Today on the Solar Podcast: Ryan Schaub is the director of sales for Lumos Solar based in Colorado. If you've ever wondered who creates THE most beautiful solar carports and structures look no further. https://lumossolar.com/
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Mark Pruitt is my guest today on the Solar Podcast Ep.110: We discuss the economic impacts of clean energy legislation in Illinois, including the Pathto100 and the Governor’s omnibus energy bill. Pruitt’s report “Cost Analysis of Renewable Energy Deployment in Illinois” (https://www.pathto100.net/studies) shows that a 40 percent RPS by 2031 in Illinois would generate net savings of $1.2 B for consumers.

With more than 25 years of experience in the energy commodity supply and energy efficiency markets, Mark assists organizations with energy planning, project evaluation, procurement processes and contract negotiations. His current work focuses on advising communities on municipal aggregation and organizations on energy procurement issues. He is also an adjunct faculty at Northwestern University. His experience through the electricity deregulation process in Illinois provides him with a long-range perspective on positioning, risk management and opportunity development. Prior to founding The Power Bureau, Mark served as the first Director of the Illinois Power Agency where he secured electricity supply on behalf of approximately 4.7 million residential and small commercial ratepayer accounts serviced by Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois. During his tenure, the Agency not only established the hedging and procurement processes to secure energy, capacity and transmission for ratepayers; but also reviewed and negotiated agreements for renewable energy, clean coal, coal gasification, energy efficiency and demand response assets. Mark also participates in research programs at the Illinois Institute of Technology and Argonne National Lab.

The Power Bureau is a consulting firm that provides energy commodity procurement and planning services to small and mid-sized organizations. We leverage our regulatory and portfolio management experience to secure the benefits and manage the risks in deregulated energy markets. The Power Bureau works closely with Facility Managers, Procurement Officers, and Energy Managers in cities, businesses, non-profits, and universities to provide a high level of expertise and advocate for energy decisions, planning, and purchases that bring the best price and best fit to the organization's goals. Our mission: Provide clients with a range of risk-management options, and guide them to implementing their chosen path.
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Shala. is a social impact artist that creates innovative solar-powered murals, sculptures and art. Traditionally, solar panels have been manufactured to maximize utility without considering aesthetics. Our mission is to showcase the innate beauty of solar energy through stunning art; captivating the world’s imagination and ushering in the era of clean energy. We believe that by designing beautiful products that elegantly generate electricity, we can capture the hearts and minds of the world. This will naturally drive the mass adoption of clean energy. Shala. (yes, he spells his name with a period) is open to collaborating with other artists and brands. Contact us for a commissioned piece that will be tailored to your needs. This exclusive technology allows us to produce any image or photo . . although we reserve the right to be . . . picky. You know how artists are.
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Lexie Hain is the Executive Director of the American Solar Grazing Association. ASGA members are developing best practices that support shepherds and solar developers to both effectively manage solar installations and create new agribusiness profits. We are a not for profit trade association founded for and managed by sheep farmers who became solar grazers. ASGA facilitating research, best practices, and leading the way to co-location at solar arrays with solar grazing. ASGA is accepting memberships and developing a directory and forum where farmers can connect with solar projects that need vegetation management services.

Lexie Hain is a farm owner in New York State since 2005, Lexie started with a small homestead and transitioning to owner & operator of a specialty plant nursery, Motherplants from 2005 to 2015. After selling the business in 2015, she transitioned to solar grazing with sheep. By 2020 the grazing business included 5 solar companies as clients. She co-founded the American Solar Grazing Association in 2018. ASGA is a not for profit with the goal of promoting best practices in solar grazing. ASGA is the originator of the solar site mapping tool: connecting farmers with solar companies, launched May 2020.

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Mike Silvestrini is the founder and managing partner of Energea a clean energy investment platform. His team works with primarily solar, but also other renewable technologies like hydro, wind and geothermal project developers in emerging markets like Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa to identify projects and portfolios that need investors. Then they bring retail and institutional investors to the table to 'fund' the projects and portfolios. Doing well by doing good is a recurring theme. Great conversation for anyone interested in cleantech, climate tech, and renewable energy. Let's grow solar! -Tim Montague, host and creator | @TGMontague on Twitter
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Mike Silvestrini is a co-founder and Managing Partner at Energea, a US-based renewable project developer and retail investment platform. Mike managed multiple renewable energy funds in the U.S. worth over $500mm in aggregate, founded and was CEO of one of the largest C&I solar firms in the industry prior to his exit, and has led the development of over 400 renewable energy projects across multiple technologies and continents.

He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, West Africa, as a small enterprise development officer. He has returned to Africa on many occasions since, including several excursions to admire Africa’s incredible wildlife through his volunteer work with Big Life and to support small-scale African businesses through a State Department-led program.



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Today on the Solar Podcast: Mike Kiernan, Director of Bee the Change (https://www.beethechangehoney.com/). Mike is among a short list of experts like Rob Davis on creating pollinator and wildlife friendly habitat that is compatible with solar PV. His organization creates pollinator habitat in solar fields and other spaces. It was founded by Mike and Tawnya Kiernan in 2015. Mike manages the fields while Tawnya creates products harvested from the fields, such as a neck warmer insulated with Milkweed floss. They are working in states across the Northeast US, but are principally centered in Vermont where they hope to create habitat in each of Vermont’s 251 cities and towns. With over 25 solar fields, the pollinator habitat already installed is equivalent to each Vermont household creating an 8X8’ pollinator garden, and they should, too!

Mike is a physician with 20 years of experience in less developed countries and their nutritional deficiencies. Pollinators are critical to future global nutritional health and security.

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Superheavy booster, the giant Spacex rocket rolls out at Starbase Texas in Boca Chica
World’s Largest floating wind farm takes shape
Japan signs deal for thirty 10 MW powers plants including battery storage and hydrogen plants
And...Do engineers dream of solar panel efficiency? John’s not an engineer but he should have been one...this and much much more clean energy news for today July 9, 2021 (Ep.51)

Japan is developing 30 projects that match each other - 10 MW solar+10 MWh lithium ion+ 30 MWh hydrogen - hydrogen/lithium will smooth the grid and possibly be exported as well
https://reneweconomy.com.au/japan-giant-signs-deal-for-30-australian-solar-farms-with-battery-and-hydrogen-storage/

SpaceX rolls out their Superheavy Booster to the pad in Texas
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1410670645948653568

My article: Do engineers dream of solar panel efficiency? March to perovskite+silicon tandem solar cells
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/01/do-engineers-dream-of-solar-panel-efficiency/

Project of the Week - Woodland Elementary 792 kW; (2,064) Talesun TP672M-385W modules; APA Advanced Modular fixed-tilt racking; (11) Yaskawa PVI-60TL inverters; photo

World’s newest ‘largest’ - 50 MW - floating wind farm installs final unit - of a 2 MW Vestas turbine, which has been operating since October 2018, and five 9.5 MW Vestas turbines; Once it’s live, the 50 MW Kincardine project, which was developed by the Madrid-headquartered Cobra Group, will be the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, with six turbines
https://electrek.co/2021/07/07/egeb-final-turbine-is-in-place-at-the-worlds-largest-floating-offshore-wind-farm/

And speaking of wind, maybe a nuanced wind policy for Maine? Governor bans all offshore wind within three miles to leave for fisherman, but I think that’s ok for offshore wind - Vibrant Energy says they don’t model offshore wind within 6 km anyway
https://electrek.co/2021/07/07/egeb-maine-to-ban-offshore-wind-in-state-waters-for-10-years/

Ocean on fire...like serious - last story!
https://twitter.com/blkahn/status/1411074599803142146

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Today on the Clean Power Hour Episode 50! Celebrating a year of CPH with John Weaver: Rooftop solar being blocked by powerful lobby groups including EEI (Edison Electric Institute); Update on the new solar iROSA at ISS; #Tesla signs deal with new home builder to outfit whole community with Solar Roof, Powerwall, and EV chargers; Sin City is going solar, thanks to MGM Resorts International ($MGM), who just launched a new 100-megawatt (MW) solar array; Tata power energizes country's largest carport (6.2 MW); Jinko working on 30% efficient hybrid solar cell; Resi flow battery manufacturer coming to America and much more clean energy transition news.
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The electric utility anti-rooftop solar playbook: Blocking Rooftop Solar, includes seven case studies from around the nation exposing the specific actions taken, which sometimes were illegal, and quite often were manipulative.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/06/28/the-electric-utility-anti-rooftop-solar-playbook/

Tesla signs deal with new home builder to outfit whole community with solar, Powerwall, and chargers
https://electrek.co/2021/06/22/tesla-signs-deal-new-home-builder-to-outfit-whole-community-solar-powerwall-chargers/

Sin City is going solar, thanks to MGM Resorts introduces 100-megawatt solar array to power 13 hotels on Las Vegas Strip
https://electrek.co/2021/06/29/mgm-resorts-introduces-100-megawatt-solar-array-to-power-13-hotels-on-las-vegas-strip/

Tata power energizes country's largest carport, 6. 2 mw 30k square meters, 7.4 acres; Notably This carport in an addition to the list of Tata Power’s previous large solar solutions including the world’s largest rooftop (16MW) at a single location at Radhasoami Satsang
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/tata-motors-tata-power-inaugurate-indias-largest-solar-carport-in-pune/articleshow/83631797.cms
https://www.tatapowersolar.com/project/16-mw-rooftop-solar-power-system-rssb-ees-beas/

1366 Technologies (kerfless solar cell manufacturer) expanding into India, merges with perovskite company
https://www.pv-magazine-india.com/2021/06/24/1366-technologies-to-open-2-gw-wafer-factory-in-india/

Video of ISS solar installation:
Unpacking the iROSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV55gceKAxs (iROSA repowers the ISS and is a test best for Artemis Gateway the NASA space station that is going to orbit the moon to support the moonbase); 6 wings,
https://twitter.com/Thom_astro/status/1408064975428415500 (this is good but vid is too low quality)

Power grid failure in California that WASN’T - CAISO california battery reponse
https://rmi.org/the-california-blackout-that-wasnt/

Small solar being deployed in war zones to keep life going
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6813319930818252800/

Just a cool number - “70% of US commercial buildings with at least 10,000 square feet of roof space do not have solar installations which adds up to over 600,000 sites and 145 GW of total capacity”
https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/electric-power/062421-significant-growth-potential-in-us-commercial-solar-market-despite-challenges-speakers

JinkoSolar references their 30%+ perovskite cell
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/06/25/jinkosolar-announces-perovskite-cell-technology-platform-promising-efficiencies-close-to-30/

Flow battery company raising cash, hoping to move to the USA
https://reneweconomy.com.au/redflow-announces-capital-raise-as-it-eyes-massive-us-battery-market/

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US Bans Forced Labor related solar panels coming from China
Large-Scale Simulations Show U.S. Can Get Close to 100% Renewable Generation Cost-Effectively
The roof is on at Tesla Giga-Austin
Clean Energy Legislation: Oregon working on clean energy legislation - Illinois stalls
And, hey, how about a tax credit for the solar panel manufacturing supply chain in the USA?

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Today on the Clean Power Hour (Ep.49):

US Bans Forced Labor involved solar products...all U.S. ports of entry have been instructed to immediately begin detaining shipments that contain silica-based products made by Hoshine or materials and goods derived from or produced using those silica-based products'
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/24/fact-sheet-new-u-s-government-actions-on-forced-labor-in-xinjiang/

Large-Scale Simulations Show U.S. Can Get Close to 100% Renewable Generation Cost-Effectively
'least-cost RE buildout 57%...CO2 abatement costs of 80%, 90%, 95%, and 100% RE are $25, $33, $40, and $61/ton, respectively, with system costs growing from $30 to $36/MWh at 95% (achieved in 2040) and $39/MWh at 100%. 99% to 100% is $930/ton, driven by firm RE capacity.'
https://www.nrel.gov/news/program/2021/the-challenge-of-the-last-few-percent-quantifying-the-costs-and-emissions-benefits-of-100-renewables.html
Original pub: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435121002464?dgcid=author

Austin Gigafactory Update - been too long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLMtvh6Vhlg

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1408103224817639432

Project of the Week - 6.7 MW Rooftop Array in MA
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2021/06/6-7-mw-solar-project-at-medline-industries-will-likely-be-largest-rooftop-array-in-massachusetts/

Oregon bill targets 100% clean power by 2040, with labor and environmental justice on board
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/oregon-bill-adds-labor-and-environmental-justice-provisions-to-100-clean-energy-by-2040-mandate/


Did the USA hit 50% co2 free kWhs last month? Find out in a month...
https://commercialsolarguy.com/half-of-us-electricity-co2-free-in-may/

Solar manufacturing tax credit:
*modules - 11¢ times capacity
*cell - 4¢ times capacity
*wafer - $12 per square meter,
*polysilicon - $3 per kg
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/06/21/sen-ossoff-introduces-solar-manufacturing-tax-credit/

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EP 46 | May 28, 2021
The Clean Power Hour is now on Spotify, Google, and other Podcast platforms too. Today on the Clean Power Hour (Ep.46): Ford launches F-150 Lightning EV truck; Community Solar Tracker by ILSR, a review; Freeing Energy Podcast by Bill Nussey - Montague’s new fav podcast; #solar project of the week - Whaling City Solar! And yes, there is an EV tax credit up to $12K is in the works. Will it happen? We hope so! And much much more clean energy news.

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Ford lightning F-150 launch: Sunrun - Sunrun Partners with Ford to Provide Seamless Installation of 80-amp Ford Charge Station Pro and Home Integration System for the All-Electric Ford F-150 Lightning
https://investors.sunrun.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/236/sunrun-partners-with-ford-to-provide-seamless-installation
Ford F-150 images: https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/nlk5ii/in_nyc_today_photos_of_the_new_f150_lightning_in/
New EV tax credit submitted - $10k for US manufactured, $12k for union, $7k forothers, nothing over $80k
https://electrek.co/2021/05/27/electric-car-us-tax-credit-up-less-tesla-vehicles/
Ilsr community solar tracker and / Freeing Energy podcast by Bill Nussey
https://ilsr.org/national-community-solar-programs-tracker/
https://www.freeingenergy.com/
Enough solar and wind to clean the U.S. power grid by John Weaver… available yesterday In the interconnection queue across the utility scale spaces are 650 GW of renewables, and probably a TW more is hidden away
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/05/27/enough-solar-and-wind-to-clean-the-u-s-power-grid-available-yesterday/
That group
https://twitter.com/EnergyandPolicy
Germany 100%+ clean electricity for four plus hours
https://twitter.com/energy_charts/status/1396199359755264009
Projects of the week:
Whaling City Solar
https://twitter.com/SolarInMASS/status/1397940389382963206
Montana cryptocurrency producers back a utility-scale solar project
“Madison River Equity is a unit of an entity that developed the Atlas Power data center near the proposed solar project. Atlas Power mines cryptocurrency and reportedly plans to expand its Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), adding new buildings and thousands of additional GPUs. If all the permits are acquired, Atlas Power’s owners would buy the Basin Creek Solar Project to power the data center.’
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/05/24/montana-cryptocurrency-producers-back-a-utility-scale-solar-project/
Iowa's largest pv plant comes online. 127.5 mw Wapello solar, 800 acres, ppa with CIPCO a rural coop.
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2021/04/iowas-largest-solar-project-begins-commercial-operation/
Wisconsin 150 MW solar farm approved despite pushback.
https://electrek.co/2021/05/21/egeb-wisconsin-150-mw-solar-farm-approved-despite-pushback/

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Carbon sequestration of soil goes up when you put solar on ag lands
ISS is getting a new solar power plant!
Erthos wants to lay solar panels right in the dirt
GE says their new turbine can power the whole country...
Today on the Clean Power Hour Episode 48:
Solar projects that support native grasses can sequester more carbon than cropland alone. And about all that corn for ethanol.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/06/11/solar-makes-a-lot-of-sense-at-ground-level-too/
Solar panels getting installed on the ISS - In the seventh spacewalk of the year outside the International Space Station, the two astronauts installed a new ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) into its mounting bracket.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2021/06/16/spacewalk-to-install-first-new-solar-array-concluded/
Erthos solar - wants solar panels in the dirt, literally www.Erthos.com
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/utility-scale-solar-has-stagnated-so-erthos-mounts-pv-panels-right-on-the-ground/
Big floating wind platform, nice images (chinese company launching bases for floating wind test, first couple of units for a large farm)
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2021/06/09/chinas-first-floating-wind-foundation-sails-out-photos/
GE launching research on 12 MW deeper water floating turbine “Would dramatically expand potential of US offshore wind resources to more than 7,000 TeraWatt hours (TWh) per year, nearly double the total annual US energy consumption of 4,000 TWh”
https://www.ge.com/research/newsroom/ge-researchers-unveil-12-mw-floating-wind-turbine-concept
Biden offshore wind California opened for the first time - 3 or 4.6 GW of space
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/05/25/fact-sheet-biden-administration-opens-pacific-coast-to-new-jobs-and-clean-energy-production-with-offshore-wind-development/
UK-Iceland 10 GW of floating wind pods
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2021/05/24/usd-30-billion-north-atlantic-offshore-wind-project-launches/
Per the DOE, a list of parts needing replaced per vehicle type - and check out the savings with EVs
https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/fotw-1190-june-14-2021-battery-electric-vehicles-have-lower-scheduled
Solar+beehive
https://twitter.com/brunoehrler/status/1403653338101698562
Just a flywheel spec page, wanted to share it with everyone, was poking around and reading
https://amberkinetics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Amber-Kinetics-DataSheet.pdf

Robots articles
Autonomous site survey ocean robots
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2021/06/03/uncrewed-tandem-deploys-offshore-scotland/
GPS powered pile driver video
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chadkirkegard_piledriving-renewableenergy-solar-ugcPost-6808139600498884608-RTHR/

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Today on the Clean Power Hour with John F Weaver: Biden admin aims to make the US a world leader in lithium-ion batteries; Solar & Storage NE recap by Weaver; Senate passes $250 billion tech investment bill to revitalize semiconductor R&D and manufacturing here in the US; and...Are you going to be able to pay for an autonomous ride in CA this year? This and much much more on today’s CPH.
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Biden admin aims to make the US a world leader in lithium-ion batteries
The fast-growing lithium-ion battery sector is the key to powering EVs and decarbonizing the grid — and the U.S. doesn’t want to be left behind. DOE's new policies mandate that projects receiving federal support — including $200 million in the agency's 2022 budget to support battery technology research and development
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/doe-sets-sight-on-securing-u-s-lithium-ion-battery-supply-chains/

Solar & Storage NE images
https://twitter.com/SolarInMASS/status/1402640922085580801

Senate passes $250 billion tech investment bill, co-authored by Ro Khanna
The centerpiece of the bill is a $50 billion emergency allotment to the Commerce Department to stand up semiconductor development and manufacturing through research and incentive programs previously authorized by Congress. The bill's overall cost would increase spending by about $250 billion with most of the spending occurring in the first five years.

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/08/1004600001/the-senate-passes-a-bill-to-encourage-tech-competition-especially-with-china

Are you going to go for autonomous rides in California [update]
https://electrek.co/2021/06/07/waymo-and-cruise-hope-to-charge-for-autonomous-rides-in-california/

‘Anti-solar’ bill fails in California state assembly vote, putting it to rest… for this year
Assembly Bill 1139 was panned by solar and clean-energy advocates and fell short on two votes to advance. It could be reintroduced in January, however. See recent Suncast podcast EP377 with Nico Johnson and Dave Rosenfeld, the Executive Director of Solar Rights Alliance (https://mysuncast.com/suncast-episodes)
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/06/04/anti-solar-bill-fails-in-california-state-assembly-vote-putting-it-to-rest-for-this-year/

Offshore east coast wind transmission network
https://twitter.com/offshorewindus/status/1400805551156740105

Big bada boom (fossil fuel tank blows up somewhere - fire)
https://twitter.com/Khaaasteh/status/1401097874348335106

Analysis suggests climate policy in Ohio could save the world as much as $1 trillion
The May 2021 report by Scioto Analysis found that any of three major climate policies in Ohio — a renewable portfolio standard, cap-and-trade system, or a carbon tax — could have a major impact beyond the state's borders. https://energynews.us/2021/06/02/climate-policy-in-ohio-could-save-the-world-as-much-as-1-trillion/

This one is funny - man won’t fly for a million years
https://twitter.com/totalspace360/status/1401243428713795589

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