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Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast

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Sean White teaches solar and storage classes and seminars around the world and inside your home (online). He is known for helping people get NABCEP certified. This podcast contains an assortment of topics, with an emphasis on solar and storage technical knowledge. Up your game! Catch a photon! Save the planet! Learn more and go to www.solarSEAN.com

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13:36

UL 3741 Rapid Shutdown solution where the PV array...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2022/09/21

Rapid Shutdown has traditionally meant putting module level power electronics in the array for PV systems on buildings. There has always been this part of the NEC 690.12(B)(2)(1) that gave you an option to comply with rapid shutdown inside the array with a listed hazard control system. Surprisingly, we can now go back to having something to what rapid shutdown used to be in the 2014 NEC, which we called array level rapid shutdown. Let’s see if someone gets something like this listed for a

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22:34

Radio 690! 2023 NEC 690 PV Systems Part 1

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2022/09/08

Every time the NEC comes out, I do a reading of my favorite NEC articles. I like to think of it as sort of a poetry reading, since I will try to make it as least dry (wet) as possible. This time I am going to give some commentary, so it is up to you to figure out what is Code and what is me interpreting and making Code fun by understanding the tone of my voice. Here is where you can get free access to the 2023 NEC from the NFPA

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46:38

Sean Gets interviewed on the Clean Power Hour Podcast

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2022/07/20

This is a re-posting of a podcast where Sean White is interviewed by Tim Montegue on the Clean Power Hour Podcast. If you have not already, be sure to save the Clean Power Hour podcast to your favorites. Tim is very active and has all kinds of experts on his podcast, including Jigar Shaw of the Department of Energy (Episode 83). I was honored to be interviewed on the Clean Power Hour and listen to the Clean Power Hour religiously. Tim took my NABCEP PV Technical Sales Course at HeatSpring, so if

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10:33

2023 NEC preview with Bill Brooks at Intersolar 2022...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2022/06/15

Some of the areas of the NEC that we cover in this podcast are: NEC Article 702 Optional Standby Systems, Load Control, Disconnecting Means, UL 1741 for Power Control Systems, 706.15 Location Control for 1 and 2-family Dwellings Quotes: Bill Brooks (soon to be famous quotes). “Tesla, Enphase, SolarEdge, are all getting listed as energy management systems.” “You will damage most generators if you run out of fuel under load.” “Hey Siri, turn off my ESS.” “Here’s what happened in the 2023

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16:41

2023 NEC preview with Bill Brooks at Intersolar 2022...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2022/06/01

Some of the areas of the NEC that we cover in this podcast are: Ground Fault Protection, Ground Fault Detection and interruption (GFDI) term clarified (not to be confused with GFCI), 690.45 Equipment Grounding Conductors (EGC) includes DC and AC not having to increase size of EGC when upsizing current carrying conductor for voltage drop (now also applies to AC PV and modifies NEC 250.122), 250.122 EGC sized based on OCPD, Microgrid Interconnect Device (MID), Interactive Mode vs. Voltage Mode,

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26:03

2023 NEC preview with Bill Brooks at Intersolar 2022...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2022/05/17

Bill Brooks is instrumental in the process of coming up with material for the NEC for renewable energy systems, especially for solar, energy storage and interconnections. Although the 2023 NEC has not been finalized or published, this is as good of a preview as you can get for knowing what the future will bring. Many manufacturers, engineers, CEOs and other decisionmakers can make better informed decisions about the future, knowing what will be in the National Electrical Code. Bill Brooks is on NEC

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01:03:01

Keith Cronin: Solar MBA instructor on HeatSpring!

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2022/03/08

Keith Cronin: Solar MBA instructor on HeatSpring! Keith sold his Hawaii solar company Island Energy Solutions to Jigar Shaw of SunEdison in 2007 after knowing Jigar since 2002. Keith has been teaching his Solar MBA class for just over a decade with co-instructor and attorney Chris Lord. They have taught many students, including oil and gas refugees. Keith Cronin does consulting via his company Sun Hedge with clients all over the world, including the Department of Defense. He has lived in

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13:48

Pre-Celebrating 1TW of PV installed in 2022

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2022/01/19

Welcome to 2022, the year of the Terawatt! That's right, this year will cross the trillion watt mark! 2022 will be remembered as the year that humanity reached the magic number of 1 trillion watts, aka 1 terawatt or 1TW of solar installed since the beginning of time. We do not have to take into consideration the amount of solar taken out of service, since that is so low, it probably will be replaced in less than a month, so that means we will hit the milestone of installed 1TW since 1 million BC

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19:31

Net-metering, bypass diodes, solar & storage and NEC...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2021/12/15

In this question we have the following questions and answers: 1. Net metering: Why it is different in different places whether or not you can and should feed energy back to the grid when you have an excess. 2. How bypass diodes work and also with half-cell PV modules. 3. Why solar goes so well with energy storage systems (ESS). 4. National Electrical Code (NEC) articles 480 Storage Batteries vs. 706 Energy Storage Systems and why you should use 706 For more info, go

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44:22

Deep dive on Energy Storage and Renewables: Sean...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2021/12/01

Sean White (solarSEAN.com) is interviewed on his former student Cory Vanderpool's podcast. The talk about various subjects including: Solar and wind are finally cheapest forms of electricity EVs bringing down the cost of lithium-ion Energy Storage Systems (ESS) Battery benefits including being a load, besides being a source of power Wind power’s cubed relationship to wind speed Frequency regulation is the biggest use for energy storage right now Negative energy pricing in

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29:32

Grounding, Microhydro Hybrid Systems, Batteries &...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2021/11/17

In this podcast we answer 2 questions: 1) Grounding is important and can be confusing with many different theories of how and why it should be done. Here we are going to talk about the basics, including the neutral (grounded conductor), the equipment grounding conductor (EGC) and the grounding electrode conductor (GEC). We will even make a mention of SWER (single wire earth return), which means using 1 wire for transmission and using the Earth as a conductor! Here is a link about that last part, so

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19:14

EV to home, Recycling Lithium Batteries & 30%...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2021/11/05

This podcast answers 3 questions on solar and storage. 1) EV to home can mean EV to grid and EV to backup. Ford has announced that their F-150 Lightning Electric Pickup will be released next year and will have the ability to backup a house. What does that mean? Will it be able to work with a PV system and keep the battery charged or will it only work as long as the battery is charged? Will it be able to send electricity to the grid? 2) Now that there are a tremendous amount of lithium-ion batteries

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01:36:34

Energy Storage, PV & NEC Workshop at the ASES...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2021/10/20

This is an audio version of the workshop that Sean White taught at the ASES conference at the University of Colorado Boulder on August 6, 2021. To see a video version, go to www.solarSEAN.com for a link to Sean's YouTube channel or find some of this material in Sean's classes at www.HeatSpring.com/sean You can also find most of the material form Sean's Intensive PV workshop at the ASES conference, which was covered in the last podcast listed on HeatSpring for 2 hours of free NABCEP CE credit

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01:08:49

ASES Solar 2021: Solar PV Intensive Workshop with...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2021/10/06

This podcast is a recording of a workshop Sean taught at the ASES Solar 2021 Conference at the University of Colorado Boulder on August 6, 2021. This Solar PV Intensive Workshop was fast paced and covered a lot of information. This workshop was in a way covering the same material Sean covers in his Solar PV Boot Camps, which are often 40 hours long in a quick 1.5 hours. There are slides and if you want to see the video version, you will be able to see it at Sean's Youtube channel. Here is the

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11:38

Backfeeding the grid Hawaiian Style with Customer...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2021/09/22

Hawaii has more solar PV per capita than any other state. Since PV is the least expensive energy in the world now, this concentration of PV will soon hit other states and Hawaii is paving the way with new policies that will be able to deal with this abundance of noontime energy. California, which has a lot more people and by for more solar than any other state is also dealing with this abundance. In this podcast, we will discuss one of Hawaii’s policies put in place to deal with the possibility of

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23:51

Latitude’s Effect on Solar Resource, Cheap...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2021/09/07

In this podcast, Sean answers 3 questions and then we finish it off with some wise words from Bill Brooks where Bill and Sean discus the purpose of NFPA 855 Standard For The Installation Of Stationary Energy Storage Systems. To find out more about solar and energy storage or classes with Sean White and Bill Brooks, go to www.solarSEAN.com

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18:12

Net-Metering Sustainability, PV Wire Sizing and East...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2021/08/04

In this podcast, Sean answers questions about net-metering sustainability, with examples from the most mature PV markets in the US, Hawaii and California and how energy storage solves problems when intermittent renewables are on the grid. There were some changes in the 2017 NEC, where the requirement to have a temperature adder with conduit in sunlight over a roof were removed, making wire sizing simpler, although wire sizing is arguably the most difficult part of designing a PV system. Our

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21:19

Grounded vs. Ungrounded Inverters, Battery Combiner...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2021/07/27

In this podcast we once again cover questions from you and those like you by popular demand. We will get into the different terminology and how it changed in different versions of the NEC, when we talk about ungrounded, grounded and functionally grounded inverters. We talk about the correct terminology for combining batteries in parallel and differentiate between community solar and community choice aggregation among other things. To find out more about renewable energy, go to solarSEAN.com

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23:11

Solar PV Seasonal Tilt, 60 & 72-cell PV Modules,...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2021/07/20

In this episode, we cover tilting PV modules, and seasonal tilting, why most PV modules at 60 cell and 72 cell modules, net-metering and energy storage. To find out more about solar and energy storage or to ace any NABCEP exam, go to solarSEAN.com

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11:16

Q&A: NABCEP NEC adoption, Higher Power PV modules &...

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast ·

2021/07/12

In this podcast, we are going answer questions related to solar and energy storage. The first question is about NABCEP and how they are going about adopting the latest version of the NEC. The next question is about higher power PV modules and are they bigger and more dangerous to install. The last question is about how to deal with and what to do about the possibility of manufacturers going out of business. To find out more about Solar and Energy Storage Systems (ESS) go to solarSEAN.com

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