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2025-02-20 | Jigar Shah spent the last few years shaping the future of clean energy finance as the Director of the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office. He approved billions in investments that helped scale solar, storage, nuclear, and emerging te... |
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2025-02-18 |
Heading to InterSolar North America 2025? Listen to This First! InterSolar North America is always the first ‘big’ clean energy industry conference that kicks off the year! And who doesn’t want to kick off the year with a trip to sunny San Diego?!To ensure you are up-to-speed on this year’s event, we’ve... |
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2025-02-13 |
Can Erthos Use Ultra-Low-Cost Solar To Unlock Hydrogen? Jim Tyler’s Convinced What if the key to solving our rising materials costs and hurdles to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries lies in a radical shift in thinking—laying solar panels directly on the ground and using the cheap electrons they produce to make hydro... |
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2025-02-11 | Solar projects depend on strong design engineering to move from concept to construction. Design engineers assess site feasibility, optimize layouts, navigate permitting challenges, and ensure projects are financially viable. Without their ex... |
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2025-02-06 | The global energy storage market is skyrocketing, with battery capacity more than doubling year over year. With over 60 gigawatts of storage installed worldwide, the sector is poised for even more rapid expansion. In this special roundup epi... |
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2025-02-04 | What is the real economic impact of a utility-scale solar farm on rural America?That’s one of the questions I had in mind when I visited one of the largest solar projects recently inaugurated right in my own home state of North Carolina. As... |
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2025-01-30 |
This credit card size device Unlocks New Potential for EVs and Solar | Udi Doan of Daanaa What if it were actually possible to power your EV from the sun collected on it’s surface? Or what if you were not constrained by only one battery chemistry type but could mix chemistries? Want to charge 400 volts with a 3V unit? For 150... |
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2025-01-28 | How do we unlock the final frontier of lowest-cost solar and deploying it at scale? The U.S.-India nexus is emerging as one of the most pivotal relationships in the fight against climate change. As the solar industry faces steep challenges, ... |
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2025-01-23 |
782: Mastering the Art of Strategic Business Exits, with Mike Miskovsky (Zep, Ojjo, Tiveni) How do you successfully scale & exit a startup enterprise? The art of entrepreneurship is part science, part stick-to-it-iveness, part grind and part good luck. So what does it take to sell your companies to major players like SolarCity(... |
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2025-01-21 |
AC Vs DC-coupled Battery Systems, Which To Choose? With Adam Knudsen Of Dynapower It is estimated that by 2027 nearly half of all new solar installations will have energy storage attached, and today’s guest, Adam Knudsen of Dynapower, asserts that almost half of those will have DC coupled storage. The choice between AC or... |
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