Renewable energy technologies like solar, hydro, and wind require a lot of land. But, how does their impact compare to coal, nuclear, and natural gas?
Will your neighbor’s solar panels make your electric bill higher? We take a look at the research, data, and regulatory options behind the growing debate on the real cost impact of rooftop solar.
This is the second in our series. See part 1 here: Myth busting the crazy politics of clean energy: Is Solyndra proof that the US shouldn’t
Bill traveled to Germany to meet with Dr. Markus Fischer, one of the world’s foremost experts on the costs and economics of solar power. Dr. Markus shares the four main reasons that costs will continue to decline for many years to come.
A megawatt-hour is one of the most common measures of electricity. What is it, how does it relate to a megawatt, and how is it created?
Nuclear and coal plants cost more to build. Transmission investments have grown 10x over the last decade. But somehow solar+battery manages to get cheaper every year.
Thanks to technology, industries like transportation, food, and data processing are more affordable than ever before. But there is one technology-heavy industry where prices have been going up… electricity.
As solar power continues its rapid growth, will its large land requirements crowd out land otherwise needed for agriculture, farms, and pastures?
Will growing demand for solar panels put pressure on commodity supply chains, driving up costs, and even disrupting other industries? Not even close.
Successful startup CEO turned climate entrepreneur, Jason Jacobs interviews Bill Nussey on his podcast, My Climate Journey. Bill shares his own journey from the software business to clean energy author and entrepreneur.
Part of our Freeing Energy 101 series: a basic introduction to electricity. The article uses water as an analogy to explain voltage, current, resistance, AC, DC, power, and energy.
In the aftermath of Hurrican Maria, Puerto Rico was left in darkness for months. Many communities responded by building their own solar microgrid, taking responsibility for their own electric power now and into the future.
Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on Sept 20, 2017 and resulted in the worst blackout in American History. The lessons from this tragedy can teach us just how vital electricity has become for our modern society.
Electric vehicles will unleash a new set of competitive forces that will reshape the century-old electric monopoly business model
Electric vehicles (EVs) will transform transportation, and along the way, they will also transform the electric grid, in both positive and disruptive ways. I share some take-aways from a panel on EVs I recently led at the Center for Distributed Energy.
Energy from the wind and sun is intermittent and often unpredictable. Critics point to this as the fatal flaw of renewable energy and the reason electricity prices rose in places aggressively adopting it. Is this true?
As solar continues to increase its share of global energy production, people are starting to wonder what we’ll do with all the panels when they reach their end of life. How big a problem will this become?
A future powered by clean energy requires batteries to balance the intermittency of solar and wind. Experts say those batteries will be too expensive. Fortunately, by thinking differently, a clean energy future may be possible sooner than they think.
Were coal jobs the victims of a political war on coal or the result of over-zealous regulation? The real reason may surprise you.
Earth’s continents receive 23,000 terawatt hours of solar energy each year, compared to the 18.5 terawatt hours used by all of modern society each year.
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