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Stories, analysis, and big ideas on the shift to clean, local energy.
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August 2020 Clean Energy Headlines
* California’s rolling blackouts * A plan for the world’s most efficient lithium-metal batteries * The continuing global…
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July 2020 Clean Energy Headlines
* A new consumer-friendly in-home energy storage solution * The positive feedback loop between lockdowns and solar generation…
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June 2020 Clean Energy Headlines
* Amazon’s new Climate Pledge Fund * More hurdles facing the Vogtle nuclear plant * A group fighting…
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Podcast 041: James Marlow – Are rules and regulations keeping pace with innovation in solar energy?
James Marlow shares his insights as a solar pioneer and explains how regulations and policy help and impede…
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Podcast 040: Dr. Nick Engerer – How does having precise weather data change the way we manage solar energy?
Dr. Nick Engerer explains how Solcast uses satellite data to provide 5-min interval forecasts on hyper-local cloud and…
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Straight facts on the environmental impact of coal: CO2 emissions, pollution, land, and water
Burning coal creates CO2, NOx, SO2, mercury, and uranium. Coal also uses large amounts of land and water.…
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May 2020 Clean Energy Headlines
* Solar and Wind replacing Gas and Coal worldwide * A surprise hiding the battery of Tesla’s Model…
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Podcast 039: Nussey and Easterby – How Is COVID-19 Impacting the electric grid and renewable energy?
Hosts Bill Nussey and Sam Easterby unveil 4 surprising insights on how COVID-19 is affecting the energy business,…
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Podcast 038: John Powers – Can software supercharge financial returns for commercial solar projects?
Host Bill Nussey interviews Extensible Energy’s CEO John Powers about how software can coordinate solar and HVAC to…
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April 2020 Clean Energy Headlines
* The COVID-19 pandemic slows the growth of the renewable energy industry * The amount of coal in…
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Podcast #037: Laura Sartore – What happens when we ditch panels and let our roofs, walls, and windows make affordable solar directly?
Bill Nussey talked with Ecoprogetti CEO Laura Sartore about the revolution in affordable and beautiful building integrated photovoltaics…
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Podcast #036: Joshua Rhodes – How will massive new data sets and some rational thinking shape the future of clean local energy?
When we think about a cleaner grid, we immediately think of solar and wind. But Joshua Rhodes explains…