Solar in America: Why Are We Celebrating?
American Flag waving under bright sun solar energy For the past 6 years I’ve been following the development of the solar industry, particularly PV, in the United States. While I’m inspired by some of the ideas and innovations I’m seeing, such as the emergence of solar leasing, the Federal ITC and Loan Guarantees, and the continuing reductions overall cost of solar panels and complete...
Read MoreJapan’s Nuclear Meltdown, John Boehner, and Solar
Here we go again, another disaster caused by nature’s wrath and the limitations of doing things the old way. What now? Aside from the human tragedy caused not only by the Japanese tsunami, but the aftermath of it’s effect on their nuclear power plant (40+ years old mind you) the implications for what should be learned, and the financial limitations of this are of the utmost...
Read MoreLeonardo DiCaprio Gives Solar Another Shot In The Arm
Leonardo DiCaprio is the green energy and sustainability industry’s best friend. He’s been using his global appeal to raise awareness on everything from climate change to poverty to endangered species. Moreover, he does it with an authenticity that we don’t get to see from the A-List crowd very often. It’s clear that he’s not supporting these causes because his Publicist thinks...
Read MoreDavid Arfin: Innovating Finance for Triple-Digit Growth
David Arfin had “the bug” to do something great from the very beginning. Since graduating with degrees in Political Science from UCLA, a Masters in Public Policy from Claremont Graduate University and an MBA from Stanford, he immediately went the entrepreneurial route, starting CLE Group with money borrowed from family. While CLE was a decent success for a bootstapped startup and David’s...
Read MoreTravis Bradford on Economic Inevitability
Professor Bradford is president and founder of the Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit organization that focuses on using the power of the business and financial sectors to deploy cost-effective and sustainable technologies. Since 2006, Bradford has served as Editor-in-Chief of PVNews, the solar energy industry’s oldest newsletter; his...
Read MoreDanny Kennedy: Sungevity
A long-time social entrepreneur, Danny has achieved global recognition as an environmental activist, spokesperson, and opinion leader. Most recently, Danny was the Campaigns Manager for Greenpeace Australia Pacific. In 2001, he ran Greenpeace’s California Clean Energy Campaign, the success of which helped lead to the current California Solar Initiative. Danny was the founder and first...
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