What To Read: Resources for Cleantech Investing
If you’re a frequent reader of the Clean Energy Trust blog, it’s a pretty good bet you are interested in other good sources for news and insight. So, we’ve pulled together this list of resources for news and perspective on energy, venture capital, and entrepreneurship more broadly.
Of course, this list of newsletters, blogs, podcasts, books, and twitter influencers is just a start — let us know what we’ve missed and we can update the list over time.
Newsletters
Daily news
Axios’ Generate — Daily energy news roundup
Axios’ Pro Rata — Daily venture capital & private equity news roundup
Bloomberg Green’s the Green Daily — A daily guide to the latest climate news
Fortune’s Term Sheet — Daily venture capital & private equity news roundup
US Energy News / Midwest Energy News — National and regional weekday newsletters of energy and climate headlines from Energy News Network
Bloomberg Hyperdrive — A daily newsletter on the electric vehicle transition
Centered — Cleantech news from the Midwest
Weekly sector-specific summaries and news roundups
Benedict’s Newsletter — Ben Evans’ newsletter on (internet) tech
Climatetech VC — Climate tech investing newsletter
My Climate Journey — Jason Jacobs’ newsletter that builds off his podcast on climate solutions by the same name
Trucks Venture Capital Future of Transportation — weekly newsletter from Trucks Venture Capital on… the future of transportation
Decarbonizing Transportation — aptly named biweekly newsletter from Andrew Salzburg, former director of transportation policy at Uber.
Electrified — energy markets focused newsletter from Kevin Stevens, Partner at Intelis Capital
The Micromobility Newsletter — weekly newsletter from Micromobility Industries on the micromobility space
Podcasts
My colleague Paul published a post a few years back specifically on good podcasts for cleantech entrepreneurs, so I’m going to link to that here and also include more recommendations below:
The Energy Gang (my favorite)
The Interchange (another go-to)
Twitter Influencers
These days it can be hard to keep up, but a lot of valuable insight is shared publicly on #energytwitter. I’d started the list below, but found that it’s much easier to create lists of folks directly on twitter.
For a more up-to-date list, check out this twitter list:
Cleantech Resources Twitter List
One great think about twitter is the ability to quickly crowdsource information as well. After sharing the list above, folks reached out to share addition names of women to follow in energy and environment — I’ve included that list here:
Women in Energy Recommendations Twitter List
Also, @JesseJenkins shared this more comprehensive list of women in energy:
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Original list of #energytwitter influencers:
David Roberts, energy and climate writer at Vox — @drvox
Jesse Jenkins, energy systems engineering professor at Princeton — @JesseJenkins
Shayle Kann, Managing Director at Energy Impact Partners — @shaylekann
Stephen Lacey, contributing editor to Greentech Media and founder of Post Script Audio — @Stphn_Lacey
Katherine Hamilton, Chair of 38 North Solutions — @CleanGridView
Jigar Shah, founder of Sun Edison & President of Generate Capital — @JigarShahDC
Rob Day, General Partner at Spring Lane Capital — @cleantechinv
Michael Liebreich, Founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance — @MLiebreich
Bill Gates, energy investor, philanthropist, and founder of Microsoft — @BillGates
Akshat Rathi, energy and climate reporter at Bloomberg Green— @AkshatRathi
Leah Stokes, political science professor at UC-Santa Barbara — @leahstokes
Josh Posamentier, Managing Partner at Congruent Ventures — @posamentier
Books
There are better and more comprehensive resources out there for books on venture capital and entrepreneurship (see here and here for other better lists), but here are a few good ones to get started with:
Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson’s Venture Deals
Clayton Christenson’s The Innovator’s Dilemma
Peter Thiel’s Zero to One
Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things
