E23 Thinking Green: Craig Spinner from Savant Power - Powering Your Smart Home With Clean Energy
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Savant Homes are more than just smart, they have a backup plan when the power goes out. Automate everything from lighting to music to video in every room, while not needing to rely on the grid. Watch as Mo speaks with Executive Vice President of Savant Power about how Savant is transitioning from the Smart Home to the Powered Home. Connect with Craig Spinner: Learn More : ________ Youtube: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: TikTok: LinkedIn: Listen to this podcast and others from Thinking Green here: ________ Apple Podcasts: Google Podcasts: ...
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E22: Doug Lewin - The State of Today's Struggling Texas Electrical Grid
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Join Mo (@_modalla) as he sits down with Doug Lewin, a nationally recognized energy expert, to dive into the fascinating world of the electric grid, renewable energy, energy efficiency, demand response, utility regulation, and pollution reduction. 🌍⚡ Tune in for an enlightening conversation that explores the future of sustainable energy and the steps we can take towards a cleaner, greener world. 🌱 Don't miss out on this insightful episode - it's a must-listen for anyone passionate about the power of renewable energy! 🔋✨ To learn more about the Texas Electrical Grid Conditions and...
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E21: Joe Ordia from Solar Surge - Creating value on YouTube in the Solar Industry
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Providing free educational resources online for people around the world may not seem like the best way to run a solar business. Today's guest, Joe Ordia, proves that creating value for people in the form of free solar and home battery backup education online is not only a cheap way to get in front of people shopping for solar, but also builds trust which ultimately leads to more inbound solar leads. Watch as Mo interviews Joe Ordia about his journey of becoming one of the most trusted resources in the United States Solar and Storage Community. To learn more about Joe Ordia, check out his...
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E20: Off-Grid RV with Andrew Claudio
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Thinking Green is about teaching the world how it actually is possible to transition to sustainable energy. Today's episode is a great example of how many Americans are choosing to downsize in order to unlock energy freedom as well as energy resilience. Andrew Claudio is a pioneer in the solar and storage space. He was there when solar and batteries were only in their infancy. Now, he lives with his wife and cat in a fully off-grid RV with solar panels, batteries, and an EV charger. He aims to unlock this energy freedom for as many people as possible through education and spreading love and...
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E19: DIY Electric Vehicles with Robert Powell
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Robert Powell is a mechanical and electrical engineer with a passion for electric vehicle technology. After his first DIY project converting an old motorcycle to a fully electric bike, Robert has been hooked on giving used vehicles a new, more efficient life. Now, Robert is an engineer for Arcimoto, working on highly efficient vehicles designed specifically for urban streets. In this episode, Robert envisions a world with electric school buses and delivery trucks, quieter roads, and fewer car owners thanks to fully autonomous rideshare services. Are electric jet skis and sailboats...
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E18: Arch Rao - Smart Panels For Smarter Homes
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Renewable energy should be convenient, resilient, and flexible for your lifestyle– as the Founder & CEO of SPAN, Arch Rao wants to modernize how you power your home by bringing household electric panels into the age of smart homes, so your electric panel can do more for you and your family. SPAN Panels are digital electric panels for the home that easily integrate with both existing electrical systems and modern renewable energy and smart home devices. Traditional electric panel technology has largely gone without updates for decades, but SPAN is developing technologies that...
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E17: Allison Johnson - How to Be a Better Storyteller
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We are relying on centuries-old energy technology to sustain our daily energy practices–but we’re now reaching a point where that infrastructure is starting to fail. In this transitional time, it’s more important than ever to look to companies like Enphase and Good Faith Energy to learn how to generate and distribute our own energy, and to create a clean-tech future. Allison Johnson is the Chief Marketing Officer of Enphase energy, which is a leading global supplier of microinverters and other clean tech products. Last year, they broke one billion dollars in revenue, and they employ over...
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E16: Jason Cortes - It’s Time to Dispense Electrons
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For Jason, environmental sustainability is important. But more than that, personal sustainability is important--that is, finding work that lights your inner fire and makes you want to go out into the world and do good. He’s found that life at Rivian. Since transitioning out of the oil and gas industry in 2017, native Texan Jason Cortes has turned to renewable and rechargeable energies. In between, he worked to help the community install and service clean energy solutions, and, ultimately, future-proof their businesses. He is now the RSM of the start-up Rivian, working on EVs and...
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E15: Appreciate the Journey
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Good Faith Energy is more than just a name--it’s a way of life. Mohammed has put his heart and soul into the company, and is now giving back in more ways than one, from university presentations to philanthropy. Today, you can get a peek into Mo’s personal life, and learn what challenges have driven him to be an entrepreneur who’s invested in the community’s future. Today’s episode of Thinking Green is dedicated to Mo’s father and all that he did to help Mohammed become who he is today. He’s tracing back his father’s history and how he brought his family a secure life in Canada...
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E14: Renee Kuehl And Melissa Schmid - When The Solar Panel Reaches Middle Age
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Recycling isn’t just about the blue bin on the curb anymore. People like Melissa and Renee are connecting renewable companies together so that they can recycle on a massive scale, and limit the amount of wasted equipment. Because of them, many companies have developed their own relationships and helped the industry use every last drop of solar power. Renee Kuehl is the director of sales and marketing for EnergyBin. Melissa Schmid is EnergyBin’s marketing communication manager. EnergyBin is a business-to-business network for solar companies to deal sustainably with their extra stock....
info_outlineHow important is it to make the power distribution system more resilient? It is a primary concern considering this era you live in. There’s always going to be a rise in demand for electricity with the technological advancements in various, rather all, sectors of living.
Mo, our host, makes it poignant that the power grid might collapse and fail to support. But, at the same time, there’s a high demand for energy supply, as he says,” The grid simply might not maintain itself because of its age, because of its fragility, because of its poor overall design.” And that is why you might want to look for immediate solutions and recovery.
In this episode of Thinking Green, Mo digs deep into the need for a distributed power system that can operate independently of any more significant grid force. Prior precautions might save you from an unforeseen, miserable situation that severe weather conditions might cause, a sudden increase in power consumption, and the resultant long-standing power outage in your place if the grid doesn’t support its supply. So, tune in for an illuminating episode that puts light not only on the need for increasing energy resilience but also the alarming situation you might land upon if you are not alive to its difficulty.
What you will learn:
- What consequences cropped up as the Texas ERCOT energy grid collapsed due to inclement weather conditions in the near past.
- What resulted in a “tight grid condition” as announced by ERCOT recently and what was being demanded to be done in such an alarming situation.
- How distributed solar and backup energy would help sustain a balance between the supply and demand of power.
- What are the threats electric vehicles might pose on the power grids once the former get into the mainstream.
- And much more!
Favorite Quote:
“The key to being a long-term player is to create a new distributed nature of a power grid that allows people to put rooftop solar and battery backup systems with suitable financing mechanisms at affordable rates with five-star services.
- Mohammed Abdalla
How to Get Involved:
Mohammed Abdalla is the Founder & CEO of Good Faith Energy and its subsidiary companies. He has grossed over $30m in lifetime sales – building his business from a minor, $40,000 loan into the 50+ employee company it is today. He has a lifelong passion and dedication to the pursuit of renewable energy and its social impact.
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