We don't spend a lot of time talking about thermal energy on the Clean Power Hour, but it’s a thing! And a lot of industrial and institutional processes require high-grade thermal power. We need it to heat hospitals and university campuses, for example, or to power food and beverage manufacturing plants. So, what can we…
Read MoreWe don't spend a lot of time talking about thermal energy on the Clean Power Hour, but it’s a thing! And a lot of industrial and institutional processes require high-grade thermal power. We need it to heat hospitals and university campuses, for example, or to power food and beverage manufacturing plants. So, what can we…
Read More#67 Successful vegetation restoration and natural landscaping of solar farms is a vital part of the solar industry. Solar farms mean changes in the land and those changes can be good from an ecological perspective – but this requires expert planning, engineering and execution of soil preparation and conservation and proper seed lists and vegetation establishment…
Read More#66: Today on the Clean Power Hour, it's a new day in Illinois! Our new energy legislation, the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act of 2021, triples the amount of resources coming into the solar wind and battery storage industries in Illinois. We are now gunning for 40% clean grid, by 2035. My guest today is…
Read More#65: Welcome to the Clean Power Hour Holiday special! We cover a TON of big clean energy news in today's episode. – Solar could triple by 2023 to 60 GW per year!– Voters want America-first clean energy and climate solutions – conservative poll shows– Build Back Better funding includes the largest level of clean energy…
Read More#64 Joe Alfred is the founder and CEO of Ally Power Inc. This hydrogen startup is based in Washington DC. Ally is developing a boiler system that produces hydrogen from aluminum and sodium hydroxide. Hydrogen is in the cleantech news most every day now. Lots of big industrial companies including oil majors are getting…
Read More63: Today on the Clean Power Hour: Energy Dome! We kick off this episode with an interview with the founder and CEO of Energy Dome, Claudio Spadacini. They are bringing long duration (10-24 hr) energy storage to life with the close of $11 million round of venture backing. The business has reached it's financial goals…
Read More63: Today on the Clean Power Hour: Energy Dome! We kick off this episode with an interview with the founder and CEO of Energy Dome, Claudio Spadacini. They are bringing long duration (10-24 hr) energy storage to life with the close of $11 million round of venture backing. The business has reached it's financial goals…
Read More#62: Tech entrepreneur, Bill Nussey joins the Clean Power Hour! Bill has been traveling the globe interviewing the best and brightest minds (like Amory Lovins, the founder of Rocky Mountain Institute) on the topics of solar PV and battery storage. He’s compiled these interviews and learnings into a wonderful book. And many of the interviews…
Read More#61: Build Back Better! There’s real money flowing into renewables What crops grow best under solar farms? Agrivoltaics research at the University of Illinois gets us pumped! The largest solar and storage project in the US is growing up in Cali. The Commercial Solar Guy gives us some sweet rooftop solar from Mass. Follow…
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