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Stories, analysis, and big ideas on the shift to clean, local energy.
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How solar and batteries will unlock the electric monopolies and create a clean energy renaissance
The shift from fossil fuels to clean energy may prove to be the largest and most disruptive energy…
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Podcast #004 – Mary Anne Hitt: Grassroots effort closes coal plants
Host Bill Nussey talks with Mary Anne Hitt, Director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign, about their…
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The Green New Deal – climate salvation or too blue to be true?
Washington, DC has rediscovered the climate. Democratic rising star, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is championing the New Green Deal. We…
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January Clean Energy Headlines
Clean energy headlines from January: * Corporate clean energy purchases in 2018 shattered all previous records. * Tesla…
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Podcast #003 – Chris Riley: A Coal Miner’s Son Takes on a Giant Utility
Freeing Energy host Bill Nussey talks with Guzman Energy’s Chris Riley about growing up in a coal mining…
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Four questions investors should ask before funding cleantech startups (Part 4)
After the 2011 collapse of cleantech investing, the industry is starting to show signs of life once again.…
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Podcast #002 – Luis Reyes: David Takes on Goliath in Local Energy
How did David stand up to Goliath? In this modern-day take, hear the story about how two local…
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A blueprint for cleantech investing (Part 3)
Cleantech is one of the biggest and most exciting technology industries today. But, despite the buzz, it remains…
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Podcast #001 – Bill Nussey: Tech CEO Turned Local Energy Leader
On the inaugural episode of The Freeing Energy Podcast, co-host Sam Easterby interviews founder Bill Nussey on the…
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2018 was an amazing year for clean energy
Looking back, 2018 was an amazing year for clean energy. Price and installation records were shattered across the…
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How will we fund the transition to a clean energy future? (Part 2)
Even conservative estimates forecast that transitioning to clean energy will require trillions of dollars of investments. Where will…
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How venture investors lost $10 billion in the cleantech collapse of 2011 (Part 1)
Clean energy is one of the largest business opportunities in history. But, in 2011, the US venture capital…