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Will the US Lead in Batteries? | Solar & Storage NE | US Govt Supports Tech | Clean Power Hour Ep.47

Today on the Clean Power Hour with John F Weaver: Biden admin aims to make the US a world leader in lithium-ion batteries; Solar & Storage NE recap by Weaver; Senate passes $250 billion tech investment bill to revitalize semiconductor R&D and manufacturing here in the US; and…Are you going to be able to pay…

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Will the US Lead in Batteries? | Solar & Storage NE | US Govt Supports Tech | Clean Power Hour Ep.47

Today on the Clean Power Hour with John F Weaver: Biden admin aims to make the US a world leader in lithium-ion batteries; Solar & Storage NE recap by Weaver; Senate passes $250 billion tech investment bill to revitalize semiconductor R&D and manufacturing here in the US; and…Are you going to be able to pay…

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Erthos Flat Solar | ISS Gets New Solar | Benefits of Native Vegetation | Clean Power Hour Ep.48

Carbon sequestration of soil goes up when you put solar on ag lands ISS is getting a new solar power plant!Erthos wants to lay solar panels right in the dirtGE says their new turbine can power the whole country…Today on the Clean Power Hour Episode 48:Solar projects that support native grasses can sequester more carbon…

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Ford Launches F-150 Lightning EV Truck | Community Solar Tracker | Solar Projects Galore | CPH Ep46

Today on the Clean Power Hour (Ep.46): Ford launches F-150 Lightning EV truck; Community Solar Tracker by ILSR, a review; Freeing Energy Podcast by Bill Nussey – Montague’s new fav podcast; #solar project of the week – Whaling City Solar! And yes, there is an EV tax credit up to $12K is in the works….

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Offshore Wind Takes Off! | Colonel Pipeline Hacked | Solar Podcast Clean Power Hour Ep.45

Clean Power Hour (Ep.45) The offshore wind industry is taking off with full approval of Vineyard 1 that will power 400,000 homes when fully constructed. The 13 MW turbines by GE are the pinnacle of wind engineering might. Back on shore, hackers took down the Colonel Pipeline one of the largest fossil fuel pipelines feeding the…

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High Efficiency Low Degradation Solar | Carbon Tracker Report | Clean Power Hour Ep.44

Today on the Clean Power Hour: Recap of the Meyer Burger interview (launch of their hot off the presses ultra low degradation, high performance solar mods last week);  John Weaver answers important questions about HJT / TopCon / PERC solar PV technology; Land impacts of 100% Wind and Solar are TRIVIAL according to a Carbon Tracker report…

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100% Clean Energy – Update from DOE Secretary Granholm | Net Metering | Ocean Solar | CPH Ep.38

Update from the DOE – Big plans coming to life under GranholmOcean floating solar in SingaporeNet metering under attack in CA Biden Huge Infrastructure Plan – GND Gone wild!?PA state Gov now solar powered… nice vid  The US Dept of Energy is putting a stake in the ground for offshore wind, perovskite solar PV, next generation…

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Speedway Solar | Gigafactory Bonanza | Canary Media Launch | Clean Power Hour Ep.39

We launched a new segment on the Clean Power Hour today – Project of the Week. Today on the Clean Power Hour, Ep.39: 200 gigafactories are being built globally; Canary Media Launch Paying coal plants to close?; Mars helicopter is on the ground and charging; Will Tesla deliver 1M EVs in 2021? And much much…

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China Record 2.2 GW of Solar | Green Bonds Exceed 1 Trillion $$ | Clean Power Hour Ep.14

** http://www.CESnrg.com/podcast#Tesla over the air updatehttps://twitter.com/SolarInMASS/status/1312500497819951105 $200 billion worth of green bonds have been issued in 2020 thus far – $50 billion in a strong September. This represents a 12% increase compared with the first nine months of 2019. And in total $1 trillion have been sold since 2007.'https://about.bnef.com/blog/record-month-shoots-green-bonds-past-trillion-dollar-mark/ China plots course for net zero by 2060https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/05/china-plan-net-zero-emissions-2060-clean-technology Largest…

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Community Solar in PA | Solar Highways | Viking Solar | Clean Power Hour Ep.16

Community Solar is growing in Pennsylvania! MaybeAmerica’s highways are an significant opportunity for solar PVThe Vikings are coming for your hydro and floating solar opportunityTax revenue from community and utility scale solar is helping rural communitiesIt’s Day 10 of the Solar 500 Challenge – give us a thumbs up and please subscribe to the Channel!…

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