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My Interview with Sheeraz Haji of Cleantech Group

October 15, 2010 by Scott Edward Anderson
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Sheeraz Haji of Cleantech GroupI sat down the other day with Sheeraz Haji, President of Cleantech Group, which was hosting its Cleantech Forum New York this week. Haji has been in his position for almost two years after a stint at McKinsey and a few successful software startups. He came to Cleantech Group because he saw an opportunity... [read more]

Is the Canadian cleantech scene invisible to the world?

October 15, 2010 by Tyler Hamilton
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My Clean Break column today expresses some disappointment with the Cleantech Group’s latest list of the 100 cleantech companies likely to have the greatest impact over the next five to 10 years. Only two Canadian companies — Enerkem (see image, left, of its Edmonton waste-to-ethanol facility) and Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies —... [read more]

Think locally, act globally in cleantech

April 28, 2010 by Dallas Kachan
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I'm pretty fond of where I live. And I imagine you are too. You've chosen to be there! So it only stands to reason that we'd want to preserve and better our places. But there's a professional quandary therein: opportunities in cleantech aren't always in our backyards. We can't always be satisfied with looking globally and acting locally... [read more]

Storm Clouds on the Clean Tech Horizon?

March 3, 2010 by Breakthrough Institute
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By Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus The double digit growth of clean tech industries like solar and wind can't last, and climate legislation in Congress won't continue the momentum, according to a new Breakthrough Institute analysis made for a keynote speech at the Cleantech Group's February 2010 conference in San Francisco. The... [read more]

[PODCAST] When the Rubber Meets the Road: Taking Cleantech to Scale

March 2, 2010 by Jesse Jenkins
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Financing your innovative cleantech company amidst an economic crisis, navigating a new and uncertain policy environment, and finding the early markets needed to take it all to scale. Not an easy task, but those are just some of the many challenges facing the nascent cleantech industry on display at this year's San Francisco Cleantech... [read more]

Top 10 cleantech promises to watch for in 2010

January 9, 2010 by Big Gav
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Cleantech.com is looking forward at 2010 instead of back at 2009 and has a list of promised innovations to keep an eye on this year - Top 10 cleantech promises to watch for in 2010. Just because promises don’t happen in 2010 doesn’t mean they won’t happen ever. But, for what it’s worth, here are 10 of the most interesting developments... [read more]

Green tech investing down but on the rebound

January 6, 2010 by Todd Woody
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image: SolFocus In The New York Times on Wednesday, I write about the year-end green tech investing numbers for 2009: In a flurry of dealmaking bolstered by government subsidies for renewable energy, venture capitalists invested $5.6 billion in green technology companies worldwide in 2009, according to a preliminary report released... [read more]

eSolar takes solar thermal to Sub-Saharan Africa

October 16, 2009 by Big Gav
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Cleantech.com has a post on efforts to bring solar thermal power technology to Africa - eSolar takes solar thermal to Sub-Saharan Africa.Pasadena, Calif.-based eSolar said today its signed a deal with Johannesburg-based Clean Energy Solutions to sell and market the startup's solar thermal power plants in Sub-Saharan Africa.The deal... [read more]