To those of us working in the cleantech sector, it’s a familiar storyline: A new technology comes to market that increases productivity and changes business models, and, before long, it’s met with opposition. Cleantech and smart grid technologies are inherently disruptive. via Cleantech: Benefits of a disruptive technology – Mass High Tech Business News.
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Investors were still pouring money into solar power ventures in April — with about 45 percent the $330 million invested in clean technology ventures pointed toward solar power startups. Wind power ventures were still able to attract nearly $45 million, or 14 percent of investments made in clean technology in April, despite the technology already Continue reading →
It seems every day that another company is making claims about going “green.” Are they just following the Hard Rock Café motto and trying to save the planet? Or is there more to it? “Cleantech” is a broad term that applies to a diverse industry, including renewable energy solutions, technologies for efficient products, carbon capture Continue reading →
More and more consumers are raising concerns about rising energy prices. And about the cleantech incentives that exacerbate those price jumps. This anxiety is spreading to investors, who are moving to limit exposure. They are concerned about sudden policy changes such as the one in France. A recent moratorium there on solar feed-in-tariffs has brought Continue reading →
Cleantech is often associated with green energy and biofuels, however its definition is quite nebulous. Clean Edge, a cleantech research firm, describes the industry as “a diverse range of products, services, and processes that harness renewable materials and energy sources, dramatically reduce the use of natural resources, and cut or eliminate emissions and wastes.” The Continue reading →
The U.S. launch of the Global CleanTECH Cluster Association took place in America’s Finest City San Diego, California last month. With this Association, a partnership representing more than 20 leading cleantech clusters, hosting this launch was quite a plum for San Diego. But then, the San Diego region is deserving of this accolade, having distinguished Continue reading →
The Berkeley-Stanford Cleantech Conference, a biannual conference organized by Berkeley and Stanford students, successfully brings some of the best and brightest minds together to discuss cleantech-related topics. Past themes have included Electric Vehicles, Big Solar, Energy Storage, and Smart Grid; this year the conference was organized around Distributed Generation. This year’s event took place at Continue reading →
A report from a 26 member task force, appointed by outgoing New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, offers pointers on how to boost state independence with a major renewable energy transmission expansion, capitalizing on the Tres Amigas super station. The report spells out ten steps New Mexico can take to expand the grid to make it Continue reading →
Cleantech financial investment experts from Baird’s Equity Capital Markets business provided their outlook for the clean tech energy sector today in a panel discussion entitled A Clean Technology Outlook Panel Discussion-Identifying significant sector catalysts for 2011 and beyond. via Cleantech analysts caught off guard by growth in the solar power sector – San Francisco Solar Continue reading →
When Congress passed the landmark stimulus bill in 2009, more than $90 billion was targeted at clean energy — the largest investment of federal dollars in the energy sector ever. Nearly $3 billion was awarded to the Bay Area from the Department of Energy alone. The infusion of money came at a critical juncture, filling Continue reading →
If cleantech is going to have its “Netscape moment,” as John Doerr put it, it’s most likely going to come from companies taking a data-oriented approach. Yes, the rise of the smart grids will bring forth billion-dollar markets in traditional IT technologies too — grids and routers and networking juice that companies where some formidable Continue reading →
Dan Reicher, director of climate change and energy initiatives at Google Inc., spoke at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum Wall Street on Wednesday in support of a new government agency that would help clean technology companies bridge the “valley of death,” a gap in financing for the first full-scale demonstration. via Google’s Renewable Energy Push Continue reading →
Accent, a world leader in semiconductor integration of communications and metering technologies, launches ASMgridTM, the industry first Clean Tech System-on-Chip (SoC) platform. ASMgrid incorporates unprecedented wireless and communications technology breadth for single chip solutions. Dedicated to energy savings and optimization, the platform enables a new class of performance for emerging Smart Meter and Home Area Continue reading →
While some would scoff at the idea of Bruins collaborating with their cross-town rival, this is exactly what UCLA and USC, along with Caltech and a host of other institutions, have been doing for the past year. April marks the one-year anniversary of Clean Tech Los Angeles, a multi-organizational coalition that aims to promote the Continue reading →
Cleantech industry leaders worry the U.S. government is picking the country's energy winners with its hefty fiscal stimulus handouts, when the market could be better equipped for that task, a new survey shows. The U.S. Department of Energy hopes to give or loan $110 billion in stimulus funds to cleantech businesses dealing in everything from Continue reading →
2010 will be a blockbuster year for the American Clean Tech industry as billions of dollars in Stimulus money draw in private capital and create tens of thousands of jobs. But when the money runs out, and without a price on carbon, what’s next for Clean Tech? Join us to discuss what’s at stake for Continue reading →
Sacramento led the state in green job growth in 2008, with an increase in green jobs of 87% between 1995 and 2008, reports Many Shades of Green: Diversity and Distribution of California’s Green Jobs. This report was released by nonpartisan Next 10 and Collaborative Economics, and provides the most comprehensive green jobs accounting to date, Continue reading →
Green technology will soon be getting a player with a pedigree born out of one of the most successful gadgets of all time. Tony Fadell, one of the original developers of the iPod at Apple tells the New York Times that he will be leaving the company to pursue advising and investing in consumer-focused green Continue reading →
Telkonet, Inc. (OTCBB: TKOI), a leading Clean Technology company focusing on proprietary energy management and SmartGrid networking technology, today announced it has been awarded a three year contract renewal from Ecology Action, a leading regional provider of environmental and conservation consulting services. Ecology Action implements Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) successful LodgingSavers Program in Northern Continue reading →
When I had breakfast recently with Ron Pitt, he pointed out that there are only about 100 or so major, investor-owned utilities in the United States—but there are roughly 70 million owner-occupied single-family homes. So why, in the name of God’s greenhouse gases, are so many venture-backed startups focused on developing cleantech innovations and smart Continue reading →
