SMP 89: Solar Expert is the First Person to Drive Cross Country in Solar Electric Vehicle.

Episode Summary

In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Joshua Hill who is a solar consultant and is recently the first person to drive across the United States with solar powered vehicle. Joshua took an electric box truck weighing in at over 8 tons fueling it with only solar power. He talks about his cross country journey, predictions regarding electric vehicles, and why solar panels will be more commonplace on vehicles in the future.   His life goal is to help more than one million American homes and businesses go solar—on their terms, in the right way.

Benoy Thanjan

Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy, as well as an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer, and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar, as well as utility-scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges both energy and environmental commodities. 

Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity, which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity, to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche.

Joshua Hill

Joshua is a solar power consultant for all commercial/residential projects with extensive background in marketing and sustainability. Joshua is the owner of Awaken Solar is here to be trusted, independent advisor in the solar energy world.  Awaken serves to provide truth in energy to those who might invest in solar or becoming more energy efficient. Their goal is to educate customers with free content, and serve as a truly independent consultant in the solar and energy industries. Further, the company hopes to advance common-sense policies throughout America regarding energy.  Joshua “Sunshine” Hill has built Project Griffin out of an old EV made by Smith Electric Vehicles. He added solar panels to it, enough so that ALL of the fuel needed to charge each day could be harvested from the sun and has traveled across the United States.

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Benoy Thanjan

Email: [email protected] 

LinkedIn: Benoy Thanjan

Website: https://www.reneuenergy.com

Joshua Hill

Website:  https://awakensolar.com

Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuashill/

YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPts62LN9TH6HXkgf2DQkRQ

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/awakensolar/

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