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The Business of Solar EPC: Profitability, Policy Risks, and Project Delivery #376

Solar EPCs face growing pressure to deliver projects on time, manage costs, secure financing, and navigate changing energy policies. So how can smaller companies grow whi

How to Make Affordable Housing Solar Work | Resonant Energy #375

A 100 kW rooftop can be a meaningful source of energy savings—and a difficult project to finance. How do you make solar work for affordable housing, churches, and nonprof

TVA’s Grid Is Under Pressure. Solar, Storage and Microgrids Could Be the Answer #374

Rising electricity demand and prolonged outages are pushing the Tennessee Valley to rethink how it builds and operates the grid. Where do solar, batteries, and community-

California Just Changed the Game for Solar & Batteries

Solar and storage are moving into a new phase, and this week's Clean Power Hour Live covers the technologies, policies, and market shifts shaping that transition. T

Why Batteries Are the Key Technology Behind the Next Energy Economy with Simon Engelke #373

A battery only earns its keep when it can connect to the grid and get to work. What does it take to turn better battery technology into a viable energy project? In episo

The Battery Boom Is Moving Beyond EVs

Grid storage is growing faster than the industry expected. EVs accounted for more than 70% of global battery deployment in 2025, down from almost 80% in 2024, according t

Inside a 365 kW Commercial Solar Project: First Solar Series 7 + Custom Racking #372

How do you take a 365 kW commercial solar project from a customer conversation to steel in the ground? In this episode of the Clean Power Hour, Tim Montague goes behind

This Startup Pays You to Run AI on Your Solar Power #371

What if your solar system could earn far more by powering AI compute than by selling electricity back to the grid?   In this episode of Clean Power Hour, Tim Montague ta

The U.S. Needs 230 GW of New Power. Where Will It Come From? #370

America may need more than 230 GW of new power capacity through 2030. Regulated utilities are expected to deliver only about 93 GW. So where does the rest come from? Tim

Solar, Vanadium Flow and a Flywheel: Inside G&W's Microgrid #369

G&W Electric's vanadium flow + flywheel microgrid matched a full year of frequency regulation revenue in under three months  Vanadium flow batteries rarely anchor a

How Do You Get 20 MW When the Utility Offers 7? #368

Speed to power: Bala Ramamurthy of Critical Loop on cutting grid connection from years to days with modular microgrids.  Speed to power is the problem Critical Loop was

Section 232 Is a Price Floor, Not a Tariff: Solar Module Prices Explained.

Section 232 tariffs are reshaping solar module pricing across the United States. Tim Montague and co-host John Weaver sit down with returning guest Chris Lettman, a solar

Derek Hansen on what makes a solar company great, not just good #367

Clean energy company culture is what separates good solar EPCs from great ones, and Mynt CEO Derek Hansen has a name for how he builds it: inspire, empower, support. Com

What does it take to build solar that lasts 30+ years? #366

Solar asset management inside a 35-year ownership model: CJ Colavito and Jay Smith of Standard Solar explain what it actually takes to own distributed generation projects

Foreign Inverter Ban Hits US Solar: Here's What Changes

The Federal Communications Commission's new ban on foreign-produced solar inverters left the industry without clear answers on warehoused stock, firmware updates, an

How to Build a Great Solar Company: Lessons from LightWave Solar CEO Chris Koczaja #365

Chris Koczaja grew LightWave Solar to 30 million dollars by refusing to chase every deal. This is the discipline that got him there. Chris Koczaja is the CEO of LightWav

How do we Remove 1.7 Trillion Tons of CO₂? #364

Enhanced rock weathering pulls carbon dioxide from the air using crushed rock. Jim Mann, CEO and founder of Undo, explains how the process works and why the technology sc

How a 700kW Commercial Solar Project Saves $3M+ Over 25 Years #363

Dual-use solar financing in action: Sunrise Solar's Richard Stoltzfus built a 700 kW behind-the-meter array for Harbor Sales Company. The build stacks a USDA REAP gr

Georgia's Data Center Boom Is Straining the Grid. Here's How Solar Fits In #362

Georgia is the second-largest data center market in the country, and its grid is straining under load growth no one predicted five years ago. Michael Chanin, CEO of Cherr

Why 80% of Grid-Ready Devices Are Still Sitting on the Sidelines? #361

The U.S. needs 400 GW of new capacity over the next two decades. Michael Grasso, CEO and founder of Grid Rails, tells Tim Montague that roughly twice that much flexible c