March 11, 2009
energy, IT, Analysis Gregory T. Huang wrote: “If you’re a technology junkie, cleantech is the candy store for you,” said Byron McCann, co-founder and managing partner of Seattle-based Ascent Partners, an investment bank that advises cleantech and software entrepreneurs. McCann, who...
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Gregory T. Huang
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March 05, 2009
cleantech, energy, wind Luke Timmerman wrote: British Columbia is bigger in land area than Washington, Oregon, and California combined, but has about one-tenth the total population. Yet pound-for-pound, our neighbor to the north appears to have its share of entrepreneurs thinking hard about energy a...
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Luke Timmerman
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March 03, 2009
Avner Oil and Exploration, one of the partners in the Tamar natural gas field off the Haifa Coast, received another 12 new offshore drilling licenses. According to Globes: “Avner Oil and Gas LP (TASE: AVNR.L) today received 12 new drilling licenses for the offshore Ruth and Alon prospects. Avn...
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cleantech, energy, environment Luke Timmerman wrote: The venture capitalist John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers said three years ago that “greentech could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st century.” Since then, voters in the U.S. have elected a President and ...
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Luke Timmerman
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March 02, 2009
energy, cleantech, deals Gregory T. Huang wrote: Seattle wind energy startup Principle Power is in the process of raising $20 million to develop wind farms in the deep waters off the coast of Oregon and other locations. The financing deal is expected to close in the second quarter of this year, acco...
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Gregory T. Huang
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February 27, 2009
When did the New York Times Op-Ed page decide to revert to the loopy environmentalism of the 1970s? The latest commercial disguised as a broadside features an author who wants to change the way we wee. Rose George, who wrote The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matter...
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Owen Thomas
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February 16, 2009
We've known for a while now that the stimulus was going to be delivered with a heavy green hue. Obama has talked for months--even during the campaign--about creating green jobs, promoting energy efficiency, and updating our embarrassing energy infrastructure. So it's no surprise that this massive pi...
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February 12, 2009
cleantech, energy, policy Jesse Berst wrote: Here are seven key questions and answers about the electricity economy and smart-grid technology. 1. What is “electronomics” and where does it fit in today’s energy world? One of the best ways to understand the new electric smart grid of...
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Jesse Berst
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February 11, 2009
people, Richard A. Muller, energy Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: The President of the United States is supposed to know the differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims. But somehow, as Richard Muller points out, nobody expects America’s commander in chief to know the differences between uranium and pl...
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Bruce V. Bigelow
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February 10, 2009
Indications that the recent find of natural gas of the coast of the Israeli city of Haifa were pointing to a pretty big find. Now it turns out that it may be huge. According to Globes: “The consortium drilling the Tamar-1 well offshore of Haifa has received encouraging news from the drilling o...
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