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  • Dangling the hybrid carrot

    According to several news reports, majority of US folks (including Congress) are against bailing out the cash-strapped Big 3 automobile makers -- GM, Ford and privately-held Chrysler -- but there are worries especially within environmental groups if the financial crisis will push development of US electric...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-18-2008

  • Financial crisis and $60 oil: Now what?

    A colleague of mine (and several readers of the green blog) expressed a spreading sentiment of uncertainty whether the current financial crisis and the price downfall of crude oil will put a brake in the investment surge towards renewable energy and other clean technologies. Venture capital investments...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-03-2008

  • Stronger US wind power

    Here's a nice cool story from the New York Times about a certain Nebraska town and its growing pride in their windy condition. Ainsworth, Nebraska, according to the article, became the state's first major wind farm with 36 wind turbines erected in late 2005. Nebraska Public Power District, the...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-19-2008

  • Bursting solar deals

    If I'm an alternative energy investor, should the surge in solar projects make me think twice in investing in this industry? They reminded me of the dot.com and housing boom before their bubbles burst. The same sentiment is partially echoed in this article published last week in ICIS Chemical Business...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-07-2008

  • Solar updates

    ICIS Chemical Business , the magazine I work for, recently published two very nice articles about the photovoltaics market. According to Dede Williams , Germany is facing feedstock shortages and competition from cheaper regions, while Ed Zwirn reported a global overview of the industry. And with that...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-23-2008

  • Heinz' green potatoes and tomatoes

    Heinz is planning to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2015 some of them via its potatoes and tomatoes operations. Some of the initiatives include converting potato peels into biofuels as well as recycling 90% of the water used in daily potato production; expanding domestic source of its...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-27-2008
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