The 2014 Clean Business Investment Summit (which we abbreviate CBIS and pronounce “C-Biz”) held its first planning meeting this morning. I’ve been proud of the role I’ve played here (member of the Board of Advisors) since I joined in 2010, …
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New Business Model for Renewable Energy — A Reminder that the Real Market for Cleantech Solutions Lies in the Developing World
Here’s an article on a brilliant new business model for renewable energy, being implanted in the Philippines: install PV on people’s roofs, and let them pay you via the cell phone infrastructure for their use. It’s illustrative of a key …
Los Angeles – Cleantech Economic Powerhouse
Those who haven’t visited downtown Los Angeles since the 1990s will be pleasantly surprised at the incredible resurgence of areas just east of the skyscrapers that were, back then, blighted beyond belief. Though there are still bad areas, there is a …
If the Move To Renewables Is Inevitable, Why Not Do It Now?
Here’s a question for you: When you listen to the debates in English Parliament, and hear how people with opposing viewpoints heckle and interrupt one another, doesn’t your skin crawl? Mine does. These people have such incredible manners on most …
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Interns and Guest Bloggers Really Cranking on Cleantech Content
It was a banner week for the work of our much-appreciated interns and guest bloggers. The former set up and co-conducted two incredible interviews re: corporate sustainability – one with Dow Chemical and the other with General Motors. And the …
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"Green" Bonds Gaining Momentum with Investors
The main obstacle facing cleantech generally is that it tends to be more expensive than what it’s replacing, but here’s an example of the opposite case. 2GreenEnergy associate Lindsay Oliver sent me this article on “green” bonds that are gaining …
CleanTech Investors To Get an Earful on Energy and Sustainability
I’ve been thinking about my upcoming talk at the monthly meeting of the Santa Barbara Savvy Investors, and I’ve decided to make this multi-varied, taking on a great number of different issues associated with our civilization’s use of energy. At …
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2GreenEnergy Celebrates Successful Placement of CleanTech Investment Capital
In today’s tightly-knotted world of investment capital, we don’t require huge victories to merit a celebration. Last week, I received word that 2GreenEnergy had successfully arranged a modest but not insignificant investment contribution to our client Vision Motor Cars, which …
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President Obama Tackles Climate Change in Inaugural Address
Just when I was starting to wonder if the subject of climate change would ever come up again in U.S. politics, President Obama makes a huge deal of it in his second inaugural address. This is a good thing, and …
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Global Cleantech Venture Investment Dips 33% to $6.45 Billion
Yesterday I spent an hour taking in a terrific webinar from the Cleantech Group, conducted by what I’m sure must have been one of its most senior consultants, Sheeraz Haji, who ably walked us through some of the 2012 numbers …
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