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100,000 coal jobs have disappeared since 1980. Where did they go?
Were coal jobs the victims of a political war on coal or the result of over-zealous regulation? The…
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The earth gets more solar energy in one hour than the entire world uses in a year
Earth’s continents receive 23,000 terawatt hours of solar energy each year, compared to the 18.5 terawatt hours used…
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June Clean Energy Headlines
The biggest clean energy news and analysis from June 2019 * Solar has a new way to duck…
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Podcast #015: Marc Perez: Can we capture more sunshine and save big on energy storage?
Host Bill Nussey talks with Marc Perez of Clean Power Research about their groundbreaking research for creating a…
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There are more US jobs in solar than all fossil fuels put together
With all the attention on coal employment, you might think that coal has the biggest share of energy…
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What can you do with a megawatt-hour?
A megawatt hour, like it’s little sibling, the kilowatt hour, is a measure of electricity. But just how…
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Podcast #014: Finn Findley and Will Arnold – Quest Renewables: Can 1 Billion Parking Spots Help Power The US?
In our latest podcast, host Bill Nussey talks with Steve Kalland and Autumn Proudlove, from NCCETC, about the…
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If you’re interested in clean energy, you should check out these three books…
If you want to understand the transition to clean energy, there are three books you need to read.…
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Podcast #013: Steve Kalland and Autumn Proudlove: The Fifty States of Solar, EVs, and Grid Modernization
In our latest podcast, host Bill Nussey talks with Steve Kalland and Autumn Proudlove, from NCCETC, about the…
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May Clean Energy Headlines
*The US tops 2 million solar installations * Renewables to top coal generation for first time in April/May…
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How is coal formed?
Coal began as dead plants that fell to the bottom of vast swamps millions of years ago. Which…
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Ever wonder why we use so much coal? America was built on it.
From old steamboats to the mines of Appalachia, to World War II, to the oil crisis of 1973,…