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Community Solar in New Mexico! | Kite Power | Tesla Jacks Solar Roof Pricing | CPH Ep.40

Today on the Clean Power Hour with John Weaver and Tim Montague | Ep.40: Canadian Solar mass produces 665 W module (solar panel)Jobs Act break down New Mexico now has community solarKite power is approaching commercial deploymentTesla jacks the prices of solar roofSolar for 1.04¢/kWh in Saudi Arabia **Please subscribe to the channel**Likes, shares and comments are…

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We Don’t Have Time | Ocean Hydro Power | Epic HVDC | Module Tech Advances | BIPV | Clean Power Hour Ep.42

There’s a new social media platform to stop climate chaos – “We don’t have time” by Ingmar RentzhogUnions getting behind Biden’s jobs act plansSolar+wind powered hydrogen space rockets in AustraliaWorld’s largest ocean turbine – that looks like a Starwars X-Wing fighterConnecting solar from Morocco to the UK at 6.7 cents per kWh – Epic HVDC…

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Earth Day is Elon Musk to the Moon Day | Clean Power Hour Ep.41

Today on the Clean Power Hour Ep.41:Elon Musk Beats Bezos to the Moon Solar Powered Robot Helicopter Flies on MarsSolar Powered Greenhouses Sprouting Asparagus in FranceHVDC Powerline Crossing North Sea – How about the Earth? Electricity Utilities Pushing for 80% Emissions Cut by 2030 **Please subscribe to the channel**Likes, shares and comments are awesome – do it! **Hit…

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Gunter Erfurt, Ardes Johnson – Meyer Burger High Performance Solar Modules | Clean Power Hour Ep.43

Gunter Erfurt, CEO and Ardes Johnson, President and GM, Americas, Meyer Burger join us for a special episode of the Clean Power Hour. We explore this new technology launch and the storied history of Meyer Burger in the solar industry. We liken Meyer Burger to the Swiss Army Knife of Solar. High Performance, Low Carbon Solar…

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World’s Largest Rooftop PV Array | Clean Power Hour Ep.15

Largest Rooftop Solar Project – 18 MW in NetherlandsSunrun – Vivant merger closes making the combined company 25 percent of the residential solar marketKing coal is falling to Crown Prince solar and storage Two companies – Nextera and 8Minute Energy – have nearly 100 GW of wind, solar and storage in the pipeline **Please subscribe to…

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Rolling Blackouts in CA | Rewiring America | Clean Power Hour Ep.7 | Montague & Weaver

Clean Power Hour with Tim Montague & John WeaverEp. 7 – published Sept 1, 2020**Rolling Blackouts in CA due to extreme heat wave… necessary or evil https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/08/17/californias-fossil-fuel-plants-failed-us-not-solar/ **Rewiring America: A positive, comprehensive, and inclusive vision for a better future. Tech entrepreneurs Saul Griffith with Sam Calish and Laura Fraser have created a ‘Field Manual for the…

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The Machine That Builds The Machine | Clean Power Hour Ep.13

Today (Sept. 30, 2020) we break down Tesla Battery Day and cover the latest in solar and storage news: John Weaver Bought a Tesla Model Y!Jigar Shah of generate capital is coming on the Solar Podcast Oct 6Battery day recap “Waze” for the power grid could help unlock 500 GW of renewablesArray Technologies going public – oh…

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Will Humans Talk to Their Solar Arrays? | Clean Power Hour Ep.9

Roadrunner solar project in Texas goes online at 497 MW…why does Big Solar matter to you? Largest solar project in Texas!Solar panels /modules are getting bigger but is bigger better? NREL – the national renewable energy laboratory will tell you how solar is made and what it costs to make and install solar. In Portugal, a new…

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Covid Knocks 20 Gigawatts Off Global Solar Installations | Clean Power Hour Ep.10

The world will add 142 GW of new solar this year – Covid-19 is knocking 20 GW off the anticipated amount of solar that will get installed this year.  ​ MA Solar Market Floating solar at fort Bragg NC, the US Army's largest base. ​ RTO insider 'past 10 years in CA, average 1 GW/yr solar…

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Google Pledging CO2 Free 24/7 by 2030 | Clean Power Hour Ep.11

Today's solar, wind and battery storage news stories: Google pledging CO2 free 24/7 Getting to a Carbon-Free EconomyThe urgent is attainable, and at entirely affordable cost.by Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University The incremental costs of decarbonization above our normal energy costs will amount to 1 to 2 percent of U.S. GDP per year during the…

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