http://cleanenergysector.com Profiting from the Global Energy Transformation Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:14:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.” Often attributed to Mark Twain, whoever said that seemed to have quite a bit of foresight, something the mainstream cleantech community is only recently warming up to.  The fights over water use facing utility scale solar thermal projects in the desert ... http://cleanenergysector.com/2010/03/water-sector-startups-innovate-efficient-use-and-supply/ Blue collar jobs aren’t the only thing getting outsourced away from the U.S. and Europe. As much as a third of carbon dioxide emissions related to goods and services bought in rich countries are emitted outside their borders, effectively “outsourcing” these gasses to the developing countries that produce much of what ... http://cleanenergysector.com/2010/03/rich-countries-%e2%80%9coutsourcing%e2%80%9d-carbon-good-news-for-carbon-software-players/ While famed venture capitalist and Bloom Energy investor John Doerr told “60 Minutes” last month that utilities will one day want to buy Bloom’s fuel cells, it looks like, at least in California, those sales could be slow going. Todd Woody reports that an administrative judge with the California Public Utilities ... http://cleanenergysector.com/2010/03/bloom-energy-fuel-cells-not-a-good-match-for-utilities-%e2%80%94-yet/ Google Maps Adds Bike Directions (Finally): Google added biking directions and information about bike trails, lanes and recommended roads today to Google Maps for the U.S. — Google Blog Smith Electric Vehicles Offers $55M for UK Partner: Kansas City-based Smith Electric Vehicles has offered to buy its British partner, the Tanfield ... http://cleanenergysector.com/2010/03/daily-sprout-37/ The speaker line-up for Uptime’s annual event has been unveiled and includes high-level speakers from Microsoft, eBay, Yahoo!, Amazon and others. Additionally — and new this year — analysts from The 451 Group and Tier1 Research (an outcome of the acquisition of Uptime Institute earlier this year) will be ... http://cleanenergysector.com/2010/03/uptime-institute-symposium-2010-data-center-efficiency-and-green-enterprise-it/ Utilities don’t have to worry anymore about whether or not they will have to pay taxes on their Department of Energy smart grid grants. The IRS will provide a “safe harbor” for utilities that are in line for a piece of the $3.4 billion in stimulus backing for smart grid ... http://cleanenergysector.com/2010/03/it%e2%80%99s-official-no-taxes-on-doe%e2%80%99s-smart-grid-stimulus-grants/ EnerNOC is a big name in the world of demand response — that is, turning down buildings’ energy use to help utilities shave peak power demands. But it’s also been making its way — and buying its way — into energy efficiency, carbon management and energy supply chain services, and ... http://cleanenergysector.com/2010/03/enernoc-eyes-business-beyond-demand-response/ For A123Systems, the Massachusetts-based lithium-ion battery maker, 2009 marked the best year yet in its 8-year history in terms of revenue, an IPO and government funding: The company scored a coveted $249 million government grant and its $371 million initial public offering in September was the biggest IPO of the ... http://cleanenergysector.com/2010/03/a123systems-%e2%80%9crecord-year%e2%80%9d-but-tests-of-scaling-profit-lie-ahead/ For A123Systems, the Massachusetts-based lithium-ion battery maker, 2009 marked the best year yet in its 8-year history in terms of revenue, an IPO and government funding: The company scored a coveted $249 million government grant and its $371 million initial public offering in September was the biggest IPO of the ... http://cleanenergysector.com/2010/03/a123systems-%e2%80%9crecord-year%e2%80%9d-but-tests-of-scaling-profit-lie-ahead/ Micah Mitrosky is an Environmental Organizer with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 569 in San Diego.  She is focused on the renewables sector and talked with CleanTechies about unionization plans for the green industry. CleanTechies: Tell me the IBEW mission. Micah Mitrosky: Our mission is to make sure that as ... http://cleanenergysector.com/2010/03/union-organizer-targets-green-industry/