Critics of carbon markets, like California’s cap and trade, have a great deal substance to their arguments. But what happens when China, a country that burns more coal than the rest of the world combined, asserts that it will become …
China’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Huge, But So Are Its Efforts To Curb Them Read More »
Germany is known around the world for its bold investments in renewable energy ($200 billion since the mid-1990s), but the creation of such vast supply causes wrinkles in the economics of power, namely, negative prices on occasions.
The single most astounding aspects of the “Trump phenomenon” is that a) members of his support base are hurt hardest by his policies, and b) they don’t seem to care. The steel industry made an impressive comeback after the 2008 …
Will Mass Layoffs in the U.S. Steel Industry Cause Any Political Ripples? Probably Not. Read More »
A wise-cracking friend of mine in high school used to tell me that I “have a firm grasp on the obvious.” That was the first thing that went through my mind when I came across Jameson McBride’s article that begins: …
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 …
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 …
From Guest Blogger Dmitris Papadoupolus: Four Firms with Great Green Energy Credentials Read More »
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’ …
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 …
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, …
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 …
The U.S. Has That Certain Warm and Wholesome Feeling of a Family-Run Business Read More »
