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Cleantech
Cleantech, short for "clean technology," is a term used to describe products or services that improve operational performance, productivity, or efficiency while reducing costs, energy consumption and carbon emissions. It is also referred to as "green tech." The term refers specifically to consumer, regulatory and industry interest in clean forms of energy generation as it relates to climate change, environmental impact and venture capital interest in related startup companies.
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Amory Lovins: Carbon fiber cars would cut oil dependency
At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute talks about strategies to make oil-free automobiles. He believes that cars would be simpler and cheaper to...
23 | March 29, 2012 11:59am
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Three green technologies set to transform energy
At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, NRG Energy CEO David Crane discusses how smart meters, distributed-solar projects, and plug-in electric vehicles could potentially cause disruptive change...
3 | March 27, 2012 1:28pm
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Kleiner Perkins VC: Solar a $50 billion market in 2011
At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, John Denniston, a partner for Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, and Byers, talks about how innovation in clean tech has helped drive strong growth in both solar...
9 | March 15, 2011 4:58pm
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Silver Lake VCs: Time to anoint cleantech winners
At the Green Net conference in San Francisco, Silver Lake venture capitalists Adam Grosser and Cathy Zoi talk about a new clean-tech fund they are starting backed by billionaire investor George...
1 | April 22, 2011 9:58am
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Sweden: A concept country for clean-tech development
At the Nordic Green conference in Menlo Park, Calif., Olov Hemstrom of the Swedish Trade Council discusses the history of Sweden's drive to go green. He says government and business officials...
2 | April 28, 2010 2:01pm
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Solar Insight 2011: How is the U.S. solar market faring?
At the Greentech Media Solar Insight conference, executives from the clean-tech industry describe the state of the photovoltaic market in the United States and the outlook going forward.
November 17, 2011 2:30pm
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EV execs offer solutions for range anxiety
At a press event held by Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., clean-tech executives from Tesla Motors, Panasonic, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers discuss the challenges for electrified...
2 | August 26, 2011 3:18pm
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GreenNet '10: Candidate Jerry Brown on greening California
At GreenNet '10 in San Francisco, California gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown talks to Earth2Tech editor Katie Fehrenbacher about the skills he'd use to push clean-tech innovation. Brown says...
April 30, 2010 12:00pm
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Was the Copenhagen Climate Conference a failure?
At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, Bryan Walsh, environmental columnist with Time magazine, moderates a panel on international policy for tackling climate change. He asks Dickon Pinner, a...
4 | February 26, 2010 8:12am
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Planting solar gardens
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...
1 | March 13, 2008 10:45am
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Which solar technology will survive?
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...
March 12, 2008 3:20pm
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The Green Enterprise: PG&E
Correspondent Sumi Das looks at how PG&E is working to deliver clean energy to its customers. Innovations include a unique solar installation at the company's headquarters, a hybrid-electric...
1 | March 10, 2008 11:24am
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Green autos finding their niche
At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, Jan-Olaf Willums, chairman of Think, and Chetan Maini, chairman of Reva, discuss how the electric car is finding its niche as a short-distance vehicle and...
2 | March 3, 2008 3:56pm
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A greener IBM
At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, Peter Williams, CTO of IBM's Big Green Innovations, discusses the role of technology in the green movement. He addresses everything from new virtualization...
1 | February 27, 2008 4:24pm
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Silver Lake VCs: Time to anoint cleantech winners
At the Green Net conference in San Francisco, Silver Lake venture capitalists Adam Grosser and Cathy Zoi talk about a new clean-tech fund they are starting backed by billionaire investor George...
1 | April 22, 2011 9:58am
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Sweden: A concept country for clean-tech development
At the Nordic Green conference in Menlo Park, Calif., Olov Hemstrom of the Swedish Trade Council discusses the history of Sweden's drive to go green. He says government and business officials...
2 | April 28, 2010 2:01pm
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EV execs offer solutions for range anxiety
At a press event held by Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., clean-tech executives from Tesla Motors, Panasonic, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers discuss the challenges for electrified...
2 | August 26, 2011 3:18pm
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Vinod Khosla: What's next for clean tech?
At the AlwaysOn Going Green conference in San Francisco, venture capitalist Vinod Khosla talks about why he's bullish on green tech and what technologies he believes will be game changers in the...
1 | September 27, 2011 3:17pm
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Dispelling the myth that clean tech is capital intensive
At the AlwaysOn Going Green conference in San Francisco, venture capitalist Vinod Khosla refutes claims that green tech companies require a larger amount of capital to start than typical...
September 27, 2011 3:20pm
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Solar Insight 2011: How is the U.S. solar market faring?
At the Greentech Media Solar Insight conference, executives from the clean-tech industry describe the state of the photovoltaic market in the United States and the outlook going forward.
November 17, 2011 2:30pm
