Cleantech is a Bunch of Hot Air!
While renewable energy often captures most of the cleantech headlines, if anyone doubts why energy efficiency must play a significant ...
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How to Build a Cleantech Company Without Huge Investment Capital: A Case Study
While many cleantech companies require very large amounts of capital in order to get to market, there is a quiet group of cleantech companies bucking that trend. Companies like Heartland Biocomposites (Green Building…
Cap and Trade: Right Debate, Wrong Solution
As we have seen in just the past few years, fossil fuel prices can vary dramatically over very short periods of time. Creatin...
Cleantech Economics 101: Higher Fossil Fuel Prices; More Cleantech
With all the complexities of cleantech policy and technologies, there is only one simple thing needed for an explosion of competitive clean technologies – increased price of fossil fuels. The amount of R&D expenditures…
Will 2010 Be the Year of Cleantech Revenues, IPOs and, Maybe, Even Profits?
As a “gearhead” (engineer) I must admit I truly enjoy looking at all the cool technologies being developed by cleantech companies. The prom...
Feel-Good Government Grants Leading Cleantech Astray
Grants for smart grid projects. Grants for battery manufacturing lines. Loan guarantees for renewable energy project development. Grants ...
Cleantech Venture Capitalists are Human Too
Sectors like solar, biofuels and smart grid have received a significant overweighting of venture capital investment compared to other sectors. Is this because they are better investment opportunities or because venture…
Human Capital, Not Venture Capital, the Biggest Cleantech Challenge
Building great businesses typically requires three key ingredients: phenomenal people, compelling technology and investment capital. Cleantech companies are no exception. While cleantech venture capital investments have…