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Ronald Kamis and Mandar Joshi
Patents in the biofuel sector dominated renewable energy in 2007, and there are more on the way.
Laura Shenkar
Can water borrow go-to-market lessons from other cleantech sectors? Laura Shenkar thinks so.
Rafael Coven
To what do we owe the spectacular performance of cleantech last year? And is more of the same coming?
Nicholas Parker
Enjoyed our 'seven for 2007' roundup? Here’s Cleantech Group Chairman Nicholas Parker on eight trends to watch for in 2008.
Simon J. Gall
Cleantech companies, like others, have differing views on the role of business development. Simon Gall offers his perspective.
Rafael Coven
If the American economy is having problems, how are U.S.-traded cleantech companies posting such impressive returns?
Keith Gillard
The world is running out of excuses for not investing in cleantech, writes Keith Gillard, a principal at BASF Venture Capital America.
Lester R. Brown
History shows what happens when man doesn't play well with nature. Read about three civilizations that fell when their local ecosystems could no longer sustain them.
Neal Dikeman
The company is flying relatively quiet today. But there are indications that IBM—yes, IBM—could emerge as a solar powerhouse, according to columnist Neal Dikeman, who's done some poking around.
Rob Day
Columnist Rob Day encourages investors to remember that there's no such thing as free love, lunch, er, energy. And that companies claiming otherwise risk jeopardizing the credibility of whole sectors.
Like the percolation inside a fuel cell, contributor Rob Day thinks he sees tiny bubbles forming in the cleantech biofuel sector. That doesn't mean investors should run away, he says. Only that they should just look before they leap.
It's not easy being a young female science officer in a man's world, as writer Mary Beth Barber discovered upon meeting Shawna Brown, co-founder of High Merit Thermoelectrics, a cleantech startup in Sacramento, California.
The price of water is rising, and rising especially fast in some areas. What gives? Edwin H. Clark II details what's behind the price people around the world pay for water.
Columnist Neal Dikeman of Jane Capital Partners wonders when investors will put their money where their mouths are when it comes to water.
Joseph Neil
What's green about nuclear power? Well, it's cheaper, irradiates the planet less than coal and oil, and is less harmful to the environment than hydro, notes commentator and nuclear expert Joseph Neil.
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