(This post originally appeared at GreentechMedia.) Walt Frick posted a good rebuttal to the Wired “cleantech bust” article recently, in which he points out that venture dollars going into the sector remain high. This is true, but as one of my fellow panelists at the Kellogg PE/VC conference yesterday pointed out, a lot of those dollars...
Increasing jobs was a key point in last week’s discussion of the NStar / Northeast Utilities merger, and economic development is a thread throughout two op-eds in yesterday’s Worcester Business Journal by Secretary Rick Sullivan and Clean Energy Council President Peter Rothstein. With wires buzzing around job creation in clean energy, the following is an important point that...
Big news comes with the NStar and Northeast Utilities merger and what that means for clean energy in MA. Council President Peter Rothstein gave an interview on the Fox25 Morning Show. New member Liquid Metal Battery Corporation is highlighted in MHT, A123 is spreading good news and GreatPoint’s investment from China will likely trend this...
This week, the Energy Leaders Breakfast Club talks IT, the “Clean Web” and Corporate Sustainability. Today’s conversation is the third and final piece from the December Breakfast Club meeting. NECEC and Mass High Tech previously released the first and second transcripts, and look forward to continuing the conversation with January’s session. The Energy Leaders Breakfast...
(Originally appeared on Groom Energy’s EnterpriseSmartGrid.org) I spent last Wednesday at the California PUC in San Francisco participating in a workshop debating the merits of California’s newly proposed policy for utility on-bill repayment (OBR). (Although being at the workshop necessitated my taking the Boston redeye that night (ugh) my spirits were lifted as I waited at SFO...
Leaders of New England’s innovation economy had their hearts warmed last week when Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick sent out an early Valentine: He publicly declared love and devotion to the Green Communities Act (GCA). Joining Newton Mayor Setti Warren on a tour of a zero net-energy home in Waban, Governor Patrick addressed dozens of attendees...
The U.S. makes strides toward energy independence, clean energy firms in MA are highlighted. The White House releases it’s report on DOE energy loans, and military involvement in cleantech is a trend. Rumors of a national CES, in some form, and great news from VEIC, ACTION, MTTC and A123. Check out the Energy Leaders Breakfast...
Last Thursday, NECEC and Mass High Tech released the first of three transcripts from the December meeting of the Energy Leaders Breakfast Club. This week, we continue the conversation with a discussion on the future of natural gas. The Energy Leaders Breakfast Club conversation does not reflect the views or positions of the New...
(Sheeraz Haji is CEO of San-Francisco-based Cleantech Group. This post originally appeared on Cleantech Group’s Cleantech Insights Blog.) The death of cleantech venture capital has been greatly exaggerated. Yes, there were a few massive failures in 2011, and of course it’s been difficult for a number of cleantech venture capitalists to raise funds. However, cleantech...
(This post was originally published on February 3rd on Foley Hoag’s Law and the Environment blog.) Yesterday, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a notice of availability for the Environmental Assessment it prepared in connection with the issuance of leases for wind energy development off the coast of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. The EA includes...
Exciting start to a surprisingly warm February. AEE and ACORE announce collaboration last week, Harvest Power’s Fraser Richmond received $1.5 million in funding, PwC releases Renewables report, and the first transcript from the Energy Leaders Breakfast Club hits our blog and Mass High Tech. New England Clean Energy Council & Sponsor/Member News: BC Bioenergy...
The Boston Globe ran a story on January 31st on Nstar’s Green program, describing its price surcharge, volatility and modest uptake. As a program which offers a a 50% or 100% renewable option for those few customers who are highly-dedicated early-adopters, the program was never intended as a major sales channel for renewables. However, the...
