Everything Solar Forum

Each Tuesday at noon (Eastern) solarPVtraining.com hosts a Zoom sessions for students (or anyone, really) interested in solar. 

Generally discussion focuses on technical questions, problems or troubleshooting - or just what is happening in solar that week.

This week we recap the major solar trends from 2024 and what to expect in 2025.

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Jay Warmke
Owner
Blue Rock Station LLC
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Thanks so much for this, Jay! 

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Ella Nielsen
Membership & Engagement Director
American Solar Energy Society
Boulder CO
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Indeed Jay,   

Solar Manufacturing Facilities should all be powered by solar as much as possible, as a closed loop this can assure that production can continue regardless of the grid condition. Nevertheless reservations are a bit concerned about the energy it takes to produce all this AI and this Crypt-Currency like Bitcoin. Truth is the human family can live very well upon this planet without any of this, as artificial intelligence by its very name suggest humans are not that intelligent so a machine is needed to govern these silly primates.  There should be developed a better medium of exchange for sure but maybe one  that does not use all that electricity just to buy, and trade goods and services among the various groups of human beings? 

AI's Growing Power Needs: Tech Industry's Move Towards Nuclear Power

According to recent estimates, Bitcoin uses around 155 to 172 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity annually, which is comparable to the energy consumption of a country like Poland. 
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Timothy Mcbride
CEOOwner
Sol-Era R & D
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Jay, Your data and number crunching crushed it! -wyldon

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Wyldon Fishman
President and Founder
New York Solar Energy Society (NYSES)
Bronx NY
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