Green Business
A Tale of Two Cleantechs
There are cleantech markets that add up to trillions of dollars of revenue opportunity per year that are practically screaming out to be overtaken by new, more efficient technologies and market processes.[read more]
Why Climate Change Hawks Should Support the America Competes Act
Originally enacted in 2007 and reauthorized in 2010, this legislation directly supports science and technology institutions that underpin U.S. innovation, particularly in clean energy.[read more]
Solar Energy Investment Attractiveness Of Sunbelt Countries
The solar energy investment attractiveness of a country is based on many factors. Some important ones are the overall investment attractiveness of a country, solar policies in the country, and natural solar power potential.[read more]
Energy Innovation: Tesla's May Trifecta of EV Triumphs
With the EV industry reeling from grim news regarding Coda’s bankruptcy announcement and Fisker Automotive’s apparent demise, Tesla Motors is basking in a trifecta of great news stories that emerged from their camp.[read more]
DOE's High Impact Energy Innovation Incubator Program
Buried in the President’s FY2014 budget proposal is an interesting reform that could impact energy innovation without relying on Congress for any new – and hard to come by – federal investments.[read more]
California Shared Renewable Energy Bills Pass Major Hurdle
Where California goes, so does the rest of the country. We don’t have enough shared renewables laws in the US. Passing these bills would set a great example and help spread renewables beyond just California.[read more]
Garbage as Energy Commodity? Industry Booms in Europe
Norway, along with many other northern European countries, has built a network of co-generation plants that produce heat and electricity from recycled waste.[read more]
Offshore Wind Energy in Europe: €130 Billion Market By 2020
Europe is expected to continue dominating the global offshore wind industry, but the Asia Pacific and North American regions will soon represent significant market shares as technological innovations reduce many bottlenecks[read more]
Solar Impulse Sets Out Across America [VIDEO]
At each stop Solar Impulse will be on display for the public to see the groundbreaking airplane as it kicks off the Clean Generation initiative to raise awareness of the potential of clean and renewable sources of energy.[read more]
Future of Clean Energy: 3 Take-Aways from BNEF Summit 2013
Last week was the BNEF Summit (Bloomberg New Energy Finance), the annual gathering of the clean energy faithful. Here are my three take-aways with respect to our clean energy future.[read more]
Evolving Support for an Innovation Carbon Tax
Let's look at an “Innovation Carbon Price” that ties 20 percent of carbon tax revenue to public energy innovation investments and 80 percent to strengthening corporate tax incentives for training, research, and equipment investments.[read more]
Portraits of the Solar Energy Market: How Key States Are Faring
A look at how states' solar energy markets are faring. With more than 3.1 gigawatts of capacity installed last year, the U.S. market seems healthy and continues to grow. However, some states are in better shape than others.[read more]
Clean Energy Policy: A Three-Legged Stool
We need all three: Innovation, Deployment and a Price on Carbon. The right answer isn't one or two of these policy areas. Appropriate and comprehensive clean energy policy is a three-legged stool.[read more]
A Different Green for Earth Day: Investment in Energy Innovations
Financial innovations for Smart Grid investments have not kept pace with technologies or even regulatory policies, which move slower than a pre-global warming glacier.[read more]
100 Percent Renewable Energy is 100 Percent Possible
Even those in favor of renewable energy have been known to debate how much of our power it can provide. But at the conference, the question was not whether we can get to 100%. Instead, speakers asked, How do we get there?[read more]
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