Podcast appearances and mentions of jeff spies

Jeff Spies is organizing The Solar Roots Party in Grass Valley California on October 24-26 at the Grass Valley Fairgrounds. This will be the fun event of the decade for the solar industry, and all are invited. Party with the solar legends that helped start the solar industry. There will be 2 viewings of the Solar Roots – The Pioneers of PV movie which was produced by Jeff Spies. Jeff is my favorite Solar historian, and he knows the history. Become part of history and have a great time doing it at this party.   Topics covered: Overview of the documentary film, Solar Roots: The Pioneers of PV AEE Solar www.test-shop.aeesolar.com Birth of Solar Pioneer party Filming the Solar Pioneers Purpose of the film Early PV Panel Costs Origins of Solar Industry and Culture Hippies and their solar story Electrochemical Reaction ARCO Solar Module Cell Evolution ARCO 16-2000 ARCO 16-2300 Charge controller Self regulating system Lead acid battery Edmond Becquerel Albert Einstein Solar Energy Wisdom Hippie Magic Solar Roots Party Details Importance of solar educators RE+ in Vegas www.re-plus.com Solar Industry Market Solar tax credit risk Tax credit restrictions Jeff's Commitment to the Industry Sean's Book Gets a Strong Endorsement   Find out more on: Planet Plan Sets Website: www.planetplansets.com Solar-Roots Website: www.solar-roots.com   Learn more at www.solarSEAN.com and be sure to get NABCEP certified by taking Sean's classes at www.heatspring.com/sean

Where do we start, in this podcast we covered many things and Jeff Spies is very active and connected in the solar industry.   Here is a short list of what Jeff does and has done:   Owner of Planet Plansets www.planetplansets.com NABCEP Board of Directors www.nabcep.org/about-us/board-of-directors CALSSA Board of Directors www.calssa.org Solar Roots, the Pioneers of PV Documentary, Executive Producer www.solar-roots.com The Solar Panel Podcast www.linkedin.com/company/the-solar-panel-podcast   Here are some of the many topics we covered: Solar PV origin in Humboldt and Mendocino Counties in Northern California Marijuana wars with guns in Northern California: solar using weed growers vs. the Feds Hippie Definition Rednecks and Hippies Hipnecks AEE Solar David Katz is a genius DC Power Solar Depot Real Goods  Solar Living Institute Ironridge Quickmount Stuart Wentworth Claudia Hansen Wentworth Johnny Weiss Go Green Solar Home Power Magazine Humboldt Country Nika Show Oregon Solar Energy Industry Boogy rough cut version Plastics Blue grass Solar Pioneer Party Bell Labs BriceLand, CA Brian Tittlebaum Solar PV Magic Nobel Prize Solar Pioneers group in Facebook John Burdner Brian Teitelbaum Davey Rittner Jason Vetterli Wendy Dankof Gov. Jerry Brown Bob McKee Joseph Marino Keisha Johnny Hill Sam Vanderhoof Ron Kennedy John Schaefer Arthur Rudin Ezra Auerbach Richard Perez Bob O. Schultz Kathleen Schultz Mark Moroz Charlie Gay Albert Einstein Edmund Becquerel Adams and Day Charles Fritz   Learn more at www.solarSEAN.com and be sure to get NABCEP certified by taking Sean's classes at www.heatspring.com/sean

Aaron and Kate visit with Jeff Spies of Planet Plan Sets, Louis Woofenden of Net Zero Solar, and Connor Morrison of Unirac to talk PV racking. Plus, another “Tales from the Roof” The post Solar Tech Talk, Episode 5: PV Racking Standards and Knowledge U.S. Contractors Need to Know appeared first on BayWa r.e. Solar Systems.

Welcome to Episode 46 of SunCast. I'm your host, Nico Johnson, and I'm so glad you're back with me again this week!  My friend, and fellow podcaster, Jeff Spies, has been in the solar industry for nearly exactly the same amount of time I have (that's 11 yrs and counting!) and I don't think Anybody has spent as much time as he has thinking about how to tell the story of the dawn of the Solar PV Industry and the vanguards who ushered it out of obscurity and into mainstream. His Solar Pioneer parties are legendary, so stay tuned to hear how you can attend the 3rd and final one this November! In today's episode, we get into detail about: Jeff's journey into solar, from his early days at AEE to now What exactly is this Solar Pioneers party he keeps talking about on LinkedIn and Facebook and why you should attend? Which contractor trade Jeff expects solar to most resemble as it continues to evolve His take on Hot or Not, and of course, books, lessons learned and much more. If YOU have someone or something you think should be on Suncast, you can shoot me an email, a LinkedIn message, or even just pop over to the website and leave me a quick Voicemail, right from your smartphone! That website is www.mysuncast.com and email is nico@mysuncast.com. This episode is brought to you in partnership with Solrates.com, the fast and Free online platform for providing your commercial customers with a credible lease financing proposal. If you have projects over $100K value, and you'd like to see how Solrates can help You quickly and easily deliver a financing proposal to your customers, please reach out to me directly for an invitation code to join the platform. Enjoy this week’s episode of SunCast, with Jeff Spies of Quick Mount PV.

Welcome to Episode 46 of SunCast. I'm your host, Nico Johnson, and I'm so glad you're back with me again this week!  My friend, and fellow podcaster, Jeff Spies, has been in the solar industry for nearly exactly the same amount of time I have (that's 11 yrs and counting!) and I don't think Anybody has spent as much time as he has thinking about how to tell the story of the dawn of the Solar PV Industry and the vanguards who ushered it out of obscurity and into mainstream. His Solar Pioneer parties are legendary, so stay tuned to hear how you can attend the 3rd and final one this November! In today's episode, we get into detail about: Jeff's journey into solar, from his early days at AEE to now What exactly is this Solar Pioneers party he keeps talking about on LinkedIn and Facebook and why you should attend? Which contractor trade Jeff expects solar to most resemble as it continues to evolve His take on Hot or Not, and of course, books, lessons learned and much more. If YOU have someone or something you think should be on Suncast, you can shoot me an email, a LinkedIn message, or even just pop over to the website and leave me a quick Voicemail, right from your smartphone! That website is www.mysuncast.com and email is nico@mysuncast.com. This episode is brought to you in partnership with Solrates.com, the fast and Free online platform for providing your commercial customers with a credible lease financing proposal. If you have projects over $100K value, and you'd like to see how Solrates can help You quickly and easily deliver a financing proposal to your customers, please reach out to me directly for an invitation code to join the platform. Enjoy this week’s episode of SunCast, with Jeff Spies of Quick Mount PV.

Quick Mount PV is proud to present a monthly, hour-long podcast series that is a discussion of topics that matter to rooftop solar installers and others in the solar industry. Hosted by veterans of the solar industry, Jeff Spies, Sr Director of Policy & Susan Stark, NABCEP Certified PV Technical Sales Professional™ & Product Specialist/Technical Trainer, of Quick Mount PV. For our inaugural episode Jeff and Sue discuss their key take-aways and conclusions of the recent NABCEP CE Conference in Dallas. The sessions and panels recapped include: • Residential Roof Racking Systems – Rail vs Rail-less and Building Integrated PV Panel - WileyBurndy Solar Solutions for Grounding, Bonding & Wire Management - SEI PV with Energy Storage for Residential Applications - Rapid Shutdown Requirements and Solutions Panel - UL 2703 – PV System Bonding/ Grounding and Fire Classification Panel - Calculating Payback in a Post NEM Market Panel Subscribe to our podcast on SoundCloud, Sticher, TuneIn and iTunes!

In this Solar Speaks episode, we chat with Jeff Spies at Quick Mount PV about solar installations on tile roofs, including when solar installers should suggest new roof installs before putting in solar. This podcast is sponsored by Quick Mount PV.

The Solar Pioneers, many people don't understand how this billion dollar industry in America grew from a few people trying to solve a problem. This episode I talk with fellow solar educator and business person Mr. Jeff Spies. Jeff is a great educator and passionate person about the future of our plant and the human condition. Jeff's interview is an affirmation to follow your heart to gain happiness in life. Chase experiences not things. We talk about the importance of education and responsibility of gaining the knowledge you need to prosper, often it goes beyond college. Education is a lifelong occupation. Jeff has a real human passion for AEE solar founder David Katz as a mentor/friend. The time with AEE solar along with his introduction to Solar energy changed his life in so many positive ways.   Hang out and Have a listen Go live The Billionaire Lifestyle

Scientists at Bell Labs made the first solar cell in 1954. A dozen years later entrepreneurs started installing solar panels on rooftops. Now we have over one million homes and businesses powered by solar panels. We owe much of this success to the thousands of men and women who pioneered the solar industry. They are the ones who had visions of solar panels on every sunny rooftop. Jeff Spies, now with Quick Mount PV, had the idea to get these solar pioneers together. “In October 2015, a group of dedicated solar professionals gathered in southern Humboldt County for the first-ever Solar Pioneers Party,” said Jeff. “These incredible people assembled to celebrate the birth of the solar industry and recognize the contributions of those intrepid backwoods solar engineers and mad scientists that made solar home power possible.” The second Solar Pioneers gathering is coming up in the middle of October. And it's not just a gathering of solar old-timers, or an opportunity to test that solar powered defibrillator. The strategies, tactics and sheer force of will that got our industry off the ground is in just as much need today. So please join me on this week's Energy Show on Renewable Energy World as my special guest, Jeff Spies, talks about the next Solar Pioneers Gathering. Copyright 2016 All Rights Reserved

In this Solar Speaks podcast, Jeff Spies, senior director of policy at Quick Mount PV and secretary at NABCEP, discusses the growing complexities of codes and standards in the rooftop solar market and how solar installation companies can address related issues. “Because the industry has grown so significantly, we’ve seen many building officials in the solar-active states take a great interest in how to validate the PV systems being mounted on roofs [to ensure they] comply with building, fire code and electric codes,” Spies says in the podcast. Listen and learn as Spies discusses these topics and more.

Listen to Jeff Spies, Senior Director of Policy of Quick Mount PV and Mark C. Gies, Vice President, Reliability and Compliance with PanelClaw discuss the pending regulations in great depth with SPW in preparation for the ongoing discussions at Solar Power International.