Good news from an interesting company…OPXBIO, a biofuel and biochemical start up in Boulder, CO, has successfully reduced the production cost of bioacrylic by 85% toward the commercial target of $0.50 per pound — cost parity to its petroleum-based equivalent. A more economical and sustainable alternative to petroleum-based acrylic, which is used in [...]
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It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, I know…truth is, Jon and I have been busy incubating a new little ‘project’ here at home – and it’s been taking quite a bit of the energy that I normally devoted to things like blogging. I’ll continue to blog, but it will be with less frequency; [...]
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Greener World Media is right in the midst of the final day of what is their flagship conference, Greener By Design -Greener Products For Leaner Times, and it’s one I recommend nobody miss if you can still squeeze in time to go today before the conference ends. “On the bleeding edge of product design” [...]
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This morning I was one of several bloggers briefed about a new report by the Military Advisory Board (MAB) of CNA, a non profit research organization which operates the Center for Naval Analyses and the Institute for Public Research.
The topic of discussion was a new report by issued by the MAB [...]
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This is an interesting read by Jeff St. John. It’s a very comprehensive article.
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Having just attended part of the NAEP’s Annual Conference in Arizona, this news caught my eye this morning:
Project, in idea stage, could cost $27B for 1st phase
By Mariana Alvarado, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona
A Tucson company wants to send you someday on a sun-fueled ride from one end of the state to the [...]
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With Earth Day now behind us, and Earth Week drawing to a close, I wanted to put a few thoughts out there on the subject. It’s not like it’s not been on my mind. This blog is the result of a conversation my friend Elke Heiss and I had last week, when we sat [...]
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It’s hot out here today. Yesterday was, too, for that matter. And from everything I hear, it gets really warm here in San Ramon in the summer, so I’m expecting much higher temps in a month or two. I don’t have a problem with that, but air conditioning in these temps [...]
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Interesting article by Jesse Berst – Courtesy of Smart Grid News
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With over $4 billion in Washington DC’s stimulus money now available for Smart Grid improvements and innovations, the burden now falls on the states to use these funds effectively and efficiently. The goal, as Smart Grid News’ Stimulus Scorecard makes clear, is to help consumers, [...]
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Hey folks – The leading clean tech business plan competition, the Clean Tech Open, just keeps getting bigger and better. Call it aggressive expansion. Entrepreneurs, take note:
For clean tech start-ups, especially given current market conditions, this Competition’s a must-consider. And this year, the prize money just got bigger. Entrepreneurs [...]
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I’ve written about Serious Materials before. I had to post this, because it’s so cool to see…you’ll want to watch this http://vimeo.com/3712470.
…Makes you proud of the Serious Materials team…and all the others out there doing similar things. Let’s keep it up.
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Interesting news…more here: http://gas2.org/2009/03/10/nissan-to-trial-fast-charge-electric-car-network-in-arizona/.
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Hey folks – a couple of notes for the day…while I’m here at home recuperating from some minor surgery in our as of yet still-somewhat-unpacked new abode, multi-tasking, trying to write a proposal while finishing this blog…
Clean Edge has come out with its 6th annual Clean Energy Trends 2009. You can download the report [...]
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For those of you who like/are interested in green gadgets…here’s the roundup from this year’s competition over at Greener Gadgets. More here.
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Today I wanted to write about a company whose customers are oil refineries because theirs is an interesting case of value creation to ponder. You’re probably wondering how ‘green’ this is, but bear with me – I’ll get to that part. Where I wanted to go with this for now is the following [...]
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Well, another year has come to a close and another begins. I hope everyone had a great holiday and I wish you all a very happy New Year.
For everyone buried in work at the end of Q4, I’ll just sum up the year by saying that it was a phenomenally fast-moving [...]
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Worth reading up on/watching the webcast. More here.
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In case you didn’t catch it, it’s Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Week, and this is probably THE regional event showcasing clean energy startup companies that you’ll want to go check out, if you’re in the area.
More on the conference here.
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I walked away from Always On’s Going Green Conference a couple of weeks ago with one fascinating company on my brain: Genomatica. I’ve been waiting sometimes patiently – and largely not so – for a company like Genomatica to show up on my radar, because I’ve wanted a bigger picture of how we’re [...]
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