Duke Brooks sent me this piece that attempts to answer the question: What Kills Tech Start-Ups. I believe that good ideas often need expert timing, something that is not easy to predict. If you’re one step ahead of the market, …
Category: Renewables – Business
Hot Energy Storage Event — the 5th Annual "Storage Week" in San Jose
After a quick cup of strong coffee, I’m off to the energy storage show, the 5th Annual “Storage Week” in San Jose. It’s only a bit over three hours from here, and it’s really worthwhile. I’ll post something from the show …
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Inside the Press Room at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum
One of the perks of attending the Renewable Energy Finance Forum as a delegate from the media is access to the “press room,” which affords a place to write and conduct interviews. In addition, it’s the opportunity to meet really …
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Energy Policy — Looking for the Broad Side of the Barn
Wednesday morning as I was getting ready to conclude my participation in the Renewable Energy Finance Forum, I had a thought I wanted to share. It had been two-days of nitty-gritty financial talk — extremely precise language of tax lawyers …
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Tagged with: bloated incompetent government, cheap natural gas, cost of capital, crony capitalism, dependence on fossil fuels, fossil fuels, missing the forest for the trees, New York City, production tax credits, recession reduced energy demand, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Finance Forum, Senate bills, socialism
Good Day at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum
I’m almost too tired to write. A total of about six hours of sleep in the past two nights has hit me hard. I used to do this stuff standing on my head 20 years ago, but it’s starting to …
Trip To NYC An Opportunity To Meet Clean Energy Investors
A couple of years ago I reconnected with an old friend from grade school who runs a good-sized hedge fund, and who, when I mention that I’m headed to New York City, routinely sets me up with a few people …
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Next Week: The Renewable Energy Finance Forum
I’m headed back East again next week, primarily to attend the Renewable Energy Finance Forum in New York City. I have to say that I love this event; everything about it is first-rate, starting with the venue (The Waldorf Astoria). …
Climate Solutions Sounds Like a Good Group To Know
Class reunions are designed to reconnect old friends, and that’s what happened in spades when I returned to Trinity College for my 35th last weekend. But where some of these encounters were just opportunities to play a few games of …
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Getting To Know the 287 Private Equity Companies in the US That Focus on Energy
At any given moment in time, I support a dozen or so business concepts in renewable energy, electric transportation, and sustainability more generally. I arrived at this list by poring through on the order of 1100 business plans that have …
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Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, energy, green energy, private equity, Renewable Energy
Following One’s Dream Often Entails Risk
Whenever possible, I like to take the train as opposed to renting a car. It’s normally less expensive, it’s more sustainable, and affords me the opportunity to read, write, and talk to people. On the train from Hartford to Philadelphia …
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