Archive for December, 2009

Virtual Energy Forum, the World’s Largest Online Energy Conference, Scheduled to Meet January 27th and 28th

December 20th, 2009 | Category: News - General
The Virtual Energy Forum, the world's largest online energy conference, today announced event dates for 2010: January 27th and 28th and June 16th and 17th. The online conference, which had more than 5,500 attendees at its most recent June 2009 meeting, presents current topics and case studies in renewable energy, green buildings, energy management and controls, sustainability, smart grid and green cities. Virtual Energy Forum is free for attendees, who are typically Fortune 1000 and public sector executives actively interested in deploying energy efficiency and sustainability initiatives in their businesses. The event is held for two days from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern and includes both keynote and track sessions. Comments are off for this post

Credit Where Credit is Due: Understanding the Clean Development Mechanism

December 16th, 2009 | Category: News - General
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a child of the Kyoto Protocol, the climate treaty that the U.S. did not ultimately ratify. As a result of that failure, many of those in the U.S are not familiar with the CDM, and the opportunities it offers to us and those in developing countries. Comments are off for this post

Throwing our energy at impossible dreams…

"as mankind proceeded to get bigger and bigger we silently crossed a threshold"

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25 Ways A Renewable Energy Business Can Fail

December 15th, 2009 | Category: News - General
2GreenEnergy.com has released a brand-new, free report about the central business components of renewable energy enterprises, from small start-ups to large corporations. Although the report focuses on the reasons why clean energy businesses fail, it is presented in a format of how to succeed. The 13-page report is titled, "25 Tips for Renewable Energy Business" by Renewable Energy Business Analyst, Craig Shields. Comments are off for this post

The Clean Energy Economy Gateway Where the Medium is the Message

December 14th, 2009 | Category: News - General
Here is an observation: If we build a clean energy economy and infrastructure, there are three major shifts in the overall energy picture that will be realized: Comments are off for this post

Beyond Copenhagen: Those Who Innovate and Inspire

December 02nd, 2009 | Category: News - General
As the United Nations climate talks in Copenhagen take center stage this month – bringing what I fear will be much media nattering about perceived failures of those talks – I'm going to be thinking about people like Rachel Barge of San Francisco and the team of Gerard ter Beek and Trudy Veldhof of Oldenzaal, The Netherlands. These are innovators who I've met in the past month that give me great hope for the future of the clean-tech revolution, regardless of what the world's leaders do or don't do on the global stage in Denmark. Comments are off for this post

NHA’s Church Ciocci and Hydro Green Energy’s Stover to Testify on Small Hydro at FERC

December 01st, 2009 | Category: News - General
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