All hurricanes that make landfall in the U.S. and the Caribbean have one thing in common: they are energized and thus made more destructive by our changing climate, i.e., warmer air and water, as they cross the Atlantic. Yet the nature …
Category: Renewables – Business
From Guest Blogger Dmitris Papadoupolus: Four Firms with Great Green Energy Credentials
UK and international legislation on energy efficiency means every firm has to comply with appropriate laws. And there are always organisations that do the bare minimum required to satisfy regulators. But several companies operate at the vanguard of green energy …
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2GreenEnergy at the Keiretsu Forum
Once a month, I get together with a small panel of angel investors at the local chapter of an international group called the Keiretsu Forum, where we review a few cleantech business plans, as presented by representatives of these forms’ …
Senate Version of Tax Reform Would Slash Renewable Energy Investment Opportunities, Jobs in Solar
In truth, the most controversial aspects of the proposals for tax reform have little to do with renewable energy investment opportunities; astonishingly, most of the discussion here is focused on the legitimacy of trickle-down economics, the broadly discredited notion that …
The Cost of Utility Scale Solar and Batteries Coming Into Parity with Natural Gas Peaker Plants
In the wake of a recent and fairly significant blackout in Southern Australia, grid operators made two immediate investments, both focused on meeting future peak electricity demands: an 250 MW open-cycle natural gas plant and a 100-megawatt/129-megawatt-hour battery from Tesla, …
The U.S. Has That Certain Warm and Wholesome Feeling of a Family-Run Business
Since my career as a marketing consultant began in 1981, I’ve had the pleasure of working with some incredibly bright and wonderful people, and now that I’m focused exclusively on helping companies in cleantech, the basic “goodness” of the individual client …
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Fossil Fuel Alternatives
I often mention the dictionary.com “word of the day,” and how it often provides good subject matter for my mom and I to joke with one another. I also subscribe to the Spanish word of the day at spandict.com, in …
Island Nations Adopting Renewables At a Hellacious Rate: Just Ask the Tasmanian Devil
What are the main characteristics that define our civilization’s rapid migration to clean energy? Well, one is certain: unevenness. Each region of the world has its own unique set of renewable resources, incumbent energy infrastructure, relative economic strength, and political …
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From Guest Blogger Booke Chaplan: How Manufacturing Can Facilities Keep Their Practices Green
Many manufacturing facilities are having a challenge in adopting eco-friendly practices in production. It is, therefore, necessary to encourage green practices that will protect the environment, increase output while reducing the cost of production. Green manufacturing practices have many advantages …
Some People Express Themselves More Cleverly Than Others
Remarkably, there are still people who believe that America’s in its heyday, the swamp is being drained, that the U.S. is headed in the right direction, and that it’s well-regarded on the world stage. The rest of us, perhaps 70% …
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