Clean Power Hour

Production of high-quality lithium presents a complex problem.  Sourcing lithium is difficult and making high-purity lithium is costly.  Lithium is sourced from recycling of lithium-ion batteries or extracting it from a brine solution previously introduced into hard rock.  The extracted material is called lithium chloride or lithium sulfate, and processing it into the final product - lithium hydro...

One barrel of oil equals the manual labor energy of one human for five years.  This fact explains why humans are strapped to fossil fuels: entire economies and lifestyles are based on the easy availability of fossil fuels.  Humans don’t yet know how to live off of the Earth’s “energy budget” – fueled by the sun.  We’re emitting more CO2 than at any time before.  What is the barrier to slowing this...

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Get a 15% discount to attend Midwest Solar Expo with discount code: CPH15. www. MidwestSolarExpo.com/, the premier B2B solar and clean energy event in the region.  These guys know solar.  These guys know financing.  Put that together and Sol-REIT, LLC (Sol-REIT) is a one stop shop for solar investors and developers to access capital and maximize returns with more control over each stage of the pro...

Get a 15% discount to attend Midwest Solar Expo with discount code: CPH15. www. MidwestSolarExpo.com/ , the premier B2B solar and clean energy event in the region.  Solar developers are well aware of the energy it takes to win the uphill, sometimes prolonged battle of project approval.  Is education the answer?  And which strategy works the best?   Community engagement via telephone land line is a...

Get a 15% discount to attend Midwest Solar Expo with discount code: CPH15. www. MidwestSolarExpo.com/ , the premier B2B solar and clean energy event in the region.  As innovation in solar chugs along and consumer perception climbs and falls, one thing is true.  New terminology – with accompanying acronyms – appears almost daily right now in solar industry.  From “solar economics” to “virtual power...

Get a 15% discount to attend Midwest Solar Expo with discount code: CPH15. www. MidwestSolarExpo.com/ , the premier B2B solar and clean energy event in the region.  What happens when a home solar install company lacks a smooth interface between the business operations, their staff and the homeowner?  A missed opportunity for more happy customers, referrals and mass adoption of solar. When customer...

Get a 15% discount to attend Midwest Solar Expo with discount code: CPH15. www. MidwestSolarExpo.com/ , the premier B2B solar and clean energy event in the region.  The first Tesla Model S came to be with an initial half-billion-dollar loan from the Department of Energy.  SpaceX was saved by a loan from NASA. The might of the federal government paired with the indomitable will of an entrepreneur e...

Get a 15% discount to attend Midwest Solar Expo with discount code: CPH15. www. MidwestSolarExpo.com/ , the premier B2B solar and clean energy event in the region.  To speed the clean energy transition, we need innovative businesses in the renewable energy space to scale quickly.  And perhaps the best way for entrepreneurs and executives in clean tech to accelerate their growth is to join a master...

Get a 15% discount to attend Midwest Solar Expo with discount code: CPH15. www. MidwestSolarExpo.com/ , the premier B2B solar and clean energy event in the region.  Solar is a want, not a need.  For that reason, solar contractors must find a way to differentiate themselves in the marketplace, delivering excellent customer service and making each install as efficient as possible.  So, what can a re...

Get a 15% discount to attend Midwest Solar Expo with discount code: CPH15. www. MidwestSolarExpo.com/ , the premier B2B solar and clean energy event in the region.  Many consumers would like to choose renewable energy but either can't afford it or don't know how.  But what if you didn't need a solar panel on your own rooftop to access solar power? What if you could share a solar far...

Transportation is responsible for 30% of our global carbon footprint. And it's 2/3 more efficient to drive electric vehicles than to burn gasoline.  But the US still lags far behind China and the EU when it comes to EV adoption.  So, what do prosumers and energy professionals need to know about furthering the electrification of transportation--in the US and beyond?  Dr. Veronika Wright is the...

Jack’s Solar Garden is the largest agrivoltaics research site for vegetable production thus far in the United States!  Alongside research partners, Sprout City Farms is trailblazing larger scale crop cultivation under solar panels, in an innovative farming practice called agrivoltaics.  Research partners include: Colorado State University University of Arizona National Renewable Energy Laboratory...

Installing solar energy systems in our homes and businesses is a good first step. But how do we keep those solar farms up and running?   Is there a solar asset management service that can monitor your system, remotely diagnose problems and send a technician when necessary?   Better yet, is there a service that offers a performance guarantee?  Mark Liffman is the Cofounder and CEO of Omnidian , the...

Schools, municipalities, nonprofits and small for-profit companies that want to go solar typically don’t have the resources to do so on their own. They need investors in clean energy projects to make it work. Yet local EPCs tend to shy away from selling third-party-owned solar PPA projects to their customers and focus solely on cash deals. So, how do we facilitate a working relationship between lo...

The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by the Clean Power Consulting Group All content can be found at: www. CleanPower. Group/podcast Simon Moores is the CEO of London-based Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, the world’s leading Price Reporting Agency (PRA), data and intel provider for the lithium ion battery to electric vehicle supply chain. He has has been specializing in the supply chain for lith...

Clean Power Hour LIVE with Tim Montague |  March 3, 2022 Check out these events: April 5-7 Oakland, CA - Solar Plaza: SAMNA Solar Asset Management North America Jun 20-22 Minneapolis, MN - Midwest Solar Expo Simon Moores is coming on the Clean Power Hour LIVE show next week for our LIVE on Thursdays.  Watch that interview here . Elon Musk is right. We should go to Mars and spend a small percentage...

Thomas Folker describes Leap as the Stripe for energy.  The same way that Stripe provides the infrastructure for online payment processing, Leap allows anyone with energy resources (battery or EV companies, for example) to connect to the grid and trade energy as if they were a power plant. In other words, Leap is a one-stop shop for grid services. Thomas is the Cofounder and CEO of Leap Energy, a...

Less than 1% of the solar that’s going to be built has been built. And in the wake of climate change, it’s imperative that we build solar plants faster and make the process cheaper.  But what will it take to achieve terawatt-scale solar power? Matt Campbell is the Cofounder and CEO of Terabase Energy , a technology solutions company on a mission to reduce costs and accelerate deployment by digitiz...

Solar & Storage News LIVE from Boston at RE+ Northeast Reducing the cost of solar - John Weaver gives us some perspective as the owner of Whaling City Solar a residential solar installer in MA and RI. How does Australia and Germany achieve dollar a watt solar pricing? Standardization and streamlining of the permitting and installation. Check out SolarApp if you are an installer or AHJ for stre...

Smart thermostats help us achieve a more flexible and resilient grid. And yet, only 10% to 20% of US households use a Nest or similar device to automate energy savings.  What can we do to speed the adoption of smart thermostats? How can companies like Google partner with utilities, inspiring residential customers to take action on energy efficiency? Aaron Berndt is the Head of Industry Partnership...

Illinois clean energy boom is back 10-20 GW electrolyzer coming to California? World’s largest wind turbine blade looks like a skate park John bought a Hyundai Ionic 5 - yes! Check out all of our content at www. CleanPowerHour.com Subscribe to our youtube channel: https://bit.ly/cph-sub Illinois Clean Energy Boom is back on https://electrek.co/2022/02/15/egeb-illinois-to-shut-all-fossil-fuel-plant...

The Energy Transition is Going to Require a Staggering Growth in Electrification and Enabling Technologies https://www.powermag.com/the-energy-transition-will-require-staggering-growth-in-electrification-and-enabling-technologies/ Long duration energy storage procurement - more than 4 hours, up to 8, won by - surprise - lithium ion versus other sources https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/long-dur...

US military starts 24-7 clean electricity procurement First real big Flow battery utility discussion Import tariffs extended…cmon joe? SpaceX rocket fully stacked P V Mag reports that the US Military is doubling down on carbon-free energy https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/02/10/the-u-s-army-commits-to-using-100-clean-electricity-by-2030/ Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III: “We face all kinds...

Tesla’s Q4 numbers are among the top stories in clean energy this week, so it’s only appropriate that this recording coincide with Tim's pilgrimage to SpaceX. So, what’s it like to spend time at Giga Texas, the Tesla manufacturing facility near Austin? Or the rocket production facility and spaceport near Brownsville? On this episode of Clean Power Hour, Tim and John come to you live from Star...