energy project? Electric Aviation taking off, literally Billionaires are invading space - is that good? Worl...

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July 12, 2021

Chinese Solar Ban | 100% Renewable Grid | Tesla GigaTexas | Clean Pow…

US Bans Forced Labor related solar panels coming from China Large-Scale Simulations Show U.S. Can Get Close to 100% Renewable Generation Cost-Effectively The roof is on at Tesla Giga-Austin Clean Energy Legislation: Oregon wo...

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July 12, 2021

Rooftop Solar Has Powerful Enemies | Clean Power Hour Ep.50 (Annivers…

Today on the Clean Power Hour Episode 50! Celebrating a year of CPH with John Weaver: Rooftop solar being blocked by powerful lobby groups including EEI (Edison Electric Institute); Update on the new solar iROSA at ISS; #Tesl...

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July 12, 2021

SpaceX Super Heavy Booster Rolls | Do Engineers Dream of Panel Effici…

Superheavy booster, the giant Spacex rocket rolls out at Starbase Texas in Boca Chica World’s Largest floating wind farm takes shape Japan signs deal for thirty 10 MW powers plants including battery storage and hydrogen plant...

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July 12, 2021

Will the US Lead in Batteries? | Solar & Storage NE | US Govt Support…

Today on the Clean Power Hour with John F Weaver: Biden admin aims to make the US a world leader in lithium-ion batteries; Solar & Storage NE recap by Weaver; Senate passes $250 billion tech investment bill to revitalize semi...

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June 25, 2021

Erthos Flat Solar | ISS Gets New Solar | Benefits of Native Vegetatio…

Carbon sequestration of soil goes up when you put solar on ag lands ISS is getting a new solar power plant! Erthos wants to lay solar panels right in the dirt GE says their new turbine can power the whole …

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