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Obama to end US oil era

Barack Obama's democratic national convention speech last night is probably sending shivers down an oil company's spine (and perhaps the petroleum industry as well??) as he promised to end America's oil dependence from the Middle East in 1o years if he's elected president. In his speech...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-29-2008
China's green revolution

Here's a nice interesting insight from my colleague John Richardson about China's fast track towards becoming the world's leader in clean technologies. If you're an ICIS subscriber ( about ICIS ), you can access the whole article in this link . Or you can also read the unedited somewhat...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-25-2008
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
The new green entrepreneurs

Just as the dot.com era produces this generation's young millionaires (or billionaires), the green trend is starting to drive out new your entrepreneurs straight out of school..or some of them still in school. An example is this MBA student from the University of Toledo who re-purposed part of his...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-13-2008
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
Will the credit crunch cripples green funding?

Most investors don't think so, according to this article from BusinessGreen.com . Leading green investors are looking at renewable and clean technology funding as a long term investment and according to them, there are still a lot of money out there especially from venture capital. At last week's...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-05-2008

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