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.
#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
DisrupTV hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar talk with Bill Nussey about the huge startup opportunity for local energy
DisrupTV covers “A-list guests, the latest enterprise news, hot startups, insight from influencers, and much more.”
Podcast 078: Danny Kennedy – An inside look at the amazing California clean tech ecosystem that’s reshaping how startups are built.
Danny Kennedy and the state of California have helped launch hundreds of energy tech companies around the world. Learn why and how they did it.
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 utilities.
Cleantechnica: Podcast host Michael Barnard talks with Bill Nussey about his chart-topping new book on local energy
“The world is obsessed with gigabets on offshore wind and nuclear and there’s a traffic jam of political systems. People can pull into the express lane, contribute in a personal way, and get great business value as well.”
Bill Nussey discusses his new book on Norton Rose Fulbright podcast, Currents
Bill Nussey joined Currents host, Todd Alexander, to discuss Bill’s new book and “… the shift to cleaner, cheaper energy.”
#HeroesofFreeingEnergy: Becca Jones-Albertus
“I remember a home in Tibet where the walls were black with soot from the flame they burned for their light. The main lighting source was kerosene, which is really terrible for indoor air quality. It was powerful to think about the potential for solar and renewable energy to improve quality of life.”
#HeroesofFreeingEnergy: Deepak Divan
“I used to go and spend summers with my grandparents in a small little village in Maharashtra [India] and there was no electricity, there was no light, there was no sewage. There was nothing.
#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
A livestream event with the IEEE Power and Energy Society US Student Chapters
The livestream podcast explored Bill’s journey from software entrepreneur and corporate leader, to electrical grid philosopher and local energy advocate.
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: 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: Jemma Green
“I’m very excited about the idea of working on a paradigm shift and helping to transition to low-cost, low-carbon, and stable energy, and impacting the lives of a billion people. It makes me want to get out of bed every morning and work on that.”
#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.
Bill Nussey shares his journey of writing Freeing Energy at the book launch celebration
From a chance discussion in a mud hut in Kenya to climbing a wind turbine, Bill steps through his four-year journey to write Freeing Energy.
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.