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#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 an off-taker or utility looking to purchase clean power in quantity then you can participate in live auctions and see real time what the ‘market can bear’ The days of clunky and closed RFPs are over. Live auctions take 45 minutes. They allow bidders to best the winning bid thereby providing optimal value for the host of the bid. Hosts select from the winning bidders but not necessarily the high or low bid

www.erenew.net

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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.linkedin.com/in/paulwormser/

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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 Schumer's office sent out on how they'd get to this 45% emissions reduction number. The vast, vast majority comes from reconciliation and a Clean Electricity Payment Program (a CES) + clean energy tax incentives for wind, solar & other renewables. https://twitter.com/ella_nilsen/status/1430502940553453574

Robot Ships - pure electric - are the future of cargo shipping
Yara Birkeland could be the future of cargo vessels (cool photo of wind powered vessel in that link) https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/electric-cargo-ship-autonomous-yara-birkeland/

Companies and cities are taking the lead on clean energy purchases. When will market rules catch up? From Canary Media / Jeff St. John https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/companies-and-cities-are-taking-the-lead-on-clean-energy-purchases/

Used Solar Panels Are Powering the Developing World
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-25/used-solar-panels-are-powering-the-developing-world

Energy Storage integrator FlexGen raises US$150m equity investment (Yann Brandt will be joining us in the coming weeks to discuss how FlexGen is making waves in the ESS space)

https://www.energy-storage.news/us150m-equity-investment-raised-by-energy-storage-system-integrator-flexgen/ 

EV’s were a thing 100 years ago and here’s a map! A map found on reddit of “EV charging stations in Chicago in…. wait for it: 1916”

https://twitter.com/stekkerauto/status/1430788436571656193

World’s largest wind turbine under development: MingYang Launches 16 MW Offshore Wind Turbine https://www.offshorewind.biz/2021/08/20/mingyang-launches-16-mw-offshore-wind-turbine/

Perovskite solar panels being deployed - maybe the first time for a commercial installation - ‘the premiere of solar sun blinds, sun breakers with perovskite solar cells on the Aliplast factory facade in Lublin. We are proud to complete the first part of the project – sunblinds with over 32 m2 of perovskite solar modules.’ https://sauletech.com/the-world-premiere-of-sun-breaker-installation/

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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 standard:

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/08/11/solar-highlights-in-the-senates-3-5-trillion-budget-proposal/

https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Topline%20Summary%20of%20FY2022%20Budget%20Resolution.pdf

https://www.pillsburylaw.com/en/news-and-insights/senate-passes-infrastructure-bill-tees-up-reconciliation.html

South Korean research getting better at solar panel recycling: 'technique recycles undamaged/damaged panels...up to 100% retrieval rate of glass components...~80% other materials recycled into high-performance solar cells...Researchers refined silicon from 72 panels into six-inch single crystal ingots & wafers'

http://www.ajudaily.com/view/20210819160954181

Germany expanding EV charging network - “ministry aims to find companies to build around 1,000 charging stations equipped with several charging points each in areas designated by the government. The ministry caps the price customers have to pay at 44 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), meaning the cost for charging an e-car will be "below the price for diesel fuel”

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany-launches-tender-quickly-expand-countrywide-e-car-charging-network

California moving forward on building code update that says all new commercial buildings and upgrades require adding solar power

https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/calif-energy-regulators-require-solar-batteries-at-commercial-buildings-66020108

Giant solar+wind+hydrogen generation project in China - more than twice as many electrolyzers (465 MW) as were built last year globally - “1.85 gigawatts of solar and 370 megawatts of wind to produce 66,900 tons of green hydrogen a year”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-18/china-approves-renewable-mega-project-focused-on-green-hydrogen

Meyer Burger says they’re sold out into Q4 for their new heterojunction product, though it is still ramping, and a bit slowly due to challenges getting certain components

https://www.pv-tech.org/meyer-burger-sold-out-of-modules-until-q4-as-supply-chain-issues-persist/

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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 process and durable perovskites, will create a solar future defined by high-efficiency and lower embedded energy and materials. This makes 720 watt solar modules possible and soon, 1,000 watt modules! This is THE bleeding edge of solar PV technology that will underpin a massive industry to deliver clean electricity to meet society's growing energy needs and fuel the energy transition.

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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 potatoes, strawberries, broccoli, celery seedlings, etc...IGS’s farms between 19.6 & 42.6 feet in height, footprint of 450 sq ft. Each tray is about 62 sq ft, and the company has grown as many as 50 crops in a single tower...'Broccoli normally takes six weeks. Our system ~11 days. Seed potatoes that normally take 18 months, our system will do it in 2.5 months compared to traditional farming. We can grow chilies in about a month. Basil normally takes a month to grow; we do it in about 16 days.'
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/meet-one-vertical-farm-venture-helping-industry-grow-past-greens

Residential flow battery coming to the USA, Gen 3 10kWh zinc-bromine flow battery, aka ZBM3
https://reneweconomy.com.au/redflow-in-strong-position-for-us-push-despite-falling-short-on-capital-raise/

ESS Inc flow battery installed in PA, saves company, ‘Power outages have a huge impact on our business – costing upwards of $40,000 per day(!) in lost revenue'’ !!!
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2021/08/ess-iron-flow-battery-to-join-solar-microgrid-at-pennsylvania-industrial-site/

*'film is 11% efficient; developers confident can increase to 16% by early next year'
https://twitter.com/SolarInMASS/status/1422165618262949890
https://powerroll.solar/

Joint statement from three automakers on aspirations - ASPIRATIONS - to go 50% EV by 2030
https://twitter.com/DJKoessler/status/1423251309067706368

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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
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/det...
Check out this chart of US energy deployment growth
https://twitter.com/NatBullard/status...
Tesla California VPP - potentially 50,000 power walls, but no $$ yet
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/2...
Tesla chip shortage impacts stationary storage
https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/26/tes...
660 MW agrivoltaic project in Servia (Agrosolar Kula)
https://balkangreenenergynews.com/fin...

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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 Port America in NM 
https://www.virgingalactic.com/news
& Bezos flight https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/amazons-jeff-bezos-makes-history-civilian-suborbital-flight-rcna1436

Pixies are coming and they hail from Australia
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/a-renewable-and-battery-only-microgrid-the-holy-grail-of-clean-energy/ 

Solar App goes national
https://www.seia.org/news/solar-permitting-tool-hits-market-boost-rooftop-solar-installations

New world’s largest floating solar ‘2.2 GW solar pv plus 4,000 MWh capacity; 1,600 hectares; 2,600 GWh annually; plans to start construction on site in 2022, and complete it in 2024"
http://taiyangnews.info/markets/worlds-largest-floating-solar-project-planned-in-indonesia/

What is a ultra mega renewable energy project?
Mint: NTPC to build India’s largest solar park of 4.75 GW in Rann of Kutch.
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/ntpc-to-build-india-s-largest-solar-park-of-4-75-gw-in-rann-of-kutch-11626176176794.html 

CA powergrid breaks 1 GW energy storage discharge - symbolic number, but cool:
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/15/california-breaks-1-gw-energy-storage-milestone-and-looks-to-a-future-1-21-gw-moment/
The injection 1 GW broke on 7/17 - https://twitter.com/jdeely/status/1416850475157057536

Massive battery capacity in the 2030 pipeline - 4.1 TWh of manufacturing capacity
https://twitter.com/sdmoores/status/1417070777975836675

Pricing information on Megapacks $278/kWh - get your cc out
https://www.thestreet.com/tesla/news/new-tesla-megapack-details-price

Electric airplanes
https://twitter.com/Lilium/status/1415008190471843840

Floating wind rig video on twitter -
https://twitter.com/Jay_Hansen/status/1417683121579827204

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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 hydrogen - hydrogen/lithium will smooth the grid and possibly be exported as well
https://reneweconomy.com.au/japan-giant-signs-deal-for-30-australian-solar-farms-with-battery-and-hydrogen-storage/

SpaceX rolls out their Superheavy Booster to the pad in Texas
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1410670645948653568

My article: Do engineers dream of solar panel efficiency? March to perovskite+silicon tandem solar cells
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/01/do-engineers-dream-of-solar-panel-efficiency/

Project of the Week - Woodland Elementary 792 kW; (2,064) Talesun TP672M-385W modules; APA Advanced Modular fixed-tilt racking; (11) Yaskawa PVI-60TL inverters; photo

World’s newest ‘largest’ - 50 MW - floating wind farm installs final unit - of a 2 MW Vestas turbine, which has been operating since October 2018, and five 9.5 MW Vestas turbines; Once it’s live, the 50 MW Kincardine project, which was developed by the Madrid-headquartered Cobra Group, will be the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, with six turbines
https://electrek.co/2021/07/07/egeb-final-turbine-is-in-place-at-the-worlds-largest-floating-offshore-wind-farm/

And speaking of wind, maybe a nuanced wind policy for Maine? Governor bans all offshore wind within three miles to leave for fisherman, but I think that’s ok for offshore wind - Vibrant Energy says they don’t model offshore wind within 6 km anyway
https://electrek.co/2021/07/07/egeb-maine-to-ban-offshore-wind-in-state-waters-for-10-years/

Ocean on fire...like serious - last story!
https://twitter.com/blkahn/status/1411074599803142146

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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 carport (6.2 MW); Jinko working on 30% efficient hybrid solar cell; Resi flow battery manufacturer coming to America and much more clean energy transition news. 
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The electric utility anti-rooftop solar playbook: Blocking Rooftop Solar, includes seven case studies from around the nation exposing the specific actions taken, which sometimes were illegal, and quite often were manipulative.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/06/28/the-electric-utility-anti-rooftop-solar-playbook/

Tesla signs deal with new home builder to outfit whole community with solar, Powerwall, and chargers
https://electrek.co/2021/06/22/tesla-signs-deal-new-home-builder-to-outfit-whole-community-solar-powerwall-chargers/ 

Sin City is going solar, thanks to MGM Resorts introduces 100-megawatt solar array to power 13 hotels on Las Vegas Strip
https://electrek.co/2021/06/29/mgm-resorts-introduces-100-megawatt-solar-array-to-power-13-hotels-on-las-vegas-strip/ 

Tata power energizes country's largest carport, 6. 2 mw 30k square meters, 7.4 acres; Notably This carport in an addition to the list of Tata Power’s previous large solar solutions including the world’s largest rooftop (16MW) at a single location at Radhasoami Satsang
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/tata-motors-tata-power-inaugurate-indias-largest-solar-carport-in-pune/articleshow/83631797.cms
https://www.tatapowersolar.com/project/16-mw-rooftop-solar-power-system-rssb-ees-beas/

1366 Technologies (kerfless solar cell manufacturer) expanding into India, merges with perovskite company
https://www.pv-magazine-india.com/2021/06/24/1366-technologies-to-open-2-gw-wafer-factory-in-india/

Video of ISS solar installation:
Unpacking the iROSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV55gceKAxs (iROSA repowers the ISS and is a test best for Artemis Gateway the NASA space station that is going to orbit the moon to support the moonbase); 6 wings, 
https://twitter.com/Thom_astro/status/1408064975428415500 (this is good but vid is too low quality)

Power grid failure in California that WASN’T - CAISO california battery reponse
https://rmi.org/the-california-blackout-that-wasnt/

Small solar being deployed in war zones to keep life going
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6813319930818252800/

Just a cool number - “70% of US commercial buildings with at least 10,000 square feet of roof space do not have solar installations which adds up to over 600,000 sites and 145 GW of total capacity”
https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/electric-power/062421-significant-growth-potential-in-us-commercial-solar-market-despite-challenges-speakers

JinkoSolar references their 30%+ perovskite cell
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/06/25/jinkosolar-announces-perovskite-cell-technology-platform-promising-efficiencies-close-to-30/

Flow battery company raising cash, hoping to move to the USA
https://reneweconomy.com.au/redflow-announces-capital-raise-as-it-eyes-massive-us-battery-market/

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