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Freeing energy : how innovators are using local-scale solar and batteries to disrupt the global energy industry from the outside in / Bill Nussey

by Nussey, Bill, author.

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[United States] : Mountain Ambler Publishing, [2021]

Renewable energy sources.

9781732544642 (paperback)

1732544646 (paperback)

ix, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

In search of energy freedom. Nine dark months ; The big grid's glorious beginnings ; The biggest business opportunity in history ; What is freeing energy? -- Your power is failing. Poisoning the planet (#1) ; Frighteningly fragile (#2) ; 770 million people without electricity (#3) ; Losing steam (#4) ; Short circuiting our choices (#5) -- The rise of local energy. Local energy 101 ; Small is the new big ; Consumerization turbocharges local energy ; The local energy decade -- From fuels to technologies. A short history of solar ; Solar is a technology, not a fuel ; Solar-The Rodney Dangerfield of energy ; The superpowers of solar ; Battery superpowers ; Negawatts -- Hidden patterns of innovation. The cleanpocalypse of 2011 ; The roots of innovation ; Manufacturing solar and batteries ; China's edge ; Far more than the sum of the parts -- Billion dollar disruptions. New possibilities for power ; Choreographing electrons ; Big oil vs the big grid ; Fuels 2.0: hydrogen ; Your EV is a wireless grid ; Super-cheap excess electricity ; A new grid for Africa -- Utilities vs the future. Goliath roars ; David roars back ; A monopoly parable ; The local energy bill of rights ; Reinventing electric monopolies -- The battle for public opinion. Myth: solar is too expensive ; Myth: solar takes too much land ; Myth: not enough raw materials ; Myth: retired panels are a waste nightmare ; Truth: intermittency is challenging, for now ; What about nuclear? -- Unlocking our power. Building energy freedom ; Upgrading policy ; Politicians love local energy ; Really big opportunities ; 100% for the 100% -- Powered by innovators. Built for local ; Making the priced irresistible ; Unleashing the energy internet ; Funding the revolution ; You can take it from here -- One more thing -- Appendix: a primer on electricity.

"The transition to clean energy is moving far too slowly. Trapped by a century of fossil fuel investments and politicians that struggle to plan beyond the next election, the "Big Grid" that powers our modern world is outdated and in dire need of an upgrade. Freeing Energy offers a new and faster path towards a clean energy future-one that is more reliable, more equitable, and cheaper. Just like personal computers eclipsed mainframes, millions of solar rooftops and small battery systems are challenging every assumption about our century-old, centralized electric grid. These small-scale "local energy" systems are deeply disruptive because they are based on fast-moving technologies, not fuels. Driven by a new generation of innovators and genuinely competitive markets, smaller systems are faster to build, easier to finance, cleaner to operate, and they create far more jobs than large-scale projects"--Amazon.

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