http://www.greentechmedia.com/ Headlines, Blogs, and Other Content from Greentech Media en info@greentechmedia.com Copyright 2010 2010-02-09T17:03:43+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/honda-nissan-not-having-same-problems-with-gas-pedal-and-toyota-explains/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/honda-nissan-not-having-same-problems-with-gas-pedal-and-toyota-explains/ Details of the hybrid recall Other Topics, Transportation, News 2010-02-09T17:03:43+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Solar-Roundup-Heliovolt-Hoku-Petra-Amonix-et-al/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Solar-Roundup-Heliovolt-Hoku-Petra-Amonix-et-al/ Funding, forecasting, and fulminating Solar, BOS/Inverters, Solar Finance & VC, Projects, Markets & Policy, Utility-Scale-Solar 2010-02-09T15:56:04+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/want-to-go-green-buy-a-rolex-stop-paying-taxes/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/want-to-go-green-buy-a-rolex-stop-paying-taxes/ And quit visiting your in-laws too? Saul Griffith explores the low-watt lifestyle. Enterprise, Carbon Management, Energy Efficiency, Perspectives 2010-02-09T12:37:55+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/the-electric-taxi-courtesy-of-ford/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/the-electric-taxi-courtesy-of-ford/ It only has a range of 80 miles, but that could be enough for fleet buyers. Other Topics, Transportation, News 2010-02-09T05:06:55+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Thin-Film-Solar-Investment-Dries-Up/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Thin-Film-Solar-Investment-Dries-Up/ Thin film 2010 is thin film 2.0: go small or go home. Solar, Thin Film, Other Topics, Finance & VC 2010-02-09T00:12:26+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/qa-with-david-gelbaum-of-quercus-he-likes-solar/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/qa-with-david-gelbaum-of-quercus-he-likes-solar/ No new investments for Quercus right now, says Gelbaum. Solar, Solar Finance & VC, News 2010-02-08T23:34:20+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/cleantech-investing/post/revenue-neutral-the-last-hope-for-climate-change-legislation/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/cleantech-investing/post/revenue-neutral-the-last-hope-for-climate-change-legislation/ I've picked up on a couple of mentions lately of Senators on both sides of the aisle starting to work on revenue-neutral alternatives to the Waxman-Markey type of cap and trade climate legislation that has been the focus of attention ever since Obama came into office. There's been talk of the GOP staff on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, reporting to Sen. Murkowski of Alaska, possibly working on a revenue-neutral carbon tax proposal. And Cantwell and Collins are proposing a "cap and dividend" plan, also to be revenue-neutral. Gee, sounds familiar. Frustratingly, I could probably have just cut-and-pasted my entire May 2009 column on this topic into a new post with no changes, and none of you would have realized it.  Because that's how little things have moved forward over the past nine months. Hopefully by now, however, it's becoming more clear to politicians that any climate change legislation, if it's to have a chance of passage at all, must be perceived as something other than just another tax-and-spend proposal. It has to be simple, and it should be tanglibly revenue-neutral.  Leaders of the U.S. cleantech industry always claim they need a national price on carbon, first and foremost, so it's nice to see some legislative efforts refocusing on just that.  Even if they're not centerpiece efforts quite yet...    2010-02-08T18:43:05+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/david-gelbaum-takes-a-job-as-ceo-of-entech/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/david-gelbaum-takes-a-job-as-ceo-of-entech/ Come out, come out, wherever you are. Solar, Solar Finance & VC, News 2010-02-08T18:17:01+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/ausra-gets-bought-by-areva/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/ausra-gets-bought-by-areva/ The three-way bidding war is over. Solar, Research & Analysis 2010-02-08T17:53:47+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/news-monday-better-place-talks-up-fleet-stategy-carbon-counter-amee-gets-4./ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/news-monday-better-place-talks-up-fleet-stategy-carbon-counter-amee-gets-4./ Glad to see you back, David Gelbaum. Other Topics, Transportation, News 2010-02-08T17:07:08+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/greentech-ipo-scorecard-tesla-solyndra-codexis-and-more/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/greentech-ipo-scorecard-tesla-solyndra-codexis-and-more/ For better or for worse, 2010 looks to be the year of the greentech IPO. Solar, Other Topics, Biofuels, Transportation, Finance & VC, News, Perspectives 2010-02-08T16:04:05+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/multimedia/inside-masdar-city/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/multimedia/inside-masdar-city/ Abu Dhabi’s ambitious green city is underway. See story too. Solar, Projects, Enterprise, Green Building 2010-02-08T15:00:42+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/can-u.s.-know-how-and-arab-oil-money-make-the-middle-east-a-tech-hub/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/can-u.s.-know-how-and-arab-oil-money-make-the-middle-east-a-tech-hub/ Masdar City has a growing university, a good plan to tackle energy markets, and money. But will they come? Solar, Other Topics, Policy, Research & Analysis 2010-02-08T12:20:31+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/skyonic-gets-3-million-to-show-if-carbon-to-baking-soda-works/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/skyonic-gets-3-million-to-show-if-carbon-to-baking-soda-works/ Let’s just hope it doesn’t rain vinegar. Enterprise, Carbon Management, News 2010-02-08T08:31:32+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/will-amyris-be-next-to-file-for-an-ipo/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/will-amyris-be-next-to-file-for-an-ipo/ Sugar goes in, $2-a-gallon biodiesel comes out. Other Topics, Biofuels, News 2010-02-06T00:06:45+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/epa-issues-renewable-fuel-standards-what-it-means-for-1st-and-2nd-generatio/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/epa-issues-renewable-fuel-standards-what-it-means-for-1st-and-2nd-generatio/ New determinations from the EPA allows corn ethanol to pass. Can we cry foul? Other Topics, Biofuels, Research & Analysis 2010-02-05T18:37:19+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Bob-Metcalfe-of-Polaris-on-Startup-Sun-Catalytix/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Bob-Metcalfe-of-Polaris-on-Startup-Sun-Catalytix/ The return of the hydrogen economy via low-cost electrolysis. Solar, Smart Grid, Grid Storage, Other Topics, Batteries & Storage, Other Energy, Finance & VC, News, Hot Startup 2010-02-05T15:32:10+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/smart-appliances-what-to-expect/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/smart-appliances-what-to-expect/ The Smart Oven? Trials begin later this year. Enterprise, Energy Efficiency, Green IT, Green Supply Chain, News 2010-02-05T12:49:00+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/cleantech-investing/post/trouble-brewing/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/cleantech-investing/post/trouble-brewing/ Haven't had much time to go through the various recent cleantech IPO filings, and so haven't talked about them much.  Also just generally hoping they do well, for the sake of the overall industry. But in a meeting today someone put up some stats that were pretty sobering. Taking a basket of 4 high profile recent IPOs and filings, the total across the four companies was: - Trailing twelve month revenues = $319M - Trailing twelve month EBITDA = -($343M) - Total venture dollars put into all four companies to date = approximately $1.5B Like I said, I hope all of these companies do well and grow into great companies.  But this type of profile for IPO isn't the norm.  So you have to wonder about it.  Someone today mentioned that they think these companies have to IPO now because they need yet more capital and the private equity world is tapped out.  I disagree, I think companies with prospects like these would be able to raise more capital, if not from traditional VCs, then from non-traditional private equity players.  Cleantech private equity is down, but far from tapped out. Instead, I believe these companies are IPOing now because they raised their LAST money under the argument that it would be the "last money before the IPO", and now that the window for IPOs has opened even just a slight bit, they feel compelled to race out there and make it happen.  Come hell or high water, this is the promise they've made.  And it's a reasonable guess that there are public equities investors out there who do want to back good stories in cleantech -- stories which these companies can indeed tell. Fingers crossed.  But my worry is that, if these IPOs are perceived later on this year as having been unsuccessful, it'll once again set back the entire cleantech venture industry, because of the example it sets in terms of lack of exits.  In reality, these companies really don't epitomize cleantech venture capital, they're special cases.  But to a journalist, it's all just one broad category, and to their editors, nuances never make the headline sing...  (PS: I haven't verified the above stats, so treat accordingly...) 2010-02-05T03:21:23+00:00 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/amazon-getting-a-boost-from-green/ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/amazon-getting-a-boost-from-green/ Sustainability info helps close the deal, says GoodGuide. Enterprise, Carbon Management, Green Supply Chain, News 2010-02-04T20:41:53+00:00