Frequent contributor Jim Gilbeau writes that he and Jeff Bertsch started a new solar business, which he describes as follows: Once elected, President Obama asked America’s business capitalists/entrepreneurs to use their abilities, to think up new and creative ideas to …
I want to call readers’ attention to 2GreenEnergy Associates Bill Paul’s report: The Top Twenty Takeover Candidates among Publicly Traded Alternative Energy Companies Headquartered in the U.S. As I’ve mentioned, speaking with Bill Paul really is like drinking from a …
The other day, I wrote a short post on Renewable Energy World extolling the virtues of concentrated solar power, and predicting that CSP would someday (probably in my grandchildren’s lifetimes) dominate the landscape of world energy production. Almost immediately, someone …
I’m headed for New York later today for a series of meetings — some with people frequently mentioned here. I’ll be having dinner Monday night on the Upper West Side with Rona Fried, whose SustainableBusiness.com has formed a vibrant partnership with …
TV’s talking heads seem to think that wind and solar power are the answer to reducing America’s oil usage. How stupid can they be? Wind and solar make electricity, which won’t be ready to power large numbers of motor vehicles for …
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One of my golden rules of alternative-energy investing is that, if you want to make money, you’ve to think globally, especially since the US is still out to lunch in formulating policy for a clean-tech energy economy. In two months …
Bloomberg New Energy Finance is reporting that 19 alternative energy companies plan IPOs this year intended to raise a combined total of nearly $10 billion. Most will likely will be announced over the next few months. Announced IPOs range from …
I wanted to write a follow-on to yesterday’s post on Renewable Energy in the Mainstream. From a business perspective, will there be people who become fantastically wealthy from the migration to renewables — and from sustainability more generally? You bet. …
Despite the current economic malaise and the stalemate over “capping” carbon, the global wind power industry will grow 160% between now and 2014, according to a just-released forecast from the Global Wind Energy Council. China and the US will lead …
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