Solar Power World podcasts

Julia Hamm, president and CEO of SEPA, met with Solar Power World for a Solar Speaks Live interview at Solar Power International 2015. She explained how SEPA and SEIA operate differently, but both want to see the success of the solar industry.

Bill Brooks, principal of Brooks Engineering, discusses solar worker training, array design and the ITC in this Solar Speaks Live video, powered by Unirac, from the 2015 Solar Power International tradeshow.

Rhone Resch, president and CEO of SEIA, talks about his life growing up and how he became interested in solar and policy in this Solar Speaks Live video, powered by Unirac, from the 2015 Solar Power International tradeshow.

Andrew de Pass, CEO of Conergy, a global solar developer and EPC, discusses solar development and the ITC in this Solar Speaks Live video, powered by Unirac, from the 2015 Solar Power International tradeshow.

Shalini Kantayya, director of the solar documentary Catching the Sun, discusses the film and the communication challenges present in the solar industry in this Solar Speaks Live video, powered by Unirac, from the 2015 Solar Power International tradeshow.

During a Solar Power World Solar Speaks Live interview at Solar Power International 2015, we spoke with David Field, who addressed challenges homeowners encounter when buying solar and how his company is innovating to make it easier. Field also commented on the White House's Clean Power Plan and trends he sees going into 2016.

During a Solar Power World Solar Speaks Live interview at Solar Power International 2015, we spoke with Jesse Grossman, CEO of Soltage. He discussed why the industry needs a standardized way to estimate solar power production.

Billy Parish, founder and CEO of Mosaic, met with Solar Power World for a Solar Speaks Live interview at Solar Power International 2015.

Alex Levran, group senior VP and head of Solar Industry Segment Initiative for ABB, discusses how ABB’s worldwide experience in solar gives the company a unique perspective at SPI 2015.

Richard Lawrence, executive director of NABCEP, talked with Solar Power World at Solar Speaks Live about trends in training and education, including how the flux of scheduled 2016 projects has affected what and who needs to be taught solar basics.

Mary Rottman of the Solar Energy Finance Association joined Solar Power World at Solar Speaks Live at SPI 2015 to discuss the latest trends in financing, including how the industry as a whole can join together to standardize financing.

John Jung, CEO of energy storage provider Greensmith, joined Solar Power World at Solar Speaks Live at SPI 2015 to talk about the working relationship between solar and energy storage and the challenges with wider adoption.

Solar industry thought-leader Jigar Shah talked with Solar Power World editor Kelly Pickerel at SPI 2015 about many topics affecting the U.S. solar market, including the federal ITC, energy storage and climate change solutions.

In this edition of Solar Speaks, Dylan Anderson, senior director of project and quality engineering at NEXTracker, discusses the company's flagship product, the horizontal, individual-row Self-Powered Tracker (SPT). Since 2013, NEXTracker has brought more than 1 GW of trackers to the market, and it has another gigawatt underway. Among the reasons for the company's success is the tracker's innovati...

From a teahouse in the sky, to an underground moss museum, Founder and CEO of SolTerra Brian Heather uses story ideas like these to make sustainability visible in his company's projects. Listen to learn more about the Washington solar company.

Other than batteries, what other components make up solar storage systems? What should you consider when selecting these components? We spoke with John Vernacchia, global segment manager for renewable energy at Eaton to learn more.

Four years ago, former MIT lab mates Leila Madrone and Saul Griffith started working together to help bring solar to the next level. “Across the solar industry, it was clear the tracker was the unsolved problem,” Madrone says in this Solar Speaks podcast. “Everyone wants tracker performance, but no one wants tracker complexity.” Sunfolding, a new type of solar tracker that has just emerged from st...

EagleView Technologies uses patented software to produce 3D models from aerial roof and wall measurements that are extremely accurate and detailed. Reports for the solar industry deliver all measurements needed for any solar installation project, including azimuth, square footage, line lengths and a CAD file of the property. Tim Rochman, director of strategic sales, discusses EagleView Technologie...

SPW editor Kelly Pickerel talks with Siva Power CEO Brad Mattson about solar panel companies breaking efficiency records in R&D labs, and how those panels compare to the ones installed in the field.

SPW talks with Omar Melo, director of corporate strategy and development at Titan Solar, about installing solar in competitive California.

Solar Power International offers events specifically for women each year. Perhaps one of the longest running is a panel discussion and reception put on by the Professional Women in Solar Group. We spoke with founder Isabelle Christensen to find out more about the event at SPI and the group in general.

We spoke with Teri Carter, a consultant for global sustainable solutions and community development. She discussed how USOL Energy is making solar panels in Mexico for Mexico, how her non-profit Power of Green L.A. is training and retraining the solar industry, and how she's making solar fun and attracting youth by merging it with entertainment. Listen to learn more.

Horizon Solar Power, a southern California-based solar installation company, was founded in 1998 and has installed more than 2,000 residential installations since 2008. Over the past three years, the company has undergone tremendous growth: 95 employees in 2012 turned into 540 in 2014, and 2/3 of the company's total installation capacity was installed just last year. I spoke with David Kingery, Di...

Collegiate Solar, a Buffalo, NY-based contracting company, was started in 2009 by company president Chris Jablonski after 15 years of experience in the roofing industry. With a growing number of employees and a market of primarily residential installations, Collegiate’s basis is its focus on family-oriented business.

It’s common for solar projects in the Northeast to be situated on difficult terrain. Sometimes installations require tree clearing, access roads, earth moving, even rock blasting! In rural areas, endangered turtles or Indian burial grounds can present problems. And in the city, projects can encounter limited space, people trying to go about their day and thieves. Inclement weather can play the ant...