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Cleantech Financing Strategies in the Global Economy

By Peg Zokowski on May 3, 2011 4 Comments Babson Clean Technology, Babson Energy and Environmental Conference, BrightSource, Cary Bullock, China, Chuck McDermott, cleantech, Cleantech Financing, Cleantech Group, cleantech startup, cleantech venture capital, CommSolar, electric power trading, Emerging Markets, energy efficiency, externalities, green financing, HVAC, John Abe, lighting, Mark Donohue, Massachusetts, national energy policy, Nexamp, Peg Zokowski, Pittsfield Wastewater Treatment Plant, Power Purchase Agreements, PPAs, renewable power, Rockport Capital, Sheeraz Haji, Silver Lake, solar renewable energy credits, SRECs, sustainability, ThermoEnergy Corp, Tianjin

Cleantech Financing Strategies in the Global Economy

In this post Peg summarizes a round-table discussion about cleantech financing in the global economy held at 5th Annual Babson Energy and Environmental Conference on Entrepreneurship for a Sustainable Future and chaired by Mark Donohue. The discussion covered some of the global aspects affecting cleantech financing and looked at various challenges and opportunities lying ahead.

100 Private Companies That Lead in GoingGreen

By Tracey de Morsella on October 8, 2009 2 Comments 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy, AlwaysOn, AquaCritox, battery manufacturing, Best Early Venture Award, biodiesel, BioFuelBox, Biofuels Digest, biomass, biorefineries, biorefinery, Biotech and Agriculture, Bridge Bank, BrightSource, CA, Calera, California, cement, clean energy, Clean Energy Entrepreneur of the Year Competition, Clean Manufacturing and Clean Products, coal, Coda, Coda Automotive, Colorado, desalination, Edison, Editor’s Choice Award for Most Revolutionary Technology, electricity, energy efficiency, Energy Innovator Award, Energy Management, Energy Storage System, FOG, Global Cleantech 100 list, GoingGreen, GoingGreen 100, GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies of 2009, Goodwin Procter, Green Automobiles & Transportation, Green Buildings & Green Nano/Micro-Tech, Green Materials, Green Rankings, greenhouse gas emissions. GHG, HelioVolt, Houston, innovation, KPMG, Lakewood, Los Gatos, low-speed vehicles, MA, MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellowship, MacArthur Foundation, Manatt, Marin Soljačić, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Menlo Park, Morgan Stanley, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Newsweek, Next Energy Innovators, NREL, Porous Power, Red Herring Top 100 Global Company, Resource Recovery & Waste Management, Revolution Partners, San Jose, Santa Monica, sewage sludge while concurrently producing energy with the extracted wastes. The Ireland-based firm as a, Silicon Valley Bank, smart grid, solar energy, solar panels, solar thermal processes, sustainability, The Artimis Project, turbine engine, TX, ultra-thin lithium batteries, US Department of Energy, wastewater, Water Technology & Treatment, Watertown, wet waste, Wilson Heat Exchanger, Wilson TurboPower, wireless, WiTricity, Woburn, Zeachem

The AlwaysOn Network recently announced their Third Annual List of the GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies of 2009. The award recognizes the top private greentech companies that are creating new business opportunities and transforming the world’s largest industries to improve sustainability.Among the hundreds of companies evaluated, They selected the Oakland California-based, Brightsource Energy, a provider of solar energy to utility companies, as the overall winner.