As we’ve often discussed here, information and communications technology (ICT) is one of the main drivers of the rapid migration to renewable energy. There are hundreds of different reasons for this, but here’s one that you’ll find the moment you …
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My Kansas City-based colleague Fritz Maffry writes: The race is on for who is going to win the battle in autonomous vehicles, smart assistants, and artificial intelligence. Right now, Tesla, Microsoft, and Amazon seem to be out-executing Google, Apple, and …
Here’s a conversation that I’m having with a business/cleantech-savvy colleague in Kansas City that I hope you find interesting: Colleague: I just read Arsenal of Democracy and Freedom’s Forge, two books of the last five years, both dedicated to how the US ramped …
Re: CleanTech Innovation in the Public and Private Sectors Read More »
I find all this work I’m doing on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, etc., to be invigorating. Instagram is particularly cool, insofar as it calls upon me to be ever-vigilant for interesting photographs that I can, perhaps, pair up with …
The driverless cars that Google is developing seem to fit perfectly into the ride-sharing industry, so it comes as no surprise at all that the search giant is looking to enter this business. The immense growth in popularity that ride-sharing …
It’s no secret that Google is the world’s most rapidly diversifying company, and I found further proof of this yesterday when I had the pleasure of meeting Rick Needham, Google’s Director of Energy and Sustainability, at the Low Carbon Investing …
My colleague Gary Tulie is helping me with some of the research and writing surrounding my current book project (working title: “Bullish on Renewable Energy – Eleven Reasons Why Clean Energy Investors Can’t Lose”). To that end, he recently sent …
I have been taking a break from writing books, largely because I was out of ideas—until just a minute ago when I had what I think is a good concept: how the tech giants (e.g., Google) and the American billionaires (e.g., …
Changing the Face of Energy and Transportation in the 21st Century Read More »
Love or hate the way they do their internet business, Google is definitely into their renewable energy. Over the years I have read some interesting articles about their investment in and installation of energy efficiency or renewable energy technology, and …
From Guest Blogger Brian McGowan: Google Invests in Solar Energy Again Read More »
Readers who may be wondering about the cost-competitiveness of renewable energy will be interested in this piece on the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) associated with wind. Hint #1: It’s very good news, and it provides real hope that wind, …
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