February 4, 2020 Bloomberg's Energy Award Winners, Top 10 Energy Predictions, BlackRock and Climate Risk, & Science of Forest Bathing QUICK STAT:
"60% of the trips for the world’s 30+ trillion passenger miles traveled each year are less than 5 miles." Barclays
NEWS TO KNOW: Who's investing in these award-winning cleantech companies?
BlackRock throwing rocks at climate deniers?
Top 10 prediction for 2020 — Energy, Sustainability, Vehicles
The science of forest bathing — This ain't tree hugging
December 11, 2019 $420M for Cleantech VC, Energy Storage Investors, Great Depression in 2030, & Top 20 Ways to Mitigate Climate Change QUICK STAT:
In 2030, we expect another Great Depression in the US. Per ITR Economics, economic research and consulting firm (est. 1948)
NEWS TO KNOW: $420M for Cleantech VCs — Now longer a black sheep?
Energy storage FOMO — And, no, that's not a curse word
Climate change confusion — Top 30 solutions (ranked)
Yale University's most popular course ever — Watch for free
October 29 2019 $9B for Solar Companies, $1T for Carbon Recycling, 5 Jobs in $1T Circular Economy, Beating Lithium, & 1M Species Extinction QUICK STAT:
"Over 1,000,000 species now face extinction." Per the United Nations and 145 expert authors from 50 countries reviewing about 15,000 scientific and government sources
NEWS TO KNOW: MIT update — Long-duration energy storage
Solar corporate funding up 34% — Open up the champagne?
$1 trillion for carbon recycling — Really?
Top jobs in circular economy — Valued at, yes, again $1 trillion
October 15, 2019 $47T for Responsible Banking, $450M for Non-EVs, $37M for Energy Storage, & [Weird] New Investment Sectors Renewable Energy, Mobility, and Cleantech News
Banks worth $47 trillion sign up for responsible banking
$37 million for long-duration energy storage
$450 million for non-EV solution...compressed natural gas (gasp!)
Random Stuff Emerging investment sectors: Insect-based food, blockchain real estate, cellular agriculture, and more
October 1, 2019 100% Carbon-Free by 2050, $17B for AgTech, $350B for EV Co, & Top 50 AI Co's Renewable Energy, Mobility, and Cleantech News
100% Clean! 100% Confusing?
$17 billion for agriculture tech: Whoa, horsey!
$350 billion for electric "adventure" vehicles: Amazon goes big
Random Stuff Top 50 AI Companies: Wait, are they real?
September 16, 2019 $55M for flying taxis, $4B for solar, $40B for cooking, & 393 $1B unicorns (map) Renewable Energy, Mobility, and Cleantech News
$55 million for a flying taxi? For real, man
$40 billion market: Cooking fuel starting to heat up?
Natural gas plants losers 90% of the time: So says new report
Goldman Sachs loves clean power: $4 billion of fresh dolla, dolla, bills ya'll
Random Stuff Do you like unicorns? Map time, my friends.
July 23, 2019 Private Equity & Batteries, Who's Investing in Storage? 11 Tips for Better Sales Writing, How to Learn Faster CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE
ENERGY STORAGE Private Equity Jumps In: "Several Hundred Million Dollar" Acquisition
ENERGY STORAGE Who's Investing? Names and Lessons Learned
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA SALES 11 Tips for Writing Better: Your Headline is Everything
LEARNING NEW STUFF And the Award for Coolest Dude in the World Goes to... Josh Waitzkin
July 9, 2019 2 GW of Coal to Close, Battery Unicorn, Revenue Royalty Notes, & Summer Fridays Good for Business CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE ENERGY STORAGE New Lithium Tech Becomes a Unicorn: Former Tesla Employee #7 Drives Company to $1 Billion Valuation
COAL Major Plant Shutdowns by End of Year: Equal to 1/23rd of Illinois Peak Power Capacity
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA ALTERNATIVE FINANCE STRUCTURES Revenue Royalty Notes: Can't Pick Between Equity and Debt? Try a Mix
VACATION Summer Fridays (Off) — More than Cold Beer: Can Downtime Improve Work time?
June 18, 2019 Big Oil's Cleantech Investments, Solar Transaction Platform Financed, Decision Fatigue, & Free Text-to-Audio App CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE BIG OIL Conventional Energy Majors Investing in Clean Energy: Are They For Real This Time?
SOLAR FINANCE Why Small Size Matters: The Sleeping Giant of Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Aggregation
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA BETTER DECISION MAKING We Think Too Much: Infographic for Managing 36,000 Decisions per Day
LIFE CHANGING APP Text-to-Speech Magic: Addressing Dyslexia, ADD, ADHD, or Time Management with "Speechify"
June 4, 2019 $18 Trillion in Value from Sensors?, Solar Roofs (not Tesla), Digital Minimalism, & "I Will Teach You To Be Rich" Book CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE INTERNET OF THINGS Low Cost Sensors: High Value Solutions
SOLAR ROOFS Watch Out Tesla: A Big A** Roofing Giant Likes Solar Shingles, Too
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA PERSONAL FINANCE Book Worth Reading: "I Will Teach You To Be Rich"
TIME MANAGEMENT How to Live Well in a High Tech World: By Using Less Technology
May 23, 2019 Defining Impact Investment, Utilities + DERs Love/Hate Tango, Privilege vs. Burden, & Parkinson's Law of Efficiency CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE IMPACT INVESTING What does it really mean anyway? ESG vs. SRI vs. Impact vs. Treehugging
DERs (Distributed Energy Resources) Should utilities hate or love these "little" players? Acquire, partner, or be disrupted
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA REFRAMING "Get to" vs. "Have to": The Difference is Bigger than You Might Think
TIME EFFICIENCY Parkinson's Law: Why Constraints are Important in Getting S**t Done
April 16, 2019 5G & Autonomous Vehicles, Home Batteries & Big Boy Pants, Happiness Project, & Top Podcasts of 2019 CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE TRANSPORTATION TECH 5G Big Deal for Autonomous Vehicles (AV): Boost Safety and Functionality
HOME ENERGY STORAGE A Record-Breaking Year: Residential Batteries More Than a "Toy"
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA HAPPINESS Can Being Happy Be a Year-Long, Measurable Project? This Author Sold 2 Million Copies Describing Just That
PODCASTS Top Choices for 2019: Transform "Lost Time" to "Learning Time"
March 19, 2019 5 Energy Storage Failures (and 10 Lessons), Solar Bubble , 27,000 New Skills, & Best Business Books of 2018 CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE ENERGY STORAGE 5 Battery Company Failures: 10 Lessons to Learn
SOLAR FINANCE Are We in a Utility-Scale Bubble? Lots of Capital is "Chasing the Car"
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA LEARNING NEW STUFF 27,000 Skills: Pandora's Box of New Online Short Classes
BOOKS Need New Tools or Some Inspiration? The Best Business Books of 2018
February 5, 2019 Cleantech Startup Funding, NREL on storage ROI, Altruism vs. Genes, & Zen Tidying CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE CLEANTECH FUNDING Where's All the Money? VC vs. Strategic vs. Accelerator
ENERGY STORAGE Positive Battery ROI for 5 Million Businesses: NREL report
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA DOING THE RIGHT THING Why Some are Altruistic: Is Kindness a Choice or a Biological Determination?
CREATING ORDER From the Shakers to the Japanese: "Cleanliness as Godliness"
January 15, 2019 5 Transportation Tech Trends, Record Low Solar+Storage Prices, AI Trends in 2019, & Warren Buffett on "Saying No" CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE TRANSPORTATION TECH 5 Trends for 2019: "Shifting Techtonic Plates"
SOLAR+STORAGE Record Low Prices: But We Need to Move to Hawaii
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA FOCUS "Saying No" is the Most Important Thing: Per Warren Buffett
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) $15.7 Trillion to the 2030 Economy: 6 Trends from PwC
January 8, 2019 3 Utility Trends for 2019, Most Popular Stories from 2018, Zen Monastery Living, & Billionaire Howard Marks CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE 30,000 FOOT VIEW 3 Trends to Watch: Energy Transformation 2019
TOP 10 STORIES Most Popular Articles on Clean Economy: #Greenbiz
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA INVESTING Insights from Billionaire Investor Howard Marks: New Book, Podcast
ZEN READING Surprise, Zen Might Not Be So Zen: 1 Year in a Japanese Monastery
December 18, 2018 Smart Transportation, Private Equity Term Sheets, & "Hamilton Grit" CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION Scooters, EVs, Autonomous, Oh My! Challenges Brewing for Single-Driver Vehicles
MICRO TRANSPORTATION eScooters Worth Billions: Silly or Stupendous?
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA PRIVATE EQUITY Term Sheets: Typical Terms and Conditions
GRIT The 7-Year "Overnight Success": The Hamilton Story
December 5, 2018 $240M for EV Chargers, 620B for Energy Storage, Giving Tuesday. vs. Cyber Monday, & 2-hour Job Search CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE EV CHARGING ChargePoint Raises $240M: 57,000 EV Chargers Globally
ENERGY STORAGE INVESTMENT Battery Sector to See $620B by 2040: Bloomberg Sees Big Growth
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA OUR SPENDING PRIORITIES Cyber Monday vs. Giving Tuesday: Which Won?
JOB HUNTING The "Two Hour" Job Search: Tips to Boost Your Odds of Success
October 9, 2018 C&I Solar Fragmentation, Home Storage ROI, 7 Questions for Evaluating Companies, & Impossible Meat CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE SOLAR Don't Believe the Hype: Solar is Alive and Poised for Growth
ENERGY STORAGE Residential Sector > Utility Sector: You Thought Bigger was Always Better
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA PRODUCTIVITY Want to Get More Done Tomorrow? 21 Apps for Business
TAKING A RISK Nike Takes a Stand: Or is it a Kneel
September 18, 2018 Bloomberg on Transportation Electrification, Tracking US Climate Goals, Power of Subconscious, & 3 Billion New Consumers CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY Cities and States Leading the Way: Achieving Majority of 2025 Targets
SMART TRANSPORTATION It's Electrifying: Increasing Agreement on Significant Disruption
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA GLOBAL DEMOGRAPHICS The Rise of 3 Billion New Consumers: Doing Well, Doing Good
DECISION MAKING Go Unconscious: Write Down Questions at Night
September 11, 2018 Residential Solar's Signal v. Noise, New Leader in Energy Storage, Best Biz Apps, & #JustDoIt (kneelin') CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE SOLAR Don't Believe the Hype: Solar is Alive and Poised for Growth
ENERGY STORAGE Residential Sector > Utility Sector: You Thought Bigger was Always Better
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA PRODUCTIVITY Want to Get More Done Tomorrow? 21 Apps for Business
TAKING A RISK Nike Takes a Stand: Or is it a Kneel
September 4, 2018 100% Carbon-Free in California, 100,000+ Home Batteries, VC on Time Management, & 27 Years of Silence CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION California to Set the New Normal: No Carbon Emissions from Electricity Post 2045
ENERGY STORAGE MILESTONE Germany Hits 100,000 Home Battery Installs: Reminiscent of the Year 2010?
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA TIME MANAGEMENT Managers vs. Makers: Not All Calendars Should Look the Same
ALONE TIME No, That's Not a Parental Warning to a Child: It' about a Present-Day Hermit in Maine
August 7, 2018 50-State Solar Market, EV vs. Oil Demand (Calculator), 11 Smart Home Devices, & Home vs. Stock Investment CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE SOLAR EXPANSION Illinois Ain't California: But It's Getting Attention from National Solar Players
ELECTRIC VEHICLE IMPACTS Should Oil Giants Worry? Here's a Calculator
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA SMART HOME DEVICES 11 of the Best Choices: Cleverness vs. Silliness
NON-BUSINESS INVESTMENTS Your Home vs. Public Stocks: Which Performs Better?
July 17, 2018 $5.6 Trillion Invested, Buzzwords that Matter, Decision Making Admonition, & Kids Need More Chores CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLE ENERGY Clean Energy Ain't Niche: $5.6 Trillion Invested Since 2007
EMERGING TRENDS Get Ready for Buzzword Explosion: AI, Blockchain, Big Data, Vomit
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA DECISION MAKING This S#*t is Not for Sissies: You Gotta Choose
PARENTING It's Time for the Hammock and a Cold One: Watch the Kids "Benefit" from Chores
July 10, 2018 $400M for E-Scooters, $55M for Indoor Farming, 100 Billionth of a Second, & Affordable vs. Awesome CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION Giving (to) the Bird: Scooter Startup Raises $400M in 4 Months
AGRICULTURE Betting (on) the Farm: Indoor Ag Startup Raises $55M
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA COST OF LIVING $120,000 is Not Enough: Affordable vs. Awesome in San Fran
EFFICIENCY 100 Billionths of a Second: Google and Stanford Redefine Time
July 3, 2018 4 Takeaways from Energy Investor Conference, $40M for "Ice" Energy Storage, 10 Business Podcasts, & 180 Hours of Silence CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE INVESTOR CONFERENCE 4 Key Takeaways from Boston: What Energy Financiers Are Thinking About
ENERGY STORAGE FINANCING $40M Raised for Ice Energy Storage: What the Hell is That?
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA PODCASTS Too Busy to Read: 10 Podcasts about Business and Entrepreneurship
SELF-REFLECTION 180 Hours of Silence: Going Crazy on 10-Day Retreat?
June 26, 2018 Fate of Natural Gas, S-curve Growth for EV, 9,000 Year Cooking, & Decision Making Guide CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE NATURAL GAS A Fate in Question: Temporary Giant?
EV + STORAGE ADOPTION Watch Those Curves: Growth Ain't Linear
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA TRADITION 9,000-Year-Old Roots: What Fermentation Means
DECISION MAKING The Ultimate Guide: How To Manage 35,000 Conscious Decisions Each Day
June 12, 2018 New Resi Solar App, Low Interest Rates + Renewables, $1M + 1-Person Businesses, & We're 99% Unconscious CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE SOLAR Peer Pressure is Great: If We're Talking about Residential Solar Sales
RENEWABLES FINANCE Clean Energy as Low Risk: Billions of Dollars with Better Debt Terms?
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA STARTUPS 1-Person Businesses: With $1M+ in Revenue
DECISION MAKING 99% of Mental Activity is Just Autopilot: Now what?
June 5, 2018 Battery Investment, Report: Corporate Innovation, "Math More Better", & Report: Internet Trends CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE ENERGY STORAGE Investors Hungry: Headlines Worth Reading
CORPORATE INNOVATION Survey of 667 Executives: Disruption vs. Incrementalism
PRODUCTIVITY, BUSINESS TIPS, TRIVIA TEACHING "More Better Math": School vs. Fun vs. Practical
INTERNET TRENDS Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers' Report: 6 Slides
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