Category: Renewables – Business

Bill Gates gave the concept of Feed-in tariffs a bit of a battering during his recent publicity drive to promote energy R&D funding. Feed-in tariffs have given renewable energy companies a major boost in countries such as Germany and Spain. …

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I spent a chunk of the day hunting up mailing addresses for the most influential folks in environmentalism/sustainability I could find — the Al Gores and Bill McKibbens of the world. I’d like to send a a signed copy of …

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Consuelo Mack’s award-winning show WealthTrack on PBS just aired the second part of the interviews they conducted with Bill Paul, 2GreenEnergy’s financial analyst. Again, our thanks to our friends at PBS for all the airtime, and congratulations on their decision …

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The motto of 2GreenEnergy is: “The Answer’s Always Yes.”  I.e., I don’t want to find myself in a position where I have to tell someone with a business in sustainability that I can’t help them due to my not having …

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The Bell Group announced at the end of August that they have built the largest solary array in New Mexico at their company headquarters. The five-acre installation uses more than 5,000 solar modules and will generate in excess of 1,600,000 …

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A guy called me yesterday hoping to meet me at the Solar Power International show and ask me about the industry.  I really don’t mind creating appointments to meet people; I have several lined up, as this is a major …

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Here’s a quick question for anyone aspiring to understand clean energy investors’ mentality.  Does capital formation usually favor: a) certainty and confidence, or b) the complete lack of clarity we find in Congress regarding an energy bill, a carbon tax, …

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In response to my recent piece on renewable energy politics, Ron Hill, very bright guy, writes some cogent stuff on his position as a climate change denier, and concludes: The failure to insist on objective science is part of the …

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In 2009, for the second year in a row, both the US and Europe added more power capacity from renewable sources such as wind and solar than conventional sources like coal, gas and nuclear, according to reports by the United …

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I was speaking with my mother yesterday, a decided political conservative.  During our talk, she noted gently, “Your blog is left of center, but not so far as to be revolting.”  I got a terrific laugh out of that.  How …

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