Bringing you the latest in solar, wind, and energy storage news and views. Co-hosts Tim Montague and John Weaver (Commercial Solar Guy and PV Magazine journalist) break down the tools, technologies, and trends that are speeding the energy transition. We are on a mission to decarbonize the economy and create a safer healthier future for…
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Welcome to the Clean Power Hour, where we dive into the world of operations and maintenance (O&M) for commercial solar. Today on the Clean Power Hour, Tim Montague is joined by Josh Richardson, Head of the O&M at Continental Energy Solutions and Colin Murphy, CEO of Simmons Knife & Saw in the Chicago suburbs. Simmons…
Read MoreThurs April 6, 2023, we are joined by Thomas Hickey of Sandbox Solar and developer of SPADE Agrivoltaic Design platform (https://www.agrivoltaic.design/) Bringing you the latest in solar, wind, and energy storage news and views. Co-hosts Tim Montague and John Weaver (Commercial Solar Guy and PV Magazine journalist) break down the tools, technologies, and trends that…
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Welcome to the Clean Power Hour! Today we celebrate Chint Product Innovation Day with Bryan Wagner, President; James Oswald, Service Director; and Anton Patton, Products and Applications Engineering Director. Central inverters have dominated the large-scale PV market as far back as the 1980s. But with recent innovations in semiconductor technology, high-power three-phase string inverters are…
Read MoreBringing you the latest in solar, wind and energy storage news and views. Co-hosts Tim Montague and John Weaver (Commercial Solar Guy and PV Magazine journalist) break down the tools, technologies and trends that are speeding the energy transition. We are on a mission to decarbonize the economy and create a safer healthier future for…
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Welcome to the Clean Power Hour! On today’s show we are joined by Robin Laine, CEO of Transect. Transect empowers solar and wind energy developers to take control of the environmental permitting process, delivering due diligence in minutes – not weeks or months. Robin Laine is the CEO, and Founder of Transect, Inc., a SaaS-based…
Read MoreToday on the Clean Power Hour we are joined by Pete Berthelsen, Executive Director of the Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund to discuss their Solar Synergy program that helps utility scale solar developers install pollinator friendly vegetation on solar farms and fields. The BBHF has been working with solar developers since 2019 to deliver multiple…
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Welcome to the Clean Power Hour! On today’s show, we are joined by Russ Bates, CEO and Founder of NXTGEN Clean Energy Solutions. NXTGEN is a one-stop-shop, for solar, battery, and EV charging infrastructure development and consulting. NXTGEN provides consultation, project development, Engineering/Procurement/Construction partner relationships, and investor relationships to their clients. Russ has worked in…
Read MoreToday on the Clean Power Hour we are joined by Matt Ferrell of Undecided. Matt is well known in the green technology space as a prosumer who installed solar on his home. Now he’s built a full fledged Net Zero / Passive House using prefab (Unity Homes). We’ll be exploring how solar contractors and the…
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Welcome to the Clean Power Hour! On today’s show, we are joined by Nate Kirchhofer, CEO of BioZen Batteries a company that makes Bio-inspired batteries for a green energy grid. Nate Kirchhofer completed his PhD in 2016 the Materials Department at UC Santa Barbara with a focus in Physical Electrochemistry, tailoring biologically-inspired electronic reactions towards…
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