By Nick Hodge | Sunday, September 4th, 2011 If I asked you to name a solar stock, you’d probably say First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) or SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWRA), if you could name one at all. Those are, after all, the two largest pure play U.S. solar companies. If you were …
Differing Perceptions, Assumptions, Forecasting Styles Between Economists and Futurists
Economists forecast from past data; extrapolating trends Now also use optimistic, pessimistic forecasts Futurists construct “What If” scenarios; trends are not destiny Click here to download the PDF.
Arrested, but not stopping
By the time you read this, I will be on my way to jail. I have never been arrested before. It’s not a decision to make lightly. In the last week, 706 people have been arrested in front of the White House calling on President Obama to reject an outright …
Stern, Wigley among UK Green Investment Bank advisors
Latest News Stern, Wigley among UK Green Investment Bank advisors UK Business Secretary Vince Cable announced on Wednesday the nine members of the panel set up to advise on the creation of the Green Investment Bank. More >>> UN Green Climate Fund ‘headed for failure’ – Bloomberg The Green Climate …
Sustainable Finance is the Way Out of the Crisis
Articles by Simon Zadek, Senior Fellow, Global Green Growth Institute; Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation Sustainable Finance is the Way Out of the Crisis: History will wrongly vindicate Standard & Poor’s in downgrading their view of US creditworthiness, because they made the right call for the wrong reason. …
Press Release: Investors stimulate property sector to disclose environmental performance
Investors stimulate property sector to disclose environmental performance Commercial property sector improves energy efficiency Amsterdam, September 1, 2011 – At the request of a global consortium of institutional investors, 340 of the world’s largest property funds have disclosed detailed data on the environmental performance of their portfolio. A report launched …
EIB lends €200m to ICICI bank for renewable projects in India
1 September 2011 Deal News * EIB lends €200m to ICICI bank for renewable projects in India * Areva-led consortium awarded €155m biomass contract * Siemens partners with car maker Volvo for EV research * ARPA-E helps drive US cleantech investment * Odyne receives $2.9m DOE award for hybrid development …
Investor Interest in U.S. Biofuel Production Set to Soar
Investor Interest in U.S. Biofuel Production Set to Soar Posted: 01 Sep 2011 03:00 AM PDT Filed under: Energy News Smart Grids Will Revolutionize Cities Posted: 01 Sep 2011 12:00 AM PDT Filed under: Energy News Pretreatment, proper harvest time boost ethanol from switchgrass Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:00 PM …