Author: Craig Shields

Perhaps the most common refrain in the clean energy industry is this: Why isn’t the US taking a leading role? Why are countries all over the world leap-frogging us Americans in this critical arena? Of course our own Bill Paul talks …

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtxpBvM-v0&w=445&h=364] Here’s another snippet of my talk with Pat Mahan from FunRide. Here, he talks about his organization, which offers car sharing and alternative fueled vehicles. I ran across FunRide a couple of years ago in meetings I had with …

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJzpN22pzg&w=445&h=364] Here’s Funride’s Pat Mahan speaking with me about car sharing and alternative fuel vehicles on a recent episode of the 2GreenEnergy Report. Car sharing is an important phenomenon, insofar as it reduces the net number of cars that are …

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2TASxLtGU4&w=445&h=364] Here’s a video on my new report, – The Tough Realities of Renewable Energy Businesses — Why Investors and Entrepreneurs are Struggling to Profit in Clean Energy.

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Tesla, the electric sports-car manufacturer, had a very successful IPO yesterday and today the stock continues to rise. Personally, I wouldn’t go near it. Battery technology still has a long way to go. When it does get there –probably in …

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Michael Scholey, CEO of e-bike start-up EMCycle, visited me on the 2GreenEnergy report for a show we taped yesterday, to be aired shortly. As you’ll see in the show, EMCycle boasts a cool, futuristic design for eco-sensitive drivers of short …

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A friend from the UK asked for my take on a new Swiss movie on Jimmy Carter’s efforts to reduce the United States’ dependence on oil at the end of the 1970s. He points out, “I am sure it will …

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I had a chance conversation with Nick Roberts, VP Sales of GlobalNES recently – a company in renewables that boasts an interesting angle. GlobalNES offers to arrange financing for, engineer, and install a range of commercial-sized clean energy systems – …

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Tuesday afternoon I’m headed to the television studio – Channel 6 — in beautiful Ventura, CA for my monthly taping of a couple of shows of the 2GreenEnergy report. My first guest is the CEO of Emcycle – an e-bike …

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyspsmrgwYI&w=445&h=364] Sam Smith discusses Bermuda’s migration to electric vehicles with me on a recent episode of the 2GreenEnergy Report. Full disclosure: I’m part of the effort to bring EVs to Bermuda. Sometimes I challenge myself with tough projects, but sometimes …

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