Category: Solar
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Podcast #018: Bill Nussey and Sam Easterby: Separating fact from fiction about renewable energy.
The solar market is experiencing explosive growth. Freeing Energy Hosts Sam Easterby and Bill Nussey talk about the…
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Will waste from retiring solar panels overrun our landfills?
As solar continues to increase its share of global energy production, people are starting to wonder what we’ll…
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Podcast #017: Anya Schoolman and Solar United Neighbors: Can we change the future of energy at the community level?
Freeing Energy Podcast Host Sam Easterby talks with Anya Schoolman, the founder and Executive Director of Solar United…
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Podcast #016: Paul Gibbs & Paul Grana – Folsom Labs: Can software help accelerate adoption of Solar Power?
Folsom Lab founders Paul Gibbs and Paul Grana talk with Host Bill Nussey about how their easy to…
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The earth gets more solar energy in one hour than the entire world uses in a year
Earth’s continents receive 23,000 terawatt hours of solar energy each year, compared to the 18.5 terawatt hours used…
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Podcast #015: Marc Perez: Can we capture more sunshine and save big on energy storage?
Host Bill Nussey talks with Marc Perez of Clean Power Research about their groundbreaking research for creating a…
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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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Podcast #014: Finn Findley and Will Arnold – Quest Renewables: Can 1 Billion Parking Spots Help Power The US?
In our latest podcast, host Bill Nussey talks with Steve Kalland and Autumn Proudlove, from NCCETC, about the…
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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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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 inevitability of a solar powered future
There are few more important questions for the 21st century than how we will power our electric grids.…
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What is the best way to make electricity?
Coal, nuclear, wind, solar, or natural gas? What criteria should we use when comparing various types of electricity…
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Help wanted: the clean energy industry could really use the skills of tech executives
I was recently invited to speak a group of Georgia-based technology executives. I’ve included some excerpts from the…
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The U.S. government is really bad at predicting the growth in solar
It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future. — Yogi Berra At last week’s Intersolar conference in…
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How much solar would it take to power the U.S.?
Critics claim that there simply isn’t enough land in the U.S. to power the country with solar. We…
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Three months into Trump’s solar tariffs – are the promised new jobs in sight?
On February 7, 2018, the U.S. tariffs on imported silicon solar technology went into effect. As we approach…