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

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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