Joe McCabe has been in the solar industry since before there was a solar industry. In this podcast we talk about many things.

Here is a list of topics:

ASES Fellow
American Solar Energy Society www.ASES.org
International Solar Energy Society www.ISES.org
MREA = Midwest Renewable Energy Association
SMUD = Sacramento Municipal Utility District
PVUSA Davis California
PV Policy
SAM software
PV Reliability Workshop Nerdfest
Golden Colorado
SANDIA
Community Solar Gardens
Bifacial Solar<
Vertical Bifacial produces more than tilted south no matter what the direction
Higher latitude better for vertical bifacial
Vertical bifacial requires smaller wires because of lower Isc
Clipping
Hanging vertical bifacial to swing in the wind.
North facing PV for used PV
PV module size increasing
PV efficiency not important; LCOE (levelized cost of electricity) is important.
Monofacial
Agrivoltaics
Agrisoltaics
Dual use of land
Mark Fitzgerald
Jane Wiseman
IREC = Interstate Renewable Energy Council
NABCEP Entry Level
Praise Ward Bower!
George Kelly
NREL
NABCEP Exam Committees
Photovoltaic effect
Conduction band
Photoelectric effect
Becquerel
Einstein
Quantum mechanics
Thermodynamics
Nuclear engineering
Schrödinger’s equation
Straw bale construction
SERF = Solar Energy Research Facility
SERI = Solar Energy Research Institute
Neutron Scatter
Cadmium rods
Neutron magazine
Smart Inverter Working Group
Dan Shugar
Howard Wenger
PG&E
PV for $9/watt in 90s
Richard Swanson and Swanson’s curve
Colorado Public Utilities Commission
CALISO
California Independent System Operator
BIPV
California Energy Commission (CEC)
Community Solar Garden
Solar Shares
Stupid grid vs. smart grid
Grid following and grid forming inverters
Reactive power
Rule 21 Smart Inverter Working Group
Smart Inverter Classes
Hermann Scherr
Frieberg Germany
Smarter E in Munich (formerly Intersolar)
Intersolar in San Diego and Long Beach
RE+ conferences
Making education fun
University of Arizona Reactor
How PV works
Photons
Grid Forming and Grid Following Inverters
Donating a kidney to Bill Brooks
Freiburg Germany
NABCEP Certification
Energy Ideas
Renewable Energy Steward
Giant Bifacial module
Joe Mccabe recommends Bill Brooks on LinkedIn
Blue light inside a reactor
Integrated Resource Plan (IRP)
Carl Weinberg
Paul Fenn
Community Choice Aggregation = CCA
Eicke Weber
RE+ Texas
Sean Sings ABC 123 at NABCEP Conference

Homework Assignment read: Leverage Points, Places to Intervene in a System by Donella Meadows
Joe McCabe LinkedIn Page

Joe’s email: energyideas@gmail.com

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Joe McCabe American Solar Energy Society (ASES) Fellow, historical figure and a lot more!