Installing solar energy systems in our homes and businesses is a good first step. But how do we keep those solar farms up and running?

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Schools, municipalities, nonprofits and small for-profit companies that want to go solar typically don’t have the resources to do so on their own. They need investors in clean energy projects to make it work.

Yet local EPCs tend to shy away from selling third-party-owned solar PPA projects to thei…

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Thomas Folker describes Leap as the Stripe for energy.

The same way that Stripe provides the infrastructure for online payment processing, Leap allows anyone with energy resources (battery or EV companies, for example) to connect to the grid and trade energy as if they were a power plant.

In oth…

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Less than 1% of the solar that’s going to be built has been built. And in the wake of climate change, it’s imperative that we build solar plants faster and make the process cheaper.

But what will it take to achieve terawatt-scale solar power?

Matt Campbell is the Cofounder and CEO of Terabase En…

Bringing you the best in solar, wind and energy storage news with co-hosts Tim Montague and John Weaver. Today we have a special guest co-host: Nico Johnson, CEO of SunCast Media and the host of the ever popular SunCast Podcast.

Smart thermostats help us achieve a more flexible and resilient grid. And yet, only 10% to 20% of US households use a Nest or similar device to automate energy savings.

What can we do to speed the adoption of smart thermostats? How can companies like Google partner with utilities, inspiring resid…

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Tesla’s Q4 numbers are among the top stories in clean energy this week, so it’s only appropriate that this recording coincide with Tim's pilgrimage to SpaceX. So, what’s it like to spend time at Giga Texas, the Tesla manufacturing facility near Austin? Or the rocket production facility and spacepor…

Today on the Clean Power Hour we bring you footage from Montague's pilgrimage to SpaceX Spaceport (Boca Chica, TX) and Tesla GigaTexas (Austin) and the latest in solar, wind and energy storage news.

Why would a solar panel manufacturing company put time and energy into innovating for niche markets? What are the benefits of developing products for very specific applications like greenhouses, satellites or power-generating building facades?

Martin Pochtaruk is the President and CEO of Heliene, …

While the energy transition has begun, we still have a long way to go. In fact, our CO2 footprint here in the US increased by 6% in 2021 and global CO2 levels continue to rise. So, what are we doing to manage the impacts of climate change? And what’s happening in the world of solar, wind and storag…

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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 university campuses, for example, or to power food and beverage manufacturing p…

90% of real estate in America is owned by a third party. And this is a big part of what makes rooftop solar so challenging in the commercial and industrial space. How do you convince a property owner to install rooftop solar when it’s the tenant who pays the utility bill? How do you develop systems…

#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 requires expert planning, engineering and execution of soil preparation an…

#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 in Illinois. We are now gunning for 40% clean grid, by 2035.

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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 solutions - conservative poll shows
- Build Back Better funding includes the large…