Interviews

Electric-bill increases go hand in hand with RPS targets

September 8, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Project development is likely to take off as U.S. utilities recognize cost increases are inevitable for power generation to come from renewables, says Goodwin Procter's R.J. Lyman. Full Story »

Beyond prices at peak oil: $20 per gallon

August 14, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - SUV plants shut down, the airline industry collapses, public transportation is revitalized and farms go local as gas prices skyrocket, predicts Forbes writer Christopher Steiner in a new book. Full Story »

Inside the year’s 2nd largest solar round

July 27, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Suniva CEO sheds light on the top-secret cost-per-watt of its silicon solar cells, also revealing today’s $75M Series C actually closed in Q2, solar's worst quarter in three years. Full Story »

CMEA Capital's on the prowl for cleantech investments

June 26, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Renewable fuels and chemicals as well as algae are some of the promising areas San Francisco, Calif.-based CMEA Capital is looking to make investments, says its founder Tom Baruch. Full Story »

IPO drought? Cleantech companies flood Canadian markets

June 2, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Between the two Canadian exchanges, there are more than 114 cleantech companies, with three new listings in 2009, says Ungad Chadda, TSX’s new senior vice president. Full Story »

SAIL-backed cleantech startups to secure $3B in government funds

May 26, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - VCs are changing their roles as the government becomes a big factor in determining which cleantech startups succeed, says Tom Cain, a partner at SAIL Venture Partners. Full Story »

Zenn CEO reveals details of EEStor's progress

May 22, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Canadian automaker plans to incorporate ultracapacitors into its highway-speed electric vehicles starting in 2010, Ian Clifford says. Full Story »

Forget what you know about carbon emissions

March 13, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Tony Haymet of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography reveals breakthroughs in the technology to measure, capture and sequester carbon. Full Story »

IBM rides third wave of cleantech

January 28, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Drew Clark of IBM's Venture Capital Group explains why the future looks rosy for smart grid and water technologies. Full Story »

'Mittelstand' drives Germany's cleantech boom

January 9, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Marko Maschek of Pinova Capital talks about why Germany's unique cleantech companies are increasingly attractive during the financial crisis. Full Story »
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