Solar Impulse Sets Out Across America [VIDEO] Moffett Field outside San...
We recently posted about a press conference we recently attended at Moffett Field outside San Francisco, California for a close-up look at Solar Impulse, the world’s first solar-powered airplane. The...
View ArticleDOE’s High Impact Energy Innovation Incubator Program at the Department of...
Buried in the President’s FY2014 budget proposal is an interesting reform that could impact energy innovation without relying on Congress for any new – and hard to come by – federal investments. The...
View ArticleOTEC and Energy Innovation: The Willie Sutton Approach Robert Stewart of...
Willie Sutton is purported to have claimed he robbed banks “because that’s where the money is.” Whether or not those were his words; it is the right approach to energy. Robert Stewart of Texas A&M...
View ArticleThe Price of Ignoring Energy Innovation wealth and (highly efficient) energy...
The energy and climate challenge of the 21st century is easy enough to describe. For a world of 9 or 10 billion people to live at the per capita wealth and (highly efficient) energy consumption...
View ArticleWhy Climate Change Hawks Should Support the America Competes Act Making...
Making Innovation Part of Climate Hawks Policy Pitch In a previous article I argued that climate policy advocates should make energy innovation part of their policy elevator pitch. A good opportunity...
View ArticleNew Energy Secretary: Tackle Climate Change with Efficiency and Renewable...
“A low-carbon economy is absolutely critical,” Ernest Moniz told senators at his nomination hearing. As widely anticipated, Moniz, a former top Department of Energy (DOE) official and head of MIT’s...
View ArticleEnergy Innovation: “Artificial Leaf” Could Blow Up Fuel Cell Market energy...
The idea of an “artificial leaf” sounds simple enough: Take a small, cheap, light-collecting device the size of a typical leaf, dunk it in a quart of water, and use solar energy to generate enough...
View ArticleDepartment of Defense (DOD) Energy Innovation investments Impacted by Budget...
The impacts of budget sequestration are slowly being unveiled to the general public. Furloughs at the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) led to air traffic gridlock and angry travelers. Parks and...
View ArticleGoogle and Wind Energy: Acquisition of Makani Kite Power development under...
It’s been a long time since we covered Makani Power, the company developing kite-like wind turbines. But the company didn’t float away (bad pun intended). In fact, it has just been bought by Google,...
View ArticleDefine “Significant” Cleantech Investment and Deployment first “NextWave...
First off, I’m very excited about a new conference Greentech Media and I are teaming up on. In Menlo Park in September, we’re going to host a crowd of limited partners, family offices, entrepreneurs,...
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