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Why are the lights still out in Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico has become an island of generators. Almost 10 weeks after Hurricane Maria tore across the island,…
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A TED talk on accelerating the shift to clean energy
Electricity powers nearly every aspect of our modern, convenient lives. It’s so pervasive and easy that most of…
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Off-grid insights and innovations changing the face of rural Africa
Local Energy The vision behind the Freeing Energy Project is simple: electricity is moving away from fossil-fuels toward…
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How an Entire U.S. Town Became Battery-Operated
What if I told you the U.S. city blazing the local energy trail has a population of 2,800…
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Solar irrigation transforms small African farms
Kenya is a nation of farmers. About two-thirds of the country support themselves by tilling the ground, planting…
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Can solar lighting really be cheaper than kerosene?
Imagine if your day ended when the sun went down… Work stopped. Stores closed. Your home was dark.…
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Solar Home Systems in Africa Power Lights, Radios, Phones and Dignity
On my recent trip to Africa, Jacqueline Novogratz, the CEO of the anti-poverty organization, Acumen, shared something she’d…
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The Freeing Energy Blog Is Live!
Welcome to the official launch of my blog, FreeingEnergy.com! This blog, my recent TED talk, my 2018 book,…
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“Solar subsidies are so unfair”
For people in the nuclear and coal industry, solar and wind probably feel like some kind of invasive…
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Three Days at Solar’s Largest Trade Show
As I stepped into the airport taxi, the driver asked me what brought me to town. I told him,…
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A journey through Africa
A few years ago, on a vacation in Africa, we took a break from safaris and drove a…
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The section 201 trade case, Donald Trump and the $25 billion solar cliffhanger
The solar industry has been on a tear the last few years. In 2016, solar represented 39% of…