Category: Renewables – Business

I was just glancing through some comments to a recent essay on the future of nuclear energy and came across this comment on renewables.  My initial reaction was to see if it had my name at the bottom; it begins …

Though Ridiculed by the Moneyed Status Quo, Renewable Energy Makes Sense Read More »

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Out for a jog Sunday morning, I chanced by The Book Loft in Solvang, the quaint Danish settlement that neighbors Santa Ynez, where I make my home. A thought dawned on me: Do they feature books by local authors? Turns …

Renewable Energy Book Publishing: Big Profits in a Small Town Read More »

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If you’ll be in Southern California next Tuesday, March 22, and want to check out an interesting event, its sponsors, our friends at OnGreen.com, are giving away tickets to the first 10 of our readers who register here.  The event, …

Southern California Cleantech Event Read More »

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..continued from an earlier article Manufacturing has been on the decline for decades. Manufacturing jobs have shrunk 21% between 1998 and 2007. This has left workers in need of jobs and states in need of new industries. As a case …

[The Vector] – Clean Energy Job Report – Continued Read More »

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I was the guest on a really good hour-long radio interview this afternoon on KMMS-AM, a popular talk/news station in Bozeman, MT.  Host Larry Stancil and I didn’t agree on everything (in fact, we agreed on very little) but we …

2GreenEnergy Discusses Renewables on Montana Radio Read More »

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I spent the day yesterday with one of my “Craig Shields … At Your Service” clients, in this case, brainstorming dozens of ideas with a husband and wife team looking to invest in a start-up business somewhere in the sustainable …

Starting a Business in Sustainable Products and Services Read More »

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A reader asks for advice re: insurance companies’ treatment of computerized electricity systems (CES). Craig, Can you help me find a way to get insurance companies to give policy discounts for the new CES panel that is on the market? …

Let’s Change the Way We Treat Home Renewable Energy Systems as Financial Assets Read More »

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Frequent commenter and really smart fellow Alan Belcher writes: Craig, as a suggestion, it would be wise/the right thing/common sense to start using the term “clean energy” in place of “renewable energy.”  I say this in view of the consequences …

The Difference Between “Clean” and “Renewable” Energy Read More »

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…continued from earlier   Shifts Within the Industry Pew’s researchers say that because scientific research, public policy, market forces, the economic recovery and new technology drive innovation and competition, leading sectors in today’s clean energy economy may not be so …

[The Vector] — Clean Energy Jobs – Continued Read More »

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Several times a week I’m approached by cleantech businesspeople looking to raise investment capital to establish or expand their companies.  As I know I’ve mentioned, we at 2GreenEnergy do what we can to help; to this end, we’re constantly expanding …

Cleantech Entrepreneur? Check Out The California Coast Venture Forum Read More »

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