Solar Energy News with Tim Montague: Recent Episodes
Timothy Montague
Solar Energy News with Tim Montague, Solar Expert. Bringing you news, information and resources you need to understand solar energy, solar plus battery storage, and micrigrids. Whether you’re a homeowner or business owner looking to go solar or a professional looking for an exciting career, Solar Energy News has something for you. Let’s grow solar! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/montaguesolar/support
This week we review the shift from coal to solar, wind and battery storage in Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois. We review three of our favorite clean energy podcasts: Suncast with Nico Johnson, The Energy Gang with Stephen Lacey, and The Energy Show with Barry Cinnamon. Also check out The Green New Deal by Jeremy Rifkin.
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In this episode we report on two solar related stories and one EV update plus a new segment on solar events. When the grid goes down for public safety your solar likely won't save the day, and millions of people were without power in the Bay Area. In Washington DC Congress is considering an extention of the 30% Tax Credit for Wind and Solar. And electric bus maker Proterra is putting the US on the map for EVs. Upcoming events include MNSEIA, Solar and Energy Storage Midwest in Chicago, Pollinator and Wildlife Friendly Solar Farm Working Group, and Solar Works for Illinois with Rob Davis of Fresh Energy in October and Harry Benson of Standard Solar in November.
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In this episode I discuss 9 things to know about solar PV, how it saves you money, who can benefit, and answer the all important question: should you go solar? The 9 things: 1. Who can benefit from solar?; 2. Bigger the bill, bigger the benefit; 3. What is solar?; 4. How exactly does solar save you money?; 5. Commercial Solar - how's it different?; 6. What other ways does solar pay back?; 7. Where does solar work?; 8. When should you go solar? 9. Why go solar? Should you really do it?
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In today’s episode of Solar Energy News we bring you three noteworthy stories related to solar energy and the energy transition to clean renewable energy: First, Amazon pledges 100% renewable energy by 2030 setting more transparent and aggressive sustainability goals; Then we bring you a story from California where Los Angeles has inked a deal with 8 Minute Energy for a massive 400 MW solar plus 300 MW battery storage project that will catapult LA to 38 percent clean energy; Then we wrap up with a Greentech Media story on a report from DNV GL about the state of the energy transition that concludes that we truly need to add 1,000 times more solar and 500 times more wind to avert catastrophic climate change.
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In this episode I introduce the executive summary of Renewables on the Rise which charts the growth of wind, solar, battery storage and electric vehicles from 2009 to 2019.
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In this episode I introduce the solar industry, some national organizations, and key factors driving the industry like net metering, renewable energy credits, and the cost of electricity.
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