Overview
December 11, 2019
$420M for Cleantech VC,
Energy Storage Investors,
Great Depression in 2030, &
Top 20 Ways to Mitigate Climate Change
October 29, 2019
$9B for Solar Companies,
$1T for Carbon Recycling,
5 Jobs in $1T Circular Economy,
Beating Lithium, & 1M Species Extinction
10/15/2019:
$47T for Responsible Banking,
$450M for Non-EVs,
$37M for Energy Storage, &
[Weird] Emerging Investment Sectors
10/1/2019:
100% Carbon-Free by 2050,
$17B for AgTech,
$350B for EV Co, &
Top 50 AI Co's
9/16/2019:
$55M for flying taxis,
$4B for solar,
$40B for cooking, &
393 $1B unicorns (map)
7/23/2019:
Private Equity & Batteries,
Who's Investing in Storage?
11 Tips for Better Sales Writing, &
How to Learn Faster
7/9/2019:
2 GW of Coal to Close,
Battery Unicorn,
Revenue Royalty Notes, &
Summer Fridays Good for Business
6/18/2019:
Big Oil's Cleantech Investments,
Solar Transaction Platform Financed,
Decision Fatigue, &
Free Text-to-Audio App
6/4/2019:
$18 Trillion in Value from Sensors?,
Solar Roofs (not Tesla),
Digital Minimalism, &
"I Will Teach You To Be Rich" Book
5/23/2019:
Defining Impact Investment,
Utilities + DERs Love/Hate Tango,
Privilege vs. Burden, &
Parkinson's Law of Efficiency
4/16/2019:
5G & Autonomous Vehicles,
Home Batteries & Big Boy Pants, Happiness Project, &
Top Podcasts of 2019
3/19/2019:
5 Energy Storage Failures (and 10 Lessons),
Solar Bubble ,
27,000 New Skills, &
Best Business Books of 2018
2/5/2019:
Cleantech Startup Funding,
NREL on storage ROI,
Altruism vs. Genes, &
Zen Tidying
1/15/19:
5 Transportation Tech Trends ,
Record Low Solar+Storage Prices ,
AI Trends in 2019 &
Warren Buffett on "Saying No"
1/8/19:
3 Utility Trends for 2019,
Most Popular Stories from 2018,
Zen Monastery Living, &
Billionaire Howard Marks
12/14/18:
Smart Transportation (Images),
Private Equity Term Sheets, &
"Hamilton Grit"
12/5/2019:
$240M for EV chargers,
620B for energy storage,
Giving Tuesday. vs. Cyber Monday, &
2-hour job search
10/9/2018:
C&I solar fragmentation,
Home storage ROI,
7 questions for evaluating companies, &
Impossible meat
9/18/2018:
Bloomberg on transportation electrification,
Tracking US climate goals,
Power of subconscious, &
3 billion new consumers
9/11/2018:
Residential solar, signal v. noise,
New leader in energy storage,
Best Biz Apps, &
#JustDoIt (kneelin')
9/4/2018:
100% carbon-free in CA,
100,000+ home batteries,
VC on time management, &
27 years of silence
8/7/2018:
50-state Solar Market,
EV vs. Oil Demand (Calculator),
11 Smart Home Devices, &
Home vs. Stock Investment
7/17/2018:
$5.6 Trillion Invested,
Buzzwords that Matter,
Decision Making Admonition, &
Kids Need More Chores
7/10/2018:
$400M for E-Scooters,
$55M for Indoor Farming,
100 Billionth of a Second, &
Affordable vs. Awesome
7/2/2018:
4 Takeaways from Energy Investor Conference,
$40M for "Ice" Energy Storage,
10 Business Podcasts, &
180 Hours of Silence
6/26/2018:
Fate of Natural Gas,
S-curve Growth for EV,
9,000 Year Cooking, &
Decision Making Guide
6/12/2018:
New Resi Solar App,
Low Interest Rates + Renewables,
$1M + 1-Person Businesses, &
We're 99% Unconscious
6/5/2018:
Battery Investment,
Report: Corporate Innovation,
"Math More Better", &
Report: Internet Trends
5/22/2018:
Diversity & Solar,
Obvious Ventures,
100 Good Reads, &
The Art of LeBron James
5/15/2018:
Grid Edge M&A,
Smart City + Virtual Reality,
Small is Great, &
Racism Lives
5/8/2018:
Solar on All CA Homes,
Top Battery States,
Traits of High IQ, &
News as Toxic
5/1/2018:
Blockchain v. Coal,
Energy Storage Costs,
Terrible Future Predictions, &
Frugal Science
3/13/2018:
SunRun #1,
EV Country Rankings,
1% Principle, &
Video Marketing
3/6/2018:
Renewables by State,
Energy Storage Finance,
60 Tips for Founds, &
Wisdom from Trees (?)
2/27/2018:
Blockchain Mania,
Solar Fintech in Africa,
What Drives Us, &
Morning Routines
2/20/2018:
2018 Sustainable Energy Factbook,
Blockchain + Storage Software,
Digital Nomad, &
Overwork + Success
2/13/2018:
50,000s Teslas + Kangaroos,
Interview with Cleantech VC Pioneer,
The Daddy Bank, &
10 minute Work Out
2/6/2018:
VC Investment in Batteries,
Blockchain and Micro Transactions,
Ketogenic Diet, &
Dalio on Getting What You Want
1/30/2018:
$300B Impact Investing Market,
M&A in the Microgrid Sector, &
Social Entrepreneurship in Ethiopia
1/23/2018:
Financing Microgrids as a Service,
Blockchain and PwC, &
World's Best Sushi
1/9/2018:
M&A Summary for 2017,
Artificial Intelligence for Good, &
2018 Mega-Trends from Forbes
12/19/2017:
Lithium vs. Battery Costs,
Microgrids in PR, &
AI + Bitcoin
12/12/
20
17:
Energy Access in Africa,
$20M in MA Storage Funding, &
25 Happiest U.S. Cities
12/5/
20
17:
Tax Reform v. Renewables Investment,
Bloomberg's EV Projections, &
Persistence v. Stupidity
11/28/
20
17:
Artificially Intelligence Grids,
$2.7T for EV Charging, &
4,000 Hours of Planning
11/21/
20
17:
1,400 Companies Pricing Carbon,
Tesla Distractions, &
The Headless Deer
11/14/
20
17:
11th Annual Cost of Electricity Report,
Big Utility Disruption, &
Virtue of Devil's Advocate
11/7/
20
17:
Saving $4B w/ Energy Storage,
Investor Segments for Renewables, &
Feedback is King
10/31/
20
17:
Grid Cyberattack Fears,
Big Data + Responsibility, &
35 Facts about Painter Bob Ross
10/24/
20
17:
Telsa's $160M Hybrid Beast,
Clean Energy as Netflix Disruptor, &
Social Media as a Depressant
10/17/
20
17:
Blockchain as Savior,
Monetizing Storage, &
57 Ideas for Competitive Analysis
10/10/
20
17:
Drones for EVs,
Grid Resilience, &
Hiring Virtual Assistants
10/2/
20
17:
Solar Cost Data,
EV Peer Pressure, &
Iceland More Than Bjork
6/6/
20
17:
California 100% Renweables by 2045,
Investor Disclosure on Climate Change, &
Do Less (But Do the Right Things)
5/23/17:
E&Y Renewables Index,
3,000 GW Solar by 2035, &
Lithium Prices Soar
5/9/17:
Another [Bleeping] Solar Trade Issue,
Germany at 85% Renewables, &
Be a Mind Reader
5/2/17:
120 EV Models by 2020,
Feed Me Solar Data, &
Pope Francis at TED
4/25/17:
How to Kiss Frogs (Investors),
Lithium in Nevada, &
NC Solar Shenanigans
4/18/17:
New Bill to Kill PACE,
Free Electricity, &
11 Ways to Ruin an Investor Meeting
4/11/17:
$54B for Clean Energy,
Picking Energy Storage Winners, &
10 Caffeine Substitutes
4/4/17:
600 Utilities Have Spoken,
Tesla Powerwall bundles, &
Selective Hearing
3/21/17:
Solar on 79% of Roofs,
EV Incentives Fall, &
Branson to the Moon
3/14/17:
$190M bankruptcy,
US solar 3x in 5 years, &
& Complaining about babies
2/14/17:
Low carbon investor gap,
100 million EVs, &
& Octopus cannibalism
2/7/17:
1 in 50 new jobs are solar,
Microgrid finance models, &
& Habit vs. inspiration
1/31/17:
Trump forgotten solar,
Storage as #1 new product, &
Dangerous vs. Scary
1/24/17:
Middle East loving solar,
Lithium prices up 4x, &
Flowers made of beef
1/17/17:
Solar's 50 State Ranking,
Elon's Giga-Goodness, &
Cows Eating Seaweed
1/10/17:
500 pages of MIT genius,
Cleantech comeback,
&
Habit vs. Motivation
1/3/17:
5 Trends Investors Should Know About Solar Costs,
Energy Storage Investors,
&
Discipline vs. Freedom
12/20/16:
Don't get scr**d by investors,
Chevy beats Tesla, &
Boredom is your fault
12/13/16:
Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) 2.0,
EV chargers and utility behemoths, &
Tim Ferriss has done it again
12/6/16:
Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) 2.0,
EV chargers and utility behemoths, &
Tim Ferriss has done it again
11/29/16:
Community solar affodable in 40 states,
BMS's EV battery innovation, &
Failure is the rule
11/15/16:
Solar is patriotic,
EV finance, &
Miracle morning rituals
11/8/16:
Tesla's sexy roof tiles,
Solar IRRs in emerging markets, &
Infrastructure statistics
11/1/16:
Solar's goes low in Mexico,
Blood bath for batteries, &
Boring $150,000/year jobs
10/25/16:
Solar gold rush,
Investors to run from oil companies, &
Stone-eating bacteria
10/4/16:
Island nation go solar,
EV charging at gas stations, &
Financial models are all wrong
9/27/16:
Africa solar opportunities,
EV batteries power buildings, &
Written goals better than blah, blah, blah
9/13/16:
Microgrids are here today,
EV upgrades like smart phones, &
The wisdom of pigs (really)
9/6/16:
44 challenges to solar movement,
G20 loves green finance, &
Time blocking for ultra productivity
8/30/16:
$13T loving Paris Climate Accord,
Fossil fuel co's love affair with alt energy, &
Ninja quiet EVs
8/23/16:
EV sales leaders,
Record low solar PPA in Chile,
Multitasking is a scam
8/9/16:
$533M for solar loans,
EV charging like Airbnb, &
Riches are in the niches
8/2/16:
NY 50% renewables by 2030,
EV sales data in 50 states, &
Cold brew is coffee or beer (?)
Overview