I’ve been having good luck recently in meeting strangers at social events with super-relevant backgrounds and interests. Sunday night’s wine-tasting event with friends was another terrific example. I sat next to Bill Klipstein, Ph.D. in physics, who heads a team …
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The Wind Energy Industry and Deutsche Bank’s Three Pillars of a Successful Market
When a speaker at yesterday’s CleanTechLA event presented what Deutsche Bank calls its “three pillars of a successful market,” I could see some of the main challenges associated with the migration to renewable energy. Abbreviated “TLC” (something that everyone and …
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When It Comes To Thinking About Sustainability, Vermonters Aren’t Like the Rest of Us
A friend and I were talking about one of the key progenitors of the sustainability movement, Donella Meadows (pictured here), and the legacy she left us, perhaps the most tangible is the Donella Meadows Institute. Here a radio show on …
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Tagged with: Donella Meadows, Genuine progress indicator, Gross domestic product, Linda Wheatly, Vermont
My Hat Is Off To Dr. Cheryl Martin of the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy
I was honored to meet Dr. Cheryl Martin, deputy director of ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy at the CleanTechLA event yesterday. As I pointed out when I introduced myself, she and I have at least two contacts in common:
Tagged with: ARPA-E, Cheryl Martin, Department of Energy, Ray Lane, United States Department of Energy
New Business Model for Renewable Energy — A Reminder that the Real Market for Cleantech Solutions Lies in the Developing World
Here’s an article on a brilliant new business model for renewable energy, being implanted in the Philippines: install PV on people’s roofs, and let them pay you via the cell phone infrastructure for their use. It’s illustrative of a key …
Crowdfunding and the Cleantech Entrepreneur
I can’t count how many times I’ve been asked about crowdfunding. Is it effective for cleantech start-ups? Precisely how does it work? Is it worth the hassle of having a large number of small investors? How has the JOBS act, …
CleanTech Is Building a New World
In a comment to a recent post, guest blogger Cameron Atwood reminds us of something Socrates told us: “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” This …
Bringing Clean Energy To The Developing World
We in the U.S. and Europe do business all the time with people we really don’t like. If we have a legally binding contract with a person or business entity whose character we abhor, we normally tell ourselves, “His money …
Canada Has No Problem With Renewable Energy
According to a presentation i just watched here at the CleanTechLA conference, there are 65,000 government employees in Canada working on air pollution control. I’m not sure what to make of this. Largely due to their incredible hydro resources, their …
Can Humankind Find a Path To Sustainability?
When my wife and kids are otherwise occupied on the weekend and I’m on my own for the evening without the obligation to cook dinner, I’ve been known to walk uptown to a place with a fabulous Happy Hour, have …
