Eric McAfee is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist, founding and funding companies in renewable energy, oil and gas, agriculture, networking devices and enterprise software. Given that level of success, I tried to absorb every word of his talk at …
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Renewable Energy Franchise Network Partnership Program
When I added Langton Makoni to my LinkedIn network, he wrote: Thanks for the add. I have been following 2GreenEnergy for a while now. I must say, the expansive pool of vital information you provide has greatly assisted us in …
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Understanding the Costs of Climate Change
The good news is that the world has begun to use analytics to quantify the damage that is occurring due to climate change. Here’s a report noted in Bloomberg News that sets the cost at $1.2 trillion annually, or about …
Some Cleantech Business Plans Make Outrageous Claims
When I tell people that I’ve reviewed over 1100 cleantech business plans/concepts, I can see that some of them are impressed. They really shouldn’t be. I spend only a few seconds on most of them. Here’s one that’s expressed in …
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Natural Gas – The Elephant in the Room
The session I just caught here at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum included a good discussion on the elephant in the room, the low cost of natural gas. It’s low, but wind competes effectively, if the owner of the gas …
Large Solar Projects and Lawyers
Wow. I thought I was willing to take a stance that I know is bound to irritate certain people. A guy here at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum just put me to shame; he told a room filled with dozens …
Thoughts from the 2012 Renewable Energy Finance Forum
It was great to be in San Francisco for another extremely successful meeting of the Renewable Energy Finance Forum, an occasion that gave me the opportunity to chat with Dennis McGinn (holding the book in the photo to the left). Dennis …
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Renewable Energy — Seeking a Level Playing Field with Fossil Fuels
At the fabulous lunch served at today’s Renewable Energy Finance Forum, I sat next to Christopher Dorondo, a senior representative of AWS Truepower, a solar and wind consulting company with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Terrific guy. In …
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Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Solar Thermal Water Heating
Question: Who first conceived an industrial use of solar power by employing concave mirrors to heat water? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732.
Discussion on Renewable Energy, Externalities, Sustainability, Etc.
Here’s a conversation I’m having with a friend that readers may find interesting: Craig: I said something that I regret in our talk on the phone yesterday. In particular, I said that “clean coal doesn’t exist.” As a broad fact, …
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