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The Clean Power Hour podcast is speeding the clean energy transition. Tim Montague and John Weaver highlight clean energy innovations shaping the next generation of renewable energy sources. We discuss the latest solar PV, battery storage, wind, water, wave, and other low-carbon technologies. We answer the question: How can we decarbonize the economy? We promote the economic opportunity of electrifying everything – transportation, energy, industry, and the built environment. Let’s speed up the clean energy transition together. Join the movement – www.CleanPowerHour.com

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Biggest floating solar! | Aussie microgrid is for real | Clean Power Hour Ep.52 Jul 25, 2021

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The Pixies are coming and they feed on microgrids
The US adopts solar app nationwide
What is an ultra mega renewable energy project?
Electric Aviation taking off, literally
Billionaires are invading space - is that good?
World's largest floating solar!
How much does it cost to fly on Blue Origin?
CPH Ep52 July 23, 2021
Here to answer all these questions and more mysteries of the energy transition is my co-host and the commercial solar guy John weaver.
Virgin Galactic Unity 22 flies from Space Port America in NM
https://www.virgingalactic.com/news
& Bezos flight https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/amazons-jeff-bezos-makes-history-civilian-suborbital-flight-rcna1436
Pixies are coming and they hail from Australia
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/a-renewable-and-battery-only-microgrid-the-holy-grail-of-clean-energy/
Solar App goes national
https://www.seia.org/news/solar-permitting-tool-hits-market-boost-rooftop-solar-installations
New world’s largest floating solar ‘2.2 GW solar pv plus 4,000 MWh capacity; 1,600 hectares; 2,600 GWh annually; plans to start construction on site in 2022, and complete it in 2024"
http://taiyangnews.info/markets/worlds-largest-floating-solar-project-planned-in-indonesia/
What is a ultra mega renewable energy project?
Mint: NTPC to build India’s largest solar park of 4.75 GW in Rann of Kutch.
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/ntpc-to-build-india-s-largest-solar-park-of-4-75-gw-in-rann-of-kutch-11626176176794.html
CA powergrid breaks 1 GW energy storage discharge - symbolic number, but cool:
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/15/california-breaks-1-gw-energy-storage-milestone-and-looks-to-a-future-1-21-gw-moment/
The injection 1 GW broke on 7/17 - https://twitter.com/jdeely/status/1416850475157057536
Massive battery capacity in the 2030 pipeline - 4.1 TWh of manufacturing capacity
https://twitter.com/sdmoores/status/1417070777975836675
Pricing information on Megapacks $278/kWh - get your cc out
https://www.thestreet.com/tesla/news/new-tesla-megapack-details-price
Electric airplanes
https://twitter.com/Lilium/status/1415008190471843840
Floating wind rig video on twitter -
https://twitter.com/Jay_Hansen/status/1417683121579827204
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Chinese Solar Ban | 100% Renewable Grid | Tesla GigaTexas | Clean Power Hour Ep.49 Jul 11, 2021

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US Bans Forced Labor related solar panels coming from China
Large-Scale Simulations Show U.S. Can Get Close to 100% Renewable Generation Cost-Effectively
The roof is on at Tesla Giga-Austin
Clean Energy Legislation: Oregon working on clean energy legislation - Illinois stalls
And, hey, how about a tax credit for the solar panel manufacturing supply chain in the USA?
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Today on the Clean Power Hour (Ep.49):
US Bans Forced Labor involved solar products...all U.S. ports of entry have been instructed to immediately begin detaining shipments that contain silica-based products made by Hoshine or materials and goods derived from or produced using those silica-based products'
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/24/fact-sheet-new-u-s-government-actions-on-forced-labor-in-xinjiang/
Large-Scale Simulations Show U.S. Can Get Close to 100% Renewable Generation Cost-Effectively
'least-cost RE buildout 57%...CO2 abatement costs of 80%, 90%, 95%, and 100% RE are $25, $33, $40, and $61/ton, respectively, with system costs growing from $30 to $36/MWh at 95% (achieved in 2040) and $39/MWh at 100%. 99% to 100% is $930/ton, driven by firm RE capacity.'
https://www.nrel.gov/news/program/2021/the-challenge-of-the-last-few-percent-quantifying-the-costs-and-emissions-benefits-of-100-renewables.html
Original pub: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435121002464?dgcid=author
Austin Gigafactory Update - been too long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLMtvh6Vhlg
https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1408103224817639432
Project of the Week - 6.7 MW Rooftop Array in MA
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2021/06/6-7-mw-solar-project-at-medline-industries-will-likely-be-largest-rooftop-array-in-massachusetts/
Oregon bill targets 100% clean power by 2040, with labor and environmental justice on board
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/oregon-bill-adds-labor-and-environmental-justice-provisions-to-100-clean-energy-by-2040-mandate/
Did the USA hit 50% co2 free kWhs last month? Find out in a month...
https://commercialsolarguy.com/half-of-us-electricity-co2-free-in-may/
Solar manufacturing tax credit:
*modules - 11¢ times capacity
*cell - 4¢ times capacity
*wafer - $12 per square meter,
*polysilicon - $3 per kg
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/06/21/sen-ossoff-introduces-solar-manufacturing-tax-credit/
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Rooftop Solar Has Powerful Enemies | Clean Power Hour Ep.50 (Anniversary edition!) Jul 11, 2021

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Today on the Clean Power Hour Episode 50! Celebrating a year of CPH with John Weaver: Rooftop solar being blocked by powerful lobby groups including EEI (Edison Electric Institute); Update on the new solar iROSA at ISS; #Tesla signs deal with new home builder to outfit whole community with Solar Roof, Powerwall, and EV chargers; Sin City is going solar, thanks to MGM Resorts International ($MGM), who just launched a new 100-megawatt (MW) solar array; Tata power energizes country's largest carport (6.2 MW); Jinko working on 30% efficient hybrid solar cell; Resi flow battery manufacturer coming to America and much more clean energy transition news.
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The electric utility anti-rooftop solar playbook: Blocking Rooftop Solar, includes seven case studies from around the nation exposing the specific actions taken, which sometimes were illegal, and quite often were manipulative.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/06/28/the-electric-utility-anti-rooftop-solar-playbook/
Tesla signs deal with new home builder to outfit whole community with solar, Powerwall, and chargers
https://electrek.co/2021/06/22/tesla-signs-deal-new-home-builder-to-outfit-whole-community-solar-powerwall-chargers/
Sin City is going solar, thanks to MGM Resorts introduces 100-megawatt solar array to power 13 hotels on Las Vegas Strip
https://electrek.co/2021/06/29/mgm-resorts-introduces-100-megawatt-solar-array-to-power-13-hotels-on-las-vegas-strip/
Tata power energizes country's largest carport, 6. 2 mw 30k square meters, 7.4 acres; Notably This carport in an addition to the list of Tata Power’s previous large solar solutions including the world’s largest rooftop (16MW) at a single location at Radhasoami Satsang
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/tata-motors-tata-power-inaugurate-indias-largest-solar-carport-in-pune/articleshow/83631797.cms
https://www.tatapowersolar.com/project/16-mw-rooftop-solar-power-system-rssb-ees-beas/
1366 Technologies (kerfless solar cell manufacturer) expanding into India, merges with perovskite company
https://www.pv-magazine-india.com/2021/06/24/1366-technologies-to-open-2-gw-wafer-factory-in-india/
Video of ISS solar installation:
Unpacking the iROSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV55gceKAxs (iROSA repowers the ISS and is a test best for Artemis Gateway the NASA space station that is going to orbit the moon to support the moonbase); 6 wings,
https://twitter.com/Thom_astro/status/1408064975428415500 (this is good but vid is too low quality)
Power grid failure in California that WASN’T - CAISO california battery reponse
https://rmi.org/the-california-blackout-that-wasnt/
Small solar being deployed in war zones to keep life going
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6813319930818252800/
Just a cool number - “70% of US commercial buildings with at least 10,000 square feet of roof space do not have solar installations which adds up to over 600,000 sites and 145 GW of total capacity”
https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/electric-power/062421-significant-growth-potential-in-us-commercial-solar-market-despite-challenges-speakers
JinkoSolar references their 30%+ perovskite cell
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/06/25/jinkosolar-announces-perovskite-cell-technology-platform-promising-efficiencies-close-to-30/
Flow battery company raising cash, hoping to move to the USA
https://reneweconomy.com.au/redflow-announces-capital-raise-as-it-eyes-massive-us-battery-market/

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SpaceX Super Heavy Booster Rolls | Do Engineers Dream of Panel Efficiency? | Clean Power Hour Ep.51 Jul 11, 2021

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Superheavy booster, the giant Spacex rocket rolls out at Starbase Texas in Boca Chica
World’s Largest floating wind farm takes shape
Japan signs deal for thirty 10 MW powers plants including battery storage and hydrogen plants
And...Do engineers dream of solar panel efficiency? John’s not an engineer but he should have been one...this and much much more clean energy news for today July 9, 2021 (Ep.51)
Japan is developing 30 projects that match each other - 10 MW solar+10 MWh lithium ion+ 30 MWh hydrogen - hydrogen/lithium will smooth the grid and possibly be exported as well
https://reneweconomy.com.au/japan-giant-signs-deal-for-30-australian-solar-farms-with-battery-and-hydrogen-storage/
SpaceX rolls out their Superheavy Booster to the pad in Texas
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1410670645948653568
My article: Do engineers dream of solar panel efficiency? March to perovskite+silicon tandem solar cells
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/01/do-engineers-dream-of-solar-panel-efficiency/
Project of the Week - Woodland Elementary 792 kW; (2,064) Talesun TP672M-385W modules; APA Advanced Modular fixed-tilt racking; (11) Yaskawa PVI-60TL inverters; photo
World’s newest ‘largest’ - 50 MW - floating wind farm installs final unit - of a 2 MW Vestas turbine, which has been operating since October 2018, and five 9.5 MW Vestas turbines; Once it’s live, the 50 MW Kincardine project, which was developed by the Madrid-headquartered Cobra Group, will be the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, with six turbines
https://electrek.co/2021/07/07/egeb-final-turbine-is-in-place-at-the-worlds-largest-floating-offshore-wind-farm/
And speaking of wind, maybe a nuanced wind policy for Maine? Governor bans all offshore wind within three miles to leave for fisherman, but I think that’s ok for offshore wind - Vibrant Energy says they don’t model offshore wind within 6 km anyway
https://electrek.co/2021/07/07/egeb-maine-to-ban-offshore-wind-in-state-waters-for-10-years/
Ocean on fire...like serious - last story!
https://twitter.com/blkahn/status/1411074599803142146
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Will the US Lead in Batteries? | Solar & Storage NE | US Govt Supports Tech | Clean Power Hour Ep.47 Jul 11, 2021

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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 for an autonomous ride in CA this year? This and much much more on today’s CPH.
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Erthos Flat Solar | ISS Gets New Solar | Benefits of Native Vegetation | Clean Power Hour Ep.48 Jun 24, 2021

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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 dirt
GE 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 than cropland alone. And about all that corn for ethanol.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/06/1...
Solar panels getting installed on the ISS - In the seventh spacewalk of the year outside the International Space Station, the two astronauts installed a new ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) into its mounting bracket.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2...
Erthos solar - wants solar panels in the dirt, literally www.Erthos.com
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/...
Big floating wind platform, nice images (chinese company launching bases for floating wind test, first couple of units for a large farm)
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2021/06/...
GE launching research on 12 MW deeper water floating turbine “Would dramatically expand potential of US offshore wind resources to more than 7,000 TeraWatt hours (TWh) per year, nearly double the total annual US energy consumption of 4,000 TWh”
https://www.ge.com/research/newsroom/...
Biden offshore wind California opened for the first time - 3 or 4.6 GW of space

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Ford Launches F-150 Lightning EV Truck | Community Solar Tracker | Solar Projects Galore | CPH Ep46 Jun 24, 2021

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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. Will it happen? We hope so! And much much more clean energy news.
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Offshore Wind Takes Off! | Colonel Pipeline Hacked | Solar Podcast Clean Power Hour Ep.45 May 27, 2021

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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 eastern US. Meanwhile the IEA (International Energy Agency) estimates that humanity needs to scale the solar industry to 630 GW per year by 2030 in order to stop climate chaos and achieve net zero energy. “This special report is the world’s first comprehensive study of how to transition to a net zero energy system by 2050 while ensuring stable and affordable energy supplies, providing universal energy access, and enabling robust economic growth.” This and much much more renewable energy news.
Please subscribe on your favorite player. Give us a review and rating on Apple Podcasts. Share it with your friends. Let us know what you think and what topics you would like us to cover in future episodes. -Tim Montague, co-host, creator, and producer; connect with me, tgmontague on Twitter.
It may sound like fake news but all of the Covid-19 virus that has infected humanity would fit inside a soda can or a milk jug at most.
“Total volume/mass of all SARS-CoV-2 would almost certainly fit into a soft drink container, and definitely into a milk container.”
https://twitter.com/DoctorKarl/status/1393791881482424322
IEA says 630 GW/solar/year needs occur by 2030 to stop climate chaos
https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050
Hackers took down a major gasoline pipeline - be afraid
https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/colonial-shippers-say-pipeline-communication-system-is-down/P3XATFG575ALJDPZHA5PVR7GZY/
Biden Administration Approves Nation’s First Major Offshore Wind Farm.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/climate/climate-wind-farm.html
$20 million for offshore wind in California
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2021/05/17/california-earmarks-offshore-wind-green-hydrogen-money-in-new-budget/
SpaceX has been awarded a $50 million contract from NASA for an "on-orbit large scale cryogenic propellant management and transfer demonstration." Contract is estimated to be completed by the end of 2022.
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=53849.0
SN-15
China lands on Mars
Discovery tele
https://www.discovery.com/dnews/who-wants-to-be-an-astronaut
Spain-based energy company Iberdrola has launched Perseo, an international start-up program competition aimed at identifying competitive and innovative solutions to combine solar photovoltaic plants with activities related to agriculture, horticulture, livestock, fish-farming or bee-keeping.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/05/14/iberdrola-seeks-innovative-solutions-for-agrivoltaics/
A twitter thread of agrivoltaic systems that I’ve collected - https://twitter.com/SolarInMASS/status/1311989570716807168
Polar night energy in Finland? (sand energy storage)
https://polarnightenergy.fi/technology
Aluminum batteries coming for Lithium?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltaylor/2021/05/13/ev-range-breakthrough-as-new-aluminum-ion-battery-charges-60-times-faster-than-lithium-ion/
Project of the week… Keeversville CSG - 2.7 MW DC community solar project near Joliet IL in the shadow of Braidwood Nuke Station.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DSkOWE-k1I0BmZ2g3PRkNn-xh7ECYAyW/view?usp=sharing
Green aluminum is here! 'Current average cost of producing aluminium fossil fuels $1,680/ton...combination renewables and new “inert anode” technologies see production costs at $1,590/ton, avoiding virtually all emissions from smelting process, @BloombergNEF estimates’'
https://reneweconomy.com.au/green-aluminium-already-cost-competitive-and-huge-opportunity-for-australia/

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High Efficiency Low Degradation Solar | Carbon Tracker Report | Clean Power Hour Ep.44 May 05, 2021

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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 that Bill McKibben also reports on. Instant permits for residential solar with SolarApp And much much more clean energy and tech news.
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We open the episode with a question: Why is space exploration important for humanity? Montague submits that space is important because it brings humanity together behind a single mission - to become a space faring species. It helps us put aside the age old us vs. them tribalism and warring that has marred humanity for milenia. The ISS is a great example.
China is building a space station. They launched the first module on April 29, 2021. Will this help or hurt humanity? The first of 11 missions necessary to complete, supply and crew the station by the end of next year.
https://twitter.com/SolarInMASS/status/1388857674385797123
Meyer Burger Press release that explains why they are betting on the future of their heterojunction smartwire technology is the future HJT / TopCon / PERC
https://www.meyerburger.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Downloads/Praesentationen/Meyer-Burger-Corporate-Presentation-April-2021-EN.pdf
Artificial blowhole water turbine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfHx6qy9S-Y
Carbon Tracker Report Demonstrates 100 percent wind and solar land use impacts are trivial
https://carbontracker.org/reports/the-skys-the-limit-solar-wind/
Bill McKibben: Renewable Energy Is Suddenly Startlingly Cheap.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/renewable-energy-is-suddenly-startlingly-cheap
Instant Permits for Resi Solar? There's a SolarApp for That
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/instant-permits-for-home-solar-theres-a-solarapp-for-that/
Refreshing lithium ion batteries, versus recycling
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/05/04/lithium-saturation-to-make-old-batteries-new/
$60 carbon tax in the EU right now
https://twitter.com/HelenCRobertson/status/1389498417500626945
25% efficiency solar cell from LONGi
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/05/03/longi-sets-topcon-cell-record-of-25-09/
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100% Clean Energy - Update from DOE Secretary Granholm | Net Metering | Ocean Solar | CPH Ep.38 May 04, 2021

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Update from the DOE - Big plans coming to life under Granholm
Ocean floating solar in Singapore
Net 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 CSP and aiming for net zero by 2050. Today on the Clean Power Hour with John Weaver: Update from the DOE - Big plans coming to life under Granholm; Ocean floating solar in Singapore; Net metering under attack in CA; Biden Huge Infrastructure Plan; PA state Gov now solar powered and much much more solar, storage and clean energy news. Let’s grow solar! -Tim Montague, host & creator, @TGMontague on Twitter

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Badass animation of STI Nordland tracker

https://youtu.be/NKEGCE06MLI

Electric cars being charged in 1907

https://twitter.com/alvinfoo/status/1375823658443104263

Update from DOE Secretary Granholm. Goals, funding priorities, R&D into Cad Tel, Perovskites, CSP Gen3

https://youtu.be/Ga9S928B7fk

Ocean floating solar in Singapore

https://electrek.co/2021/03/25/singapore-completes-one-of-the-first-floating-solar-farms-in-the-sea/

First V2G school busses

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210323005889/en/Blue-Bird-Delivers-North-America%E2%80%99s-First-Ever-Commercial-Application-of-Vehicle-to-Grid-Technology-in-Electric-School-Bus-Partnership-with-Nuvve-and-Illinois-School-Districts

https://www.voanews.com/usa/biden-looking-big-infrastructure-spending-deal

Ten trillion infrastructure plan over the next decade

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/infrastructure-bill-biden-administration-progressive-democrats_n_605e518ec5b6531eed04e2a6

US breaks 100 GW in January

https://commercialsolarguy.com/2021/03/30/united-states-installs-100-gigawatts-of-solar-power/

PA state Gov now solar powered… nice vid

https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-announces-largest-government-solar-energy-commitment-in-the-u-s/

(CA) net metering under attack

https://calssa.org/net-metering

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