“From 2012 to 2018 cumulative revenue in the energy sector worldwide could total $1.9 trillion,” according to the Pew Clean Energy Initiative. That number’s not surprising, considering the entire global economy runs on energy. It means the potential payoff for innovations in the energy space are huge – and fraught with uncertainty, especially in the… Continue reading Managing Risk: Reducing Uncertainty in Energy Investments – Advice From Solar City
Where Are We Now? Six Takeaways From the Center for American Progress’ 10-Year Anniversary Event The Center for American Progress commemorated its 10-year anniversary with a day-long conference of A-list speakers whose discussions provided a snapshot of the progressive — aka Democratic — movement the past 10 years. It’s no surprise that the speaker/panelist list… Continue reading Center for American Progress
I guess that few would admit now to locking their cars doors abruptly or clutching their purse tightly when the younger Barack Obama approached. But someone did, as the president explained in the White House press room with his soliloquy on being treated as a threat simply for being a young black male and what… Continue reading The Face to Fear
The front lines of the clean energy economy are fascinating, brutal and potentially very lucrative.
Listen to one of the masters at growing clean energy start-ups, Amy Francetic of the Clean Energy Trust, discuss how it all comes together and CET’s $100 million partnership with Argonne National Laboratory. She spoke with GCR host Joan Michelson at the 2013 ARPA-E Summit in Washington, DC recently. Much of her advice is timeless.
Kate Gordon on job growth via the green economy and what we can do TODAY to boost it
Listen to nationally-recognized expert Kate Gordon as she talks about what the green economy really is and the jobs it is creating, including the skills required for those jobs. She talks about what President Obama have done (and his policies are still doing) and what local leaders can do TODAY to boost economic growth. Kate is a straight-shooter who has worked in the heart of the DC establishment and on the local level — and speaks with both credibility and wit to make for a fascinating discussion.
