March Madness of clean energy events has begun. Here are some highlights of our Inaugural Clean Energy Day at the Massachusetts State House, as well as Member News from the past few weeks. New England Clean Energy Council & Sponsor/Member News: 7AC Technologies Announces Completion of $2.3 Million Investment Round SRS Marks Successful Operational...
Today marks our Inaugural Massachusetts Clean Energy Day at the State House! We are excited to bring together companies from throughout the cleantech sector. In partnership with Senator Ben Downing and Representative John Keenan, co-chairs of the Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy, we are excited to bring together companies representing the diversity of the...
(This post originally appeared at Greentech Media.) It’s not a popular thing to argue right now, but yes, there certainly is a vital role for government in support of cleantech innovation. Let me start by acknowledging that I absolutely understand and quite often agree with the sentiment that government shouldn’t be in the business of...
This morning, Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, introduced The Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 to the Senate floor. The CES 2012 plan would function to …create a national, market-oriented standard for electric energy generation that stimulates clean energy innovation and promotes a diverse set of...
(This post originally appeared at The Energy Collective.) David Frum, a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush and current blogger for Newsweek/The Daily Beast, is among the more thoughtful conservative commentators. (Full disclosure – I had the pleasure and privilege of writing for his now defunct blog, FrumForum.com.) Nevertheless, Frum is sadly mistaken in his recent piece...
(This op-ed originally appeared at The Podium by the Boston Globe.) Governor Patrick’s recently announced merger deal between Northeast Utilities and Nstar does more than just protect against rate increases for years to come – it enhances the state’s national leadership in the clean energy innovation economy and positions us for the key benefits from...
Last week I attended an open hearing about a new offshore wind development area off the coast of Nantucket Sound sponsored by the Board of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), a new agency within the US Department of the Interior that oversees energy exploration and development in federal waters. The proposed Wind Energy Area, which sits...
Short but packed week and weekly links. Big investment news from GreatPoint Energy and Borrego Solar, while Ameresco get’s awarded a project in Philadelphia. First Wind made headlines from New York to Hawaii with the opening and expansion of two projects. Mascoma and A123 Systems round out the top with product launches and announcements. ...
(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...
