I’m on my way up north for a few meetings in the Bay Area, the first of which is an interview with Ray Lane, Managing Partner of Kleiner Perkins, the legendary venture capital fund. Ray has generously consented to let …
Interview with Kleiner Perkins’ Ray Lane on Renewable Energy Investments Read More »
Question: 2GreenEnergy client Canefields USA, LLC has negotiated a supply of 50,000 metric tons per month of raw sugarcane (waste) “bagasse” fiber from major sugar producers in Brazil, from which it will produce eco-friendly carbon-neutral paper. Approximately how much per …
One of our core tasks here at 2Greenenergy is bringing expertise to the analysis of high-level issues in renewable energy. A few months ago, the government of Bangladesh contacted us with an extremely open-ended request: come study our resources — …
$3.7 billion was invested into renewable energy and cleantech companies in 2010, says Thomson Reuters data for National Venture Capital Association & PricewaterhouseCoopers. The good news is that venture capital investments rose 76% from 2009, which was a dark year …
[The Vector] Venture Capital Funding for CleanTech Up in 2010 Read More »
(Continued from earlier…) To date, 1,179 solar projects with total investments of over $1.3 billion in 42 states have been built with support from this program. In 2009, the U.S. installed about 435 megawatts of solar. That doubled to about 1,000 …
[The Vector] Expected Impact of Energy Provision Extensions: What Next? (Continued) Read More »
What can the U.S. renewable energy world expect in 2011? As everyone knows, President Obama signed the bill at the end of 2010 extending a number of energy provisions through 2011, including the U.S. Tax Grant Program (TGP) 1603 – …
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I’ve been writing a great deal about the power of strategic business partnerships recently. And, until this moment, I’ve forgotten to mention one of my most trusted allies and best-respected friends, John Tyson, CEO of Amerivon. Imagine if you will …
Green Consumer Products Gain Market Share – But Which Supply Chain Partners Are Best? Read More »
What is your contribution to the world? This may sound like a weird question to ask a large group of people, most of whom I don’t know personally. But here’s a thought: If you’re making a career in clean energy, …
Do you remember the wonderful 1987 movie “Wall Street” with Gordon Gecko (Michael Douglas) and Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen)? Well, I just got off the phone from a cold call from an aggressive young promoter from Morgan Stanley who brought …
I have two radio interviews lined up for tomorrow in which I’ll be interviewed about my book. I’m pleased to note that requests are coming in at a fairly good pace, though I don’t take too much credit for that …
