Conermex, one of the largest solar and wind power companies in Mexico, predicts that Mexico will double their capacity of solar within 2012, from 6 to 12 MW. Mexico’s National Solar Energy Association (ANES) says that Mexico could possibly generate …
From Guest-Blogger Mathias: Mexico Invests Big in Solar Power Read More »
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 …
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 …
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 …
Trip To NYC An Opportunity To Meet Clean Energy Investors Read More »
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). …
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 …
Castle Energy Offers Solar Power On The East Coast Read More »
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 …
Getting To Know the 287 Private Equity Companies in the US That Focus on Energy Read More »
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 …
Start-up Pvilion Offers Unique Approach to Architectural Use of Photovoltaics Read More »
When I was a little boy, I recall a conversation with my father in which he told me his impressions about the characteristics of the people who lived in a few of the states within driving distance of us in …
As I hoped it would be, my college reunion was a feel-good mixture of nostalgia, immersion in some good thinking offered in a few seminars, and revelry with old friends. But it was also quite productive, from the standpoint of …
Personal Connections May Be Good for the Renewable Energy Cause Read More »
