Greentech

On Thursday evening, November 6, more than 800 clean tech enthusiasts gathered at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco to hear about the newest clean technologies to be named “Winner” by Clean Tech Open, the “Academy Awards of Clean Tech,” according to Channel 2 News. Clean Tech Open …

Oct. 30/08 written by Mindy S. Lubber The short-term blowback from the global financial panic has been pretty logical: A flight to value and safety and reallocation of assets to deal with longer-term risks of the new economy. So what does this mean for cleantech investing?

TODAY’S HEADLINES: # NEW ENERGY TO PASS GAS WITHIN 6 YEARS – IEA # OIL FROM NATIVE AMERICANS INSTEAD OF THE MIDDLE EAST # YALE SAYS EMISSIONS MARKETS WILL BE BIG YESTERDAY: # OBAMA VOTE LINKED ECONOMY, NEW ENERGY AND THE FUTURE # NEW ENERGY – THE RIGHT BET # …

The market is looking for companies that create new value. Products, services, ways of doing business that fall outside the mainstream and provide a fresh, innovative approach. Time after time we hear of significant revenue gains or cost savings when companies leverage a sustainability program as a way to reassess …

Dear Friends of REEEP, A quick reminder that for most applicants the deadline for submitting Project Concept proposals under REEEP’s current EUR 4.3 million project funding round is November 21st. Project proposals from Governments, Development & Financial Institutions, and Full Proposals from all other organisations (those that pass the short-listing …

Nov. 13/08 By Sam Hopkins Thanksgiving is still two weeks away, but retailers are out with ultra-early Christmas ads to boost spending. Meanwhile, oil has dipped back down below $60, and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson is going it alone with his bailout plan. So what’s up with the dollar these …

Nov. 13/08 Issue 17 IN THIS ISSUE… What to Expect: Energy Efficiency, the New Administration, and the New Congress Energy Efficiency Policies Recommended for Virginia at Major Energy Conference ACEEE “Rates the States”: The 2008 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard ACEEE Launches State Energy Efficiency Policy Database Legislative Update: Extension and …

Nov. 11/08 by Frederik Groeman, Natalia Moldovan & Peter Vaessen, KEMA Several European countries have a policy to encourage the development of renewable en-ergy sources. This is identified in e.g. the European green paper Energy strategy for a sus-tainable, competitive and secure energy supply (March 2006). In the transition towards …

DAIDALOS COLUMN by DAVID R. JONES Hedging your bets As renewable energy has moved from the margins to the mainstream of power production, the arguments over its value are becoming increasingly familiar. These are both pro (low-carbon or carbon-neutral electricity production from home-grown resources, free fuel from wind, solar, geothermal …

Nov. 11/08 posted by Herman K. Trabish Chinese wind energy leaders at a recent Beijing conference used “tsunami” to describe the current financial crisis. And they were confident the government would move to counteract the crash, creating from the crisis an opportunity – including an opportunity for wind energy.