Hawaii: State of Clean Energy

A Brief History of Solar Energy Part II (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)

November 28, 2023 Jay Fidell

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Powering Engines with the Industrial Sun. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Toby Kinkaid. In a Brief History of Solar Energy Part One Toby Kinkaid discussed the evolution of solar technology and applications from the ancient Greeks and Romans through the pursuit of driving high-temperature steam engines throughout the later […]

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Hawaii: State of Clean Energy

A Brief History of Solar Energy (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)

November 13, 2023 Jay Fidell

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Everything You Wanted to Know. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Toby Kinkaid. Solar energy powers our natural world – why not the industrial world? Can a modern world be solar powered? ‘Spaceship Earth’ has over 8 billion souls aboard – can solar solar energy power everything we need? This […]

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Hawaii: State of Clean Energy

Can Solar Energy Power O’Ahu (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)

October 28, 2023 Jay Fidell

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Making the Case. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Toby Kinkaid. This episode addresses the question, ‘Can we really power Oahu with solar energy?’ And, if so, how much solar PV would be required to power the grid directly with all excess production going to hydrogen production for public transit […]

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Perspectives on Energy

Inverter Based Resources and NERC (Perspectives on Energy)

October 8, 2023 Jay Fidell

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Preparing IBRs for New Regulations. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. Now that NERC is changing regulations to include Inverter Based Resources (IBR) that were once outside of their applicability, there is plenty of concern and worry among Generator Owners and Generator Operators as to how they will comply with these reliability standards […]

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View from the North

Have we Forgotten to Plan the City of the Future (View from the North)

September 7, 2023 Jay Fidell

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How Does Planning Compare in the US and Canada. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, formerly a city planner in Calgary, Alberta, helps us understand City planning and re/development for the city of the future. Cities have changed because of remote work, downtowns have changed. […]

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Hawaii: State of Clean Energy

A Million Miles of EV Mobility (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)

August 4, 2023 Jay Fidell

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Driving on Sunshine. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Toby Kinkaid. Traditional EV infrastructure is challenging. Expensive grid upgrades, real time unscheduled electrical loads, and huge power demands make EV charging no ‘walk in the park’. However, there are new solutions for EV charging using solar energy directly in the […]

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Hawaii: State of Clean Energy

Agrivoltaics (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)

March 31, 2023 Jay Fidell

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The Future of Farming. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Adam Strubeck. Hawai’i faces competing land uses for renewable energy generation and agriculture. Agrivoltaics is the combination of solar energy production and agriculture. Agrivoltaics research is rapidly advancing and could have major implications for the food-energy nexus. Traditional agrivoltaics involves […]

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Energy 808: The Cutting Edge

The State of Solar and the RPS (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)

February 22, 2023 Jay Fidell

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Two Steps Forward and One Step Sideways. The hosts for this show are Marco Mangelsdorf and Jay Fidell. Since the 1970s, Hawaii has had significant incentives to encourage and support the development and adoption of renewable energies to reduce our reliance on and vulnerability to the long and expensive supply lines of GHG-producing fossil fuels […]

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Inside Hawaii Real Estate

Hawaiian Electric, Solar and Your Home (Inside Hawaii Real Estate)

February 9, 2023 Jay Fidell

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Solar and Battery Incentives. The hosts for this show are Will Tanaka and Leonie Lam. The guest is Ka’iulani Shinsato. Hosts Will Tanaka and Leonie Lam welcome special guest, Ka’iulani Shinsato, Director of Customer Energy Resources Programs with Hawaiian Electric. ‘Lani’ manages Hawaiian Electric’s rooftop solar and battery programs for residential and commercial customers, and […]

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View from the North

Canada is a Huge Energy Producer and Consumer (View from the North)

October 6, 2022 Jay Fidell

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What Energy Does it Produce and Consume. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. In Canada, there are diverse and reliable renewable and non-renewable energy sources: oil, natural gas, hydroelectricity, coal, nuclear (uranium), solar, wind, tidal and biomass. Canada is the fifth largest energy producer in the world and […]

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