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September 2020 Clean Energy Headlines
* General Electric’s decision to abandon coal * An analysis of electric vehicle maintenance costs * An unprecedented…
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Podcast 042: Charlie Gay – How can the US re-establish leadership in solar manufacturing?
Listen in as Charlie shares stories from his career and his plans for the first vertically integrated solar…
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Presentation: The coming age of self-powered buildings
I recently had the opportunity to speak at a virtual conference on the built environment called, Shadow Summit.…
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August 2020 Clean Energy Headlines
* California’s rolling blackouts * A plan for the world’s most efficient lithium-metal batteries * The continuing global…
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July 2020 Clean Energy Headlines
* A new consumer-friendly in-home energy storage solution * The positive feedback loop between lockdowns and solar generation…
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June 2020 Clean Energy Headlines
* Amazon’s new Climate Pledge Fund * More hurdles facing the Vogtle nuclear plant * A group fighting…
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Podcast 041: James Marlow – Are rules and regulations keeping pace with innovation in solar energy?
James Marlow shares his insights as a solar pioneer and explains how regulations and policy help and impede…
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Podcast 040: Dr. Nick Engerer – How does having precise weather data change the way we manage solar energy?
Dr. Nick Engerer explains how Solcast uses satellite data to provide 5-min interval forecasts on hyper-local cloud and…
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Straight facts on the environmental impact of coal: CO2 emissions, pollution, land, and water
Burning coal creates CO2, NOx, SO2, mercury, and uranium. Coal also uses large amounts of land and water.…
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May 2020 Clean Energy Headlines
* Solar and Wind replacing Gas and Coal worldwide * A surprise hiding the battery of Tesla’s Model…
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Podcast 039: Nussey and Easterby – How Is COVID-19 Impacting the electric grid and renewable energy?
Hosts Bill Nussey and Sam Easterby unveil 4 surprising insights on how COVID-19 is affecting the energy business,…
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Podcast 038: John Powers – Can software supercharge financial returns for commercial solar projects?
Host Bill Nussey interviews Extensible Energy’s CEO John Powers about how software can coordinate solar and HVAC to…
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April 2020 Clean Energy Headlines
* The COVID-19 pandemic slows the growth of the renewable energy industry * The amount of coal in…
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Podcast #037: Laura Sartore – What happens when we ditch panels and let our roofs, walls, and windows make affordable solar directly?
Bill Nussey talked with Ecoprogetti CEO Laura Sartore about the revolution in affordable and beautiful building integrated photovoltaics…
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Podcast #036: Joshua Rhodes – How will massive new data sets and some rational thinking shape the future of clean local energy?
When we think about a cleaner grid, we immediately think of solar and wind. But Joshua Rhodes explains…
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Introducing our Myths of Solar series
Solar needs subsidies to survive. Solar energy is diffuse and requires too much land. Rooftop solar will raise…
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When it comes to land impact, does solar, wind, nuclear, coal, or natural gas have the smallest footprint?
Renewable energy technologies like solar, hydro, and wind require a lot of land. But, how does their impact…
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March 2020 Clean Energy Headlines
* The EPA announces a temporary loosening of regulations due to COVID-19 * Coal just had its worst…
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Podcast #035: Ashvin Dayal – How is the Rockefeller Foundation using mini-grids to tackle energy poverty in Africa and India?
Ashvin Dayal, the SVP Power Initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation, talks with host Bill Nussey about how clean…
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Will rooftop solar drive up the cost of electricity, particularly for low income households?
Will your neighbor’s solar panels make your electric bill higher? We take a look at the research, data,…