Clean Power Hour Podcast
1) The Clean Power Hour: Best of 2025 #326
#EP326 Happy Holidays! Today on the Clean Power Hour, Tim Montague breaks down his top 5 episodes of 2025, featuring conversations that shaped how we think about solar, storage, virtual power plants, ...Show More
2) Whole Home Backup; Battery Storage for Every Home
Home battery storage sits at less than 1% market penetration in America. The solar industry spent years focused on small urban systems while whole-home backup solutions remained out of reach for most ...Show More
3) Utility Microgrids Value Stack: 8 Revenue Streams Explained
Microgrids offer utilities eight distinct value stacks (or streams), yet most still treat them as experimental pilots. Today on the Clean Power Hour, we reveal how microgrids are strategic network ass...Show More
4) Energy Projects Just Got Faster With AI
#EP323 Building clean energy projects faster starts with better tools. Maryssa Barron, Founder and CEO of BuildQ, joins Tim Montague to discuss how AI transforms energy project development. Maryssa B...Show More
5) America Crushes 40GW Storage Goal Set in 2017: Supply Can't Keep Up
This week on Clean Power Hour Live, Tim Montague and John Weaver break down the biggest solar and storage headlines shaping the industry right now. The US reached 40 gigawatts of grid storage in 2025,...Show More
6) AI is REVOLUTIONIZING Clean Energy Permits
#EP322 Today on the Clean Power Hour, we dive into one of the biggest bottlenecks strangling the clean energy transition: the slow, messy world of zoning, permitting, and early-stage development. Our...Show More
7) Solving NYC's Energy Crisis: 30-Year Battery Tech for Urban Grids
#Ep321 Today on the Clean Power Hour, we explore energy storage as a service for some of the toughest markets in the country. Tim Montague sits down with Christian Farivar, founder of Karh, to discus...Show More
8) How Electric Co-ops Drive Tennessee Solar + Battery Storage Growth
#320 Today on the Clean Power Hour, Brandon Wagoner, Vice President of Strategy at Middle Tennessee Electric, explains how the second largest cooperative in America manages explosive EV adoption, depl...Show More
9) CATL Signs Record 200 GWh Battery Deal: What It Means for Storage
On this week’s Clean Power Hour Live, Tim and John discuss Illinois legislation bringing 3 gigawatts of battery storage to IL, the public health impacts of solar tariffs, and global energy storage mar...Show More
10) AI Energy Forecasting: How Machine Learning is Transforming the Grid
#319 The modern power grid faces an existential challenge: integrating massive amounts of renewable energy while keeping the lights on. Sean Kelly, CEO and Founder of Amperon, explains how artificial...Show More