Author: Bill Nussey
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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,…
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How much coal does it take to power a 100 watt lightbulb for a year?
If you want to get a visceral sense of how much coal it takes to power our world,…
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Podcast #012 – Dr. Deepak Divan: The century-old grid is evolving. How will we manage it?
Host Bill Nussey interviews Dr. Deepak Divan, the head of the Center for Distributed Energy at Georgia Tech,…
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Podcast #011 – Jeff Chamberlain: Are batteries the final puzzle piece for a clean energy grid?
Host Bill Nussey interviews Dr. Jeff Chamberlain, the CEO of venture capital firm Volta, about the exciting path…
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Five trends that will lead to the end of fossil fuels
There are five trends driving the replacement of fossil fuels with clean energy from the sun and wind,…
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April Clean Energy Headlines
* Clean energy generation tops coal in Spring 2019 * Batteries are a clean energy technology that both…
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Podcast #010 – Andy Klump: Inside China’s impact on the global renewable energy business
Host Bill Nussey interviews Andy Klump, CEO of Shanghai-based Clean Energy Associates about China and its increasing prominence…
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The top TED talks on clean energy
Over my 20 years attending TED, there have been a handful of mind-blowing talks on clean, renewable energy.…
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Podcast #009 – Bill Nussey: The clean energy renaissance and what it means for all of us
Host Sam Easterby interviews Freeing Energy founder Bill Nussey on the biggest trends and historical patterns propelling us…
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Creating the definitive list of cleantech investment firms
The Freeing Energy team is putting together the definitive list of venture capital and private equity firms investing…
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March Clean Energy Headlines
Record-breaking March headlines: * battery prices plummetted 35% in 2018 along with record deployments * biggest virtual power…
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Four steps to take your house off-grid
Taking your house or business entirely off-grid and powering it with clean energy isn’t easy today but these…
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Podcast #008 – Susan Kennedy: The future of energy will be distributed, digitized, and much, much smarter
Host Bill Nussey talks to Susan Kennedy, the CEO of visionary energy-tech company AMS, about how the grid…
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Podcast #007 – February Clean Energy Headlines including the Green New Deal
Hosts Sam Easterby and Bill Nussey discuss the biggest clean energy headlines of February 2019 including a deep…
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Podcast #006 – Greg Robinson: Making It Easy to Get Clean Energy 24/7
Host Bill Nussey talks to Greg Robinson, the CEO and co-founder of Drift. Greg’s company has built the…
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Why does the cost of renewable energy continue to get cheaper?
The price of solar cells has dropped 300-fold over the last four decades. What is driving this incredible…
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February Clean Energy Headlines
February headlines: the Green New Deal, corrupt coal lobbies, the biggest solar battery ever built, and the culprit…
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Podcast #005 – Amar Inamdar: One man’s journey to end energy poverty
Bill Nussey talks with Amar Inamdar of Kenya-based KawiSafi Ventures about using a venture capital investment model to…
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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…