Category: Local Energy
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Forbes Magazine interviews Bill Nussey about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and how local energy is reshaping the century-old grid
Forbes Magazine explores the role of innovation in the century-old electric power industry.
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Podcast 98: John Berger and Michael Grasso: Sunnova wants to build a ground breaking local energy powered neighborhood and that is rattling cages. Will regulators let them?
John Berger and Michael Grasso of Sunnova share their vision for solar+battery neighborhoods and why California’s state regulators…
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Podcast 084: Jigar Shah: The US Department of Energy is breaking down barriers to Local Energy and the story goes way beyond science and technology.
How the DOE is going beyond science and engineering to help companies understand the emerging business models, financial…
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Podcast 083: Ben Polito: How a 60-year-old industrial company is transforming itself into a leader in the clean, local energy market.
Polito shares how Generac is shifting from fossil fuel based systems to a home energy storage platform that…
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Podcast 082: Amory Lovins – Local energy was born 20 years ago with the book Small is Profitable. Where will it go from here?
Lovins takes us back to the birth of local energy with the book “Small is Profitable,” and tells…
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PV Magazine Editor, Tim Sylvia, travels to Georgia to meet Bill Nussey and write about Bill’s journey into clean energy
In this wide ranging interview, Tim and Bill discuss local energy, monopoly power, historical precedents from AT&T and…
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Podcast 081: Bryan Hannegan: Can the electric utility industry reinvent itself? One small utility in Colorado is proving it can.
Bryan shares how Holy Cross is making local energy a central part of its strategy and reimagining its…
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Podcast 080: Gabriela Herculano: What’s behind the first-ever publicly traded fund (SHFT) for local energy?
Join host Bill Nussey and iClima’s Gabriela Herculano as they discuss the story behind the first-ever publicly traded…
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The Wall Street Journal may need a refresher course on capitalism
The WSJ’s criticism of net metering effectively endorses the status quo of California’s highly-regulated, uncompetitive, and failing electric…
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Excerpt from Freeing Energy book: What is it about?
An excerpt from Chapter 1 of the book Freeing Energy: What is the book about?
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Podcast 069: Wendy Philleo – How can a little sunshine in our schools speed the adoption of local energy?
Social Entrepreneur and non-profit leader, Wendy Philleo, Executive Director of Generation 180, joins host Bill Nussey as they…
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Podcast 068: Karl Rábago – Does adding local distributed energy defy conventional wisdom and save money for everyone?
Grid expert Karl Rabago talks with host Bill Nussey about the real value of local energy systems. Hint:…
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Hurricane Ida and another major grid outage in 2021
Hurricane Ida in New Orleans brought about the second region-wide power outage in the US this year. It’s…
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Podcast 066: Michael Liebreich Part Two – What are the biggest opportunities in our clean energy future?
Michael Liebreich, the world-renowned thinker, investor, philanthropist and much sought after advisor, talks about the biggest opportunities in…
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Rooftop solar can actually be cheaper than utility-scale solar farms
One of the most overused and misunderstood arguments among clean energy supporters is the notion that large scale…
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Small-scale solar installations create 10-times more jobs per megawatt than utility-scale solar
When it comes to job creation, small scale solar installations, like rooftop, commercial, and community, create far more…
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Podcast 065: Michael Liebreich – Is it time to go big or go home? Which renewable energy solutions should we pay attention to?
Michael Liebreich, the world-renowned thinker, investor, philanthropist and much sought after advisor, weighs in on the renewable energy…
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Podcast 064: Jorge Elizondo – How computer science is radically simplifying the design and operation of microgrids.
How one technology is changing the way microgrids are managed and operated, making each component MUCH SMARTER and…
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Podcast 062: Loren McDonald – Could the new Ford electric pickup truck disrupt the century-old electric grid?
Loren and Bill take a drive through the unexpected twists and turns that EVs will face in reshaping…
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Podcast 061: Garrett Nilsen – The Department of Energy may be the best way to fund energy tech startups that no one knows about
Bill Nussey interviews Garrett Nilsen, Deputy Director of the Solar Industry Technologies Office in the US Department of…