Here’s Tom Friedman’s op-ed in yesterday’s NY Times. As always, I agreed with most of it. But I point out two things: 1) He has a keen mind — one with which he has done quite well — but his …
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Energy Storage Show Rich in Great Contacts for Clean Energy
I’m up in San Jose for the 5th Annual “Storage Week,” a show I eagerly anticipate each year. Not only do I like to keep up on the technologies that are important to integrating renewables into the grid mix, but …
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Clean Energy Under Attack
As I’m sure you’re aware, clean energy is under attack from the traditional energy industry; the oil and coal companies are spending a fortune on their PR firms and lobbyists to discredit the competition, i.e., renewable energy. And unfortunately, this …
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When Politics Gets in the Way of Sane Energy Policy
I suppose I should have seen this coming, but the traditional energy industry, apparently starting to feel the heat, has recently ratcheted up the volume of its ongoing public relations efforts against the renewables industry. I had a wonderful conversation …
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Trip To NYC An Opportunity To Meet Clean Energy Investors
A couple of years ago I reconnected with an old friend from grade school who runs a good-sized hedge fund, and who, when I mention that I’m headed to New York City, routinely sets me up with a few people …
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Next Week: The Renewable Energy Finance Forum
I’m headed back East again next week, primarily to attend the Renewable Energy Finance Forum in New York City. I have to say that I love this event; everything about it is first-rate, starting with the venue (The Waldorf Astoria). …
Free Report: What’s Next For Humankind?
I’d like to offer you another in our ongoing series of free reports, in which we seek to provide an understanding of the most important energy-related trends that face civilization today. The report is based on last month’s poll, in …
Castle Energy Offers Solar Power On The East Coast
It’s always a thrill when people I’ve known since my childhood grasp the opportunities that renewables represent. When my brother Geoff and I were teenagers, we had a fine friend, JR Castle (James Rutherford, if I’m not mistaken), who came …
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Getting To Know the 287 Private Equity Companies in the US That Focus on Energy
At any given moment in time, I support a dozen or so business concepts in renewable energy, electric transportation, and sustainability more generally. I arrived at this list by poring through on the order of 1100 business plans that have …
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Start-up Pvilion Offers Unique Approach to Architectural Use of Photovoltaics
When I was in the Bay Area last week, I had a meeting with Pvilion, a start-up company with a unique approach and capability to the architectural use of solar PV, and I’m happy to report that they represent a …
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