Podcast 091: Jennifer Garson/DOE: Is water power innovation dead in the water? Innovators and this DOE Team are charting a very different course that suggests anything but.
Garson helps us navigate the well-chartered waters of our nation’s oldest source of electricity generation and largest source today of energy storage. She shares just how big a role hydropower and marine energy can play and are already playing in shaping the future of clean renewable energy in communities nationwide.
Podcast 090: Bonus Content: Podcasters Roundtable – Experts Navigate Politics and Energy Transformation
Listen in as some of the cleantech industry’s top podcasters discuss current trends.
Podcast 089: Sophie Purdom and Kim Zou – An insider’s peek into the eye-opening report on 2022 climate tech venture investing.
These rising stars in the climate tech venture capital space share their personal stories and the results of their deep analysis of venture investments in the first half of 2022
Awesome Earthkind Energy podcast host Ron Kamen interviews Bill Nussey
Ron asked about the highest and lowest moments in Bill’s career as well as Bill’s biggest lessons learned from decades of building tech companies.
John Farrell interviews Bill Nussey on the ILSR podcast: Small Solar Frees Energy From Decades of Utility-Stifled Innovation
John Farrell, host of the Local Energy Rules podcast, interviews Bill Nussey, “I realized the same economic laws that drove the prices of computers, of internet bandwidth, and storage, those same laws, in different ways, were driving down the price of solar and batteries.”
Podcast 088: Greg Wetstone: How does this powerful Washington, DC renewable energy group connect the dots between local energy and the US transmission grid?
Greg Wetsone, the President of the American Council on Renewable Energy, and Bill Nussey wade into the mind-boggling labyrinth of policies that are shaping, or in most cases, impeding our transition to renewable energy.
Podcast 087: Jeff Cramer: How community solar can make local energy accessible to everyone.
Jeff shares where community solar is growing across the US, where it is being held back, and the efforts the CCSA is making to change thinking and policy around this fast-growing form of local energy.
#HeroesofFreeingEnergy: Vikram Aggarwal
Growing up in India, I experienced the shortage of electricity very personally. We did not have access to uninterrupted, good quality power. The thing that always bothered me was a thermal power plant I could see from my house. It was burning coal to produce electricity for the City of Delhi.”
#HeroesofFreeingEnergy: Gabriela Herculano
“I close my eyes and I can almost see – I can see the world in 2030 being fundamentally a different place. Cars, as we know them, will cease to exist. They’ll be computerized power plants on wheels. It will change everything, and it’s going to be extremely fast.”
#HeroesofFreeingEnergy: Luis Reyes
“What gets me most excited is that we’re finally going to deliver a product that anyone in the United States can use, and the world. We’re breaking down these old myths that this can’t be done, when here in north central New Mexico, we’re doing it.”
Monthly Local Energy Headlines and Analysis
The clean energy headlines from May 2022 including EV models that are cheaper than their gas-fueled equivalent, the European Commission’s rooftop solar mandate, and more.
Podcast 086: Titiaan Palazzi: How is AI reshaping the grid, and how will that affect local energy?
Palazzi explains the role of AI in the clean energy transition, and how Myst AI is improving the reliability of DERs and creating exciting new business opportunities.
Podcast 085: Arshad Mansoor: What is the grid’s biggest R&D team planning for the future and how does local energy fit?
Mansoor shares his vision for a clean energy future and the critical role of local energy in the emerging shared energy economy.
ATDC hosts a book signing and discussion for Bill Nussey and Freeing Energy
Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of Acumen, and Bill Nussey were joined by Steph Speirs, CEO of Solstice, Sarah Bieber, head of Partnerships at Acumen.
Podcast 084: Jigar Shah: The US Department of Energy is breaking down barriers to Local Energy and the story goes way beyond science and technology.
How the DOE is going beyond science and engineering to help companies understand the emerging business models, financial viability, and long-term value of clean energy.
The Freeing Energy book’s Table of Contents
A quick look at the table of contents and sections within the Freeing Energy book.
Bill Nussey keynotes the 2022 NC Energy Conference on why local energy is ideal way to address the urgency of climate change
Bill was invited to present the insights from his new book, Freeing Energy, in a talk called “The Unstoppable Rise of DERs.”
Podcast 083: Ben Polito: How a 60-year-old industrial company is transforming itself into a leader in the clean, local energy market.
Polito shares how Generac is shifting from fossil fuel based systems to a home energy storage platform that connects PV, batteries, loads, and the grid.
Busting the myths and misinformation around renewable energy
Freeing Energy has received widespread recognition, including positive reviews, and praise from entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers
A letter from Bill Nussey on Earth Day 2022
I didn’t start out as an environmentalist. But I became one.