Your parking lot might be the most underused real estate you own. It’s flat, it’s unshaded, it’s already graded, and most days it just sits there collecting heat. Commercial solar carports turn that space into generation without touching your roof or buying new land, which is exactly why more developers and asset owners keep asking…
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Rising electricity demand and prolonged outages are pushing the Tennessee Valley to rethink how it builds and operates the grid. Where do solar, batteries, and community-scale microgrids fit? In episode 374 of the Clean Power Hour, Tim Montague welcomes Gil Hough, Executive Director of the Tennessee Solar Energy Industries Association (TenneSEIA), for a conversation following…
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Solar and storage are moving into a new phase, and this week’s Clean Power Hour Live covers the technologies, policies, and market shifts shaping that transition. Tim Montague and John Weaver break down the latest developments across solar, batteries, wind, grid infrastructure, and electrification. In California, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation supporting virtual power…
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A battery only earns its keep when it can connect to the grid and get to work. What does it take to turn better battery technology into a viable energy project? In episode 373 of the Clean Power Hour, Tim Montague speaks with Dr. Simon Engelke, founder of Battery Associates and Battery MBA and host…
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Grid storage is growing faster than the industry expected. EVs accounted for more than 70% of global battery deployment in 2025, down from almost 80% in 2024, according to the IEA. On this CPH Live, Tim Montague and John Weaver unpack stationary battery storage growth and follow the batteries to two places: 230 GW of…
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Multi-tenant commercial solar has long been a project type many installers would rather avoid. Here’s why it may be time to take another look. Malls, warehouses, apartment complexes and other multi-tenant properties can be difficult projects to get across the finish line. The challenge usually isn’t the solar hardware. It’s figuring out who benefits from…
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How do you take a 365 kW commercial solar project from a customer conversation to steel in the ground? In this episode of the Clean Power Hour, Tim Montague goes behind the scenes of a 365 kW commercial solar project for Griffin Beverage in West Branch, Michigan, with Jordan Rhyne of Countryside Energy and Kyle…
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What if your solar system could earn far more by powering AI compute than by selling electricity back to the grid? In this episode of Clean Power Hour, Tim Montague talks with Karl Andersen, founder and CEO of Lektra, about a different approach to the growing power demands of AI. Lektra places GPU servers…
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America may need more than 230 GW of new power capacity through 2030. Regulated utilities are expected to deliver only about 93 GW. So where does the rest come from? Tim Montague takes that question to Sylvia Leyva Martinez, Director of North America Utility-Scale Solar at Wood Mackenzie, on a crossover with her show Interchange…
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Illinois Renewable Energy Conference 2026: The Conversations I’m Watching The Illinois Renewable Energy Conference (ILREC) returns October 19–20 in Bloomington-Normal, and this year’s agenda reflects just how quickly the energy conversation in Illinois is changing. We’re no longer talking primarily about deploying more solar and wind. We’re talking about whether the grid can keep up…
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