Jonathan S Wolfson, President and CEO of Solazyme Inc. talks with John Ince about how biotech companies in the biodiesel space can reduce their carbon footprint by focusing on process technology to make savings and reduce the amount of energy that goes into biofuels production. He also talks ...

Philip Brown, President and CEO of Diversified Energy Corporation talks with John Ince about how they have developed a proprietary technology that enables them to make conventional transportation fuels from renewable sources, that can be distributed through the existing pipelines and infrastructures of the major oil companies. ...

Phillip Brown, President and CEO of Diversified Energy Corporation talks with John Ince about how they have developed a proprietary technology that enables them to make conventional transportation fuels from renewable sources, that can be distributed through the existing pipelines and infrastructures of the major oil companies. ...

John Ince caught Republican Senator and presidential candidate John McCain and asked him about his policies on Clean Tech. McCain said he supports nuclear energy as a primary source in the nation’s energy mix. He also favors renewables adding that he personally supports biofuels by drinking a glass of ethanol ...

Which Clean Technologies are catching the attention of the venture capital community. Erik Straser, Partner of Mohr Davidow Ventures thinks solar, clean coal, biofuels and energy storage are the most exciting. Joined by Paul Deninger (vice chairman of Jefferies and Company Inc.), these two insightful observers analyze the clean tech ...

During Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., I met Jamie Derr, a farmer and advocate for biodiesel and biofuels. He’s also COO of Great Lakes BioFuels, a privately-held biodiesel distribution and services company that’s also involved in biofuel raw materials (feedstock) research and supply-chain development.

John Hofmeister, Shell Oil president, sees an important role for his company in supplying the world’s energy in the future. Petroleum (oil and gas) will remain, at least for the near to medium future, the most important energy resource. Shell is also investing, as are many other energy companies, in ...

Everywhere you look, it seems, you’ll find another story on cleantech. If you’re curious about the investment community around this fast-growing (and increasingly-hyped) industry, you’ll want to hear what Erik Straser has to say.

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.

Linsay Hassett (aka Betty Biodiesel) leads a group of Laguna High School students in the Green Ambassadors program on a tour of Dave Erikson’s home brew biodiesel lab. The Green Ambassadors program was created to get students learning science, civics and environmental stewardship through experience and action. ...

At the recent Clean Tech Venture Network Conference in San Francisco, Nora McDevitt interviewed Dave Jones of Live Fuels, Inc. This start-up is developing biofuel technologies using algae. Algae multiplies so quickly and produces so much oxygen that it could reverse the “Carbon Dioxide Problem.” Unlike ...

My thanks to Sherry Boshert for fitting me into her busy schedule of speaking engagements, and meeting me for lunch to talk about her new book. Author of Plug-In Hybrids, The Cars That Will Re-Charge America, Sherry is known as Miss Plug-In for her tireless efforts on behalf ...

Cleantech Venture Network is a group of venture capitalists dedicated to finding investments in “clean” technologies. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with Cleantech Co-Founder Nick Parker about the organization’s vision in New York.

The Cleantech Forum XII is right around the corner, February 19-22, in San Francisco. The San Francisco ...