Cross-posted from Planet Forward <http://community.planetforward.org/video/scale-up-the-biodiesel>
By: Planet Forward 14 Jul. 10
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Biodiesel made from waste fats can drive diesel trucks and generators — without requiring any kind of retrofitting.
NEW YORK CITY – Yesterday, Chris and I attended the Green Entrepreneur Summit in New York. It was a completely sold out event, and rightfully so. The panelists and audience were high-quality business leaders who are the lifeblood of the cleantech scene in New York.
I went back through my notes and there was some great insight shared by the Funding Strategies Panel on how to raise capital for a cleantech or sustainability venture. The panelists were heavy-hitters with long track records of successfully raising substantial amounts of capital (in the 10’s and 100’s of millions) and commercializing technologies in the ‘green’ space.
David Kistner — CEO, Green Apple Cleaners
Ron Bergamini — CEO, Action Carting Environmental Services
Franklin Madison — Technology Program Director, ITAC
Martin Saposnick – Mentor, Hudson Valley Innovation Center
Here are some of my favorite quotes:
By: Daily Energy Report 17 Jun. 10
James Peret, the inventor of the VegaWatt explains how to generate electricity from used vegetable oil.
Cross-posted from Green Planet Monitor <http://www.greenplanetmonitor.net/news/2009/03/curitiba-sustainable-city>
By: Anil Mundra 18 Mar. 2009
The city of Curitiba, in southern Brazil, is famous among urban planners for its innovation and rational development, with a reputation for being highly livable and very sustainable. It was one of the first cities to market itself as “green” in a 1980s advertising campaign.
And it is. Curitiba is blessed with some 400 square kilometers of public park or forest space. That’s more than 50 square meters per inhabitant. According to some measures, it emits 25 percent less carbon per capita than most Brazilian cities, even though more people own cars here. The discrepancy arises from Curitiba’s famous public transportation system, which carried some 70 percent of commuter traffic in the last decade.
Curitiba has also spearheaded programs that encourage residents to keep their streets clean and recycle, by offering them food in exchange for their waste. Still, the city landfill is expected to overflow this year and it is no longer the Brazilian city with the most green space. So, despite the success of aggressive urban planning measures undertaken forty years ago, Curitiba must continue to update its initiatives and adapt to the times.
Cross-posted from Triple Pundit <http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/05/record-number-of-businesses-support-climate-change-legislation>
By: Ben Upham, 25 May 10
A tally by American Businesses for Clean Energy (ABCE) shows more than 6,000 American businesses support clean energy and climate legislation, including nearly a quarter of the Fortune 100.
The analysis, released last week in collaboration with the We Can Lead campaign, found that those businesses employed 3.5 million Americans and had $3.5 trillion in revenue in 2009.
Twenty-one of the Fortune 100 and 49 of the Fortune 500 companies support clean energy legislation like the American Power Act currently circling the Senate, according to the analysis.
“A clear market based price signal that rewards clean energy innovation is key for companies across the country to accelerate our transition to a sustainable clean energy economy,” said Tim Greeff, political director, Clean Economy Network and co-manager of the We Can Lead Campaign.