Solar journey and Industry Insights with Matt Hirsch

Matt Hirsch is a writer and has been writing about the solar industry before there was a modern solar industry in California. Sean and Matt shoot the breeze and find out they crossed paths a few different times in the industry, when Matt was writing about the birth of solar CCAs in California in the 1990s and writing about Sean’s friend Paul Fenn, who got Sean into solar. Matt and Sean were both affiliated with Photon Magazine and now they are both hanging out in Berkeley and hanging out at NorCal Solar events.
 
Matt Hirsch is the Chief Marketing Officer of TerraCurrent
 
Topics covered:
Terra Current www.terracurrent.com
Photon Magazine www.photon.info
Grounding and electrical current flow
Single Wire Earth Return
Sean White’s creative songs to promote NABCEP certification
NorCal Solar = Northern California Solae www.norcalsolar.org
CALSSA  = California Solar and Storage Association www.calssa.org
ASES = American Solar Energy Society www.ases.org
Solar Coaster
Challenges in solar policy and public perception
Bundesnetzagentur
Net metering
Starlink
FIT = Feed in Tariff
Grid defection
Paul Fenn
CCA = Community Choice Aggregation
Ava Community Energy www.avaenergy.org
Sean’s Journey in the Solar Industry
Life and Politics in Berkeley, California
SEIA = Solar Energy Industry Association www.seia.org
IREC = Interstate Renewable Energy Counsil www.irecusa.org
SEAC = Sustainable Energy Action Committee www.sustainableenergyaction.org
Planet Plan Sets www.planetplansets.com
Solar Roots Party [Register now]
 
Reach out to Matt Hirsch on:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/matthewbhirsch
Terra Current Website: www.terracurrent.com
 
Learn more at www.solarSEAN.com and be sure to get NABCEP certified by taking Sean’s classes at www.heatspring.com/sean