Why Is Solar Taking Over The World?
This week we’re talking about World Domination. Domination of energy production, that is. In the re-scrambled words of the wise and...
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- Feb 14
No Such Thing as Free Lunch or Free Solar
If you’re thinking about solar there’s something important you should know. It should be obvious, but just in case: there is no such...
- Oct 17, 2023
IRA Incentives What’s Really Available Today?
The Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, became law in August 2022. It’s packed with incentives across the entire value chain, including...
- Mar 29, 2022
Energy Prices are Through the Roof
The Energy Show · Energy Prices are Going Through the Roof Ribbit or Croak. Which one are you? An urban myth has it that if you put a...
- Oct 19, 2020
Ten Energy Saving Myths
Rooftop solar is expensive Electric cars are cheaper than gas cars Buying new energy saving appliances saves money Utility companies are...
- Apr 20, 2020
Reducing Solar Soft Costs with GreenLancer
The Covid-19 crisis will transform many of our traditional businesses processes. Although this podcast was recorded before Shelter In...
- Jan 31, 2020
Converting a House to Zero Net Energy
Buildings consume 40% of our energy, most of that for heating and cooling. Almost all of this energy is supplied by fossil fuels,...
- Aug 27, 2019
Solar Investment Tax Credit
30% of the costs of a solar or battery storage system are paid for with the Solar Investment Tax credit. The Solar Investment Tax Credit...
- Aug 8, 2019
Hidden Barriers to Building Electrification
Studies show that electrifying our transportation and building sectors are the fastest ways to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These...
- May 15, 2019
Whole House Electrification with Howard Wenger
To slow the global warming trend, a number of states have committed to the aspirational goal of 100% carbon-free energy. As a species...
- May 3, 2019
New Rules for Energy Storage in CA - with Josh Weiner
In the early days of solar and storage, virtually every system used lead acid batteries to store daytime energy and use this energy at...
- Apr 4, 2019
San Jose Clean Energy - The New Electric Utility
There is a new electricity provider serving customers in the city of San Jose: San Jose Clean Energy (SJCE). Technically they are not a...
- Jan 28, 2019
Legal Issues for PG&E's Bankruptcy with Angela Liponovich of Estriatus Law
PG&E’s bankruptcy will have a dramatic effect on all electricity users in northern California — as well as utility investors, California...
- Jan 9, 2019
Is There a MicroGrid in Your Future
You know what they say: “Video killed the radio star.” Well I’m going out on a limb and adding video to this week’s podcast. But since my...
- Nov 14, 2018
High Electric Bill? - Consider These Money Saving Tips
People complain about their high electric bill almost as often as they complain about the price of gas. And for two good reasons. First,...
- Nov 7, 2018
Utility Power Plant Economics
We have all seen those big power plants outside cities that provide power — historically from coal, oil and nuclear and now more...
- Nov 2, 2018
Protecting Your Rights to Go Solar with Dave Rosenfeld
We take it for granted that you can install solar on your home or business anytime, just as you can make any other energy saving...
- Aug 21, 2018
Real World Solar Economics with Tom Beach
Great solar policy is just as important as great solar technology. Obviously we need the technologies for these products — but we also...
- Aug 16, 2018
There is a New Utility in Town - Silicon Valley Clean Energy
The electric utility industry is undergoing rapid change. There used to be two types of utilities: investor owned utilities (IOUs, such...
- Apr 28, 2018
Gigawatt Scale Solar Installations
We often talk about smaller solar power systems on homes or commercial buildings. On this week’s Energy Show we are discussing gigawatt...
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