Bill Nussey, Author at Freeing Energy

FOR STARTUPS: Freeing Energy is the on-ramp for clean energy entrepreneurs and innovators

Freeing Energy is the only book that is written by an entrepreneur and investor for entrepreneurs and investors. It covers dozens of emerging, multi-billion dollar segments in local energy.

FOR RENEWABLES FANS: Freeing Energy offers a new and faster path to clean energy!

While politicians and climate leaders struggle to move fast enough on clean energy, the rest of us don’t have to wait. Join the Local Energy revolution!

Press Release for Freeing Energy Book

PRESS RELEASE: December 6, 2021, Atlanta Georgia.

Excerpt from the Freeing Energy book: Utilities versus the Future

An excerpt from Chapter 5 in the book Freeing Energy, Pattern of Innovation. What is the Five Orders innovation strategy framework?

Excerpt from the Freeing Energy book: the Five Orders cleantech innovation framework

An excerpt from Chapter 5 in the book Freeing Energy, Pattern of Innovation. What is the Five Orders innovation strategy framework?

Excerpt from Freeing Energy book: What is it about?

An excerpt from Chapter 1 of the book Freeing Energy: What is the book about?

#HeroesofFreeingEnergy: Samir Ibrahim

“I have tattooed on my left forearm the coordinates of the port of Zanzibar, where my family entered East Africa in 1850 as traders.” Samir Ibrahim, CEO of SunCulture

How much CO2 and other pollution comes from burning coal?

How much CO2 and other kinds of pollution would be released if we powered a 100-watt lightbulb for a year using electricity from a coal plant? Let’s dig in.

Hurricane Ida and another major grid outage in 2021

Hurricane Ida in New Orleans brought about the second region-wide power outage in the US this year.

It’s time for a more resilient grid.

Rooftop solar can actually be cheaper than utility-scale solar farms

One of the most overused and misunderstood arguments among clean energy supporters is the notion that large scale utility solar is cheaper to build than smaller, rooftop systems. The truth is that they compete in entirely different markets.

Podcast 055: Steve LeVine – Batteries were invented 220 years ago. Why are they suddenly critical to our grid?

Batteries are not a new idea but plummeting costs have positioned them to disrupt two of the world’s biggest industries: automobiles and the electric grid. Listen in as battery guru Steve LeVine helps us understand how this will all unfold.

Podcast 054: Abigail Ross Hopper – What are the top policy priorities shaping the future of the solar industry?

What should the new administration focus on? How do we balance domestic manufacturing with low cost imports? Abby shares her insights on this and much more.

Natural gas was the biggest contributor to the Texas grid outage of 2021

natural gas was the main culprit in the Texas black out

The real cause of the Texas grid outage of 2021 have been lost amidst misguided political bickering. This graph, which is based on undisputed publicly available data, makes it clear what happened.

Making ethanol from corn is the least efficient use of farmland

American farm in Iowa should host solar panels

Corn is the #1 crop grown on US farms. Most of it is used to make gasoline-additive ethanol. Solar is the much smarter option.

Podcast 053: Bernadette Del Chiaro — Could a change in California’s net metering policy cripple residential solar?

California is considering whether to change its pioneering net metering program. The future of local energy is at stake. Bernadette explains the issues behind this make-or-break policy in 2021.

Are solar panels really full of toxic materials like cadmium and lead?

The truth is that solar panels are made almost entirely with abundant, earth-friendly materials like glass, aluminum, copper, and silicon. However, as the market for solar continues to expand, concerns have emerged about trace toxic compounds used in panels. The first, lead, is widely used for soldering electronic components together. Each standard solar panel contains […]