Archive for the 'What's going on in California?' Category
Stanford’s Green Dorm
July 26th, 2007 in Home, Making more efficient use of energy, Controlling carbon emissions, Energy technology: fuel cells, What's going on in California?, What should we do?, Renewable energy resource: geothermal and Renewable Energy Resource: solar. 1 Comment
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A few facts: in the U.S., residential and commercial space accounts for 40 percent of our primary energy consumption and 38 percent of CO2 emissions are from operating buildings. Why, then, is so little attention paid to building energy efficient offices and residences? Prof. Gil Masters from Stanford University wants to change that. His dream to build a student dorm that is green and clean is being realized: the Green Dorm project at Stanford is under way.
My students talked to him about this project, which includes the use of geothermal heat pumps, solar heating and fuel cells. Now, if Gil got his way, the dorm would have one or more pluggable hybrids also…
Are Carbon Credits Just a Clever Scheme to Make Money?
July 24th, 2007 in Home, Controlling carbon emissions and What's going on in California?. 0 Comments
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Meet Tom Arnold, chief environmental officer of Terrapass. The company sells TerraPasses. Buy one and sponsor renewable energy projects such as wind farms, thereby partly or fully counterbalancing your own carbon emissions. How does Terrapass guarantee that their passes indeed lead to carbon emission reductions? Who buys these passes? Is buying a TerraPass an effective way to help reduce global climate change and/or a way to buy off guilt about emitting carbons and a clever ploy to make some money?
In this first in a two-part installment of SmartEnergy, my students talk to Tom about Terrapass, its business strategies and its ambitions.
Are Carbon Credits Just a Clever Scheme to Make Money? Part II
July 24th, 2007 in Home, Controlling carbon emissions and What's going on in California?. 0 Comments
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We continue our discussion on carbon credits with Tom Arnold, chief environmental officer of Terrapass.
Silicon Valley: the epicenter of solar power and clean technologies?
July 17th, 2007 in Home, Decision makers and funders, Controlling carbon emissions, What's going on in California?, What should we do? and Renewable Energy Resource: solar. 0 Comments
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On June 1, Silicon Valley profiled itself as the future epicenter of solar power, energy efficiency and clean technologies at the Energy Summit 2007. Jacob and Desirae, two of my students at Stanford, attended to see with Silicon Valley’s leaders were up to. They report on the conference in this video, so in case you missed it, this is a chance to catch up and listen to what’s cooking and what’s not in the Bay Area.
Meet an energetic energy investor! (part 1)
June 13th, 2007 in Home, Decision makers and funders, What's going on in California? and Renewable Energy Resource: solar. 0 Comments
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Erik Straser leads the cleantech investment of Mohr Davidow Ventures. It’s his job to seek out promising start-ups in solar energy, biofuels, energy storage, industrial biotech and clean coal. My students asked this energetic PhD about his research into companies, his investment strategies, his current projects, and his general views on the cleantech industry and existing energy policies.
The interview is in two parts. Here, we discuss general research and investment strategies.
There’s energy in Silicon Valley: VCs jump on green energy investments
May 1st, 2007 in Home, Decision makers and funders and What's going on in California?. 1 Comment
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Silicon Valley is buzzing, but not just because of software and hardware investments. The new boom is in green energy technologies. James Horn is an investment manager for Noventi, one of the many Venture Capitalist firms excited about the energy field. The boom is fantastic news for new energy technology developments: The level of investments by the VCs will provide the financial support that we need to engineer the technologies of the future.
Stanford’s Green Dorm
July 26th, 2007 in Home, Making more efficient use of energy, Controlling carbon emissions, Energy technology: fuel cells, What's going on in California?, What should we do?, Renewable energy resource: geothermal and Renewable Energy Resource: solar. 1 Comment
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A few facts: in the U.S., residential and commercial space accounts for 40 percent of our primary energy consumption and 38 percent of CO2 emissions are from operating buildings. Why, then, is so little attention paid to building energy efficient offices and residences? Prof. Gil Masters from Stanford University wants to change that. His dream to build a student dorm that is green and clean is being realized: the Green Dorm project at Stanford is under way.
My students talked to him about this project, which includes the use of geothermal heat pumps, solar heating and fuel cells. Now, if Gil got his way, the dorm would have one or more pluggable hybrids also…
Are Carbon Credits Just a Clever Scheme to Make Money?
July 24th, 2007 in Home, Controlling carbon emissions and What's going on in California?. 0 Comments
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Meet Tom Arnold, chief environmental officer of Terrapass. The company sells TerraPasses. Buy one and sponsor renewable energy projects such as wind farms, thereby partly or fully counterbalancing your own carbon emissions. How does Terrapass guarantee that their passes indeed lead to carbon emission reductions? Who buys these passes? Is buying a TerraPass an effective way to help reduce global climate change and/or a way to buy off guilt about emitting carbons and a clever ploy to make some money?
In this first in a two-part installment of SmartEnergy, my students talk to Tom about Terrapass, its business strategies and its ambitions.
Are Carbon Credits Just a Clever Scheme to Make Money? Part II
July 24th, 2007 in Home, Controlling carbon emissions and What's going on in California?. 0 Comments
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We continue our discussion on carbon credits with Tom Arnold, chief environmental officer of Terrapass.
Silicon Valley: the epicenter of solar power and clean technologies?
July 17th, 2007 in Home, Decision makers and funders, Controlling carbon emissions, What's going on in California?, What should we do? and Renewable Energy Resource: solar. 0 Comments
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On June 1, Silicon Valley profiled itself as the future epicenter of solar power, energy efficiency and clean technologies at the Energy Summit 2007. Jacob and Desirae, two of my students at Stanford, attended to see with Silicon Valley’s leaders were up to. They report on the conference in this video, so in case you missed it, this is a chance to catch up and listen to what’s cooking and what’s not in the Bay Area.
Meet an energetic energy investor! (part 1)
June 13th, 2007 in Home, Decision makers and funders, What's going on in California? and Renewable Energy Resource: solar. 0 Comments
Download MP4
Erik Straser leads the cleantech investment of Mohr Davidow Ventures. It’s his job to seek out promising start-ups in solar energy, biofuels, energy storage, industrial biotech and clean coal. My students asked this energetic PhD about his research into companies, his investment strategies, his current projects, and his general views on the cleantech industry and existing energy policies.
The interview is in two parts. Here, we discuss general research and investment strategies.
There’s energy in Silicon Valley: VCs jump on green energy investments
May 1st, 2007 in Home, Decision makers and funders and What's going on in California?. 1 Comment
download mp4
Silicon Valley is buzzing, but not just because of software and hardware investments. The new boom is in green energy technologies. James Horn is an investment manager for Noventi, one of the many Venture Capitalist firms excited about the energy field. The boom is fantastic news for new energy technology developments: The level of investments by the VCs will provide the financial support that we need to engineer the technologies of the future.