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The $65/kWh Incentive Making US Batteries Compete with China
US battery manufacturing capacity is set to hit 145 gigawatt hours by the end of 2026, enough to cover 100% of domestic grid storage demand. Tim Mont…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Community Microgrids Are Proven. So Why Aren’t They Everywhere? #342
Billion-dollar weather emergencies hit the United States every 19 days. In the 1980s, they came every 90 days. The grid is still running, but communi…
3 months ago
Old Solar Panels Are a Gold Mine (Here's the Math) #341
Revenue from aging solar assets can now more than double through redevelopment. Matt Murphy, CEO of Flux Energy, joins Tim Montague on the Clean Powe…
3 months ago
LG Ditches EV Batteries for Grid Storage. Big Signal.
LG Energy Solution and GM are converting their Tennessee EV battery plant to LFP production for the US grid storage market. The $70 million retooling…
3 months, 1 week ago
FEOC, ITC Phase-Out, and Storage: InterSolar 2026 Dispatch #340
FEOC compliance is the number one question solar buyers ask in 2026, and the answer determines which module manufacturers survive. In this episode, T…
3 months, 1 week ago
Iran War Sends Natural Gas Prices Soaring: What It Means for Solar
Natural gas prices in Europe surged roughly 80% after the Iran war disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, cutting off 20% of the world's oi…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Luminous Robotics Lumi 4: Faster Solar at 30% Lower Cost #339
Third-party testing shows robotic solar panel installation reduces micro cracks and defects by 16 to 20%. In this episode, Tim Montague sits down wit…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Scattered Solar Monitoring Is Costing You Thousands #338
Every disconnected monitoring platform in your stack is a blind spot. And every blind spot is lost revenue. On this episode of The Clean Power Hour, …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
I Asked 6 CPS America Insiders What's Changing in Solar #337
Energy bills have jumped as much as 30% in the last year, and data center demand is outpacing grid growth. CPS America, with over 10 gigawatts of str…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Why the Middle Market Is Storage's Biggest Battleground
LFP battery storage pricing dropped from over $1,000 per kilowatt hour to under $100 per kilowatt hour in a few short years. That single shift is res…
3 months, 4 weeks ago