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Sean White teaches solar and storage classes and seminars around the world and inside your home (online). He is known for helping people get NABCEP certified. This podcast contains an assortment of topics, with an emphasis on solar and storage technical knowledge. Up your game! Catch a photon! Save the planet! Learn more and go to www.solarSEAN.com
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Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
https://www.ul.com/news/ul-solutions-issues-first-certification-ul-9741-and-ul-1741-sa-ai-driven-vehicle-grid
Alex Cattelan has been working on EVs for 2 decades and has experience engineering many famous electric and hybrid vehicles, including the Chevy Volt for GM. She also has extensive experience working for Polaris, Johnson Controls and many others.
At the end we decide to go to Burning Man together on a bidirectional electric bus and she is going to teach me how to do wheelies on an electric motorcycle. Nothing can compete with the torque of electric motors, much more than those old fashioned explosion driven motors.
Here are some of the topics we cover:
John Deere EVs
AI for EVPE
Software engineering
Drive trains
Electric vehicles
Chevy Volt
Hybrid
EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Mechanical Drivetrain
CO2
UL 9741 & UL 1741
VPP (Virtual Power Plant)
Cost Savings
Public utility commission (PUC)
Stationary Storage
Nissan Leaf
Nissan Kicks
Bidirectional charging
Commercial fleets
Bus fleet
Johnson Controls
Pop a Wheelie
Ford F-150
Cyber Truck
Tesla
Developing Software
AI Driven Data Science
Residential bidirectional chargers
Check out Alex on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alexandra-cattelan-59abbb11
Email: alex.catelan@fermataenegy.com
Check out the Fermata website: https://fermataenergy.com/
Learn more at www.solarSEAN.com and be sure to get NABCEP certified by taking Sean’s classes at www.HeatSpring.com/Sean
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
I just wanted to express my gratitude towards you for the classes you teach through Heatspring. Hopefully my name rings a bell as I have sent a few messages recently via the 58-hour course, one particular about question 30 on the 1-30 bonus practice exam - looks like the Heatspring team is pretty dang on top of it to make changes, so kudos to them!
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
derek the solarboi, the TikTok and YouTube Sensation!!
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Altogether that looks like:PVIP (PV Installation Professional)
PVCMS (PV Commissioning and Maintenance Specialist)
PVSI (PV System Inspector)
Rapid shutdown methods
UL 3741 PVHCS (PV Hazard Control Systems)
Array level rapid shutdown
2019 NEC (serious joke)
NABCEP Certifications
Social media
Water flow in conduit (link to video: https://youtube.com/shorts/5mmDOiH-Res)
DC arc faults and ground faults
Ironridge (press release and installation addendum can be found here: (https://www.ironridge.com/2024/02/27/flush-mount-systems-listed-to-ul-3741/)
Sollega
SMA
Residential UL 3741 (solarboi’s video - https://youtu.be/1MTCvYhjHzA)
Peter Greenberg the String Inverter Activist
RE+
Purple
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@derekthesolarboi
Mastodon: https://mastodon.energy/@solarboi
TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@thesolarboi
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thesolarboi
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Tyler Hortin of Lion Energy-A Lithium-Ion Energy Storage Company
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Lithium Iron Phosphate
Prismatic Battery Cell
Battery Manufacturing in the USA
How he get the Iron
LPF
Lithium (L)
Iron (FE)
Phosphorus (P)
Great Salt Lake
Battery management system (BMS)
Marine Battery
NMC
Alternator
DC to DC Charger
Shore Power
Energy Storage System
UL 9540 & 9540A
DC Interconnected System
Cabinet size
American Battery Factory
How long does it take to build a battery factory?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-hortin-90469945/
https://lionenergy.com
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Tor "Solar Fred" Valenza of Probably True Solar Stories Podcast
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
The history of branding about Solar Fred
How his fascination in solar energy began as a kid in NYC Central Park
Probably True Solar Stories Podcast
Murder by Solar Drone
President of the US as a solar installer
The 6000 Year Story of Solar Energy book by John Perlin
Clean nuclear power being used as a disguise for a nuclear weapons program
Solar installation war (Green War).
Nuclear bros
Energy deep state
Sean almost killed by carbon monoxide as a kid
Solar makes you the most money
Agrivoltaics
CSP = Concentrated Solar Power
Cadmium Telluride
Recycle, Reuse and Reduce
Solar feasibility on the north side of the roof
Solar wedding at a Tweet Up at SPI
Check out Tor on Linkedin:
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Here is where to find Tor's Podcast:
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Alice Wu, on tipping points
Zoë Brouns, on the workforce needed to meet the moment
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American Climate Corps, which is an IRA program intended to mobilize the green workforce on par with the FDR programs (see Civilian Conservation Corps), modeled similarly to the successful AmeriCorps.
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DOE (US Department of Energy)
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DOE Commercial Liftoff homepage
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FAS History
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Manhattan Project Los Alamos
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Clean Energy and Climate Policy
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Science, Policy and Policy Entrepreneurship
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Congress
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White House
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Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Solar Project Development Software with Matias Sigal, Founder REplace
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Jon Williams CEO Viridi
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Energy Storage Systems (ESS) and the NEC with Bill Brooks and Sean White Part 4
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
In this podcast we have Bill Brooks and Sean talking energy storage system (ESS) Codes, with emphasis on interconnections, including supply-side and load side connections.
Be sure to get Sean and Bill’s latest book, which is the 3rd edition of PV and the NEC, based on the 2023 NEC.
To find where to get different versions of the NEC including the 2023 NEC for free check out the NEC tab at solarSEAN.com.
Disclaimer: This podcast was recorded in 2021.
Supply-side connections (source connections to a service), 705.13 Power Control Systems (Energy Management Systems), ampacity of service conductors are allowed to have ampacity less than the main breaker in chapter III of the NEC, 200A PV system on 100A service with power control system, conductor sizing for supply-side connection,
Article 230 Services, houses not smaller than 100A or old services less than 100A, supply-side overcurrent protection locations, cable limiter distances, cable currents just handle fault currents (not overloads), 250.25, 250.24, bonding supply-side connection like a service required, two single points of system grounding, load-side connections, dedicated overcurrent protection device and disconnect, backfeeding a Tesla at 70W, busbars, 120% rule, suitable for backfeed, feeders, Hawaiian tie-in, tap rules, 10-foot tap rule, 25-foot tap rule, synchronous generators, busbars, 705.12(B)(3)(1) 100% rule, 705.12(B)(3)(2) 120% rule, 705.12(B)(3)(3) sum rule or sum of the branch circuit breakers, two single pole breakers with sum rule, 705.12(B)(3)(4) center fed 120% rule, 705.12(B)(3)(5) engineering supervision/multiampacity busbars and the 200% rule, 705.12(B)(3)(6) feed-through connectors, switchgear, 705.13 Power Control Systems with CTs, power control system certifications, allows more power than 120% rule (705.13 was re-named in 2023 NEC as Energy Management Systems), Article 625 sequencer for EVs, no-export is a power control system, export set at certain kW, physical protection of a Powerwall, residential code vehicle impact protection for ESS in garage, wheel stops, bollards, preventing overloading panel, smart panels, smart load centers.
Note: for visuals, download the NEC presentation at www.solarSEAN.com and look for the pdf downloads.
Links:
Bill Brooks, P.E.: www.brooksolar.com