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Clean Power Hour
The Clean Power Hour podcast is speeding the clean energy transition. Tim Montague and John Weaver highlight clean energy innovations shaping the next generation of renewable energy sources. We discuss the latest solar PV, battery storage, wind, water, wave, and other low-carbon technologies. We answer the question: How can we decarbonize the economy? We promote the economic opportunity of electrifying everything - transportation, energy, industry, and the built environment. Let's speed up the…
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Clean Power HourCubicPV - Direct Wafer, Tandem, Perovskite Solar Technology | Frank van Mierlo, CEO | CPH Ep.55
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…
Clean Power HourClean Power Hour Ep.54 | Solar vs. Nukes - who wins? | Resi Flow Battery | Starship Stacking
Residential flow battery ♫♪♪coming to America♫♪♪ SuperHeavy getting put together, beautiful! Growing potatoes and broccoli indoors $30 billion - nuclear or…
Clean Power HourTesla VPP | Solar Powered Beer | US Storage Market Growth | Clean Power Hour Ep.53
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…
Clean Power HourBiggest floating solar! | Aussie microgrid is for real | Clean Power Hour Ep.52
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…
Clean Power HourChinese Solar Ban | 100% Renewable Grid | Tesla GigaTexas | Clean Power Hour Ep.49
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…
Clean Power HourRooftop Solar Has Powerful Enemies | Clean Power Hour Ep.50 (Anniversary edition!)
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…
Clean Power HourSpaceX Super Heavy Booster Rolls | Do Engineers Dream of Panel Efficiency? | Clean Power Hour Ep.51
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…
Clean Power HourWill the US Lead in Batteries? | Solar & Storage NE | US Govt Supports Tech | Clean Power Hour Ep.47
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…
Clean Power HourErthos Flat Solar | ISS Gets New Solar | Benefits of Native Vegetation | Clean Power Hour Ep.48
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…
Clean Power HourFord Launches F-150 Lightning EV Truck | Community Solar Tracker | Solar Projects Galore | CPH Ep46
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…
Clean Power HourOffshore Wind Takes Off! | Colonel Pipeline Hacked | Solar Podcast Clean Power Hour Ep.45
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…
Clean Power HourHigh Efficiency Low Degradation Solar | Carbon Tracker Report | Clean Power Hour Ep.44
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…
Clean Power Hour100% Clean Energy - Update from DOE Secretary Granholm | Net Metering | Ocean Solar | CPH Ep.38
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…
Clean Power HourSpeedway Solar | Gigafactory Bonanza | Canary Media Launch | Clean Power Hour Ep.39
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…
Clean Power HourChina Record 2.2 GW of Solar | Green Bonds Exceed 1 Trillion $$ | Clean Power Hour Ep.14
** www.CESnrg.com/podcast #Tesla over the air update https://twitter.com/SolarInMASS/status/1312500497819951105 $200 billion worth of green bonds have been…
Clean Power HourCommunity Solar in New Mexico! | Kite Power | Tesla Jacks Solar Roof Pricing | CPH Ep.40
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…
Clean Power HourCommunity Solar in PA | Solar Highways | Viking Solar | Clean Power Hour Ep.16
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…
Clean Power HourEarth 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…
Clean Power HourWe Don't Have Time | Ocean Hydro Power | Epic HVDC | Module Tech Advances | BIPV | Clean Power Hour Ep.42
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…
Clean Power HourGunter Erfurt, Ardes Johnson - Meyer Burger High Performance Solar Modules | Clean Power Hour Ep.43
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…
Clean Power HourWorld'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…
Clean Power HourRolling Blackouts in CA | Rewiring America | Clean Power Hour Ep.7 | Montague & Weaver
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…
Clean Power HourThe 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…
Clean Power HourCovid Knocks 20 Gigawatts Off Global Solar Installations | Clean Power Hour Ep.10
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…
Clean Power HourGoogle 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…
Clean Power HourTesla Battery Day is Here | Solar + Storage is the Holy Grail | Clean Power Hour Ep.12
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…
Clean Power HourWill 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…
Clean Power HourTesla Solar Breaking Price Barriers | Large Format Solar Panels | Clean Power Hour Ep.8
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…
Clean Power HourUtility 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…
Clean Power HourBattery & 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-r…
Clean Power HourRooftop 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…
Clean Power HourRooftop 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…
Clean Power HourThe Big Box Solar Bonanza - Ep.4 of the Clean Power Hour with Montague & Weaver
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…
Clean Power HourSolar & Storage News | Energy Transition | Clean Power Hour Ep.1 | Tim Montague & John Weaver
Today on the Clean Power Hour we explain how rooftop solar and battery storage works for commercial facility owners. We explore solar PV (photovoltaics), how…