Posts by John Fitzgerald Weaver

At the end of May, the US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its most recent Electric Power Monthly, which provides data through the end of March 2021. The report notes that for the month, solar photovoltaic generation (solar) has grown 35% over March 2020. Solar accounted for ~4.19% of total US electricity…

Today from the Clean Power Hour, we discuss the first commercial offshore wind plant for the United States, a whole bunch of stuff on space, the International Energy Agency suddenly coming out HUGE for wind+solar, and more! This excessive commentary is brought to you by Tim Montague and yours truly – the CommercialSolarGuy – John Fitzgerald…

The US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released April’s Electric Power Monthly, which showed that low emission electricity production declined despite a solar production increase of 14%, and despite newly installed capacity being 99% clean. The report provides data through the end of February 2021, and notes that in that month, photovoltaic…

Today from the Clean Power Hour, we discuss the Meyer Burger solar panel pricing, refreshing versus recyling lithium ion batteries, the new Chinese space station, and more! This excessive commentary is brought to you by Tim Montague and yours truly – the CommercialSolarGuy – John Fitzgerald Weaver. First, here’s the podcast – now on to the…

Solar power and energy storage are coming to Pennsylvania in a massive way. As of February 2021, the PJM transmission interconnection queue showed 64 solar-plus-storage projects across 26 Pennsylvania counties, totaling over 2.3 GW/~9.2 GWh. However, in its current form, the local electricity market’s structure will not support the economics of energy storage. A new…

Today from the Clean Power Hour, we discuss the world’s largest water turbine, renewable hydrogen rockets for satellites, a submarine cable connecting Morocco’s renewable energy to Great Britain, and more! This excessive commentary is brought to you by Tim Montague and yours truly – the CommercialSolarGuy – John Fitzgerald Weaver. First, here’s the podcast – now…

Today from the Clean Power Hour, we discuss the development of a global power grid, wind pricing that beat expectations, an asparagus farm that generates electricity, a new whitest white, and more! This excessive commentary is brought to you by Tim Montague and yours truly – the CommercialSolarGuy – John Fitzgerald Weaver. First, here’s the podcast…

Today from the Clean Power Hour, we discuss how California sets a solar peak production record, Canadian Solar has begun making enormous 665W panels, Saudi Arabia is heading towards 1¢/kWh solar electricity, and more! This excessive commentary is brought to you by Tim Montague and yours truly – the CommercialSolarGuy – John Fitzgerald Weaver. First, a…

The Keystone State is gearing up for an explosion in solar construction. As a result, Pennsylvania solar farm land lease rates have risen. Community solar projects, of approximately 15 acres, are now generating land lease payments of $20,000 per year for 25 years. The most recent example of this potential boom is the submission of…

Today from the Clean Power Hour, we discuss how Tesla is targeting a million in vehicle sales, the gigafactory battery manufacturing race with 200 lithium battery plants scheduled before 2030, a moron in Pennsylvania moonlighting as a Senator, and more! This excessive commentary is brought to you by Tim Montague and yours truly – the CommercialSolarGuy…