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Friday Green Numbers round-up for Feb 4th 2011

Friday Green Numbers round-up for Feb 4th 2011

By Tom Raftery on February 4, 2011

And here is a round-up of this week’s Green numbers… Europe’s Energy Member States of the European Union have agreed on targets aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by cutting energy consumption by 20% and increasing the share of renewables in the energy mix to 20% by 2020. The ‘Europe’s Energy’ project gives users a […]

Posted in Business | Tagged arctic oscillation, arctic sea ice, cleantech, climate change, distributech, Energy, energy efficiency, europe, fuel prices, global warming, GreenNumbers, nsidc, petrol, smart grid, utilities

Keynesian Porn

Keynesian Porn

By Jeff Nolan on May 27, 2010

Read this and thought “right on brother”. it ain’t exactly the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Every American who pays taxes is invested in your EV at this point. Self-righteousness gets you nowhere when the playing field ain’t level. Just sayin… [From Quote Of The Day: Don’t Make Me Pull This Oversubsidized Niche […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged cleantech, economy, EV, gm, gmac, Great Depression, Money supply, subsidies, Tax

The Kleiner Perkins cleantech portfolio

The Kleiner Perkins cleantech portfolio

By Vinnie Mirchandani on April 13, 2010

More excerpts from my upcoming book, The New Polymath due in June. The book celebrates innovations of all kinds including those around sustainability. Here are some excerpts from the case study on Kleiner Perkins’ cleantech portfolio “Since 2003, Kleiner has evaluated more than 5,000 investment opportunities and has invested more than $1 billion in cleantech […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged cleantech, The New Polymath | 1 Response

The Coming Green Sprawl

The Coming Green Sprawl

By Jeff Nolan on December 22, 2009

As the U.S. moves to energy policy that emphasizes renewable energy development, we would be wise to consider the impacts on land use and agriculture policy as well as recognize that the relationship between state and federal governments cannot and should not be trampled in process.

Posted in Business | Tagged Clean Tech, cleantech, Public Policy, Renewable energy, solar, wind | 3 Responses

The Limits of Venture Capital and Cleantech

The Limits of Venture Capital and Cleantech

By Jeff Nolan on December 7, 2009

I just watched a segment on one of the financial channels featuring venture capital investment in cleantech. I have mixed feelings on this, which is to say that I see this as a rich investment category but one that has many unfamiliar obstacles for Silicon Valley investors. Cleantech investing is a major next wave for […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Clean technology, cleantech, investment, Silicon Valley, startups, Venture Capital

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