January, 2014

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Eco Pro 2013

Cleantech Blog

Every year, Eco-Pro features a particular theme. With the recovery of Fukushima on everyone’s mind and the uncertainty in fossil fuel supply, the focus on 2013 was on renewable energy. In July 2012, the government of Japan introduced a feed-in tariff (FIT) to promote energy generation from renewable resources including solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass.

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Women in STEM, an interview with Wanda Reder

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Posted by Guest Contributor It is quite possible that the life of Wanda Reder would be very different, if she had not a forward thinking algebra teacher suggest she should be an engineer. Today, she is VP of Power Systems Solutions of S&C Electric Company as well as Chair of the IEEE Smart Grid Task Force and a strong advocate for bringing more women into STEM fields.

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LEED v4, the Evolution of Green

Cleantech Blog

It’s particularly troubling to those of us watching the energy efficiency marketplace to see one program or another take a hard hit. That’s why the 2010 class action lawsuit by Henry Gifford against the US Green Building Council – the parent organization of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) – had such wide-ranging responses […].

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Silent Guardian: Drones without the Scare Factor

Cleantech Blog

Over at Bye Aerospace, Inc., Founder George Bye and colleagues are designing drones. But don’t worry. The Denver, Colorado company, founded in 2007, isn’t the site of the next Evil Empire, and the drones which will eventually start going out the door (here or elsewhere, but not under their own power) are meant for peaceful […].

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Has a Cleantech crash spurred the need for Bluetech innovation?

Cleantech Blog

The recent CBS 60 Minutes documentary, The Cleantech Crash, was an apocryphal tale of wasted government funding and failed companies, and left one feeling sorry for a much maligned Vinod Khosla, deemed to be a prime architect behind the ‘failed cleantech revolution’. Khosla has rallied with a strong and stirring rebuttal in open letter to CBS. Cleantech, (if narrowly […].

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#SolarChat: Serious Solar Networking at Your Fingertips

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Posted by Rosana Francescato Where can you find a solar community with a shared mission, shared information, and shared resources — without even leaving your home or office? All that and more are packed into one quick hour a month at #SolarChat , a virtual networking opportunity hosted by Raina Russo. #SolarChat is a Tweetup, or a Meetup conducted virtually over Twitter.

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