Clean Energy Digest

It’s comforting to know that Silicon Valley is putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to clean energy. Cleantech is becoming all the rage these days. That’s a very good thing in my opinion.
Unfortunately, when anything becomes all the rage it also becomes susceptible to hype and bubbles. I don’t think we [...]

A very interesting news item popped up on my radar this week. A consortium of major investment banks have banded together to develop “The Carbon Principles.”
According to a press release from Citigroup, the carbon principles are “…climate change guidelines for advisors and lenders to power companies in the United States. These Principles are the [...]

Last week I had the pleasure of speaking with Keith Johnson of The Wall Street Journal. We discussed clean energy topics and the new Environmental Capital blog that WSJ launched recently. I had been an active follower of the Journal’s Energy Roundup blog and Environmental Capital represents new branding and a sharpened focus on the [...]

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Here are some clean energy news items that you might find interesting.
New Report Focuses On Renewable Energy In Nevada “A new state report calls for developing transmission lines so that geothermal, wind and solar energy can be shipped from remote areas of Nevada to cities.”
The Bush Plan For Climate Change “The U.S. is committed to [...]

A lot of emphasis is typically placed on the development and deployment of clean energy technology. The numbers of projects in the works are staggering. And while small-scale localized projects can help to make a difference, the major shifts in clean energy impact will occur when we can take clean supply sources to the masses.
In [...]