A megawatt-hour is one of the most common measures of electricity. What is it, how does it relate to a megawatt, and how is it created? Read More
What is a Megawatt-Hour?
Technology makes things cheaper… except for the grid
Thanks to technology, industries like transportation, food, and data processing are more affordable than ever before. But there is one technology-heavy industry where prices have been going up… electricity. Read More
Do we have enough materials to make the solar panels needed for a clean energy future?
As more and more solar panels are installed, is there a risk that we will run out of the critical materials to building them (like silver, copper, and aluminum)? Read More
Understanding the basics of electricity by thinking of it as water
Part of our Freeing Energy 101 series: a basic introduction to electricity. The article uses water as an analogy to explain voltage, current, resistance, AC, DC, power, and energy. Read More
Podcast #018: Bill Nussey and Sam Easterby: Separating fact from fiction about renewable energy.
The solar market is experiencing explosive growth. Freeing Energy Hosts Sam Easterby and Bill Nussey talk about the long term environmental impacts of solar. Is there really enough land and how will we dispose of the panels when they need to be retired? Read More
Will waste from retiring solar panels overrun our future landfills?
As solar continues to increase its share of global energy production, people are starting to wonder what we’ll do with all the panels when they reach their end of life. How big a problem will this become? Read More
How batteries will create the clean energy future much faster than you think
A future powered by clean energy requires batteries to balance the intermittency of solar and wind. Experts say those batteries will be too expensive. Fortunately, by thinking differently, a clean energy future may be possible sooner than they think. Read More
There are more US jobs in solar than all fossil fuels put together
With all the attention on coal employment, you might think that coal has the biggest share of energy jobs, right? Not by a long shot. Data from United States Energy Employment Report and the Solar Foundation tell a very different story. Read More
What can you do with a megawatt-hour?
A megawatt hour, like it’s little sibling, the kilowatt hour, is a measure of electricity. But just how much is it? How long will it light a bulb? How far can it drive an electric car? Read More
Where does coal come from?
It took hundreds of millions of years to create the world’s coal reserves, yet we’ll use most of it in a matter of centuries. Which countries have the most coal? And which are making the biggest use of what they have? Read More
