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Agrivoltaics with Lexie Hain, Director of the American Solar Grazing Association
When you pick dual use solar, you are supporting yet another income stream for a farm, explains Lexie, who currently farms in Upstate New York and has brought sheep to solar farms since 2018. “You are increasing farm viability. So whether you’re raising sheep under solar panels or raising potatoes, that is an agricultural enterprise and we are producing food.”
Meyer Burger Launches Ultra-Low Carbon Solar Panels – exclusive interview
The Swiss Army Knife of Solar - Meyer Burger Launches Sustainable Solar Panel Creating A Sustainable Solar Industry Soup to Nuts | Watch the full interview here Most industry people know Meyer Burger as a company that makes machinery that makes machinery, specifically...
Reducing Solar Soft Costs with Jan Rippingale, CEO of Blu Banyan
Reducing Solar Soft Costs through Software Solutions | full interview What exactly are solar soft costs? Solar still isn’t a no-brainer. It remains a major investment that’s not affordable to most families, business owners, schools, municipalities and others. What’s...
How Capitalism Can Be a Force for Good with Ty Montague
Capitalism: How can it be a force for good around the world? Ty Montague worked in the advertising business for many years, helping companies tell their stories through advertising. Eventually, he became disturbed by what he saw. “They were telling one story and doing...
Dr. David Loomis, Economics of Clean Energy: Pathto100
Economics of Clean Energy: Path to 100 | video interview Wind and solar developers and installers are currently working in a challenging environment. Dr. David Loomis, who provided the analysis for the Path to 100 legislation, one of the clean energy bills guiding...
Jobs, the Environment, Saving Money with Rewiring America | Sam Calisch, Ph.D | Solar Podcast Interview
“The main goal is to reframe the (climate change) conversation around policy – from being about pain and sacrifice to being about massive opportunity,” he explains, focusing on electrification as a “no regrets pathway forward.” Working with Rewiring America co-founders Saul Griffith and Alex Laskey, Sam adds to the analytical framework they’re using for data-driven visions of opportunities for electrification.
Commercial Solar 101 with Kristen Fornes of Engie Distributed Solar
Commercial Rooftop Solar 101 with Kristen Fornes of Engie Distributed Solar | view the interview here “We see huge opportunity for solar and storage in the U S . . . after a very crazy 2020” and ending with the extension of the ITC, Kristen Fornes of Engie Distributed...
Cybersecurity and Communication Protocols in Solar – Tom Tansy, Sunspec Alliance
Cybersecurity and Communication Protocols in Solar with Tom Tansy, Executive Director of SunSpec Alliance | view the full interview here | check out all the Solar Podcast content here. by Ruth Fein Revell March 22, 2021 Recently, on the tail of the Texas grid...
NREL HOPP – Hybrid Optimization and Performance Platform
NREL Hybrid Platform – New Tool for Utility Scale Optimization and Performance Aaron Barker and Parangat Bhaskar with host Tim Montague See the complete interview here by Ruth Fein Revell – March 15, 2021 Hybrid Power Plants: New Tool for Utility Scale Design and...