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Was 2011 good or bad for sustainability and green technology -- and what does last year's news portend for the future?
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The oil giant insists it remains committed to its alternative energy division, and is on track to invest $8 billion in green technology by 2015; the company says solar is too much of a commodity to make a profit.
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The new project, which is critical to delivering smart, sustainable growth to the European Union by 2020, seeks to help businesses to deliver green growth and environmental benefits.
by Frank Came
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As the UN's latest climate summit wraps up with still too little action taken to mitigate and adapt to climate change, businesses are likely to be the best hope for quick action on the scale the world needs.
by Mark Moroge
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As the world of manufacturing gets increasingly more high-tech, there are a growing number of tools that can help companies focus on reducing energy and materials use at every stage from concept to production.
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The still-unproven carbon capture and storage technology is one of the most controversial topics among the business community at COP17. Will the ability to sequester emissions from fossil fuels save us, or doom us to rapid climate change?
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A multi-billion-dollar 'superhighway' to connect offshore wind turbines to the US electric grid sounds like a can't-lose idea, but it's adrift without clearing some big financial, regulatory and technological hurdles.
by Marc Gunther
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The indexes, which will track clean energy stocks in three regions globally, will soon be joined by industry-specific indexes; in the U.S., new sources of investment must be found to maintain the growth spurred by stimulus funds.
by Robert Kropp
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As spending on renewables comes of age, the sector faces a significant challenge to better manage financial risk, according to a new report by EIU and Swiss Re.
by Adam Aston
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The company's CEO is leading a drive to convince businesses and individuals that solar energy makes sense -- today.
by Marc Gunther
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A recent event at Harvard Business School brought venture capitalists together to share their thoughts on the challenges and opportunities from innovating amid the cleantech industry's commoditization and consolidation.
by Yoni Cohen
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Disrupting the status quo is difficult -- but not impossible -- from within large corporations. In working to build strong, responsible companies at the bottom of the period, Blue Earth Network has gathered the following lessons that could work for anyone.
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Two airlines are making big bets on biofuels, with United Airlines today launching the first U.S. commercial flight with an algae-based biofuel, and Alaska Air committing to purchase airplane fuel that partially uses old cooking oil.
by Marc Gunther
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For an industry that has really only come into prime time in the last five years, solar energy companies have a lot to learn about how to measure, manage and communicate their environmental impacts.
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Sustainability experts from the two firms and the Rocky Mountain Institute shared their vision for the future of energy in transportation at the BSR Conference in San Francisco.<br />
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U.S. investment in cleantech companies is rising, totaling $1.1 billion in Q3 2011. Energy storage led the way raising $421 million and representing a 1,932 percent increase during the same period last year.
by Derek Top
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The boom in sustainability-themed events creates a nearly hypocritical carbon footprint for people most engaged in creating a low-carbon world. I'm pledging to use the many technologies available to cut my business-conference carbon footprint.
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While American media and pundits are bemoaning our inability to create any jobs or compete on green technologies, Asian countries are putting to work -- with great results -- the same ideas that have been killed in US political skirmishes.
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The Internet, shale gas technologies and Google search engine all had their origins in research funded by the U.S. government. These are just a few examples, and show why now is exactly the wrong time to stop supporting cleantech innovation.
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As more and more companies realize significant energy savings from submetering their buildings, it's worth look at how the technology can spur simple, no-cost changes that tie into your energy and facility management tools.
by Paul Baier
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New research from a smart grid industry group finds that the time for pilot projects is over, and lays out a checklist of best practices for utilities to engage their customers prior to and during smart meter rollouts.
by Derek Top
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The group's executive director, Mike Brune, explains how the nonprofit is putting Michael Bloomberg's $50 million gift to work, and how Occupy Wall Street and the Keystone XL protests tie in to the shift to clean energy.
by Marc Gunther
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The Chinese government has today given short shrift to proposals from a group of US solar firms for new import duties on low-cost Chinese solar panels, which they allege have benefited from 'illegal' subsidies.
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Although small companies are responsible for just 8 percent of U.S. patents, the account for 32 percent of patents in both the smart grid and solar energy segments.
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In less than two years, the North American market for software to monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions will be $1.1 billion, or 41 percent of the world's total market.
by Derek Top