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OPXBIO Commercializing Bioacrylic Progress Faster than Plan

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

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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A Conversation with Melinda Richter, Founder & CEO of Prescience International – And A Heads Up To All: The San Jose BioCenter Has Flexible Space For Lease

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

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 By Design Coverage

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

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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New Report From Military Advisory Board, CNA Finds Current US Energy Policy Poses Serious Threat to National Security – Calls On DoD For Leadership & Innovation

Monday, May 18th, 2009

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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The Top Ten Companies in Smart Grid::Greentech Media

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

This is an interesting read by Jeff St. John. It’s a very comprehensive article.

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High-speed Solar Train Proposed as Tucson-Phoenix Connection

Friday, May 8th, 2009

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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Earth Day, and Earth Week 2009: A Turning Point For Clean Tech

Friday, April 24th, 2009

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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On Coolerado’s Super Energy-Efficient Air Conditioning Systems

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

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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The Top Ten “Smartest” States – By Jesse Berst

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

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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4th Clean Tech Open Competition Officially Open – Bigger Money For Entrepreneurs This Year – Sign Up Soon…

Friday, March 20th, 2009

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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Creating Green Jobs: Serious Materials Re-opens Former Kensington Windows Factory and Re-hires Ex-employees to Manufacture Energy-Efficient, Super-Insulating SeriousWindows

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

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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Electric vehicle fast-charging network announced in Tuscon, AZ…

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Interesting news…more here: http://gas2.org/2009/03/10/nissan-to-trial-fast-charge-electric-car-network-in-arizona/.

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Clean Edge issues ‘09 State of Green Business Report, Clean Tech Open Launch 3/19 (Discount Registration Code Noted), and Upcoming Events

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

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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Greener Gadgets ‘09 Roundup…

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

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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On Creating Value – The Case of SulphCo

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

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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On the City of San Jose’s Cleantech Team…

Monday, January 19th, 2009

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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Governors’ Global Climate Change Summit Today & Tomorrow

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Worth reading up on/watching the webcast. More here.

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The Fourth Conference on Clean Energy Upcoming in Boston (Nov 18-19)

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

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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Genomatica Changes The Game

Monday, October 27th, 2008

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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DOE Looking To Invest in Smart LED Technologies

Friday, October 17th, 2008

More here.

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