Clean Power Hour

Welcome to the Clean Power Hour! Today on the Clean Power Hour, Tim Montague is joined by John DeMaio, CEO of Graphex Technologies. Graphex Technologies manufactures 10,000 metric tonnes per year of purified spherical graphite used for Li-Ion battery anodes in electric vehicles. They also develop graphene applications and provide technology for producing coated spherical graphite. John DeMaio has...

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 humanity. Give us a rating and review on Apple or Spotify and...

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 Knife installed a 437 kW rooftop solar project in 2019 that produces...

Thurs 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 are speeding the energy transit...

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 now a...

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 humanity. Give us a rating and review on Apple or Spotify and su...

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 software platform. She is an environmental subject matter expert wit...

Today 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 benefits on renewable energy projects by establishing...

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 ha...

Today 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 solar industry can do better by residents. And is green building worth the extra cost?  Join us LI...

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 sustainable energy conversion t...

🔥Stay up to date with the latest in solar, wind, and energy storage news with Tim Montague and John Weaver (Commercial Solar Guy)! 🤩 We break down the tools, technologies, and trends that are speeding the energy transition. Tune in LIVE on Thursdays at 12 noon EST/ 9 AM Pacific/ 11 Central/ 10 Mountain and give us a rating and review on Apple or Spotify. 📝 Don't forget to subscribe to our...

Welcome to the Clean Power Hour! On today’s show, we are joined by Kelly Roache, Director of Policy & Community Solar at Renewable Properties. Renewable Properties is a team of solar project developers working on community solar and utility-scale solar development in the 1-20 megawatt range.  Kelly Roache is the Director of Policy & Community Solar for Renewable Properties. Kelly’s respons...

🔥Stay up to date with the latest in solar, wind, and energy storage news with Tim Montague and John Weaver (Commercial Solar Guy)! 🤩 We break down the tools, technologies, and trends that are speeding the energy transition. Tune in LIVE on Thursdays at 12 noon EST/ 9 AM Pacific/ 11 Central/ 10 Mountain and give us a rating and review on Apple or Spotify. 📝 Don't forget to subscribe to our...

Welcome to the Clean Power Hour! On today’s show, we are joined by fellow energy podcaster Michael Wood III, a Duke University Student and host of the Energy-Terminal podcast. The Energy-Terminal podcast is a media platform with a mission to build the next generation of energy leaders and to catalyze youth involvement in energy.  Michael Wood III launched his podcast in January of 2022 and in Dece...

🔥Stay up to date with the latest in solar, wind, and energy storage news with Tim Montague and John Weaver (Commercial Solar Guy)! 🤩 We break down the tools, technologies, and trends that are speeding the energy transition. Tune in LIVE on Thursdays at 12 noon EST/ 9 AM Pacific/ 11 Central/ 10 Mountain and give us a rating and review on Apple or Spotify. Today on the Clean Power Hour Live with c...

Welcome to the Clean Power Hour! On today’s show, we are joined by Tom Jensen, CEO Freyr Battery, a company offering a clean Nordic solution to the rapidly growing global demand for high-density and cost-competitive battery cells for stationary energy storage (ESS), electric mobility, and marine applications.  Mr. Jensen has been in the sustainability space for over 15 years working on scaling dis...

Welcome to the Clean Power Hour! On today’s show, we are joined by Joe Tassone Jr. founder of onCORE Origination, a leading renewable energy origination team dedicated to identifying and procuring strategic locations for various types of renewable energy and battery storage projects.  Joe Tassone has over 20 years of experience directly developing more than 5,000 projects across the telecom and re...

Julia Pyper of GoodLeap joins me as guest co-host Wed Feb. 8, 2023, Noon Pacific (1 Mountain, 2 Central, 3 Eastern) for a Residential Solar Update and Clean Energy News Roundup. We ask: What does the #InflationReductionAct mean for American households? What does NEM3 mean for CA solar? What can America expect from the residential solar market in 2023 and beyond?! 🔥Stay up to date with the latest...

Welcome to the Clean Power Hour! On today’s show, Tim Montague will be reading an article by our special guest Peter Montague. Peter Montague is an author, historian, activist, journalist, and expert on environmental health. He is the author of two books: Mercury and No World Without End and has written over 1, 000 articles on the subject of climate change, environmental health, and democracy.  On...

🔥Stay up to date with the latest in solar, wind, and energy storage news with Tim Montague and John Weaver (Commercial Solar Guy)! 🤩 We break down the tools, technologies, and trends that are speeding the energy transition.  Tune in LIVE on Thursdays at 12 noon EST/ 9 AM Pacific/ 11 Central/ 10 Mountain and give us a rating and review on Apple or Spotify. 📝 Don't forget to subscribe to our...

Welcome to the Clean Power Hour. Today we are joined by Adam Rauwerdink, SVP Business Development at Boston Metal. Boston Metal is using innovative technology to decarbonize steel manufacture, with their technology on track to reach commercialization by 2026. Adam has spent the last decade leading global business development for new technologies in the energy industry. Prior to Boston Metal, he wa...

Welcome to the Clean Power Hour. On today’s show, we are joined by Paul Charles, CEO of American Battery Factory. American Battery Factory is developing a network of ‘safe’ lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell giga-factories in the United States to fuel stationary storage and EV batteries. They are building their flagship gigafactory in Tucson, AZ. ABF’s goal is developing a domestic battery...

On the weekly clean power news and views, we bring you the latest cleantech and clean energy news,  thought leaders, and innovators. Our motto is ‘Speeding the Energy Transition!’ This week John Weaver and I discuss, 1. What the IRA Means for Wind, Solar and Storage Manufacturing - WoodMac Horizons Report is AWESOME 2. CCA must procure 1,300 GWh of supply to meet last 37 GWh of demand 3. New Mexic...

Welcome to The Clean Power Hour! On today's show, we are joined by Mukesh Chatter, CEO of Alsym Energy - a company dedicated to providing next-generation clean energy storage solutions. Mukesh holds a Masters in Engineering from RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) and is a serial tech entrepreneur and investor. His mission is to develop affordable, non-toxic, non-flammable BESS products fo...