Beyond the Layout
Beyond the Layout is a long-form solar industry podcast focused on honest, technical conversations with the people building the energy transition, and without the marketing filter. Follow the show for future episodes, and share it with someone shaping the future of solar.
Episodes
4 episodes
#4 Meteonorm & Energy System Economics | Jan Remund
Jan Remund — the mind behind Meteonorm — walks through how solar modeling actually came to be, and why a lot of it was built out of necessity, not precision.As solar gets cheaper, the problem shifts. It’s no longer about generatin...
#3 Snow Loss and & the Origins of Solar in the U.S. | Tim Townsend
Tim Townsend — creator of the Townsend Snow Loss Model — joins us to talk about what decades of real field data say about PV performance, degradation, and winter production.We get into why the industry once believed PV didn’t degrade, ho...
#2 What Actually Makes a Solar Project Bankable? | Logan Boutilier
Most projects look bankable on paper. Fewer hold up when lenders start digging. Logan Boutilier, VP of Engineering at Aspen Power and a former DNV Engineer, joins us to break down what actually separates optimistic modeling from le...
#1 Inside the Utility Queue: How Solar Interconnection Really Works | Ed Mirfin
What really happens after you hit submit on a solar interconnection? Utility engineer Ed Mirfin joins us to explain how utilities actually study solar project, what triggers costly upgrades, and how smarter design decisions c...
