Merry Christmas everyone! Had a great time at a friend’s “Stop By For a Glass of Chrismas Cheer” party last night; it was an opportunity to meet many wonderful people. It’s always amusing to get people’s reactions when I’m asked …
Category: Renewables – Business
Renewable Energy Mergers/Acquisitions and Technology Licensing
My blog at Renewable Energy World is, ironically, more visible that this one at my own site. Yet this is understandable; after all, they’ve been at it for 11 years, and boast the human bandwidth to cover the subject of …
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Transformative Business Ideas in Clean Energy
In a typical week, I receive half a dozen or so business plans with requests for funding. I find all of these intriguing in one way or another — even the ones that I can see instantly have no chance. …
Renewable Energy World
In my quest for a well-balanced presentation of clean energy in my upcoming book, I just spoke with someone whose work I’ve admired for quite a while — Stephen Lacey of Renewable Energy World. We discussed the subject of media, …
Moore's Law and Renewable Energy
My colleague Bill Moore of EV World wrote an excellent article on the likely trajectory for the price of cars and trucks. In it, he speculated that the prices of electric vehicles (once they are introduced in production quantities) may actually fall …
Have a Great Solution in a Huge Market? Consider Making It Too Cheap to Steal
As I’ve noted previously, the eminent venture capitalist Vinod Khosla advises “Since one fails often, address markets that make it worthwhile when one does succeed.” This, of course, is solid advice. But unfortunately, not everyone is a position to swing for the …
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The Wilderness Society and Renewables
Recently, I spoke with Ben Beach, Senior Editor at the Wilderness Society. I reached out to Ben because I wanted to see how the organization was dealing with issue that public land (I presume some of it “wilderness”) is a …
China Strategies Speaks on Renewables
I quoted Lou Schwartz of China Strategies in an earlier post on wind power, and I found what he said so fascinating that I placed a call to him just now to ask him more about his overall take on …
Feeling Good About Energy and Transportation
I deeply appreciate the growing rush of informed comments on the 2GreenEnergy blog. Frequent guest Arlene Allen (whom I had the pleasure to meet recently) writes: Normally, I would do my best to add something positive to the discussion. Quite …
China — Helping to Bring in Wind Power
What’s not to like about a $1.5 billion wind project covering 36,000-acre and generating the power for 180,000 homes in western Texas? For one, it rubs our nose in the fact that China is one of many countries that out-invests …
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