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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 bigger but is bigger better? 
NREL - the national renewable energy laboratory will tell you how solar is made and what it costs to make and install solar. 
In Portugal, a new low, a solar PPA in Portugal breaks all records at 1.3 cents!
And finally, you think the US is installing a lot of solar, well think again...China is installing more than 3 times more solar per capita than the US. 
 
The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by Continental Energy Solutions - solar & storage experts. We are Illinois’ largest solar installer and now we are working across the Midwest and looking at projects on the east coast...if you’re a solar developer looking for an EPC who knows how to deliver on time, on budget solar projects, please reach out to me at CESnrg.com/podcast | tgmontague on Twitter. [email protected]

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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 Pritzker issues 8 Point Plan and 100% RPS

A closer look at JA Solar’s new 785/810 W panel series
According to the product sheet, the new series has dimensions of 2,219×1,765x40mm and weighs 43.5kg. Efficiency reportedly ranges from 20.1-20.8%. That is 7.3 ft x 5.8 ft - getting big. But is bigger better? 

The Solar Singularity: 2020 Update (Part 1)

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/the-solar-singularity-2020-update-part-1

Mixed signs for EV sales,

https://twitter.com/SolarInMASS/status/1298207141698965505

Colored panels on a building facade

Solar cells hit 33% efficiency in the lab - now that is a big number for efficiency

https://twitter.com/SolarInMASS/status/1298205214521032704

Record low solar PPAs coming your way via Portugal - 1.3¢/kWh - plus some bids below zerooooooo!!

https://twitter.com/solar_chase/status/1297919372846137345 

Weaver reports on the Trina Vertex series of solar panels which come in bi-facial and regular

https://commercialsolarguy.com/2020/05/29/solar-panel-innovation-is-much-more-than-efficiency/

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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 future of solar and storage. 
1. Vistra has been granted a permit for a 1500 MW ESS facility in northern CA. 
2.  Montague shows off a NexTracker NX Gemini single axis tracker project
3.  Australia building world's largest solar plus storage (10 GW) to feed power to Singapore
4.  New report on Texas solar industry driving coal plants into retirement
5.  Expansion of EV infrastructure by Xcel Energy
6.  When a brush fire burns into your solar field

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Today's Solar PV News stories:

Vistra approved to build a grid battery bigger than all utility-scale battery storage in the US combined
A permit to expand Vistra’s natural gas-fired Moss Landing generation station in Monterey County, California to 1,500 MW/6,000 MWh has been approved, setting the stage for the world to see gigawatt-scale battery energy storage for the first time ever. (PV Magazine)
https://tinyurl.com/y3dw768b 

Nextracker NX Gemini (2P solar tracker) project in Marengo IL with Sunshine Solar CEO Emilie Oleary: https://photos.app.goo.gl/z9iH6GfxyEUTbyUW7  (Tim Montague, Continental Energy Solutions)

Australia to fast-track world's largest solar-battery project with grid link to Singapore
The 10GW/30GWh Australia-ASEAN Power Link scheme, to be completed in 2027, could well consist of world's largest PV array, biggest battery and longest electricity cable (RECHARGE)
https://tinyurl.com/yys4hnof

New report finds Texas utility-scale solar growth may push remaining coal plants into retirement
New utility-scale solar is poised to push much of the remaining coal‑fired power fleet across Texas into retirement in the next few years, finds a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). https://tinyurl.com/y59xprfv (Solar Power World)

Xcel Energy unveils plan to serve 1.5M EVs by 2030
Xcel Energy unveiled a strategy to serve 1.5 million electric vehicles by 2030, which the utility said amounts to an anticipated 30-fold increase in plug-in vehicles across its eight-state service territory. https://tinyurl.com/y5lgugpv | Excel territory map: https://tinyurl.com/yxkh5e9f 

Video: When brush fire meets solar array (Jonathas Aleixo)
https://twitter.com/SolarInMASS/status/1295028196954591233

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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-recommendations/
Single Axis Trackers for rooftop solar: https://www.pointloadpower.com/articles

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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 subscribe and give us a thumbs up! Hit that bell. Tell us what you like and want to see more of and share the podcast with your friends. Let's grow solar! 

Today on the Clean Power Hour we give a behind the scenes look at a rooftop solar project in northern IL. We talk solar cleaning robots and vegetation management robots (Renubot.com - coming on the Show in the next few weeks). We talk about a big box solar O&M (operations and maintenance). From John's blog he dives into energy modeling and predictions about the grid. 

Contact John Weaver on linkedin or twitter: @SolarInMass 
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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

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 regulations; an investors view of a solar stock (Ameresco); 3)the growing problem of E-waste as the solar panel avalanche continues to grow. 4)Coal power plants are old and getting older and this is why so many of them are being retired (https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-worlds-coal-power-plants). 5)Michigan’s largest solar project - 1900 acre, $250 million dollar, Assembly Solar Project developed by Ranger Power is 20% complete (the 239 MW project is the largest in Michigan to date). 

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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 rooftop solar (C&I solar; behind the meter solar PV): roof condition (less than 10 years preferred), available ground if ground mount; electric load vs. available space for solar, grid infrastructure, and how a facility owner will evaluate the opportunity (ROI). John Weaver gives updates on two recent blog posts of his: 1. NREL Operations and Maintenance Costs spreadsheet model; and 2. Massachusetts seeking 100% clean energy.

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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

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 solar plus battery storage works, the power of microgrids to provide resiliency, and the role that incentives like the solar ITC (investment tax credit), RECs (renewable energy credits), feed in tariffs, and bonus depreciation give solar pv a superior payback and ROI. The Clean Power Hour is co-hosted by Tim Montague, Solar Expert (www.cesnrg.com) and John Weaver, Commercial Solar Guy (www.commercialsolarguy.com). Please subscribe to the channel, give us a thumbs up and share with your friends and colleagues. 

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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