Google Pledging CO2 Free 24/7 by 2030 | Clean Power Hour Ep.11

Today's solar, wind and battery storage news stories: Google pledging CO2 free 24/7Getting to a Carbon-Free EconomyThe urgent is attainable, and at entirely affordable cost.by Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia UniversityThe incremental costs of decarbonization above our normal energy costs will amount to 1 to 2 percent of U.S. GDP per year during the period to 2050. By contrast, during World War II, federal outlays soared to 43 percent of GDP from the pre-war level of 10 percent of GDP in 1940. Elon Musk Explains Why Tesla Solar Power Is So Cheaphttps://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/12/...​ (JA Solar, REC Solar, Sunrun, Lowering the soft costs of solar) Terabase receives funding to make solar ultra affordable https://www.pv-tech.org/news/terabase...​​Solar installation robots2 GW of floating solarhttps://twitter.com/SolarInMASS/statu...​A PG&E error may have played a role in causing the Aug. 15 rolling blackouts in California. The company mistakenly told a 400MW power plant in Fresno County to scale back when it should have told a different plant to scale” https://twitter.com/thejdmorris/statu...​ More intermittents in these states than California (https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2018/10/1...​)-----**Please subscribe to the channel, give us a thumbs up, and please hit that bell for the energy transition. Subscribe to our updates at www.CESnrg.com/podcast-----The Solar Podcast is brought to you by Continental Energy Solutions with host Tim Montague, NABCEP PV Technical Sales. Continental is the largest commercial & industrial solar installer (solar EPC) in Illinois with over 100 projects and 60 MW of rooftop, ground mount and utility scale solar installations in the Midwest. Support the showConnect with Tim  Clean Power Hour  Clean Power Hour on YouTubeTim on TwitterTim on LinkedIn Email [email protected] Review Clean Power Hour on Apple PodcastsThe Clean Power Hour is produced by the Clean Power Consulting Group and created by Tim Montague. Contact us by email:  [email protected] sponsors who share our mission to speed the energy transition are invited to check out https://www.cleanpowerhour.com/support/The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by CPS America, maker of North America’s number one 3-phase string inverter, with over 6GW shipped in the US. With a focus on commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage, the company partners with customers to provide unparalleled performance and service. The CPS America product lineup includes 3-phase string inverters from 25kW to 275kW, exceptional data communication and controls, and energy storage solutions designed for seamless integration with CPS America systems.  Learn more at www.chintpowersystems.com