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Intel throws more money at solar technology: Sulfurcell, which makes thin-file, electricity-generating solar modules, is the latest beneficiary of Intel Capital. The company, which is based in Munich, Germany, will use the roughly $38 million its getting from Intel to invest in expanding its production capabilities in Berlin. Actually, Intel Capital is just...; Tags: Clean Technology, Intel Corp., Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-09
More oil refineries coming right up. Will this stunt cleantech growth?: More oil refineries coming right up. Will this stunt cleantech growth?I see you're back in scare tactics mode, goodbye ntnt = no text; Tags: cleantech growth, clean technology; Discussion threads 2008-06-09
More oil refineries coming right up. Will this stunt cleantech growth?: Saudi Arabia is preparing to add more refineries in the next few years. And they plan to begin refining more of their less desirable, more sulphurous, crude oil. Saudi is aiming for an 80% increase in refining capacity. Most refineries in the world can now only handle...; Tags: Refinery, Canada, Clean Technology, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-06-09
Market disaster on Wall Street plays positive in Silicon Valley: You may think the U.S. is divided along political lines, perhaps you sense a rift in cultural values. But let me tell you that's peanuts compared to the coming brutal high-stakes rift over the core of the US economy. Will it be Pentagon contracts, oil and gasoline? ...; Tags: Clean Technology, Wall, Construction, Mortgages, Investment, Finance, Capital Structures, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-06-07
How much green in greentech? An accounting: One VC firm has just added another $450-million US to its fund for placement in cleantech companies. Those may be devalued US dollars, but that's stillmore than you or I make in a whole month. RockPort already has considerable money in cleantech start-ups. RockPortr now has nearly...; Tags: Accounting, Clean Technology, American, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-06-06

Grumpy old man gets happy--how can this be? Isn't the U.S. economy hopelessly doomed?: I'm a grumpy old man. It's very easy to get really angry or completely depressed blogging about cleantech, or the need for it. From the global warming arguments to whole nations--like my own and China--stubbornly refusing to move to new technologies, this seems to be an era of...; Tags: U.S., McKinsey & Co., Clean Technology, Energy, Conservation, Deron Lovaas, Greenness, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-06-05
Rule change: we're playing corporate greenmail now: Canada is the first to offer a ransom. The government there will give GM money if GM will keep Canadians employed. So the rush to subsidize what might be a viable efficient new car from GM...or might not be, is clearly on. It's not expected the current...; Tags: Canada, Clean Technology, General Motors Corp., Engineering, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-06-04
Jobs or air pollution--is this a false dicotomy?: It looks like battles over the environment and global warming are likely to be central to the American political system for months, perhaps years, to come. Right now the punditocracy and the lobbyists on both sides are tossing rockets over a bill about global warming. The bill is...; Tags: Job, Turbine, Pollution, Clean Technology, Global Warming, Bubble, Second,it, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-06-02
Two of world's richest nations crawl to catch up with VCs: In a bold move, the governments of the U.S. and Japan are proposing a global governmental fund to support cleantech research and development. This news bulletin comes to us from a meeting in Japan. So now both governments will say they are supporting cleantech ventures without really having...; Tags: Clean Technology, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-25
Water technology sure to become more profitable. Great "Dry" Lakes study released. Our food is consuming our water.: The Great Lakes are a major source of fresh water for much of the industrial and agricultural Midwest as well as southeastern Canada. Now the US Geological Survey has released a report on what happens to the water after people take it out of the lakes. You can...; Tags: Food, Clean Technology, Water, Livestock, U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-23
Just as old media once berated and belittled the Internet as a silly fad, now too with cleantech: Just as old media once berated and belittled the Internet as a silly fad, now too with cleantechOil vs Bio, etc.You just gotta know that somewhere, perhaps deeply hidden from view, "big oil" has people working on alternatives - bio, electric, or a combination. It just makes sense - I...; Tags: clean technology; Discussion threads 2008-05-22
Just as old media once berated and belittled the Internet as a silly fad, now too with cleantech: That venerable pillar of old, very established business, the Wall Street Journal has gone public with the bitter resentment of old business and fossil fuel for those upstarts who are trying to shift the business model. The editorial attacking VC Vinod Khosla is just one volley in what will...; Tags: Biofuel, Wall Street Journal, Media, Business, Clean Technology, VC Vinod Khosla, Internet, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-21
Small differences can make a BIG difference: I recently got a chance to talk with one VC firm that's focused some of its attention and money on cleantech. One of their investments is in OPX, which seems to have a unique approach to solving some of the energy and raw material supply issues facing the planet....; Tags: Chemicals, Clean Technology, Costs, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
How artificial is the crude oil price? Have we passed peak oil?: Here's a map that purports to show how much oil there is in North America and that the supply far exceeds the demand. This website argues greed is driving the high oil price, not shortage. Wait a minute, isn't greed the heart and soul of a free makret...; Tags: Oil, Petroleum, Clean Technology, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-11
Another morning hangover for ethanolics: This time a major U.S. newspaper editorializes against the American subsidies for ethanol. Their conclusion: "This does not mean that Congress should give up on biofuels as an important part of the effort to reduce the country's dependency on imported oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What it does...; Tags: Biofuel, Methanol, Greenhouse Gas, Clean Technology, Corn, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-10
Don't insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech company: Don't insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech companywhat about other uses e.g. Space Shuttle, airplanes, etc?If this stuff is so good NASA should be buying it by the bucket to insulate their flight vehicles including the Back To The Moon Lander.What about Boeing using it for airplanes instead of whatever they...; Tags: Nansulate, R-Value, cleantech company, clean technology; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Don't insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech company: Thermal testing. Courtesy Industrial Nanotech. Energy costs are now serious business for industries, office managers, and home owners across the world. Buildings account for over half of the energy use in the U.S. and a fair portion of that is for heating and...; Tags: Insulation, Clean Technology, European Union, Nansulate, Energy Cost, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Oil and the future of cleantech are NOT separable: Oil and the future of cleantech are NOT separableWind Kills tooWind turbines kill birds too. So fossil fuels aren't the only bird-unfriendly source of energy out there.There are always trade-offs. People who let housecats roam free are responsible for more bird deaths than any oil company anywhere. ...; Tags: clean technology; Discussion threads 2008-05-05
Oil and the future of cleantech are NOT separable: Courtesy Gordon Murray & Mohr Davidow. I recently blogged about one VC's efforts in cleantech as it relates to finding renewable replacements for petrochemicals and coal-based products. That same company, Mohr Davidow, has invested in an auto design firm. Why? Because Gordon...; Tags: Oil, Duck, Clean Technology, Fossil Fuel, Jadoo, Oil Pit, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-04
VC Supports Next, Greener Generation of Biotech: Using, not losing, all the carbon. Courtesy Zeachem and Mohr Davidow. Click on diagram for full view. We've had several blogs here recently reflecting the building political anxiety around the current generation of biofuels, esp. those based on using food products. You...; Tags: Food, Biofuel, Biodiesel, Clean Technology, Zeahcem, OPX, Genomatica, Biotechnology, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-29