Silent summers: Zeolites do not get the attention they deserve

Needless to say, I was surprised when cappeared in my daily meditation about a month ago … but believe me, much stranger things have happened in my meditations.  I was a financial journalist and analyst who dabbled in technology, covering acid rain to zeolites, but certainly no engineer or technologist. So I rushed to the [...]

Fisker Electric Car Rolls Into Frankfurt

Vinod’s High EQ

Vinod Khosla has been somewhat of a rabble rouser in clean technology. He has taken to showing up at conferences in black turtle necks — à la Steve Jobs — with the look of a man who is about to disrupt the status quo.  And that he did. While everyone was calculating the efficiency of solar cells, he [...]

Lux Fuel Cell Car Shows Off at Frankfurt Car Show

Nudging Cleantech Investors Over the Triple Bottom Line

In all the conferences I have attended on clean technology, I have never seen an investor stand at the podium and announce, “Hello, I am Joe Cleantech Investor and I am in this to make lots of money!” On the contrary, cleantech investing is about, in unison now, “the triple bottom line — People, Planet and [...]