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 storage to accelerate the crucial transition to clean power? On this episode of Clean Power Hour, Tim and John sit down to discuss the top headlines in energy transition news, beginning with the feasibility ...
Jan 25, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/cph-sub 1. Tim Montague has launched the CLEAN Power Consulting Group to help cleantech and clean energy companies accelerate their growth | Launch announcement | 2. The DOE is building a $62 billion Clean Energy Corps | 3. The Infrastructure Bill is funding grid expansion to ease the clean energy transition | 4. Recent show highlights | Check out all of our content at www.CleanPowerHour.com Today on the Clean Power Hour we bring you a new segment...
Jan 21, 2022•17 min0
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 that work at scale and can expand as regulations change? James Geshwiler is the Cofounder and Chief Strategy and Investment Officer of Catalyze , a private equity backed energy transition company focu...
Jan 18, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 69
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 plants. So, what can we do to accelerate the decarbonization of thermal energy? Matt Lensink and Lisa Katz are the CEO and Director of Business Development & Marketing, respectively, at CEM Engineer...
Jan 12, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 68
#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 and conservation and proper seed lists and vegetation establishment and maintenance plans/execution. Today on the Clean Power Hour we bring you Rhett Kerby, co-founder of KerTec and expert soil scientist...
Jan 04, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 67
#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. My guest today is Mark Pruitt, principal of the Power Bureau and and original director of the Illinois Power Agency. Highlights New RPS is 40% by 2030, and 50% by 2040 Triple the incentives for solar, wind and bat...
Dec 28, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 66
#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 solutions - conservative poll shows - Build Back Better funding includes the largest level of clean energy R&D in history - Small modular nuclear is good for Mars colonization…solar is good for Earth - Installation and cleaning robots - solar clean-O - Solar panel pricing has peak...
Dec 21, 2021•57 min•Ep. 65
#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 cleantech news most every day now. Lots of big industrial companies including oil majors are getting into the H2 economy because they understand that there is no future for fossil fuels and there will be stranded assets. Today on the Clean Power Hour, we're joined by Joe Alfred Th...
Dec 14, 2021•42 min•Ep. 64
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 close of $11 million round of venture backing. The business has reached it's financial goals and are making huge changes to the way we treat solar power. Wer're bringing you the latest in energy transition news: Solar is growing 40% year over a year!? Build Back Better; Sta...
Dec 07, 2021•57 min•Ep. 63
#62: 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 battery storage. He’s compiled these interviews and learnings into a wonderful book. And many of the interviews are found on his podcast, Freeing Energy. Bill is also a solar PV entrepreneur and the CEO of Solar Inventions which is developing next generation solar tech...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 62
#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 growing up in Cali. The Commercial Solar Guy gives us some sweet rooftop solar from Mass. Follow on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL4LATF8RejwxZg-Ut1psiA Here are today’s stories: Infrastructure Bill signed, now we’re waiting on Reconciliation Bill/Build Ba...
Nov 23, 2021•39 min•Ep. 61
#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 signed finally, here’s a list of key high level costs. Includes a 30% solar tax credit, direct pay. https://twitter.com/ella_nilsen/status/1453710329846849543 Energy Vault gets an order - Energy Vault signed a $520 million deal to supply 1.6 GWh of energy storage to DG Fuels to...
Nov 16, 2021•42 min•Ep. 60
#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 portfolio assets, and other clean energy RFP applications. If you’re a developer looking to issue an RFP for a PPA or EPC contract, the eRenewable platform gives you an efficient forward or reverse auction that will be gratifying for you and your group of bidders. If you’re ...
Nov 09, 2021•34 min•Ep. 59
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 Associates. If you buy solar panels, you want to understand this information. Whitehouse info on the topic: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/24/fact-sheet-new-u-s-government-actions-on-forced-labor-in-xinjiang/ About our Guest: https://www....
Sep 15, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 58
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 Panels Are Powering the Developing World The US moves towards 45% emissions reduction by 2030 Reconciliation bill moving forward - this will hopefully contain direct pay 30%/ten year/ITC extension https://www.rollcall.com/2021/08/24/house-budget-resolution-vote/ Here's the chart ...
Aug 27, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 57
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-infrastructure-deal-and-build-back-better-agenda-present-bright-future-for-solar-power-good-jobs-and-more-affordable-energy/ Weaver's article on the initial outline of the reconciliation bill - solar tax credit extension and direct pay, EVs, manufacturing for solar, and clean energy sta...
Aug 20, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 56
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 next frontier of solar PV technology! Tandem solar technology layers two different light absorbers to increase energy harvest from more of the solar spectrum, boosting the power output of modules by 30%. The technologies that enable the leap to tandem solar, the Direct Wafer pr...
Aug 13, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 55
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-usa.com/2021/08/05/youve-got-30-billion-to-spend-and-a-climate-crisis-nuclear-or-solar/ Superheavy. Nuf said! https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1422222995305676802 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1423041198764265473 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwXOB90XXpU 'can grow...
Aug 09, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 54
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 Congress to slow the shift to electric vehicles. https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/26/22... List of solar powered breweries put together by Adam at Whaling City solar https://whalingcitysolar.com/solar-po... Renewables became the second most-prevalent us electricity source in 2020 ...
Jul 31, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 53
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? World's largest floating solar! How much does it cost to fly on Blue Origin? CPH Ep52 July 23, 2021 Here to answer all these questions and more mysteries of the energy transition is my co-host and the commercial solar guy John weaver. Virgin Galactic Unity 22 flies from Space Po...
Jul 26, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 52
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 plants And...Do engineers dream of solar panel efficiency? John’s not an engineer but he should have been one...this and much much more clean energy news for today July 9, 2021 (Ep.51) Japan is developing 30 projects that match each other - 10 MW solar+10 MWh lithium ion+ 30 MWh ...
Jul 12, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 51
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; #Tesla signs deal with new home builder to outfit whole community with Solar Roof, Powerwall, and EV chargers; Sin City is going solar, thanks to MGM Resorts International ($MGM), who just launched a new 100-megawatt (MW) solar array; Tata power energizes country's largest carpor...
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 50
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 working on clean energy legislation - Illinois stalls And, hey, how about a tax credit for the solar panel manufacturing supply chain in the USA? **Please subscribe to the channel **Likes, shares and comments are awesome - do it! **Hit that bell for the energy transition Let’s...
Jul 12, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 49
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 semiconductor R&D and manufacturing here in the US; and...Are you going to be able to pay for an autonomous ride in CA this year? This and much much more on today’s CPH. **Please subscribe to the channel **Likes, shares and comments are awesome - do it! **Hit that bell f...
Jul 12, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 47
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 country... Today on the Clean Power Hour Episode 48: Solar projects that support native grasses can sequester more carbon than cropland alone. And about all that corn for ethanol. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/06/1... Solar panels getting installed on the ISS - In the seventh spacewalk of th...
Jun 25, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 48
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 - Whaling City Solar! And yes, there is an EV tax credit up to $12K is in the works. Will it happen? We hope so! And much much more clean energy news. **Subscribe to the show **Like it, share it, and please comment Let’s grow solar! -Tim Montague, co-host & creator, @TGMontague ...
Jun 25, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 46
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. Back on shore, hackers took down the Colonel Pipeline one of the largest fossil fuel pipelines feeding the eastern US. Meanwhile the IEA (International Energy Agency) estimates that humanity needs to scale the solar industry to 630 GW per year by 2030 in order to stop climate c...
May 27, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 45
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 / PERC solar PV technology; Land impacts of 100% Wind and Solar are TRIVIAL according to a Carbon Tracker report that Bill McKibben also reports on. Instant permits for residential solar with SolarApp And much much more clean energy and tech news. **Please subscribe to the ...
May 05, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 44
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 US Dept of Energy is putting a stake in the ground for offshore wind, perovskite solar PV, next generation CSP and aiming for net zero by 2050. Today on the Clean Power Hour with John Weaver: Update from the DOE - Big plans coming to life under Granholm; Ocean floating solar in...
May 05, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 38
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 helicopter is on the ground and charging; Will Tesla deliver 1M EVs in 2021? And much much more solar, storage and clean energy news with my co-host John Weaver. SpaceX SN11 goes BOOM, and then flying chunks of metal https://twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/status/1378039464266719232 200 G...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 39
