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T. Boone Pickens

Killing me softly with their song

The cleantech industry has a new anthem… if we want it. 

A group calling itself DCFreeBand posted a video on YouTube in mid-July that's been racking up hits in recent days. The track, "Clean Energy Song," sings the praises of wind, solar and natural gas powered-vehicles—proclaiming in the opening credits that it was written "In Support Of The T. Boone Picken's [sic] Plan."

ABB selected for world’s longest power transmission link

July 29, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Abengoa puts in $540 million order with Swiss company for two converter stations slated for 2012 completion. Full Story »

Winds die for T. Boone Pickens’ Texas project

July 7, 2009 - Best of the web - Texas billionaire plans to replace the world’s largest wind farm with a handful of smaller wind farms across the Midwest. Full Story »

Cash shortage? Not in wind

June 18, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Investors flock to wind, as four companies eye more than $800 million in funding. Details of this, plus we spot 36 deals in the past week. Full Story »

Backhanded compliments for Green Bank idea?

Some of cleantech's most famous names are weighing in on U.S. lawmaker Chris Van Hollen's proposal for a bank with the sole purpose of financing cleantech projects in the United States.

The ringing endorsements? "Imaginative" and "creative," according to an e-mail Van Hollen's office sent out today.

Another imaginative, creative bank

Who's the richest cleantech investor of them all?

March 2, 2009 - Best of the web - Survey names 100 wealthiest investors across the globe putting big bucks into the green sector. Full Story »

Could Obama fire up CNG cars?

November 12, 2008 - Best of the web - Some analysts see president-elect's choices indicating a favorable climate for compressed natural gas vehicles. Full Story »

Leaders talk about integrated solutions

September 26, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - The president of Israel, T. Boone Pickens and others look at water, food and energy at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. Full Story »

Wind power going strong down south

July 30, 2007 - by David Ehrlich - Florida's FPL to add 10,000 MW of wind by 2012, and two Texas-sized wind farms are coming to the Lone Star State. Full Story »

Tragedy taints IPO

May 31, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Has an explosion at an alternative fuel filling station taken the shine off a company's IPO? Details, and 10 more deals, in this week's dealflow. Full Story »
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