There is a pretty big buzz surrounding renewable or ‘green’ energy at the moment. We’re all looking to do our bit for the planet – reduce our carbon footprint, lessen our reliance on fossil fuels, and help the environment – …
Category: Renewables – Business
From Guest Blogger Clare Evans: Renewable Energy — You Can Make a Difference and Save Money at Home
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Sustainability Conference – The Financial Implications of Going Green
I write this from the beautiful campus of UCLA, specifically, the Anderson School of Management, where I’m a few minutes early for a conference called: Sustainability Conference – The Financial Implications of Going Green. After all, this really IS the …
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Will Environmentalists Engage in a Cost/Benefit Dialog?
Glenn Doty notes with sadness: What would be nice is if someone actually tried to nail down a rough estimate for the global net economic benefit, and the national net economic benefit, for different paced CO2 reduction strategies. The fact …
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Demand Response Will Be Key If We’re To Integrate a Large Percentage of Renewable Energy
Here’s a wonderful article that deals with a subject that is of significant concern: the intermittence of solar and wind energy. It provides an interesting case study of how demand response can figure into the equation, a phenomenon that will …
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Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Doing Great Work
I just got off the phone with Fred Walti, the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, a terrific non-profit whose purpose is to foster the development of cleantech start-ups by offering flexible office space, CEO coaching and mentoring, …
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Two FREE Items: “Alternative Financing Guide” AND “Renewable Energy – Facts and Fantasies”
Click Here for the ALTERNATIVE FINANCING GUIDE. Lindsay Oliver writes: I did my best to make this guide a no-nonsense informative read, one that will keep you awake while you read it all. Just because I am giving this to …
How Green Is Your Energy?
I just had one of those “small world” encounters I thought I’d relay. An old friend from college with whom I just reconnected at our 35th reunion asked me if I knew the start-up company GridMobility and its founder Jim …
Global Cleantech Venture Investment Dips 33% to $6.45 Billion
Yesterday I spent an hour taking in a terrific webinar from the Cleantech Group, conducted by what I’m sure must have been one of its most senior consultants, Sheeraz Haji, who ably walked us through some of the 2012 numbers …
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Many Angel Investors Love Cleantech — Though Most Play Their Cards Close To Their Vests
I had a real eye-opening meeting the other day with Mike Miller, an extremely accomplished entrepreneur and angel investor in Los Angeles. Frankly, I had come to think of angels as generally too small to make an investment of the …
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“Renewable Energy – Following the Money” – Back on Track
I’m out of town for the holidays, but I’ll maintain some level of posts through the next week. I also wanted to mention that my current book project, “Renewable Energy – Following the Money,” is a bit behind schedule, but should …
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