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To Russia with green love

Consulting firm Frost & Sullivan said Russia should start developing a renewable energy sector even though the country is the world's largest gas producer with rich oil and coal reserves. Oil and gas production regions in Russia is faced with rapid decline, the firm said, and green energy development...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-21-2008
Climate solutions = Jobs

Unlike politicians' vague promises of a green economy, a study from Duke University pinpointed specific carbon-reducing technologies that has the potential for future green job creations in the US, and in fact is said to be already existing in some parts of the US. Researchers at Duke's Center...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-19-2008
Green powerless in chemicals

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Center for Resource Solutions awarded late last month their annual Green Power Leadership Awards to 25 organizations/companies who either purchase, supply or develop renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal, low-impact...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-17-2008
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
Record clean tech investments

Despite a worldwide financial downturn this past few months, venture investments for clean technology in North America, Europe, China and India are said to have reached a record $2.6bn just in the third quarter of 2008 alone, according to the market research and financial service Cleantech Group . Investments...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-24-2008
Top 10 US wind turbine spenders

Speaking of wind energy, there have been so many global investment news lately in this area which I'll cite some examples in another post. For now here are the top ten state spenders on wind turbine technology, as reported by consulting firm BCC Research . The report also estimated the state's...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-14-2008
Green stimulus package needed

Can the green industry help reverse the current unemployment rise in the US? According to the NY Times last week , the Department of Labor reported the month of September as the worst unemployment record in five years, with 760,000 jobs lost in the past nine consecutive months. This does not even include...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-08-2008
VCs not worried on greentech bubble

The financial market maybe in shambles but the Green Technology sector should cheer up with this new report from KPMG (a US audit, tax and advisory firm) stating that the venture capital community is expected to invest more in green next year. In KPMG's poll of 301 venture capitalists (VCs), corporate...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-23-2008
Top sustainable companies

ICIS Chemical Business (the magazine I work for) released yesterday its Top 100 global chemical companies based on their financial performance, and Germany's BASF topped the chart with $85bn (EUR61bn) in 2007 sales. Just less than a week ago, BASF was also picked as the top sustainable company within...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-16-2008
Busting solar myths

Wind turbine syndrome, vibro-acoustic disorder, and now solar blindness...Fact or fiction? The myth busters may have to work on these ones but for now, other myths in the solar energy area are being dispelled by the company Sunrise Solar . Myth 1: Solar electricity cannot provide a significant part of...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-27-2008

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