Americans want Solar in 2022 I Clean Power News

#65: Welcome to the Clean Power Hour Holiday special!We cover a TON of big clean energy news in today's episode.- Solar could triple by 2023 to 60 GW per year!- Voters want America-first clean energy and climate solutions - conservative poll shows- Build Back Better funding includes the largest level of clean energy R&D in history - Small modular nuclear is good for Mars colonization…solar is good for Earth- Installation and cleaning robots - solar clean-O- Solar panel pricing has peaked hopefully- Retrofitting diesel school buses with EV drive trains (see Ally Power hydrogen episode 64)-Erthos flat solar racking and BCI has a new racking product that you’ll want to see-Rounding out the show…John and Tim give a glimpse into why they got into solar and the energy transition (John visited China - boom!). HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!Three vastly divergent solar deployment projections by John Weaverhttps://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/12/06/three-vastly-divergent-solar-deployment-projections/IEA predicts flat growth, S&P Global predicts we triple by 2023 to 60 GW/yr of installed solar which is where we need to be headed.Conservative Energy Network Poll Shows Voters Want America-First Clean Energy and Climate Solutions. From a conservative poll - “91% of respondents support America increasing its domestic supply chain to ensure components important to clean energy development are made in America.”https://files.ctctusercontent.com/cd6385aa501/2e02760e-c7c2-4baa-a343-03f397aca1af.pdf?rdr=trueBuild Back Better/Infrastructure funding includes the largest level of clean energy R&D in history of US, even accounting for inflation back to the later 1970s under President Carterhttps://twitter.com/CostaSamaras/status/1468760391505297415Solar panel cleaning robots for a commercial roof, and of key importance - check out the neat platform to get the unit on the roof:https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kim-verduyckt_zonnepanelen-zonnepanelenreinigen-zonneenergie-activity-6874075559362662400-yWbO/A robot to install utility scale solar panels - we truly will need this to avoid climate chaoshttps://twitter.com/SolarInMASS/status/1468570367614767105Panel supply chain pricing officially falling more broadly, after wafers fell for two weeks first - this is the spot market of course Support the showConnect with Tim Clean Power Hour Clean Power Hour on YouTubeTim on TwitterTim on LinkedIn Email [email protected] Review Clean Power Hour on Apple PodcastsThe Clean Power Hour is produced by the Clean Power Consulting Group and created by Tim Montague. Contact us by email: [email protected] Corporate sponsors who share our mission to speed the energy transition are invited to check out https://www.cleanpowerhour.com/support/The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by CPS America, maker of North America’s number one 3-phase string inverter, with over 6GW shipped in the US. With a focus on commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage, the company partners with customers to provide unparalleled performance and service. The CPS America product lineup includes 3-phase string inverters from 25kW to 275kW, exceptional data communication and controls, and energy storage solutions designed for seamless integration with CPS America systems. Learn more at www.chintpowersystems.com

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