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Here’s a piece I just wrote for a client: “EV Profiler.”  Hope you enjoy. If you’re interested, please let me know. It would certainly be foolish to underestimate the challenge the world faces in migrating to electric transportation. Just like …

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I’ve begun delivering a consulting action for my client, the “EV Profiler.” Imagine, if you will, a device placed in your current car that provides a super-accurate report on the amount of energy you consume in your day-to-day driving.  Based …

“EV Profiler” — a Powerful Sales Tool for Electric Vehicles Read More »

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I’d like to re-extend an offer I made a year or so ago: If you’re trying to raise capital for a cleantech business from angel investors, venture capitalists, or private equity, and want objective feedback on your business plan (in …

Wanted: Solid Cleantech Business Plans Read More »

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…..continued from earlier post These same wind turbines have been chosen for the world’s largest wind farm, the 845MW Shepherd’s Flat project in north central Oregon. 338 turbines will be installed; GE says that this turbine yields the highest energy …

[The Vector] Renewable Energy – All Eyes on GE Read More »

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General Electric (GE) is speeding ahead on a number of renewable energy fronts.  This includes continuing to build its wind turbine division, a new smart meter project, planning to build the largest solar plant in the U.S., keeping its successful Eco-Imagination project going and …

[The Vector] Renewable Energy – Keeping up with GE Read More »

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In a May Vector story, we covered a detailed report from Ogilvy & Mather (Ogilvy Earth) about “mainstreaming green” in the U.S. One of the recommendations of the study was a call to corporations to bring simple greener products to …

[The Vector] Big and Small, Green Efforts Count: SC Johnson Introduces a Revolutionary Cleaning Concentrate Read More »

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Brazil aims to triple its renewable energy use by 2020, according to the new national plan.  Wind energy has a strong place in the plans, along with small hydropower. Brazil has already reached 1 GW from wind energy alone this year – …

[The Vector] News from around the world: Brazil and Energy Read More »

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I’m in New York City this week, doing a consulting project for 2GreenEnergy client Doty Windfuels. I knew going in that this was going to be interesting, but there was no way I could have predicted the drama. Windfuels is one …

VCs React to Windfuels: Synthetic Fuels with Proven, Cost-Effective Processes Read More »

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Clean energy investment worldwide was up 30% in 2010, after a steep decline in 2009, says the Pew Charitable Trusts.  “The clean energy sector is emerging as one of the most dynamic and competitive in the world, witnessing 630 percent …

[The Vector] Venture Capital Investment Increases Substantially into Green Energy Read More »

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I have mentioned that I work with four American and three Bermudan business partners in an effort to bring electric vehicles to this charming island nation. Bermuda has all the potential in the world for a super-steep EV adoption curve: …

Bermuda Is Soon To Have Electric Vehicles — But What About Renewable Energy? Read More »

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