Greentech Investing: Not So Fast
There's an inevitable slowdown in venture capital investing and that's not good news for Silicon Valley nor the Cleantech start-ups. Last quarter VC activity was about one-third of the same quarter last year.
There's an inevitable slowdown in venture capital investing and that's not good news for Silicon Valley nor the Cleantech start-ups. Last quarter VC activity was about one-third of the same quarter last year.
MONDAY UPDATEGold and oil prices climbing higher to begin the week. Shock and awe prevail in the markets.
Courtesy: Iberdrola.An annually updated ranking of wind energy companies shows Iberdrola is now Numero Uno.
The world's first solar power billionaire is on a role. Not in Silicon Valley or Spain or even solar-blessed Arizona.
Polymath is Greek for renaissance person; someone with the ability to do many remarkable things because they are experts across many disciplines. In this interview, Vinnie Mirchandani, talks about his new book,The New Polymath.
The man from the bank stood in front of the small gathering and talked about solar energy and why his bank helped put together a community solar project in my new hometown: Ashland, Oregon. Bank of the Cascades, Executive Vice President, Bill Haden, said he explained the whole project to his nine-year-old grandson who understood it and thought it was a good idea.
Not since the financial industry did a header off the high board into a mortgage pool filled with bad paper. It's been literally weeks since an American-based business sector looked this sick.
At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, Todd Glass of Heller Ehrman moderates a discussion on the various solar technologies making a difference in the green movement. From thin film PVs to concentrating solar, which technology is best-suited for deployment on a utility scale? Attempting to answer this question are panelists Peter Duprey, CEO at Acciona; Ricardo Angel, senior vice president at GE Energy Financial Services; and Fong Wan, vice president of energy procurement at PG&E.
At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, Todd Glass of Heller Ehrman moderates a discussion on the challenges in developing solar technologies on a utility scale in the magnitude of 2,500 megawatts. Panelists include: Peter Duprey, CEO at Acciona; Ricardo Angel, senior vice president at GE Energy Financial Services; and Fong Wan, vice president of energy procurement at PG&E.
I've blogged before about the need for a new energy calculus. Not just market and whosesale costs to the user of the energy.