Author: Craig Shields

I’m up at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum in San Francisco today and tomorrow, with hardly a moment to breathe between the most interesting presentations I’ve seen in quite a while.  To be honest, this subject matter is really hard …

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I sometimes glance back through my old posts here, to try to see 2GreenEnergy as I would if I were doing so through the eyes of the typical reader who had come across us Googling “renewable energy” or some such. …

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Have you ever had the experience of getting to the end of a long day, looking back to breakfast, and thinking that it seemed like a week ago?  That was today for me.  The IEEE Energy Innovation meeting in Boston, …

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As I mentioned, I’m back in Boston for a couple days, attending the IEEE Energy Innovations show, and meeting a few industry colleagues who happen to be in the this part of the world.  In a nutshell, the show itself …

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We are very glad to see that the solar industry is developing fast in the US. It is now a major economic driver for the country. When generating great amount of electricity, the solar industry is also creating many job …

From Guest Blogger SolarLighting: Can We Copy the solar success of NJ to the Other States of the US? Read More »

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One of my reasons for coming back to Boston is to meeting various folks from the industry who happen to make this wonderful town their home.  Today I bought a birthday lunch for industry colleague Kevin Gulley, publisher of GreenCollarEcomony.com, …

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I was listening to an interview with Pulitzer-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof just now, probably best known for his coverage of Darfur.  In the discussion, he said that when he was first given a column, he thought he could change people’s minds, …

Does Blogging on Renewables Change People's Minds? Read More »

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I’m one of those people who constantly tries to see into the future – not that I have any eerie talent for things like that. The future of energy and transportation, for example, is clear as a bell. Does anyone …

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My friend Bruce Severance called last night and announced his availability to rejoin the ranks for those who are engineering tomorrow’s electric vehicles. I can’t even begin to list this guy’s credentials – both in terms of formal training at …

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This fellow at CleanTechies replies in our discussion on the power of vested interests in determining our energy future: Craig, surely there’s no doubt that you are right to a great degree. There are vested interests that stand to lose …

To What Degree Do Vested Interests Determine Our Energy Future? Read More »

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