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Episode 27: Wind Energy, Timber and Real Estate

Sweat the Details by Nest Realty

English - February 04, 2020 13:30 - 35 minutes - 80.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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Show Notes

- What is a utility-scale energy company?

- What inspired a Navy helicopter pilot to want to work in the clean energy field?

- Transition from Apex Wind to Apex Clean Energy

- Grid logistics, selling to Facebook

- Wind and solar projects are often built on agricultural land; these projects are an additional “crop”

- Impact on nearby communities

- A big company in a small town

- Building with timber instead of steel could help pull millions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere; Apex’s new building

- Working with architect Bill McDonough

- Apex employees to have more sustainable practices

- Grants for employees to put solar on their homes, for electric cars, charging stations at the new building

- Wind predictability and the grid

- Battery storage

- How wind and solar compliment each other

- The future of renewable energy in the US

- The future of Apex