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Posted By Kat Friedrich 03-16-2024 12:35 PM
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Impressive! ------------------------------ Kat Friedrich Editor in Chief American Solar Energy Society Monona WI ------------------------------
Posted By Kat Friedrich 03-13-2024 03:23 PM
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"In Kakuma Refugee Camp, Grace* is preparing dinner for her family. The smell of spices hangs in the air; the tomato stew and rice are nearly done. What makes tonight's meal special is not the menu but how it's made. This is the first meal Grace is cooking without burning charcoal or wood, instead using ...
Posted By Kat Friedrich 03-06-2024 09:48 AM
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"Often, companies seek public relations services with the goal of securing top-tier national news coverage - the desire to see their names in lights. But many cleantech B2B companies' news revolves around commercial announcements with no clear tie-in to broader market trends that merit national coverage. ...
Posted By Kat Friedrich 02-21-2024 02:48 PM
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"Renewable energy adoption around the world is picking up speed, fueled by maturing technology, massive federal incentives and increasing cost-competitiveness with fossil energy. Still, renewables make up only ~27% of the energy generated across the United States. A key factor slowing down progress ...
Posted By Kat Friedrich 02-14-2024 02:12 PM
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I totally agree with your comment about learning by doing. I observe that in my work all the time. ------------------------------ Kat Friedrich Editor in Chief American Solar Energy Society Monona WI ------------------------------
Posted By Kat Friedrich 02-13-2024 12:24 PM
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"As a residential and commercial solar salesperson for many years, I would often tell prospective customers that it was silly for them to pay for solar panels to generate electricity that they shouldn't have been using in the first place. It was an acknowledgment that, in a perfect world, they would ...
Posted By Kat Friedrich 02-12-2024 05:20 PM
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Hi Timothy, That's a cool anecdote. Thanks for sharing it with us! I appreciate your recent comments on this forum. Kat ------------------------------ Kat Friedrich Editor in Chief American Solar Energy Society Monona WI ------------------------------
Posted By Kat Friedrich 02-09-2024 07:40 PM
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Yes, @william fitch, AI is going to continue to be highly disruptive of the economy. As a journalist at ASES, I see it as my job to know how AI works in the news sense, so I have been taking classes with the University of Texas at Austin and the Associated Press. But I also am not using AI text or graphics ...
Posted By Kat Friedrich 02-07-2024 09:33 AM
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"Overreliance on artificial intelligence tools and chatbots like ChatGPT, Bard, Dall-E and others is a losing game. But that doesn't mean solar companies should turn their backs on this new technology. Solar companies are all about embracing emerging tech, right? Energy Circle, the digital marketing ...
Posted By Kat Friedrich 01-28-2024 04:25 PM
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@william fitch Unfortunately, a lot of the misinformation is intentional. Some of it comes from the interest groups described in this podcast. The right-wing groups behind renewable energy misinformation Volts remove preview The right-wing groups behind renewable energy misinformation ...
Posted By Kat Friedrich 01-27-2024 07:20 PM
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Yes, a lot of illogical comments do come up related to renewable energy and other technologies that are in the process of being adopted. ------------------------------ Kat Friedrich Editor in Chief American Solar Energy Society Monona WI ------------------------------
Posted By Kat Friedrich 01-24-2024 09:29 AM
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"Why is it so hard to convince others to change? Moving people from thought to action can prove extremely difficult even when the benefits of behavioral adoption are made clear and are an obvious improvement to personal, social and environmental systems. We tend to believe that with enough information ...
Posted By Kat Friedrich 01-15-2024 12:42 PM
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Solar Today is doing a special issue this June on the Energy Earthshots Initiative, a program of the U.S. Department of Energy. Do you know anyone who is knowledgeable about this initiative and might be interested in pitching an op-ed to me? They can send two paragraphs to me at kfriedrich@ases.org, ...
Posted By Kat Friedrich 01-15-2024 11:38 AM
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I am looking for an interviewee for an article on the Energize Delaware ZeMod Program. If you would be interested in participating, please let me know. Thank you, Kat ------------------------------ Kat Friedrich Editor in Chief American Solar Energy Society Monona WI --------------------------- ...
Posted By Kat Friedrich 01-09-2024 01:53 PM
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@Tor Valenza, thank you very much for your insightful response. I would encourage readers of this forum to check out Tor's podcast, especially the episode on Pooh. The solar heist is suspenseful as well. ------------------------------ Kat Friedrich Editor in Chief American Solar Energy Society ...
Posted By Kat Friedrich 01-08-2024 08:24 PM
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That's an interesting perspective, @william fitch. @Tor Valenza, would you like to reply? ------------------------------ Kat Friedrich Editor in Chief American Solar Energy Society Monona WI ------------------------------
Posted By Kat Friedrich 01-02-2024 02:21 PM
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@Mike Curran, that is what I was thinking too - and that is what prompted me to ask the question. I appreciate everyone's responses. ------------------------------ Kat Friedrich Editor in Chief American Solar Energy Society Monona WI ------------------------------
Posted By Kat Friedrich 01-02-2024 11:45 AM
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Our latest issue of Solar Today focuses on a topic that is sometimes overlooked: the role of marketing and social science in the energy transition. It is now available for members through our online portal. Here is a preview of the table of contents: Why Should Solar Professionals Care About Marketing? ...
Posted By Kat Friedrich 12-28-2023 09:54 PM
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I just wrote an article on the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's SolarAPP+ software. Here is a link to it in Ars Technica. It's nice to see that it has sparked a lively discussion in the comments section about the convenience and ease of solar permitting. Ars Technica is one of my freelance clients ...
Posted By Kat Friedrich 12-21-2023 01:26 PM
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Our December 2024 issue of Solar Today will focus on disaster resilience. You could certainly send me a two-paragraph pitch at kfriedrich@ases.org if you are interested in writing an article. You might be interested in the story I wrote on a related subject for Popular Mechanics: https://www.popu ...