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Big show today with Raghu Belur, co-founder Enphase Energy...stick around for some bloopers at the end of the 90 minutes as Josh and Jay each attempt a 20 second pre-show overview...to varying degrees of success.

174 - Wells PUD - Largest Green Hydrogen in USA - Meagan Vibbert by solar_coaster

Checking in with CEO of Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, David Bissell, on their approved pumped storage hydro facility helping Kauai reach 90% renewables with a special long duration storage solution.

Josh and Jay are back covering their favorite energy trade show ...CES ....right...actually not an energy trade show but one that features more and more sustainability and energy tech. Most importantly all the "Killer Aps" of the world ahead.. where electrons are abundant..

171 - Pantech Design Talks Texas Storm Of The Century by solar_coaster

Josh, Jay and Brian reflect on the past year (60 + hour long episodes) in which Brian Thomas of Fairwinds Wealth Management joined the SolarCoaster Radio show.

With an eye towards better understanding how solar stocks and other areas of ESG investing are impacting the financial markets, the team dug deep and monitored what turned out to be the "best performing sector in the financial universe" during the year.

Upon this realization, the team announces its commitment to developing a stock index that reflects the full force of the new energy economy.

Stay close as we air shows illustrating the principals in how these stocks are picked and monitored over time. In the upcoming months we look forward to preparing our portfolios together for the decade of solar; The 2020's and the biggest moves in 2021 ahead.

SPECIAL NOTE: Upon airing this video at North American Smart Energy week Thursday 6PM EST on 10/22, the third and final debate aired only a couple hours afterwards in which Former Vice President and current favored candidate for the office of president, Joe Biden, stated:

“We’re going to get to zero net emissions for the production of electricity by 2035 and it’s going to create millions of jobs. But, we can’t be cavalier about the impact it’s going to have and how we’re going to transition to do all this. I just think its a gigantic opportunity to create really good jobs.”

“The fastest growing jobs are in solar and wind — paying prevailing wage — $45 to $50 bucks an hour, plus benefits.”

“The president of the U.S. has control of signing $600 billion in federal contracts and one of the largest auto and trucking fleets in the world.”

Biden said the U.S should “own the EV market.”

“We need to invest billions on transmission.”

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/10/2...

We caught up with Brent Alderfer of Community Energy and talked all things grid integration. His recent activity puts him in a class all his own with a new partnership in place with Princeton University and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.

Josh and Jay wrap up 3.5 years of weekly 1 hr talk shows with KAOI studios on this show #168. With virtual trade shows, video marketing projects and speaking platforms burgeoning around the world, the Solar Coaster is devoting its Fall schedule to a series of events starting off with a stellar video documentary on the much lauded SolarEdge Energy Hub System set right here in Maui County to be distributed nationally as installer and customer facing content.

Podcasts will continue to be accessible in all current platforms.

Show 169 will be the first digital only show we have offered EVER and will recap the second half of our 169 shows. We will take a look at upcoming projects as well from trade show venues ...to streaming television shows..to video documentaries on cutting edge technology.. and ALL without our FCC and Radio time/format limits...

OOOoohh how we do look forward to throwing of the yolk of formality and digging into all the best content we have touched on ...ITER Fusion in france....Sonnen VPP in Bavaria...Toronto...SMR's ...To name a few ...get all the behind the scene content this week on your SolarCoaster!!

Alooooha

Josh & Jay

Third time is a charm! If you weren't able to join the first ever virtual Hawaii Energy Conference this year, and you missed the SolarCoaster's coverage last week on air in Maui, now you have your chance to listen at your leisure via podcast!

https://hawaiienergyconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/HEC-Virtual-Program-2020.pdf

Along with our usual news and events we covered the keynote by CEO Hawaiian Electric Scot Seu as well as a panel on Solar Jobs – "Being Part of the Solution?"

The Executive Director of the Hawaii Solar Energy Association lead a discussion of how jobs in solar and other parts of the “clean“ energy sector can contribute to a Just Recovery.

Moderated by:

Will Giese, Executive Director, Hawaii Solar Energy Association

Joining:

Scott Glenn, Chief Energy Officer, Hawaii State Energy Office

Dawn Lippert, CEO, Elemental Excelerator

Odette Mucha, Regulatory Director, Southeast, Vote Solar

Continuing in our Hawaii Utility Scale Series we sit down with Wren to learn more about Long Road Energy from the early First Wind days (developers of our Wind farms in Maalaea Maui) to the many dozens of successful projects and 2.6 gigawatts total of wind and solar under management spread throughout the USA.

Wren is a local fella with Maui county roots, having been born in Molokai and attending the Kamehameha school system in his youth. He is heavily engaged in coordinating with the community and learning about and responding to needs on a project by project basis.

At Long Road Energy Wren represents the largest IPP (Independent Power Provider) in Hawaii and the recently awarded Oahu project, at 120 MW AC, is the largest single project awarded to date.

https://www.longroadenergy.com/