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A show like no other...Brian Thomas of Fairwinds Wealth Management discusses ESG( Environment and Social Governance) with Josh & Jay in the context of both the renewable energy revolution and personal wealth management. The fellas take a close look at breakout new energy economy stocks like Enphase and SolarEdge, their performance on their own, in ETF's ( electronically traded funds) and their role in a greater macro trend in energy markets. The Coaster have had multiple shows over the years with these and other leaders ..that have pulled back the curtain on what may be fostering this performance past and present. Now we take a look at what we can expect in the future and how we can all participate in this growth ahead!!

Rounding out our SPI NASEW 2019 series the guys touch base with Pantech Design for recent updates on their smart panel tech as well as Sonnen as the four day show draws to a close.

Brian & Jay kick in some great perspectives and insights on the Tesla Cybertruck reveal from the SolarCoaster party the night before...Why so fugly? Well there is a reason and its all in the pursuit of structural rigidity...and some other lofty goals ..

Josh and Jay get a chance to follow up on their first Lumin show from earlier in 2019...this time with Alex Bazhinov CEO of Lumin at SPI - SPINASEW in Salt Lake City. Tune in to hear the backstory on how this visionary company got its start and how smart panels will play a role in the energy transition....If your buying a solar system today you are probably thinking about storage and if you are considering storage you really need to be aware of smart panels...

Early in the show Josh and Brian Thomas of Fairwinds Wealth Management get into the most recent energy stir in Hawaii. CEO Jeffrey Ubben of Value Act Capitol (a $14 billion dollar Impact Investment Hedge Fund) had sent a letter to Hawaiian Electric Companies urging a transition of leadership with a new CEO from outside of the current company culture.

Lot of action in Hawaii these days... enjoy the show!!

Oahu HSEA William Giese launches the 2nd annual All things Solar Expo at Aloha Tower Marketplace in Oahu. Guys head out to join the fun and discover many of the same companies they met in Salt Lake City a month ago at SPI. After some chatting with Oahu installers its pretty clear that the industry is heating up. Since pretty much all of current installs are storage based, its high time to start the conversation about smart panels...Span IO interview from SPI 2019 with CEO Arch Rao is aired. Subsequent shows will dive deep into other manufacturers. We start off with a bit of government discussion as La La Nuss shares her new role working on exploring and ensuring equity in our community concerning climate change and renewable energy.

Join Josh and Jay as they continue their SPI NASEW 2019 solar plus storage series. Meet Erik Anderson of Panasonic and learn about how this familiar brand has brought to market a new level of power and energy flexibility offering both AC coupled and DC coupled system types for residential solar plus battery installations.

The Grandfather of all solar, Sunpower SPR, has taken the game to new heights...on the roof SPR has not only introduced a stellar 66 "enlarged cell" high wattage back side contact module but also in recent years ...a full compliment of roof mounting equipment & micro-inverters called Equinox.

Now the Total SA( French energy giant) backed juggernaut SPR ads a LFP energy storage system to the mix. It's AC coupled and come with a system to significantly reduce the bird's nest on the side of house that we often see when installing solar plus!

Sunpower's Soup to Nuts Equinox system is now very likely the most complete solar plus storage offering as a result.

Keep close as SPR roles out this new offering and lets see if they take a queue from earlier years backing their systems with financing options!

Josh postulates dominance if they follow in the footsteps of their earlier marketing method "cash or lease for the best of the best and look to harness the long life potential of LFP in value-stacking as a utility aggregator"!

Nick Carter of LG Electronics meets up with Josh and J at SPI 2019 to review all the most recent updates of the LG product line.

From Top Tier Innovation in the PV space to integrated LG micro-inverters in their ACE modules to a single brand warranty wrapper across LG Chem storage products, this interview sheds light on it all!

Keep an eye out for LG appliances and the potential veeeeery relevant integration of an LG heat pump in the upcoming period as Intersolar Europe showed only a few months back.

Thermal capabilities and a move towards whole house automation may be on the horizon J&J postulate....?!?!?!

Join Josh and Jay as they dig DEEP with new on air commentary reviewing their Salt Lake City SPI 2019 - taped SolarEdge interview with Lior Handelsmen!

Back home in Maui KAOI Studio's on air AM/FM the fellas discuss the impact of SolarEdge's culture of "relentless innovation" on installers, homeowners and even the financial markets.

The discussion reads like a list of industry wide superlatives. Whether its the new battery company acquisition allowing integration of up to 60kwh useable of world's leading NMC Chemistry to their solar systems...

....or their recently launched integrated level-2 EV charger( the highest power spec of any level 2 charger with the lowest install costs)

....or their awesome scaleable HD wave inverter technology allowing up to three (11.4 kw battery ready inverters to stack in one install..at 1.55 DC/AC ratio, does that mean you could stack 53kw DC max on roof!??!!)

...or the linear solar hot water system controller (very cool in post NEM/non grid back-feeding environs for absorbing the back of the duck curve when your batteries are already full!)

or..............................YES THERE IS MORE !.... their newly offered smart switches allowing load curtailment during grid outages....

...SolarEdge is swinging for the proverbial fences offering all of us a glimpse of what the future of the world's energy companies ( not just "solar companies" anymore) will look like!

Brian Thomas of Fairwinds Wealth Management, a regular contributor to the SolarCoaster explains that the markets are responding favorably to all of the above ...with #1 Market Leading ETF( electronically traded fund) at the time of airing, the absolute BULL that is TICKER SYMBOL :TAN.....is lead by .... you guessed it ...SolarEdge..with the single largest percentage in the basket at 9.24%

TUNE IN, you don't want to miss this one!

Tune into learn all about the MOST recent updates of the Enphase Ensemble program, direct from Salt Lake City - Solar Power International - North American Smart Energy Week 2019 !

Jay and Josh dig deep in a 30 minute pre-SPI interview at the Peery Hotel with Raghu Belur Cofounder of Enphase Energy.

If you want to know the future of solar plus storage this is the place to hear about it! How will this industry evolve to impact our lives and even change our concept of energy itself?!

Whether you made it to SPI NASEW 2019 or not, please have a listen to the Podcast Lounge Daily Roundup with Suncast Media's Nico Johnson, PV Magazines John Weaver and Former NPR Reporter and Founder of Technica Communications Lisa Ann Pinkerton.

This show combines two daily roundups sessions day 2 and 4 squeezing out the concentrate of the entire show within 53 minutes of air time.

Enphase, Solar Edge, Lumin, Sonnen, Span, Pantech Design, LG, Panasonic, REC, Sunpower...and many many more

Whether your looking for smart home controls, on grid energy storage, VPP, or cell HJT cell technology, this is the show to dig in to!

Aloha from Salk Lake!