A Look at Cleantech VC in New England
Much is written about cleantech venture capital globally and nationally, but much less is out there about investments at the state and regional levels. Courtesy of The Cleantech Group, I've charted cleantech venture investments in New England from 2007 through Q3 2011.
Research on Energy Efficiency From AEEE
A new paper from AEEE takes a look at the existing evidence on energy efficiency.
What’s the Future of Renewable Project Finance?
Research from Greentech Media and Mintz Levin suggests that renewable project finance has improved but will not meet demand through 2013.
MassCEC Highlighted by New Brookings Paper
A new paper from The Brookings Institution highlights state clean energy funds and argues that they must invest in innovative technologies, and not just provide project finance.
New England Clean Energy Council Adds Janet Gail Besser and Dan Bosley To Policy Team
The New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC) today announced the addition of two senior executives to its policy and government relations team as part of a significant expansion of its state and federal advocacy efforts. Janet Gail Besser joins NECEC as Vice President of Policy and Government Relations, and Dan Bosley joins as Government Relations...
Ten Of The Best NECEC Posts From 2011
Earlier this week I posted the top 5 most popular posts from our blog, which launched in March of this year. But as we pass this slow week between Christmas and New Year's I thought I'd do a round-up of some of my personal favorite posts from the year.
Weekly Links 12-26-11
This is more like the December Links, so there's a lot here. Plenty of member news and don't miss a full section of Year End roundup posts that can give you a quick reminder of the year's news and trends. Finally, check out Summing Up Cleantech VC on our blog which rounds up a terrific...
5 Most Popular NECEC Blog Posts In 2011
On Monday, March 21st we launched this blog to help share the work we were doing, the work our community is doing, and to influence the public debate about our energy future. The blog has been a huge success as judged by a number of metrics (including our website traffic) and we've been lucky to...
2011 Clean Energy Success Stories at ClimateProgress
Stephen Lacey nails it at ClimateProgress:
"Aside from the mind-boggling disparity between the science and politics of climate change, I’ve never seen such a large gap between perception and what’s actually happening on the ground."
Grover Norquist Is Wrong About Clean Energy Standards
Grover Norquist and Patrick Gleason, both of Americans for Tax Reform, recently had an op-ed in Politico trashing Clean Energy Standards at both the federal and state level. But their claims don't withstand scrutiny.
U-LAUNCH Winner Named to Forbes 30 Under 30
Three local innovators make Forbes' 30-Under-30 in Energy list, but are there still too few young entrepreneurs in cleantech?
NECEC & AEE Co-Founders On CNBC
AEE co-founders Tom Steyer and Hemant Taneja (also an NECEC co-founder) were on CNBC’s SquawkBox last week. Here’s a clip from the show: Watch the full video here. Walter FrickWalter is Communications Manager at the New England Clean Energy Council.