Episode 57

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26th Jun 2025

Special Episode: HOPPECKE Battery Experts Charge Up DC Power Hour

Listen, in this episode of DC Power Hour, Allen is joined by Nick Fortune and Mike Vest of HOPPECKE Batteries Inc. as they discuss power outages, threats to the grid, and more with Ryan Wallace and Lucas Berndt from Eagle Eye Power Solutions.

Episode Highlights

5:09 –  My feeling is that the grid is overextended. It's under-built at the moment, and there's more and more power being placed on the grid every day, especially with the advent of artificial intelligence and data centers.

8:48 – Can we take things below ground and get the wires underneath so they don't get crunched by trees and limbs that come down.

11:01 – We recycle over 99.9% of our lead. We've won awards in many of those type of situations, we're very green.

33:42 – What do you guys think of bringing small nuclear reactors closer to the need for power? Microgirds?

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About the Podcast

DC Power Hour
From Eagle Eye Power Solutions
Welcome to “DC Power Hour”– the show where we will discuss everything related to – you guessed it – critical DC power solutions. Twice a month, we will get together and have a little fun talking with experts about the issues that are important to us and our industry. At Eagle Eye, we are huge on sharing knowledge, and our goal is to both educate and entertain our audience with this podcast. So, charge up, power on, or do whatever it is you have to do to get yourself excited for “DC Power Hour”!