By David Anthony and Tao Zheng On September 21st, 2011, sodium-sulfur (NAS) batteries installed at Mitsubishi Materials Corp’s Tsukuba Plant, Japan, caught on fire. It took firefighters more than 8 hours to control the blaze, and two weeks to extinguish the fire. NGK Insulators Ltd., the company that manufactured the energy storage system, said the [...]
By Chris Grieco, Executive Vice President, Gravity Power, LLC., Gary Brierley, President, Brierley Associates, LLC., and Lok Home, President, The Robbins Company As several global regions see substantial economic growth, the need for additional electric power generation capacity increases significantly. This increase will include the need to provide electricity generation sources that operate only during [...]
Back in March, investors digging out of the deep recession were buoyed by talk of a bustling cleantech IPO market. Netherlands-based Sensata Technologies (NYSE: ST), a sensor and controls technology company for a variety of applications including solar panels and alternative fuel vehicles, had just completed the “largest cleantech IPO in two years,” according to Cleantech.com.
This interview was conducted by Richard Herbert of Helix Recruiting. Helix Recruiting specializes in recruiting cleantech specialists and executives. Below is a condensed version of the first two interviews. Richard Herbert: What do you think are the biggest recruiting challenges for pre-series A and newly funded companies. David Anthony: I will use an expression which [...]

Back in March, investors digging out of the deep recession were buoyed by talk of a bustling cleantech IPO market. Netherlands-based Sensata Technologies (NYSE: ST), a sensor and controls technology company for a variety of applications including solar panels and alternative fuel vehicles, had just completed the “largest cleantech IPO in two years,” according to Cleantech.com.

This interview was conducted by Richard Herbert of Helix Recruiting. Helix Recruiting specializes in recruiting cleantech specialists and executives. Below is a condensed version of the first two interviews. Richard Herbert: What do you think are the biggest recruiting challenges for pre-series A and newly funded companies. David Anthony: I will use an expression which [...]

By Ferris Eanfar, Financial Policy Council; TMax Capital From London to Athens, Dublin and Madrid, the Euro Zone has been rocked by riots and political turmoil because global banks and Western politicians have driven their economies into the ground. Although the situation in The Middle East is even more tragic, most Americans have believed their [...]

By Chris Grieco, Executive Vice President, Gravity Power, LLC., Gary Brierley, President, Brierley Associates, LLC., and Lok Home, President, The Robbins Company As several global regions see substantial economic growth, the need for additional electric power generation capacity increases significantly. This increase will include the need to provide electricity generation sources that operate only during [...]

With most of the world still reeling from the global financial crisis, China shows no signs of slowing down. And, despite charges of obstructionism at the Copenhagen climate summit, the People’s Republic is steadily taking the lead in cleantech and the green economy.