Originally published on LinkedIn. Bill Gates and 30 other innovators have signed up to support the Breakthrough Energy Coalition to fill a very important gap in clean energy – early commercialization. The Federal Government has long played an important role in funding the basic research needed to come up with … [continued]
Following up on yesterday’s article about 7 top innovators, inventors, and entrepreneurs in cleantech and 7 top cleantech ideas and developments bringing us a low-carbon economy, here are 7 more top cleantech innovators, inventors, and entrepreneurs to watch. Note that this is my third contribution to the Climate Reality Project’s Road … [continued]
The Clean Energy Trust held its Clean Energy Challenge yesterday at Venue SIX10 on South Michigan in Chicago. The meeting and awards culminated six months of intense work. The trust, widely known as a launchpad for cutting-edge clean energy projects, funds innovation by helping to launch, fund, and grow excellent clean tech startups … [continued]
The news from GTM Research that solar PV module price can vary by up to $0.16/watt by region is quite notable when you consider than solar PV modules are priced well below $1/watt. It’s also an indication that some solar PV module prices are artificially high, and therefore there is some reason … [continued]
The US International Trade Commission upheld the US Department of Commerce’s Decision, from December 16, 2014 on anti-Chinese duties for solar panels.
According to Jigar Shah, anti-dumping duties and tariffs invite retaliation, and escalate a global trade war which benefits no one in the solar industry.
If you aren’t familiar with Jigar Shah, you should be. In my list of 17 cleantech champions published at the beginning of the year, Jigar was tied with Elon Musk at #1. If you’re familiar with Jigar and his work, you know why. If not, you’re probably thinking “What? How can … [continued]
Prolific journalist and blogger Scott Thill (of Wired, Salon, Huffington Post, Alternet, Grist, SolarEnergy.net, and probably other outlets) interviewed me a little while back about US/EU tariffs on Chinese solar cells and solar modules (which dominate the solar cell and solar module market). Honestly, the interview could have gone either … [continued]
Clean energy benefits are becoming widely known to include reduced carbon footprint that is sustainability-focused and home solar systems that essentially turn consumers into paid energy providers. Significant shifts are happening in this sector; business model and financial innovation and the need for seamless integration of technology makes M2M communication key to adoption. M2M … [continued]
By Jigar Shah, President of CASE, the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy, and a world-leading cleantech champion It makes so little sense that it reads like a round of Madlibs: a German company brings a trade case in the United States that claims to be protectionist but would result in severe domestic job losses and industry contraction. That’s the mad … [continued]
