I’m up in San Jose for the 5th Annual “Storage Week,” a show I eagerly anticipate each year. Not only do I like to keep up on the technologies that are important to integrating renewables into the grid mix, but …
Energy Storage Show Rich in Great Contacts for Clean Energy Read More »
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 …
I suppose I should have seen this coming, but the traditional energy industry, apparently starting to feel the heat, has recently ratcheted up the volume of its ongoing public relations efforts against the renewables industry. I had a wonderful conversation …
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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). …
I’d like to offer you another in our ongoing series of free reports, in which we seek to provide an understanding of the most important energy-related trends that face civilization today. The report is based on last month’s poll, in …
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 »
I was sitting at the train station, writing blog posts, and I happened to overhear one side of a cell phone conversation of the guy sitting next to me, who, before the phone rang, was working on his laptop as …
Eco-Friendly People Are Compassionate With Others – But Is That News? Read More »
