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15 tips for clean/green tech accelerator success 19 Jul 2013 | 01:26 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...
Cleantech by any other name 20 Jun 2013 | 12:00 am
How relevant is the term cleantech today? Has it had its day in the sun? It's a heretical question for someone who's spent much of the last 10 years of his career furthering the cleantech meme global...
Crowdfunding coming of age in cleantech 8 Mar 2013 | 01:26 pm
With early stage capital for cleantech innovation becoming increasingly scarce, crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter, Indiegogo and a new crop of clean/green ones are beginning to emerge as significant...
Predictions for cleantech in 2013 4 Dec 2012 | 05:35 am
Every year around this time since 2007, as executive editor of a leading global cleantech research and news service, I’ve contributed to predictions on what to expect in the year ahead in cleantech. ...
Cultivating agricultural cleantech 22 Nov 2012 | 05:32 am
An expanding world population, coupled with increasing concerns about resource scarcity, land availability, biodiversity conservation and global warming is fostering interest in sustainable agricultur...
Latest Agricultural Technology Innovation 2 Nov 2012 | 01:17 am
Dwindling water, farmland and fossil-based fertilizers are making it increasingly difficult to feed people today, let alone all those expected in the future. Which companies and innovative technologie...
A cleantech State of the Union 5 Oct 2012 | 12:14 am
With October now upon us, data providers are beginning to issue their preliminary analyses of cleantech investment in the third quarter of 2012 that just closed. This quarter, the Clean Energy pipelin...
Look what's now patently obvious in cleantech 29 Sep 2012 | 02:33 am
Anyone can look up at the sky and make a guess at tomorrow’s weather. But having actual data informs your opinion and makes your guess a little more accurate. Which is why, as a managing director of ...
Two years later: Revisiting the taxonomy of cleantech 10 Aug 2012 | 11:11 pm
It's been two years since Kachan & Co. first published its definition of what industries and categories constitute cleantech. A lot happens in two years, so it's time to refresh our taxonomy. A clea...
Cleantech Opportunities in Japan 26 Jun 2012 | 04:20 am
Japan is on the cusp of a cleantech revolution, with landmark new feed-in tariffs ushering in a clean and green post-Fukushima future. How can North American cleantech companies tap the Japanese marke...
