All Posts Tagged With: "clean energy"

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A Cleantech Venture Capitalist Who is Unconvinced of Man-Made Climate Change

Go ahead — call me a hypocrite. I claim to be a cleantech venture capitalist yet I tell you here and now that I am not convinced of anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change (aka global warming). And I will audaciously tell you that my convictions on climate change in no way run contrary to my strong belief in the need for a cleantech revolution.

19Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Two Years Into The Stimulus

LIke it or not, one thing is clear according to a new report:
The Recovery Act is poised to achieve its goal of doubling clean energy capacity over the next two years. Case in Point: Domestic manufacturing capacity for solar photovoltaic modules is forecasted to grow from less than 1 gigawatt a year in 2008 to nearly 4 gigawatts per year in 2012.

3Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Brookings Report: Mountain West Poised to Lead Energy System Transformation

The report encourages the U.S. to move proactively and aggressively to build the proposed Intermountain West network of high-powered energy innovation commercialization centers, and thereby creating the “next economy” in the mountain region and nationally.

15Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Senate Inaction Cedes U.S. Energy Race to China

The warnings have been clear: if America failed to pass a comprehensive climate-and-energy bill, the country risked losing the clean energy race to China — sacrificing the jobs of the future in a timid, ill-fated effort to preserve the jobs of the past. Now those warnings are coming true.

2Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Barrasso Says Obama’s Budget Will Hurt Job
Creation in West

While Obama and members of his administration were quick to describe the budgetary taxes and regulations as part of their battle against Big Oil, the truth is that these measures directly hurt American workers and kill red, white and blue jobs. This couldn’t come at a worse time.

11Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Natural Gas Executives See Good Times Ahead

Despite low prices, and the expectation of more layoffs and cost-cutting taking place in 2010, 84 percent of the oil and gas executive surveyed are bullish on natural gas because of the surge in production from plentiful shale and coal bed methane formations.

10Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Hard Energy Realities Facing Western States Focus of Jackson Hole Gathering

Among the key policy elements to be tackled head on during next week’s conference — developing a blueprint to a cooperative agreement that represents a western energy policy dealing specifically with development, transmission, and the environment

20Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Report: West Leads in Clean Energy Boom –
Wyoming’s Clean Energy Jobs Grew Four
Times Faster Than Total Jobs

Clean energy jobs, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, environmentally-friendly production, conservation and pollution mitigation and training and support – grew despite a lack of sustained government support in the past decade, Pew found.

11Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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DOE to Pump Millions into Geothermal Energy

Energy Secretary Chu announced the release of two Funding Opportunity Announcements for up to $84 million to support the development of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS).

6Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The 10 Biggest Cleantech Victories in 2008

There were some disappointments, including electric car maker Tesla hitting a wall and T. Boone Pickens putting his massive wind power project on ice. But the nascent industry also saw a lot of
significant milestones in 2008. Here are some of the highlights.

6Jan2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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West-Wide Energy Corridors Plan Includes
Smart Lines for Renewables - in Some Areas

“These corridors could help link enough green electricity to power over 3 million homes — without significant lands impacts. Other corridors may help accelerate linking Arizona, Wyoming and New Mexico wind and solar resources to major western population centers.”

26Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Advance Read: The Top Ten Global Energy Trends in 2009

Among the predictions: oil price volatility will continue in the short term but is likely to stabilize within a lower narrow band by the end of 2009; and clean energy projects will play a crucial role in the long term energy needs of the world, although there will be reduced investment next year.

25Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued