Perspectives

Wonder how big oil got big? Here's an insider's look at fossil fuel subsidies, how they've worked until recently, and what cleantech industries might expect in America soon if the newly-Democratic U.S. Congress gets its way. By the Cleantech Group's Dallas Kachan.

Commentator Peter Duchon argues there's an order of magnitude in cost reduction possible in solar photovoltaics that also reduces the egregious amounts of CO2 and electricity it takes to make cells today. And, he argues, because it could be done anywhere, it could make solar more democratic.

Contributing author Neal Dikeman of Jane Capital Partners details the growing concern investors have about conventional ethanol. He argues there's no question if ethanol profits will take a major hit - the only question is when.

Cleantech.com contributing columnist and chemistry scientist Robert Rapier has a problem with cellulosic bandwagoning. He sets us straight here on what cellulosic ethanol really is, and how the concept has been around much longer than some might have you think.

Wells Fargo is funding wind energy generation, but how much windpower are they actually going to be using themselves? The answer may surprise you.