My colleague Stuart Smits, who’s all over the financial world as it applies to solar energy, just sent me this piece on SolarCity’s sales of asset-backed securities at 4.8% (far less than was expected), and wrote tersely, “A very big …
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The 2014 Clean Business Investment Summit (which we abbreviate CBIS and pronounce “C-Biz”) held its first planning meeting this morning. I’ve been proud of the role I’ve played here (member of the Board of Advisors) since I joined in 2010, …
I’m flattered that a favorite high school English teacher of mine likes my books; in fact, Mr. Perrott (as I call him to this day) is currently working on “Is Renewable Really Doable?”
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, …
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 …
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 …
“As the nation continues to suffer from rising energy prices, businesses with high energy needs are being put under even greater pressure by their ever-increasing energy overheads. Thankfully, renewable energy solutions are helping these businesses fight back in the battle …
Obviously, the world cannot simply turn off its fossil fuel-based power plants overnight. What can and must happen, however, is that each country take an inventory of its energy situation: current grid-mix, renewable resources, unemployed labor force, national wealth and …
Those who haven’t visited downtown Los Angeles since the 1990s will be pleasantly surprised at the incredible resurgence of areas just east of the skyscrapers that were, back then, blighted beyond belief. Though there are still bad areas, there is a …
I was happy to be a guest on Rex Parry’s “Business To Business Radio” show this morning; it airs on KFNX 1100 AM in Phoenix. There were two 7.5-minute segments, that can be found here and here. Rex demonstrated that …
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