Bill’s Notes
Bill’s notes
Essays, analysis, and arguments on the shift to clean, local energy.
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To be written – Energy is following the path of computing
Centralized giants, disrupted by small, cheap, networked technology. Telephones, computers — and now electricity: the same story is…
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To be written – How the first, biggest hydropower plant at Niagara Falls enabled the Wright Brothers to fly
The world’s first large power plant at Niagara Falls solved a problem that, a few years later, helped…
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To be written – Edison, Insull, and Westinghouse: the war that built the grid
How a feud between Thomas Edison, his protege Sam Insull, and rival George Westinghouse created the electric utility…
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The Freeing Energy book’s Table of Contents
A quick look at the table of contents and sections within the Freeing Energy book.
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Busting the myths and misinformation around renewable energy
Freeing Energy has received widespread recognition, including positive reviews, and praise from entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers
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A letter from Bill Nussey on Earth Day 2022
I didn’t start out as an environmentalist. But I became one.
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The Freeing Energy podcast is ranked #1 among Renewable Energy podcasts
Feedspot, one of the top sources for podcast rankings, puts Freeing Energy at the top of its list.
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Putin’s war in Ukraine may do more to accelerate renewables than all the speeches at COP26
Bill Nussey’s monthly letter: how the tragic Russian invasion of Ukraine will accelerate the path to a renewable…
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Announcing the Japanese translation of Freeing Energy
The Freeing Energy book has is now available in Japanese. Here’s the story of how it was written.
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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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PRAISE: Reviewers, investors, entrepreneurs weigh in on Freeing Energy
Freeing Energy has received widespread recognition, including positive reviews, and praise from entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers
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ON NET METERING: The most contentious and complex issue in local energy in 2022
NEM is at the center of families’ rights to build their own renewable energy systems and enjoy the…