Category: Articles
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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The bottom line on nuclear power – high costs and safety concerns darken its future (Part 7)
Nuclear power is the most divisive and debated of all electric generation solutions. Critics say Fukushima and Chernobyl…
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I learned the most important thing about wind power from climbing a turbine
I climbed a 250-foot wind turbine to learn firsthand how wind power is changing the landscape of global…
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Bill Nussey interviewed on Suncast podcast
My recent podcast interview with Suncast’s Nico Johnson covered a wide range of topics including the history of…