#HeroesofFreeingEnergy: Abby Hopper
“I was an EMT and then, when I went to college, I joined the rescue squad and I became a firefighter as well. After college I became a lawyer by training, so immediately prior to entering the energy industry, I was a divorce litigator.
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
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 resilience and savings they offer. Freeing Energy offers history, context, and digestible explanations of this crucial issue.
#HeroesofFreeingEnergy: John Farrell
“We think that energy democracy means figuring out how to create the rules of a system so that people can have that decision-making power. The biggest problem about monopoly utilities is that they have too much political power to write the rules of the system in which they operate.” John Farrell of the Institute for Local Self Reliance
#HeroesofFreeingEnergy: Andrew “Birchy” Birch
“I was born in the Highlands of Scotland, and I didn’t see the sun for four months… Later, I discovered what solar was going to do to the energy industry, and saw the math.” Andrew “Birchy” Birch, Co-Founder of OpenSolar
#HeroesofFreeingEnergy: Dr. Jemma Green
“I said, ‘I’m a returning Western Australian. My background’s in banking and sustainability, and I want to build an eco-village in Perth.'” Dr. Jemma Green, Co-founder of Power Ledger
#HeroesofFreeingEnergy: Andy Klump
“I grew up in St. Louis where my father was a taxi driver for 44 years…I pretty much had to bootstrap a lot of my own funds as a kid…” Andy Klump, CEO of Clean Energy Associates
FOR AFRICA: An exciting new path for addressing energy poverty
Freeing energy shares the stories and insights of the visionaries that are addressing energy poverty by crowdsourcing a brand-new type of grid in the Global South.
Freeing Energy is now a book… it hits #1 on Amazon’s New Releases in Energy
After four years, six countries, 320 interviews, and almost 400 endnotes, the Freeing Energy book launches today.
Podcast 073: Bill and Melinda Nussey: Write a book about clean energy? Some thought he was nuts but she said let’s go for it!
Bryan Hassin, Co-Founder and CEO of the “rocket ship” accelerator Third Derivative, discusses how the company is using radical new methods to increase the speed to market and long-term success for climate innovation.