Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Dell is a multinational American-based company dealing with information technology. Dell manufactures sells and supports computers and electronic-related services and products. According to Fortune 500, Dell is ranked as number 41 in largest technological corporations around the world. Dell is committed to (more…)
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
According to the post, Why It’s Time to Kick Your Green Initiatives Up a Notch, “results of the second-annual Sustainability & Innovation Survey of global corporate leaders by MIT’s Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group suggest that green practices are taking firm root in the business (more…)
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Looking to build a more sustainable, secure and prosperous energy future for California, Governor Jerry Brown has called for the development of 12,000 MW of distributed renewables like rooftop solar. To put that impressive goal in perspective, it’s more than twelve times the amount of solar that’s (more…)
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
If there’s really a significant gulf, as onetime marketer Geoffrey Moore put it, between selling to early adopters and the majority of technology buyers, what does this mean for companies in cleantech?
The chasm model holds that there’s a big difference between what companies need to do to effectively (more…)
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Are we approaching a bubble in cleantech? Apparently, this is a question on a number of people’s minds; each of the VCs at the New York Venture Summit last week was asked to comment on it.
I don’t see it. GE and Siemens achieved combined top-line revenues of over $30 billion in 2010 in this (more…)
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Dow Chemical is planning construction of a bioplastics plant in Brazil that the company says will produce plastic from sugarcane in volumes competitive with plastics generated from petroleum.
Later this year Dow, in a partnership with the Japanese firm Mitsui & Co., will start building a plant (more…)
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Monday, July 25th, 2011
Solar power is not the first energy type that leaps to mind when we think of New York City. But the Big Apple is starting to assess more seriously the potential of solar power to transform the world’s capital into a solar-powered metropolis.
“Important things are happening here”, said David (more…)
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Monday, July 25th, 2011
The remote Alaska Native village of Kivalina has been in danger for a number of years from the effects of climate change.
“Sea ice no longer adequately forms on the village’s coastline, leaving the tiny island—perched on a thin strip of land between a sea and a lagoon—vulnerable to storms and erosion, and requiring relocation.” (more…)
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Monday, July 25th, 2011
REhnu (pronounced “renew”) is a company based in Tucson, Arizona that makes and sells concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar energy systems.
The company believes that the greatest energy for the least cost may consist in first greatly (more…)
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Monday, July 25th, 2011
Zurich is one of the most important cities of Switzerland. Zurich has helped to make Switzerland one of the leaders on cleantech investment and energy efficiency around the globe. Due to the waste management programs, sustainable transportation projects, renewable energy advances, and green (more…)
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