Clean Power Hour

On the weekly clean power news and views, we bring you the latest cleantech and clean energy news,  thought leaders, and innovators. Our motto is ‘Speeding the Energy Transition!’

This week John Weaver and I discuss,
1. New EV wireless charging technique
2. Preliminary tariff ruling is for tariffs - but there are a lot of ways to make this not hurt the market too much
3. New article talking about the mileage for an EV to cover its carbon debt versus an ICE - 16-21k miles
4. Check out THIS ROBOT
5. Install of the week because these guys are up on wires
6. Results from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s wind energy auction for five leases offshore California…competitive high bids from 5 companies totaling $757.1 million, well exceeding the first lease sales that were held in the Atlantic.
7. Senate Bill introduced to incentivize solar carport deployment in California
8. The IEA has raised its renewables projections by 76% since 2020 - check out the increase chart
9. Battery packs officially up per Bloomberg - not expected to drop again until 2024 - “'volume-weighted average priced lithium-ion battery packs across all sectors up $151/kWh in '22, 7% rise from '21 in real terms...BEV prices were $138/kWh on a volume-weighted average basis...cell level BEV prices were $115/kWh...price drops expected in 2024'
10. Norway has almost completely gotten rid of gas cars - a tiny sliver on the chart, but almost all special vehicle types


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The podcast is available on YouTube and audio platforms like Spotify, Apple, Google, and Amazon. We bring you interviews with cleantech entrepreneurs, investors, manufacturers, and energy professionals weekly. 
What technologies are trending? 
Why are we excited about agrivoltaics or dual-use solar? 
What are the challenges and opportunities for renewable energy, electrification of transportation, and decarbonizing the economy? 

Listen, like, comment, and share! Get all our content at www.CleanPowerHour.com and reach out to Tim Montague @tgmontague on Twitter or Gmail. 

The Clean Power Hour hosts and cleantech professionals Tim Montague and John Weaver (the Commercial Solar Guy) bring you the latest solar, wind, and energy storage news.

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The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by CPS America, maker of North America’s number one 3-phase string inverter, with over 6GW shipped in the US. With a focus on commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage, the company partners with customers to provide unparalleled performance and service. The CPS America product lineup includes 3-phase string inverters from 25kW to 275kW, exceptional data communication and controls, and energy storage solutions designed for seamless integration with CPS America systems.  Learn more at www.chintpowersystems.com

On the weekly clean power news and views, we bring you the latest cleantech and clean energy news,  thought leaders, and innovators. Our motto is ‘Speeding the Energy Transition!’

This week John Weaver and I discuss,
1. Pepsi getting the first of their original order delivered (maybe today?) Tesla Semi even today - musk suggests 50,000 units/year
2. Volvo launches first semi-made with fossil-free steel
3. Europe (and Germany specifically) pushing back against the US IRA incentives - the solar and hydrogen both, now considering their own incentives - would be great to have a solar/wind/battery arms race
4. European group plus QCells coming together for a perovskite+silicon development
5. First solar cell factory (modules too) in the USA for a decade announced - Enel 3 GW up to 6 GW
6. Pricing of solar module supply chain components finally coming down as the price of silicon eases
7. A bad job of solar O&M - one of the modules collapsed.

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The podcast is available on YouTube and audio platforms like Spotify, Apple, Google, and Amazon. We bring you interviews with cleantech entrepreneurs, investors, manufacturers, and energy professionals weekly. 
What technologies are trending? 
Why are we excited about agrivoltaics or dual-use solar? 
What are the challenges and opportunities for renewable energy, electrification of transportation, and decarbonizing the economy? 

Listen, like, comment, and share! Get all our content at www.CleanPowerHour.com and reach out to Tim Montague @tgmontague on Twitter or Gmail. 

The Clean Power Hour hosts and cleantech professionals Tim Montague and John Weaver (the Commercial Solar Guy) bring you the latest solar, wind, and energy storage news.

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The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by CPS America, maker of North America’s number one 3-phase string inverter, with over 6GW shipped in the US. With a focus on commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage, the company partners with customers to provide unparalleled performance and service. The CPS America product lineup includes 3-phase string inverters from 25kW to 275kW, exceptional data communication and controls, and energy storage solutions designed for seamless integration with CPS America systems.  Learn more at www.chintpowersystems.com

My guest today is the Chief of Minority Business and Workforce (division office of economic impact and diversity) at the US DOE, Shalaya Morissette. Prior to her role at the DOE Shalaya was the Senior Technical Inspector at the Gas Pipeline Safety group for National Grid USA. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Master's in Education from Cambridge College and is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology with Excelsior College.

On this episode of the Clean Power Hour, Shalaya joins Tim Montague to discuss opportunities that minority groups in the US have when it comes to the clean energy transition through the DOE, how to convince people of color to take up the clean power baton, and much more. 

We must become more intentional about diversity and inclusion in clean energy and Ms. Morisette’s work is at the center of this. Clean energy is still dominated by white men. Blacks represented 8 percent of clean energy while they are 13 percent of the workforce. According to a report by the National Association of State Energy Officials, only 25 percent of energy workers are female, compared to an overall average of 47 percent in the workforce. Given the incredible job growth of the energy sector, and the expected growth thanks to current government policies, the lack of diversity threatens women, Hispanics, and Black workers in particular.

As the United States looks to build back a better, cleaner, more equitable economy, a renewed focus on increasing diversity in the clean energy sector should be an economic imperative. The US Department of Energy foresaw this need and released its first-ever Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Strategic Plan to underscore the Department’s commitment to creating a workplace that celebrates Americans of all backgrounds in September 2022.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. How Shalaya got into clean energy? 
2. The work that she does at the office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the DOE 
3. Opportunities that minority groups in the US can use to get into Clean Energy
4. Requirements that you need to get access to these opportunities. 
5. Opportunities that the DOE is offering and how to take advantage of them
6. The process that entrepreneurs, women, and people of color can expect to participate in opportunities offered by the DOE

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The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by CPS America, maker of North America’s number one 3-phase string inverter, with over 6GW shipped in the US. With a focus on commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage, the company partners with customers to provide unparalleled performance and service. The CPS America product lineup includes 3-phase string inverters from 25kW to 275kW, exceptional data communication and controls, and energy storage solutions designed for seamless integration with CPS America systems.  Learn more at www.chintpowersystems.com

Behind the meter, the wind has some vexing characteristics that until now have kept it largely off the playing field for large facility operators. One Energy has seemingly cracked the code by offering a bespoke, white-glove approach. Their 1.5 MW turbines produce up to 5 million kWh per year of on-site Clean energy (note the high capacity factor). They install, own, and operate turbines and sell a PPA to their industrial customers. 

My guest today is Jereme Kent, founder, and CEO of One Energy. Jereme is a wind industry veteran of 16 years. 

One Energy is an industrial power company that helps large energy users build modern, tailored, on-site power grids for their facilities. Jereme Kent is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of One Energy Enterprises Inc. Prior to founding One Energy, Jereme ran construction of several of the world’s largest wind projects for utility-scale construction firms including RMT, M.A. Mortensen, and D.H. Blattner, and has overseen more than half a billion dollars in wind turbine construction projects. 

In this episode of the Clean Power Hour, he joins Tim Montague to discuss whether it is possible to break the 2-cent PPA barrier with small wind, the pros and cons of behind-the-meter wind vs behind the meter solar, and much more. 

Key Takeaways

1. How Jereme got into renewable energy? 
2. What is One Energy and who are its clients?
3. The pros and cons of behind-the-meter wind vs behind the meter solar
4. Is it possible to break the 2-cent PPA barrier with small wind?
5. The process and the consideration that you and your customers 
6. The technology One Energy uses to avoid ice build-up on solar blades
7. Is One energy exploring the use of a microgrid approach when you can operate in off-grid mode? 
8. What one energy is looking to do on the Power Infrastructure side?

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In this episode, I was interviewed by James McWalter, CEO of Paces AI and host of the Carbotnic Podcast where he has conversations with experts in cleantech. We discuss how I got into the solar industry, why I am a mission-driven entrepreneur and solar developer, how you too could get into the solar industry, and much more. 

My solar roots go back to my childhood in Albuquerque, New Mexico where I was building solar hot water panels and solar cookers at age 10 with my dad. Lots of sunshine in the Land of Enchantment! 

Why I waited until 2016 to ride the PV pony is anybody's guess. Enjoy and happy #Thanksgiving to all my listeners, customers, friends, and colleagues. We have much to be grateful for. 

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The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by CPS America, maker of North America’s number one 3-phase string inverter, with over 6GW shipped in the US. With a focus on commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage, the company partners with customers to provide unparalleled performance and service. The CPS America product lineup includes 3-phase string inverters from 25kW to 275kW, exceptional data communication and controls, and energy storage solutions designed for seamless integration with CPS America systems.  Learn more at www.chintpowersystems.com

Long-term energy storage is vital for higher penetration of wind and solar that will clean the grid. Luckily, we have a variety of technologies at our fingertips that just need to be deployed for large-scale testing. Over the next decade, the global market potential for long-duration grid storage is expected to grow as much as 140+ gigawatts (GW). 

Hydrostar uses patented Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage technology to store energy using air and water in an engineered cavern. They aim to be the world’s leading developer of utility-scale energy storage facilities. Advantages include low cost per KWh, long asset life, and flexible siting. 

The A-CAES provides long-duration energy storage (4-24 hr duration) like pumped hydro while having zero emissions by using surplus wind or solar electricity as fuel. Their solution is more flexible to a site than pumped hydro and more cost-effective than batteries at a large scale with a life span of 50+ years. 

Curt VanWalleghem is the Co-Founder and CEO of Hydrostor. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and an MBA. Prior to Hydrostor, Curt held positions at nuclear generator Bruce Power and in Deloitte’s Corporate Strategy Consulting Practice. 

On this episode of the Clean Power Hour, he joins Tim Montague to discuss their patented A-CAES technology, the 500 MW Willow Rock project, the future of long-term energy storage, and much more. 

The Willow Rock Energy Storage Center is a utility-scale A-CAES facility that is under active development in Kern County, California, USA. The proposed facility will provide up to 500 megawatts (MW) of new electrical capacity, allowing California’s attractive and growing solar and wind resources to be directly converted into a reliable, on-demand peaking capacity for the Los Angeles region and the broader California grid. This project will store excess generation from California solar and wind projects during periods of low customer demand by compressing air and storing it on the project site. 

Listen in to learn more about long-term energy storage and this unique technology developed by Hydrostor. 

Key Takeaways

1. How did Curt get involved with Long term Storage for Renewable Energy?
2. The background behind the founding of Hydrostor
3. How does the Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage Technology Work?
4. What are the Advantages of A-CAES technology? 
5. What are some of the drawbacks of A-CAES technology?
6. How much space is required to house the Hydrostor technology?
7. What is the requirement for siting and constructing the A-CAES technology?
8. Projects Hydrostor is involved in
9. Who is Hydrostor looking to partner with in the near and long term?
10. What is the Average cost of constructing the A-CAES technology?

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The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by CPS America, maker of North America’s number one 3-phase string inverter, with over 6GW shipped in the US. With a focus on commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage, the company partners with customers to provide unparalleled performance and service. The CPS America product lineup includes 3-phase string inverters from 25kW to 275kW, exceptional data communication and controls, and energy storage solutions designed for seamless integration with CPS America systems.  Learn more at www.chintpowersystems.com

On the weekly clean power news and views, we bring you the latest cleantech and clean energy news,  thought leaders, and innovators. Our motto is ‘Speeding the Energy Transition!’

This week John Weaver and I discuss,
1. Resi Solar is ‘Crossing the Chasm’ in the US - we need to solve the problem of the soft cost according to Ryan Kennedy at PV Mag
2. High electricity rates push homeowners to consider solar.
3. First solar cell factory (modules too) in the USA for a decade announced - Enel 3 GW up to 6 GW
4. Volvo launches first semi-made with fossil-free steel
5. Why the Feared Wave of Solar Panel Waste May Be Smaller and Arrive Later Than We Expected.
6. Heat pumps for harsh cold environments 
7. Tampa launches solar-powered sidewalks to run street lights when the electricity goes out
8. US army starts construction of a microgrid based on Lockheed's long-duration energy storage
9. Are sheep ITC eligible? Here’s some good logic. (probably not, but if we push hard enough, maybe)
10. Billions flowing into battery factories in the USA - nice chart sharing capacity announcements

We were also joined by Scott Nguyen from Bodhi Solar to discuss the soft costs of solar and installers.

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The podcast is available on YouTube and audio platforms like Spotify, Apple, Google, and Amazon. We bring you interviews with cleantech entrepreneurs, investors, manufacturers, and energy professionals weekly. 
What technologies are trending? 
Why are we excited about agrivoltaics or dual-use solar? 
What are the challenges and opportunities for renewable energy, electrification of transportation, and decarbonizing the economy? 

Listen, like, comment, and share! Get all our content at www.CleanPowerHour.com and reach out to Tim Montague @tgmontague on Twitter or Gmail. 

The Clean Power Hour hosts and cleantech professionals Tim Montague and John Weaver (the Commercial Solar Guy) bring you the latest solar, wind, and energy storage news.

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The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by CPS America, maker of North America’s number one 3-phase string inverter, with over 6GW shipped in the US. With a focus on commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage, the company partners with customers to provide unparalleled performance and service. The CPS America product lineup includes 3-phase string inverters from 25kW to 275kW, exceptional data communication and controls, and energy storage solutions designed for seamless integration with CPS America systems.  Learn more at www.chintpowersystems.com

Decarbonizing thermal heat for industrial and grid applications is a herculean and important task. A handful of companies are tackling this including our guest today Brenmiller Energy. Avi Brenmiller, his two sons Nir Brenmiller and Doron Brenmiller and a team of energy and engineering experts are bringing sustainable thermal energy storage solutions to heavy industry and peaker power plant applications. They have developed a patented thermal energy storage​ technology for storing heat using crushed volcanic rocks. 

Our guest today is Nir Brenmiller, COO of Brenmiller Energy and he brings years of experience in thermal and renewable energy solutions. We discuss their energy storage technology, what Brenmiller energy is all about and how they got into the renewables industry. 

Key Takeaways

1. Who is Nir Brenmiller?
2. What does Brenmiller technology entail? 
3. Their patented high-temperature thermal energy storage unit is stored in solid-state material [crushed rocks]
4. Their new contract with Fortlev manufacturing
5. Applications in industrial and grid energy storage 
6. The future of Thermal energy storage for long-term energy storage
7. How Brenmiller Technology can solve the carbon problem

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When you start something big like the clean energy transition, you have to think big and take risks. If you're an energy professional, want to become one, or want to understand how ripples turn into tsunamis, you'll enjoy today's guest, Tom Weirich. Tom is the author of "We Took the Risk," a book that chronicles the pioneers who made wind, solar, and energy storage happen in the US.

Tom Weirich is the head of Marketing & Stakeholder Relations at EDP Renewables. His book, We Took the Risk: The Stories Behind the Early Risk-Takers in the U.S. Renewable Energy Industry and the Leadership Traits That Made Them a Success, is a testament to the passion, intelligence, vision, and moxie that built the foundation for the clean energy transition. 

Tom has been a facilitator in building collaboration and connecting key players in the global renewable energy industry for over 18 years, having worked with teams that have closed over 243 renewable energy transactions with a combined enterprise value of $66 billion. He was previously Vice President of Corporate Relations at the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) where he worked for 12 years. He also served under the Obama Administration twice in honorary roles, advising both the Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative on renewable energy trade and manufacturing policies. 

We Took the Risk dives into the personal journeys of 25 executives who, through their own combination of traits, took on the challenges of an early U.S. renewable energy industry. This book lets you view the industry's beginnings as if you were there, in lockstep with these entrepreneurial leaders as they sift through decisions that would forever impact the trajectory of renewables in the U.S.

On this episode of Clean Power Hour, Tom joins Tim to discuss this book, why he wrote the book, the executives featured in the book, and much more. 

If you’re looking to get inspired in your current work in renewables or looking to launch into a career in renewables and figure out a game plan, this is the episode for you. Don’t miss it! 

Key Takeaways

1. What is the inspiration behind the book, We took the risk
2. Who are the executives featured in the book?
3. His early days at ACORE.
4. What sets the risk-takers apart from others in the industry?
5. What advice would you give to clean energy professionals in or thinking of joining the industry?

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The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by CPS America, maker of North America’s number one 3-phase string inverter, with over 6GW shipped in the US. With a focus on commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage, the company partners with customers to provide unparalleled performance and service. The CPS America product lineup includes 3-phase string inverters from 25kW to 275kW, exceptional data communication and controls, and energy storage solutions designed for seamless integration with CPS America systems.  Learn more at www.chintpowersystems.com

Our guest today is Kiya Segni, the founder and CEO of Aduu Solar Engineering. Aduu solar provides exceptional solar construction permit plansets within a fast turnaround and quality workmanship. 

Contact Kiya at www.aduusolar.com for a free consultation. Enter "BHON1ZA" in the "Have a coupon?" field to get 25% off your first order!

We're tripling the solar industry in the next five years, so speed is vital for the installers and EPCs that form the backbone of the solar industry. Enter Aduu Solar Engineering with their quick turnaround, white-glove concierge service that allows installers to focus on what they do best, rolling trucks and crews as fast as they can, installing gigawatts of distributed solar that is cleaning the grid one rooftop at a time. 

Kiya Segni, co-founder and CEO, parlayed his career in cybersecurity at the Dept of Defense into founding and growing a small solar engineering and design firm. Aduu has carved out a customer base in residential solar by offering 24-hr turnaround, high-quality construction plansets that get his customer's projects permitted the first time, every time. 

Kiya came to the US as a recent high school graduate and his years of catholic school in Ethiopia paid off. While much of his youth in rural Africa was spent chopping wood and carrying water, it was his sharp mind and passion for technology that propelled him toward a future in the United States. 

When he graduated high school with honors he relocated to the US, following his father who had settled in the Washington DC area as a political refugee. Kiya was soon accepted and got a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland and shortly thereafter went to work at the DOD. But his heart was in clean energy and the energy transition would not wait. 

Ten years after he moved to the US he established Aduu Solar with his friend and fellow Ethiopian, Waqgari Regassa, a software engineering graduate from George Mason University. The two had become fast friends in the DC area and shared a passion for sustainability and technology. 

Kiya Segni moved to the United States aged 18 from his home country Ethiopia due to political tensions. He joined college to study Electrical engineering and that was when he got introduced to the solar industry. He got an internship in a solar company and got to work for them for some time when he learned how to do PV designs. After some time he quit his job there to start his own company, Aduu Solar and Engineering. 

In this episode of the Clean Power Hour, Kiya joins Tim Montague to discuss his background, why and when he started Aduu solar, the experience of a start-up company in the solar industry, and much more. 

Key Takeaways

1. What is Kiya’s background?
2. How he and his partner started Aduu solar and Engineering?
3. What the experience is of a start-up solar company.
4. What is Aduu solar business model?
5. How do they ensure customer satisfaction?
6. How does Aduu solar ensure their projects adhere to state and AHJ requirements?
7. What does the future look like for Aduu solar on the greater scale of the Clean Energy transition?

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The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by CPS America, maker of North America’s number one 3-phase string inverter, with over 6GW shipped in the US. With a focus on commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage, the company partners with customers to provide unparalleled performance and service. The CPS America product lineup includes 3-phase string inverters from 25kW to 275kW, exceptional data communication and controls, and energy storage solutions designed for seamless integration with CPS America systems.  Learn more at www.chintpowersystems.com