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Water Pricing is Not the Roadblock to Water Innovation 26 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
There is a commonly held view among industry observers that “water is undervalued” and “water is underpriced”. Gloomy venture capitalists frequently cite the fact that “water is underpriced” as having...
Electric Vehicles Are Outpacing Historical Hybrid Car Growth 3 to 1 14 Aug 2013 | 01:53 am
For a project we are working on, we have been analyzing EV and HEV historical sales performance. The numbers are striking. In the US Hybrids took until their 6th year to achieve 100,000+/year in unit...
Kior, Solar, and Storage 12 Aug 2013 | 11:29 pm
Kior, one of the farthest along cellulosic biofuels producers shipped its first drop in cellulosic biofuels from its pilot plant, but was way below its prior production targets. And Biofuels Digest r...
Goodbye Suburbs, Hello City Centers… 29 Jul 2013 | 08:03 pm
The signs of great movement back to the city center from suburbia can be found in most major cities of America. New apartments, condos, townhouses seem to be sprouting up in the previously abandoned ...
15 Tips For Clean/Green Tech Accelerator Success 19 Jul 2013 | 02:12 am
I’ve been helping behind the scenes on a new cleantech incubator recently launched in Vancouver, Canada called the Foresight Cleantech Accelerator. And in the process, I’ve been getting the opportunit...
Boeing 787 – A Cool Ride! 12 Jul 2013 | 09:01 pm
Last weekend, my family and I rode on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Houston to Chicago. Although it was a short flight and we probably were not able to fully appreciate this plane due to the short dur...
My Cleantech Journey: From California to Texas and Beyond 5 Jul 2013 | 03:44 am
I have been told that blogs somehow have more importance and greater connection when written in first person. I often tire of writing “analysis pieces” that seem cold, dry, and impersonal even though ...
Happy Independence Day! 3 Jul 2013 | 10:07 pm
Happy Independence Day, America! As United States gets ready to celebrate it’s 237th Birthday, a lot of us will travel this weekend to places near and far. Perhaps Independence Day is also a good tim...
Listening to Bill Ford on Technology 25 Jun 2013 | 05:30 pm
Bill Ford is talking about innovation today at the Ford Trends conference. He started with two quotes that struck me: Henry Ford – “If I’d asked my customers originally what they wanted, they would ha...
Ford CEO Admits the C-Max Underperforms EPA Standards in Real World Test 25 Jun 2013 | 05:11 pm
Last night I was at a dinner with Ford CEO Allan Mulally at the Ford Trends conference in Detroit. After taking a couple of questions on electric cars, emissions, and mileage standards, Mulally toute...