Clean Power Hour Tim Montague, John Weaver

Today on the Clean Power Hour we are joined by Matt Ferrell of Undecided. Matt is well known in the green technology space as a prosumer who installed solar on his home. Now he’s built a full fledged Net Zero / Passive House using prefab (Unity Homes). We’ll be exploring how solar contractors and the solar industry can do better by residents. And is green building worth the extra cost? 

Join us LIVE each Thursday at 12 noon EST / 9 AM Pacific. Bringing you the latest in solar, wind and energy storage news and views. Co-hosts Tim Montague and John Weaver (Commercial Solar Guy and PV Magazine journalist) break down the tools, technologies and trends that are speeding the energy transition. We are on a mission to decarbonize the economy and create a safer healthier future for humanity. Give us a rating and review on Apple or Spotify and subscribe to our Youtube channel. Reach out to us: tim@cleanpowerhour.com | www.CleanPowerHour.com
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Welcome to the Clean Power Hour! On today’s show, we are joined by Nate Kirchhofer, CEO of BioZen Batteries a company that makes Bio-inspired batteries for a green energy grid. 
Nate Kirchhofer completed his PhD in 2016 the Materials Department at UC Santa Barbara with a focus in Physical Electrochemistry, tailoring biologically-inspired electronic reactions towards sustainable energy conversion technologies. Prior to that, he studied Physics and Mathematics at the University of Colorado (2008) and worked at the biofuels startup OPXBIO. Nate then joined Oxford Instruments Asylum Research to develop, produce, and sell advanced nano-electrochemical scanning probe microscopy techniques. Now, he is pursuing truly-sustainable, bio-inspired large-scale long-duration energy storage with BioZen Batteries. 
Today Nate joins Tim Montague to discuss the energy storage landscape, why Nate thinks there is space for Organic Flow Battery, the difference between the BioZen Organic Flow Battery and Vanadium Flow Batteries, how BioZen Batteries are produced and work, the BioZen technology and their path to commercialization, Nate’s vision for the energy storage, how you can be part of the BioZen Batteries process and much more.
Key Takeaways
How Nate got interested in Energy Storage?What the Energy Storage Industry looks like?Why Nate thinks there is room for Organic Flow Battery?The difference between Organic Flow Battery and Vanadium Flow BatteryThe production process for the BioZen batteriesThe path for Commercialization for BioZen BatteriesNate’s vision for the Energy Storage LandscapeHow to be part of the BioZen Batteries processBioZen Batteries
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The Clean Power Hour is produced by the Clean Power Consulting Group and created by Tim Montague. Please subscribe on your favorite audio platform and on Youtube: bit.ly/cph-sub | www.CleanPowerHour.com | contact us by email: CleanPowerHour@gmail.com | Speeding the energy transition!
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Twice a week we highlight the tools, technologies, and innovators that are making the clean energy transition a reality - on Apple,

🔥Stay up to date with the latest in solar, wind, and energy storage news with Tim Montague and John Weaver (Commercial Solar Guy)! 🤩 We break down the tools, technologies, and trends that are speeding the energy transition. Tune in LIVE on Thursdays at 12 noon EST/ 9 AM Pacific/ 11 Central/ 10 Mountain and give us a rating and review on Apple or Spotify. 📝 Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel too! If you have any questions or feedback, reach out to us at tim@cleanpowerhour.com or visit our website www.cleanpowerhour.com.🔌 🔋 💡

This week John Weaver and I discuss,
1. Meyer Burger is shifting to glass modules - and it's cool because these modules will be 90% of the original output in fifty years
2. Recap of the RE+ Event
3. Agrivoltaics Discussion and shoutout to Spade/Alexis Pascaris
4. Faux paux of the week - placing construction gear on top of a solar panel setup on a roof
5. Four large powerlines moving forward in the USA worth $13 billion in total
6. A Tesla Semi delivering potato chips on the highway
7. 100% wind-powered mine in Australia
8. 100 LG batteries stolen from California BESS project while awaiting recycling
9. Analysis of the UK carbon Emissions Report

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The podcast is available on YouTube and audio platforms like Spotify, Apple, Google, and Amazon. We bring you interviews with cleantech entrepreneurs, investors, manufacturers, and energy professionals weekly. 
What technologies are trending? 
Why are we excited about agrivoltaics or dual-use solar? 
What are the challenges and opportunities for renewable energy, electrification of transportation, and decarbonizing the economy? 

Listen, like, comment, and share! Get all our content at www.CleanPowerHour.com and reach out to Tim Montague @tgmontague on Twitter or Gmail. 

Subscribe: https://bit.ly/cph-sub 

The podcast is available on YouTube and audio platforms like Spotify, Apple, Google, and Amazon. We bring you interviews with cleantech entrepreneurs, investors, manufacturers, and energy professionals weekly. 
What technologies are trending? 
Why are we excited about agrivoltaics or dual-use solar? 
What are the challenges and opportunities for renewable energy, electrification of transportation, and decarbonizing the economy? 

Listen, like, comment, and share! Get all our content at www.CleanPowerHour.com and reach out to Tim Montague @tgmontague on Twitter or Gmail.
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Twice a week we highlight the tools, technologies, and innovators that are making the clean energy transition a reality - on Apple,

Welcome to the Clean Power Hour! On today’s show, we are joined by Kelly Roache, Director of Policy & Community Solar at Renewable Properties. Renewable Properties is a team of solar project developers working on community solar and utility-scale solar development in the 1-20 megawatt range. 
Kelly Roache is the Director of Policy & Community Solar for Renewable Properties. Kelly’s responsibilities include identifying, monitoring, and entering key energy markets across the US, as well as, executing and managing Renewable Properties’ community solar strategy. 

Kelly has been in the renewable energy space for seven years and joined Renewable Properties in 2021. Prior to joining the team, she worked as the Director of Inclusion for Solstice Initiative where she led policy efforts, financial innovation, and pilot projects to increase low-to-moderate income access to community solar, in collaboration with solar developer, finance, governmental, utility, and community partners. 

Kelly also worked as a Research and Communications Specialist for the Energy and Policy Institute where she exposed attacks on renewable energy and countered misinformation by fossil fuel and utility interests. She earned both her Bachelor of Arts cum laude and Master in Public Affairs from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs.

Today Kelly joins Tim Montague to talk about her extensive background in Clean Energy, her responsibilities at Renewable Properties, why California has struggled with Community Solar, the story around AB 2316 the new California Solar Bill, the future of community solar and how it can be improved upon and much more. 


Key Takeaways
Kelly Roache’s background in Clean Energy, position and role at Renewable PropertiesWhy California has struggled with Community SolarThe AB 2316 California Solar BillImportance of storage when it comes to community solar and solar in generalWhat makes the New York solar market different from other markets in the USThe future of community solar and how can it be improved uponRenewable Properties
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The Clean Power Hour is produced by the Clean Power Consulting Group and created by Tim Montague. Please subscribe on your favorite audio platform and on Youtube: bit.ly/cph-sub | www.CleanPowerHour.com | contact us by email: CleanPowerHour@gmail.com | Speeding the energy transition!
Corporate sponsors who share our mission to speed the energy transition are invited to check out https://www.cleanpowerhour.com/support/
Twice a week we highlight the tools, technologies, and innovators that are making the clean energy transition a reality - on Apple,

🔥Stay up to date with the latest in solar, wind, and energy storage news with Tim Montague and John Weaver (Commercial Solar Guy)! 🤩 We break down the tools, technologies, and trends that are speeding the energy transition. Tune in LIVE on Thursdays at 12 noon EST/ 9 AM Pacific/ 11 Central/ 10 Mountain and give us a rating and review on Apple or Spotify. 📝 Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel too! If you have any questions or feedback, reach out to us at tim@cleanpowerhour.com or visit our website www.cleanpowerhour.com.🔌 🔋 💡

This week John Weaver and I discuss,
1. How Much Land Would it Require to Get Most of Our Electricity from Wind and Solar?
2. Solar developers getting involved in solar panel factories
3. Clean Energy production distribution in 2022
4. Distributed ownership for distributed manufacturing - Germans seeking to own a solar panel manufacturing factory
5. Ford gets an order - USPS to purchase 9,000 electric vehicles and install 14,000 charging stations
6. World first! Charging a Chevy Bolt EV on a Tesla Supercharger using Magic Dock 
7. CATL starts a battery price war - lithium pricing has been falling recently, way off the peak
8. California seeking 85 GW of generation resources by 2035

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The podcast is available on YouTube and audio platforms like Spotify, Apple, Google, and Amazon. We bring you interviews with cleantech entrepreneurs, investors, manufacturers, and energy professionals weekly. 
What technologies are trending? 
Why are we excited about agrivoltaics or dual-use solar? 
What are the challenges and opportunities for renewable energy, electrification of transportation, and decarbonizing the economy? 

Listen, like, comment, and share! Get all our content at www.CleanPowerHour.com and reach out to Tim Montague @tgmontague on Twitter or Gmail. 

Subscribe: https://bit.ly/cph-sub 

The podcast is available on YouTube and audio platforms like Spotify, Apple, Google, and Amazon. We bring you interviews with cleantech entrepreneurs, investors, manufacturers, and energy professionals weekly. 
What technologies are trending? 
Why are we excited about agrivoltaics or dual-use solar? 
What are the challenges and opportunities for renewable energy, electrification of transportation, and decarbonizing the economy? 

Listen, like, comment, and share! Get all our content at www.CleanPowerHour.com and reach out to Tim Montague @tgmontague on Twitter or Gmail.
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The Clean Power Hour is produced by the Clean Power Consulting Group and created by Tim Montague. Please subscribe on your favorite audio platform and on Youtube: bit.ly/cph-sub | www.CleanPowerHour.com | contact us by email: CleanPowerHour@gmail.com | Speeding the energy transition!
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Twice a week we highlight the tools, technologies, and innovators that are making the clean energy transition a reality - on Apple,

Welcome to the Clean Power Hour! On today’s show, we are joined by fellow energy podcaster Michael Wood III, a Duke University Student and host of the Energy-Terminal podcast. The Energy-Terminal podcast is a media platform with a mission to build the next generation of energy leaders and to catalyze youth involvement in energy. 
Michael Wood III launched his podcast in January of 2022 and in December 2022 he won Duke’s Clean Energy Prize for his efforts to build the next generation of leaders to advance the energy transition. The Energy Terminal podcast, which has published over 20 episodes to date, features Duke students’ conversations with energy experts who reflect on their career pathways and share advice. The students also publish a weekly newsletter, weekly reading lists, regular social media posts on hot energy topics, and blog posts with students’ insights on the energy transition.


Michael Wood III is a senior engineering student at Duke University studying Mechanical Engineering with certificates in Energy and Innovation & Entrepreneurship. He has previously worked for two energy startups in Texas and interned with bp’s Innovation & Engineering group in the Summer of 2022. 


Today Michael joins Tim Montague to talk about why and how he got interested in energy, and how to convince people to make the energy transition faster. We discuss how young people think about climate change and the energy transition, the Energy Terminal podcast performance, guests' and audience reactions to the content, and much more. 


Key Takeaways
Why and how Michael got interested in Energy?Ways people can be convinced to make the energy transition faster.What are the thoughts of young people about Climate Change and the energy transition?The Energy Terminal podcast, guests, audience reaction to the content, and what the future holds for the show How Michael convinces people about the energy transition?What the Emerging Leaders Program is and who is eligible to applyThe challenges young people face when trying to join the clean energy industry Energy Terminal
The Energy Terminal Podcast
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The Clean Power Hour is produced by the Clean Power Consulting Group and created by Tim Montague. Please subscribe on your favorite audio platform and on Youtube: bit.ly/cph-sub | www.CleanPowerHour.com | contact us by email: CleanPowerHour@gmail.com | Speeding the energy transition!
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Twice a week we highlight the tools, technologies, and innovators that are making the clean energy transition a reality - on Apple,