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Scattered Solar Monitoring Is Costing You Thousands #338

Every disconnected monitoring platform in your stack is a blind spot. And every blind spot is lost revenue. On this episode of The Clean Power Hour, host Tim Montague...

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I Asked 6 CPS America Insiders What’s Changing in Solar #337

Energy bills have jumped as much as 30% in the last year, and data center demand is outpacing grid growth. CPS America, with over 10 gigawatts of string inverters...

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Why the Middle Market Is Storage’s Biggest Battleground

LFP battery storage pricing dropped from over $1,000 per kilowatt hour to under $100 per kilowatt hour in a few short years. That single shift is reshaping project economics...

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Batteries Now #1 Morning Power Source in California

For the first time, batteries and solar powered California around the clock, with batteries running as the number one morning electricity source at nearly 6,000 megawatts. Tim Montague and...

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Your Solar Asset Is Underperforming. Here’s Why. #335

Most solar asset owners still manage performance data the same way they did 10 years ago. Dan Leary, founder of Denowatts, says that needs to change. In this episode,...

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The ITC Is Ending. Here Is How Solar Adapts #334

The 30% investment tax credit is going away. The safe harbor window closes July 3, 2026. After that, commercial solar stands on its own. So what separates the companies...

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4 Storytelling Rules Solar Pros Need Right Now #333

One LinkedIn post. Almost 400,000 impressions. Aaron Nichols has earned 1.8 million impressions on LinkedIn in one year, and he did it by breaking every rule the clean energy...

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Wind Farms Beat Trump 5-0: Offshore Construction Resumes

Wind farms are defeating the Trump administration's stop-work orders 5-0 as federal judges allow offshore construction to resume, while data centers drive consumer power bills up 30-50% across the...

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Every Blackout in America Traces Back to This One Problem #332

Storm Fern just knocked out power for nearly a million Americans. But here’s what the media won’t tell you: this wasn’t a freak accident—it’s the new normal. New research...

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Missouri Wants to Ban All Solar Construction for Two Years

A Missouri state senator wants to ban all solar construction for two years, threatening a 430 MW project already under construction. On the Clean Power Hour Live, Tim Montague...

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What 16 Years of Solar Development Taught Me | Brad Stutzman #331

What separates solar projects that get built from those that die in development? Brad Stutzman has spent 16 years figuring out the answer. Brad is the Founder and CEO...

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How Clean Energy Companies Can Get Real ROI from AI #330

Most businesses are stuck in AI demo mode, watching impressive one-off showcases that never become daily operations. In this episode, Tim Montague welcomes Josh Huston from Agents Anywhere to...

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