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Micro-wind, the Water-Energy Nexus, and High-efficiency Electric Motors

Yesterday started with a drive south to visit my friend, WindStream CEO Dan Bates.  WindStream is one of the very few micro-wind products that I favor, in that it appears that they have come across one of the very few

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Posted in Renewables - Science

Wind Power Can Help Bring Education to Off-grid Populations in the Developing World

Regular reader and terrific human being retired M.D. Larry Dobson sent me this “TED Talk” on online education, in which the speaker emphasizes how incredibly difficult it is for impoverished people in developing nations to acquire the knowledge and skills required

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Posted in Wind Energy

Quantifying CleanTech Startups

Yesterday I had the pleasure of providing an interview for one of the key researchers of the Germany-based think-tank Borderstep Institute. Their mission: Through scientific and applied research, the Borderstep Institute contributes to future-oriented solutions and innovations that are economically

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Posted in Renewables - Business

Energy Policy – Hitting the Broad Side of the Barn

I’ve been thinking about my up-coming meeting with Dr. Raj Pachauri, who, among other things, serves as the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).  Pondering this in advance of the meeting, I wonder what I would do,

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Posted in Sustainability

Getting My Hands on a Micro-Wind Breakthrough

I had a wonderful conversation with WindStream CEO Dan Bates this morning at his home in Manhattan Beach,CA, during which I actually touched this unique micro-wind product, and came to understand the reasoning behind a great number of its cooler

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Posted in Wind Energy

Heading East for Meetings on Clean Energy

Today’s the start of an action-packed week, beginning with a visit to see Dan Bates, CEO of WindStream, during which I’ll be able to really get to know this micro-wind product at a much more intimate level.  From there, it’s

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Posted in Renewables - Business

Micro-wind: Topic of Today's Webinar

I’m looking forward to today’s webinar on micro-wind. Personally, I’m a big believer in the subject, and I came across a few people in the last few days who think micro-wind is poised to explode in the next six months.

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Posted in Wind Energy

Green Collar Machines' Founder Talks About Renewable Energy

My colleague Trevor Parker is one of the founders of a company soon to be called Green Collar Machines. The company has a unique business plan that defines the micro assembly and distribution of a patented compact electric tractor that

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Posted in Electric Vehicles
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