Solar & Storage Blog

CES blogs about solar & storage news, O&M, and other company updates

Dr. David Loomis, Economics of Clean Energy: Pathto100

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...

read more
Jobs, the Environment, Saving Money with Rewiring America | Sam Calisch, Ph.D | Solar Podcast Interview

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.

read more
NREL HOPP – Hybrid Optimization and Performance Platform

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...

read more
Decarbonizing Solar – Ultra-Low Carbon Solar Alliance with Michael Parr

Decarbonizing Solar – Ultra-Low Carbon Solar Alliance with Michael Parr

Michael Parr is spearheading an important new solar industry group, the Ultra-Low Carbon Solar Alliance which aims to develop rigorous standards and labels for low-carbon solar equipment, especially solar panels. The key take away: not all solar modules are created equal and you, solar developers and EPCs, should take note. Low carbon solar panels have half the embedded carbon than high carbon, high coal electricity counterparts.
#solarpv​ #solarpower​ #solarenergy​ #pv​ #energystorage​ #ESS​ #storage​ #cleanenergy​ #floatingsolar​ #energytransition​ #renewableenergy​ #solar​ #solarnews​ #greenhydrogen​ #solarpodcast​

read more
A Trillion $$ Wealth Creation Opportunity | Jigar Shah Interview Roundup Part II of II

A Trillion $$ Wealth Creation Opportunity | Jigar Shah Interview Roundup Part II of II

“This is the largest wealth creation opportunity of our lifetimes,” Jigar Shah tells Tim Montague, host of the Solar Podcast on Episode 71. “There will be nothing else that will produce more wealth, more jobs, more work,” he says about deployment of clean energy technologies across electricity, transportation and manufacturing sectors. But what does it take to actually get that money in the door? Jigar puts the answer in perspective as a new administration steps into the nation’s capital.

read more
A Trillion $$ Wealth Creation Opportunity | Jigar Shah Interview Roundup Part I of II

A Trillion $$ Wealth Creation Opportunity | Jigar Shah Interview Roundup Part I of II

“This is the largest wealth creation opportunity of our lifetimes,” Jigar Shah tells Tim Montague, host of the Solar Podcast on Episode 71. “There will be nothing else that will produce more wealth, more jobs, more work,” he says about deployment of clean energy technologies across electricity, transportation and manufacturing sectors. But what does it take to actually get that money in the door? Jigar puts the answer in perspective as a new administration steps into the nation’s capital.

read more