Matt Hirsch is a writer and has been writing about the solar industry before there was a modern solar industry in California. Sean and Matt shoot the breeze and find out they crossed paths a few different times in the industry, when Matt was writing about the birth of solar CCAs in California in the 1990s and writing about Sean’s friend Paul Fenn, who got Sean into solar. Matt and Sean were both affiliated with Photon Magazine and now they are both hanging out in Berkeley and hanging out at NorCal Solar events.

 

Matt Hirsch is the Chief Marketing Officer of TerraCurrent

 

Topics covered:

Terra Current www.terracurrent.com

Photon Magazine www.photon.info

Grounding and electrical current flow

Single Wire Earth Return

Sean White’s creative songs to promote NABCEP certification

NorCal Solar = Northern California Solae www.norcalsolar.org

CALSSA  = California Solar and Storage Association www.calssa.org

ASES = American Solar Energy Society www.ases.org

Solar Coaster

Challenges in solar policy and public perception

Bundesnetzagentur

Net metering

Starlink

FIT = Feed in Tariff

Grid defection

Paul Fenn

CCA = Community Choice Aggregation

Ava Community Energy www.avaenergy.org

Sean’s Journey in the Solar Industry

Life and Politics in Berkeley, California

SEIA = Solar Energy Industry Association www.seia.org

IREC = Interstate Renewable Energy Counsil www.irecusa.org

SEAC = Sustainable Energy Action Committee www.sustainableenergyaction.org

Planet Plan Sets www.planetplansets.com

Solar Roots Party [Register now]

 

Reach out to Matt Hirsch on:

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/matthewbhirsch

Terra Current Website: www.terracurrent.com

 

Learn more at www.solarSEAN.com and be sure to get NABCEP certified by taking Sean’s classes at www.heatspring.com/sean