Here’s an excellent article that expands on what I wrote in my report on China and renewable energy. I agree with a great deal of this, but the figures on the amount of energy and the amount of money …
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Lawyers’ Role in the Global Quest for Clean Energy
I just finished up my report on China and Renewables, in which 200 survey respondents did what I thought was a masterful job in answering the question: Why Is China Investing So Heavily in Clean Energy? I’ll have the report …
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Free Report: US Companies Can Build Relationships with China
Here’s another in a series of free reports, based on the results of a recent 2GreenEnergy survey of industry businesspeople. Linked here, “How US Companies Can Build Relationships with China” is now available for free download. The sheer volume of …
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China’s Commitment to Green Tech: Six Out of Seven Ain’t Bad
Every day we read about the global dominance that China is achieving in cleantech, and wish the US could get on the stick as well. Here’s a link to a wonderful presentation by HSBC that explicates China’s commitment to green …
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Vaclav Smil Discusses Our Civilization’s Sustainability
Most of my business focus is on renewable energy — an arena that, if successful, could conceivably create a world in which it matters very little how much energy we consume – or even waste. Some people say that that …
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Tagged with: Americans, Canadians, China, India, sustainability, University of Manitoba, Vaclav Smil
Global Consultancy McKinsey Bullish on US Adoption of Electric Vehicles
I was quite surprised to see that global consultancy McKinsey ranks the US as the country most likely to lead the emergence of electric cars as a means of mass transportation. I wish I had access to the full report, …
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[The Vector] Changing Hearts and Minds on Cap and Tax
A couple of weeks ago, David Shukman the Environment Correspondent at the BBC went to marvel at the 1,400 wind turbines that spread in line after line across Nolan County, Texas. Each turbine doubles the revenue from the cotton field …
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Tagged with: Cancun, cap and tax, CCX, Chicago Carbon Exchange, China, Clinton, Co2 levels, ETS, European Emission Trading System, Hideki Minamikawa, Japan, McCain, Obama, Sarah Palin, wind turbines
What Will It Take to Achieve a US Renewable Portfolio Standard?
I was keeping a tally sheet at last week’s Renewable Energy Finance Forum, so I could let readers know the issue that was brought up most often and granted the most overall prominence. The clear winner: China is eating our …
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Renewable Energy and Job Creation
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’m in the process of studying the size and shape of job creation that will come as a welcome by-product of the migration to renewables. How this sits in the constellation of benefits to …
Tagged with: capital formation, China, Congress, General Electric, India, job creation, mid-term elections, Siemens, subsidies, venture capital
60% of Chinese Ready to Buy Plug-in Vehicles
New report from Ernst & Young’s Global Automotive Center finds that 60% of Chinese consumers say they would consider buying a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. That’s a much bigger percentage than in the US, and is further evidence that China, …
