clean tech Search - Powered by PodTech.net http://www.podtech.net?v3 PodTech is a leading online video network featuring original technology and digital entertainment programming. PodTech's media platform allows professional content producers to deliver their content to millions of people who can easily find, share, and interact with it. For advertisers, PodTech offers unique, highly contextual ways to reach and measure target audiences through the fastest growing, most viral medium of online video. PodTech has over 40 clients including advertisers such as IBM, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Seagate, and Symantec. Founded in 2005, PodTech Network is based in Palo Alto, California, and is funded by US Venture Partners and Venrock Associates. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:29:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 en Copyright 2008 PodTech.net. All rights reserved. PodTech.net no no http://media1.podtech.net/graphics/show_icons/small/PodTech_iTunes_Logo_Small_100x100.jpgclean tech Search - Powered by PodTech.net http://www.podtech.net?v3 PodTech.netfeedback@podtech.net Technology and Entertainment Video Network PodTech is a leading online video network featuring original technology and digital entertainment programming. PodTech's media platform allows professional content producers to deliver their content to millions of people who can easily find, share, and interact with it. For advertisers, PodTech offers unique, highly contextual ways to reach and measure target audiences through the fastest growing, most viral medium of online video. PodTech has over 40 clients including advertisers such as IBM, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Seagate, and Symantec. Founded in 2005, PodTech Network is based in Palo Alto, California, and is funded by US Venture Partners and Venrock Associates. Producing the Next Generation of Transportation Fuels from Clean Tech - Part 2 http://www.podtech.net/home/4766/producing-the-next-generation-of-transportation-fuels-from-clean-tech-part-2 http://www.podtech.net/home/4766/producing-the-next-generation-of-transportation-fuels-from-clean-tech-part-2#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:55:37 +0000 John Ince http://www.podtech.net/home/4766/producing-the-next-generation-of-transportation-fuels-from-clean-tech-part-2 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 about the current climate in Washington and how legislators should be more technology agnostic when crafting energy legislations. Part 2 of a 2 Part Series

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/4766/producing-the-next-generation-of-transportation-fuels-from-clean-tech-part-2/feed John Ince 05:08 podventurezone, podtech, environment Producing the Next Generation of Transportation Fuels from Clean Tech - Part 1 http://www.podtech.net/home/4765/producing-the-next-generation-of-transportation-fuels-from-clean-tech-part-1 http://www.podtech.net/home/4765/producing-the-next-generation-of-transportation-fuels-from-clean-tech-part-1#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:53:24 +0000 John Ince http://www.podtech.net/home/4765/producing-the-next-generation-of-transportation-fuels-from-clean-tech-part-1 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 about the current climate in Washington and how legislators should be more technology agnostic when crafting energy legislations. Part 1 of a 2 Part Series

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/4765/producing-the-next-generation-of-transportation-fuels-from-clean-tech-part-1/feed John Ince 03:22 podventurezone, podtech, environment Reducing Commercial Consumption of Electricity - Part 2 http://www.podtech.net/home/4751/reducing-commercial-consumption-of-electricity-part-2 http://www.podtech.net/home/4751/reducing-commercial-consumption-of-electricity-part-2#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:52:58 +0000 John Ince http://www.podtech.net/home/4751/reducing-commercial-consumption-of-electricity-part-2 Tim Healy, CEO of EnerNoc talks with John Ince about how while students at Dartmouth’s Tuck School, they created a network operation center, to better manage the electricity across multiple grids and help companies reduce their consumption of electricity. EnerNoc, the company they created on the idea of “demand response” essentially created new generation capacity by reducing demand. In less than six years, EmerNoc has grown to a company with a market cap of over $600 million, over 200 employees and a successful IPO that raised over $100 million. This is part 2 of a 2 part series.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/4751/reducing-commercial-consumption-of-electricity-part-2/feed John Ince 05:02 podventurezone, podtech, environment Community Choice Aggregation: Power By The People http://www.podtech.net/home/4739/community-choice-aggregation-power-by-the-people http://www.podtech.net/home/4739/community-choice-aggregation-power-by-the-people#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:51:16 +0000 Ryanne Hodson http://www.podtech.net/home/4739/community-choice-aggregation-power-by-the-people I’m so sick of getting my utility bill and seeing that a huge majority of my money goes to pay for energy from Natural Gas and Nuclear (and in many places in the US, Coal). I want my money to go towards renewables and I’m not the only one. Many communities, including San Francisco and Oakland are petitioning and passing legislation for more choice in their energy purchasing. The movement is called Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) or Community Choice Energy. This type of legislation would not take down big corporations like PG&E, but would work with their existing infrastructure to deliver energy from sources chosen by the community. This would allow citizens to put their money towards more sustainable and renewable options and not have to wait around for the private companies to decide when to start investing in these technologies. As you’ll hear Rory Cox of PacificEnvironment.org say:
PG&E gets about half of its electricity from domestically sourced natural gas. The plan that PG&E is pushing right now is to import natural gas from abroad…most likely…from the former Soviet Union and The Middle East. It would require a whole brand, new fossil fuel energy infrastructure. We’d rather see those billions spent on clean energy.

When will it end? When will companies stop thinking that it is ok to continue to invest in finite resources? When communities stop relying on them to make energy choices for the people. For more info on Community Choice Aggregation, check out Local Clean Energy and Local Government Commission’s CCA page.

]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/4739/community-choice-aggregation-power-by-the-people/feed Ryanne Hodson 03:56 podtech, environment, ryan-is-hungry Reducing Commercial Consumption of Electricity - Part1 http://www.podtech.net/home/4727/reducing-commercial-consumption-of-electricity-part1 http://www.podtech.net/home/4727/reducing-commercial-consumption-of-electricity-part1#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:15:26 +0000 John Ince http://www.podtech.net/home/4727/reducing-commercial-consumption-of-electricity-part1 Tim Healy, CEO of EnerNoc talks with John Ince about how while students at Dartmouth’s Tuck School, they created a network operation center, to better manage the electricity across multiple grids and help companies reduce their consumption of electricity. EnerNoc, the company they created on the idea of “demand response” essentially created new generation capacity by reducing demand. In less than six years, EmerNoc has grown to a company with a market cap of over $600 million, over 200 employees and a successful IPO that raised over $100 million. This is part 1 of a 2 part series.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/4727/reducing-commercial-consumption-of-electricity-part1/feed John Ince 05:37 podventurezone, podtech, environment The Future of the Electric Car - Part 1 http://www.podtech.net/home/4685/the-future-of-the-electric-car-part-1 http://www.podtech.net/home/4685/the-future-of-the-electric-car-part-1#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:30:11 +0000 John Ince http://www.podtech.net/home/4685/the-future-of-the-electric-car-part-1 Gary Starr, Chairman of Electric Vehicle Company, Zap! talks with John Ince about the challenges facing widespread consumer acceptance of electric vehicles. Starr points out that in regions like China and Europe, where the government has actively promoted electric vehicles, the adoption rate by consumers is soaring. Starr believes that as consumer awareness about environmental issues grows, that the major automakers will start to reduce their resistance to electric vehicles and the mass adoption will soon follow. This is part 1 of a 2 part series.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/4685/the-future-of-the-electric-car-part-1/feed John Ince 05:48 podventurezone, podtech, environment Freshtopia.net - The Winnies http://www.podtech.net/home/4684/freshtopianet-the-winnies http://www.podtech.net/home/4684/freshtopianet-the-winnies#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:20:38 +0000 Oscar Grimm http://www.podtech.net/home/4684/freshtopianet-the-winnies We drove to LA to present our hand-crafted awards at The Winnies. If you’re not familiar, think the Oscars meet Santa’s secret workshop. The event was organised by Irina Slutsky (Geek Entertainment TV), Lan Bui and Bonnie Pierzina (NoodleScar), and Vu Bui (Vu Goes Vegan), Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library TV) served as co-host to Irina’s hostess.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/4684/freshtopianet-the-winnies/feed Oscar Grimm 03:18 podtech, environment, freshtopia Bringing Down The Cost of Photovoltaic Solar Cells - Part 3 http://www.podtech.net/home/4576/bringing-down-the-cost-of-photovoltaic-solar-cells-part-3 http://www.podtech.net/home/4576/bringing-down-the-cost-of-photovoltaic-solar-cells-part-3#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:21:19 +0000 editor http://www.podtech.net/home/4576/bringing-down-the-cost-of-photovoltaic-solar-cells-part-3 Roy Johnson, CEO of CaliSolar Inc. talks with John Ince about new techniques for reducing the cost of photovoltaics. PV Cells have long held the promise of providing clean electricity and competitive rates, but the stumbling block has always been the cost of the silicon chips. CaliSolar believes they have found a better and less expensive way by producing the chips from upgraded metallurgical silicon If they’re right they could be in for a bonanza. This is Part 3 of a 3 Part Series.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/4576/bringing-down-the-cost-of-photovoltaic-solar-cells-part-3/feed Editor 02:25 podventurezone, podtech, tech Bringing Down The Cost of Photovoltaic Solar Cells - Part 2 http://www.podtech.net/home/4575/bringing-down-the-cost-of-photovoltaic-solar-cells-part-2 http://www.podtech.net/home/4575/bringing-down-the-cost-of-photovoltaic-solar-cells-part-2#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:19:08 +0000 John Ince http://www.podtech.net/home/4575/bringing-down-the-cost-of-photovoltaic-solar-cells-part-2 Roy Johnson, CEO of CaliSolar Inc. talks with John Ince about new techniques for reducing the cost of photovoltaics. PV Cells have long held the promise of providing clean electricity and competitive rates, but the stumbling block has always been the cost of the silicon chips. CaliSolar believes they have found a better and less expensive way by producing the chips from upgraded metallurgical silicon If they’re right they could be in for a bonanza. This is Part 2 of a 3 Part Series.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/4575/bringing-down-the-cost-of-photovoltaic-solar-cells-part-2/feed John Ince 02:07 podventurezone, podtech, tech, environment Bringing Down The Cost of Photovoltaic Solar Cells - Part 1 http://www.podtech.net/home/4574/bringing-down-the-cost-of-photovoltaic-solar-cells-part-1 http://www.podtech.net/home/4574/bringing-down-the-cost-of-photovoltaic-solar-cells-part-1#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:17:12 +0000 John Ince http://www.podtech.net/home/4574/bringing-down-the-cost-of-photovoltaic-solar-cells-part-1 Roy Johnson, CEO of CaliSolar Inc. talks with John Ince about new techniques for reducing the cost of photovoltaics. PV Cells have long held the promise of providing clean electricity and competitive rates, but the stumbling block has always been the cost of the silicon chips. CaliSolar believes they have found a better and less expensive way by producing the chips from upgraded metallurgical silicon If they’re right they could be in for a bonanza. This is Part 1 of a 3 Part Series.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/4574/bringing-down-the-cost-of-photovoltaic-solar-cells-part-1/feed John Ince 02:20 podventurezone, podtech, tech, environment Senator John McCain on Clean Tech http://www.podtech.net/home/4064/senator-john-mccain-on-clean-tech http://www.podtech.net/home/4064/senator-john-mccain-on-clean-tech#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:23:17 +0000 John Ince http://www.podtech.net/home/4064/senator-john-mccain-on-clean-tech 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 every morning before breakfast.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/4064/senator-john-mccain-on-clean-tech/feed John Ince 00:54 podventurezone, podtech, tech, environment PARC: From inkjets to Solar PV http://www.podtech.net/home/3923/xerox-parc-from-inkjets-to-solar-pv http://www.podtech.net/home/3923/xerox-parc-from-inkjets-to-solar-pv#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:41:50 +0000 Margot Gerritsen http://www.podtech.net/home/3923/xerox-parc-from-inkjets-to-solar-pv I love this interview with Scott Elrod, manager of the hardware systems group at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC, for short). PARC, under the creative and enthusiastic leadership of Elrod, has ventured into the clean technology area. Recently, PARC worked together with the start-up SolFocus on the development of a new type of solar PV system, which is as effective as existing solar PV technology but requires a much smaller volume of silicon per unit area.

In this first interview, we discuss solar energy, PARC’s interests in this area, and Elrod’s pet projects.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/3923/xerox-parc-from-inkjets-to-solar-pv/feed Margot Gerritsen 24:22 podtech, environment, smartenergy What is the Role of the Consumer in Accelerating Change Towards Clean Tech? http://www.podtech.net/home/3921/what-is-the-role-of-the-consumer-in-accelerating-change-towards-clean-tech http://www.podtech.net/home/3921/what-is-the-role-of-the-consumer-in-accelerating-change-towards-clean-tech#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:31:16 +0000 John Ince http://www.podtech.net/home/3921/what-is-the-role-of-the-consumer-in-accelerating-change-towards-clean-tech In Europe, consumers have demonstrated their willingness to “Shop their Values,” resulting in an accelerated adoption of Clean Technologies in the marketplace. But consumers in the United States still lag behind. What is the role of the consumer in forcing “Big Oil” and other incumbents in the Clean Tech space to move over to new, non-polluting and energy efficient technologies? Two of the most astute observers of investment in Clean tech, Paul Deninger, vice chairman of Jefferies and Company Inc., and Erik Straser, partner of Mohr Davidow Ventures, discuss what it will take for the incumbents to change their ways.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/3921/what-is-the-role-of-the-consumer-in-accelerating-change-towards-clean-tech/feed John Ince 02:21 podventurezone, podtech, environment What Will It Take for Big Oil and the Incumbents in Clean Tech to Change? http://www.podtech.net/home/3907/what-will-it-take-for-big-oil-and-the-incumbents-in-clean-tech-to-change http://www.podtech.net/home/3907/what-will-it-take-for-big-oil-and-the-incumbents-in-clean-tech-to-change#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:53:02 +0000 John Ince http://www.podtech.net/home/3907/what-will-it-take-for-big-oil-and-the-incumbents-in-clean-tech-to-change Big Oil and the incumbents in the Clean Tech space have the biggest balance sheets on the face of the planet. They have shown record profits as demand for oil increases globally. Two of the most astute observers of investment in Clean Tech, Paul Deninger (vice chairman of Jefferies and Company, Inc.) and Erik Straser (partner with Mohr Davidow Ventures) discuss what it will take for the incumbents to change their ways.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/3907/what-will-it-take-for-big-oil-and-the-incumbents-in-clean-tech-to-change/feed John Ince 04:27 podventurezone, podtech, environment What Areas of Clean Tech Are Most Exciting To Investors? http://www.podtech.net/home/3880/what-areas-of-clean-tech-are-most-exciting-to-investors http://www.podtech.net/home/3880/what-areas-of-clean-tech-are-most-exciting-to-investors#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:31:17 +0000 John Ince http://www.podtech.net/home/3880/what-areas-of-clean-tech-are-most-exciting-to-investors 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 investment landscape and explain why they’re placing their bets where they are. Part two of a four-part series.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/3880/what-areas-of-clean-tech-are-most-exciting-to-investors/feed John Ince 05:16 podventurezone, podtech, environment Is Clean Tech the Biggest Sweepstakes in Human History? http://www.podtech.net/home/3852/is-clean-tech-the-biggest-sweepstakes-in-human-history http://www.podtech.net/home/3852/is-clean-tech-the-biggest-sweepstakes-in-human-history#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:55:15 +0000 John Ince http://www.podtech.net/home/3852/is-clean-tech-the-biggest-sweepstakes-in-human-history As we enter a multi-decade energy buildout for the next 40 percent of the people on the planet moving into the industrial age, investors in the clean tech space are looking at multi-trilion dollar markets for emerging technologies. Is this the biggest sweepstakes in human history? Two of the most astute observers of investments in clean tech, Paul Deninger, vice chairman of Jefferies and Company Inc., and Erik Straser, general partner with Mohr Davidow Ventures, discuss why clean tech is finally capturing major investors’ attention. This is the first of a four-part series.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/3852/is-clean-tech-the-biggest-sweepstakes-in-human-history/feed John Ince 03:15 podventurezone, podtech, environment Silicon Valley: the epicenter of solar power and clean technologies? http://www.podtech.net/home/3588/silicon-valley-the-epicenter-of-solar-power-and-clean-technologies http://www.podtech.net/home/3588/silicon-valley-the-epicenter-of-solar-power-and-clean-technologies#comments Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:01:04 +0000 Margot Gerritsen http://www.podtech.net/home/3588/silicon-valley-the-epicenter-of-solar-power-and-clean-technologies 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.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/3588/silicon-valley-the-epicenter-of-solar-power-and-clean-technologies/feed Margot Gerritsen 19:18 podtech, environment, smartenergy Real Goods: A Workshop at The Solar Living Institute http://www.podtech.net/home/3517/real-goods-a-workshop-at-the-solar-living-institute http://www.podtech.net/home/3517/real-goods-a-workshop-at-the-solar-living-institute#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:00:40 +0000 Ryanne Hodson http://www.podtech.net/home/3517/real-goods-a-workshop-at-the-solar-living-institute The Solar Living Institute, home of Real Goods (one of the first Green Catalogs), is like a big, green playground. The 12-acre plot was developed as a demonstration site for renewable and clean technologies like solar and wind power, green building and permaculture. We were excited to be able to spend some time on the campus while participating in a workshop on how to build an electric vehicle. Although the workshop turned out to be a wee bit overwhelming, we felt we got a pretty good primer into the world of electric vehicles. That said, we encourage y’all to take a workshop or class on some of these green ideas. Meeting people and gathering resources for getting started on this stuff is a good motivator for really making change.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/3517/real-goods-a-workshop-at-the-solar-living-institute/feed Ryanne Hodson 04:25 podtech, environment, ryan-is-hungry Erik Straser: An Energetic Energy Investor, Part 2 http://www.podtech.net/home/3364/erik-straser-an-energetic-energy-investor-part-2 http://www.podtech.net/home/3364/erik-straser-an-energetic-energy-investor-part-2#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:18:47 +0000 Margot Gerritsen http://www.podtech.net/home/3364/erik-straser-an-energetic-energy-investor-part-2 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. (more…)

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/3364/erik-straser-an-energetic-energy-investor-part-2/feed Margot Gerritsen 18:44 podtech, environment, smartenergy Meet an energetic energy investor http://www.podtech.net/home/3315/meet-an-energetic-energy-investor http://www.podtech.net/home/3315/meet-an-energetic-energy-investor#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:23:19 +0000 Margot Gerritsen http://www.podtech.net/home/3315/meet-an-energetic-energy-investor 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. (more…)

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/3315/meet-an-energetic-energy-investor/feed Margot Gerritsen 15:39 podtech, environment, smartenergy AeroVironment: Charging Ahead! http://www.podtech.net/home/3227/aerovironment-charging-ahead http://www.podtech.net/home/3227/aerovironment-charging-ahead#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:15:52 +0000 Matt Kelly http://www.podtech.net/home/3227/aerovironment-charging-ahead AeroVironment is a Monrovia, Calif.-based pioneer in the conception and development of alternative energy vehicles, having helped to develop the solar-powered GM Sunraycer and the all-electric GM Impact, a prototype for General Motors’ EV-1 electric automobile, and others. If you watched the movie, Who Killed the Electric Car?, their at-home electric vehicle battery charging appliance was prominently featured. So it’s no surprise that they were quite disappointed when the EV-1 project was cancelled by GM after spending so much time, money and energy had been spent to develop the technology. But all was not lost, as it helped serve the electric forklift and airport vehicle business for them. Last week, the company reached another milestone with their fast charge system for electric vehicles, the AV-900, by demonstrating for representatives of the California Air Resources Board the capability of fully charging a lithium chemistry electric vehicle battery pack in less than ten minutes. (The battery pack was developed by Altair Nanotechnologies, designed for use in the Phoenix Motorcar Sport Utility Truck, and at 35kWh (kilowatt-hour), it’s designed to allow the truck to travel more than 100 miles on a single charge.) Joining me to discuss this accomplishment is Charlie Botsford, who does business development for AV’s Energy Technology Center.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/3227/aerovironment-charging-ahead/feed Matt Kelly 17:18 featured-episode, podtech, environment, nextgear IMPCO: Optimizing Alternative Fuel Systems http://www.podtech.net/home/3168/impco-optimizing-alternative-fuel-systems http://www.podtech.net/home/3168/impco-optimizing-alternative-fuel-systems#comments Wed, 30 May 2007 14:00:23 +0000 Matt Kelly http://www.podtech.net/home/3168/impco-optimizing-alternative-fuel-systems IMPCO Technologies says it’s dedicated to a better world through cleaner fuels. Rob Mercer, IMPCO business manager, discusses the company’s systems specializing in natural gas, LNG and dual fuel applications for mobile and stationary engine uses.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/3168/impco-optimizing-alternative-fuel-systems/feed Matt Kelly 09:29 podtech, environment, nextgear Rohit Agarwal on his New Book on Innovation http://www.podtech.net/home/3124/rohit-agarwal-on-his-new-book-on-innovation http://www.podtech.net/home/3124/rohit-agarwal-on-his-new-book-on-innovation#comments Wed, 23 May 2007 21:15:26 +0000 Kiruba Shankar http://www.podtech.net/home/3124/rohit-agarwal-on-his-new-book-on-innovation Rohit Agarwal is the founder and CEO of techTribe Networks, a software company that enables current and future professionals to connect with others to enhance their careers.

Rohit recently co-authored a book along with Patricia Brown, titled, How Innovators Connect.

“How Innovators Connect” is an attempt to showcase innovation through the experiences of more than 40 successful innovators in Silicon Valley and India. Innovation is a process that demands connectivity, and cannot be performed in a vacuum. Based on numerous conversations, the authors discovered that each of the successful innovators shared connectivity traits. Although they all had different approaches, there were common sets of principles. The book explores the core principles of connectivity that form a framework for innovation, and contains learning from:

Jawad Ansari (Miven Ventures), Jan Baan (Baan, Cordys), Eric Billingsley (eBay), Marc Benioff (Salesforce.com), Drew Clark (IBM), Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande (Sycamore), Tom Erickson (Systinet), Stuart Evans (Cambridge University), Ashish Gupta (Junglee), Umang Gupta (Keynote, Gupta Corp.), Mark Hanny (IBM), Dan Harden (FrogDesign, Whipsaw), Mark Hoffman (CommerceOne, Sybase), James Hong (HOTorNOT), Bradley Horowitz (Yahoo), Subrah Iyer (WebEx), Kiran Karnik (NASSCOM), Guy Kawasaki (Apple), Emmett B. Keefe III (iRise), Jerry Kennelly (Riverbed), Joe Kraus (Excite, JotSpot), Audrey MacLean (NET), Phaneesh Murthy (iGate), Ram Mynampati (Satyam), Mark Lewis (EMC), M.R. Rangaswami (Sand Hill Group), Rajeev Samant (Sula Wines), Manoj Saxena (Webify, Exterprise), Ram Shriram (Google), Ashmeet Sidana (Foundation Capital), Vishal Sikka (SAP), David Skok (Silverstream), Louis Teto (Taleo), and many more.

For Rohit, the book is not a commercial effort, but part of his passion for spreading the message of innovation in India.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/3124/rohit-agarwal-on-his-new-book-on-innovation/feed Kiruba Shankar 18:43 podtech, tech, india Swedish Clean Tech meets Silicon Valley http://www.podtech.net/home/2967/swedish-clean-tech-meets-silicon-valley http://www.podtech.net/home/2967/swedish-clean-tech-meets-silicon-valley#comments Mon, 07 May 2007 23:45:42 +0000 editor http://www.podtech.net/home/2967/swedish-clean-tech-meets-silicon-valley U.S. Ambassador to Sweden Michael Wood, has identified green collaborations between Sweden and the United States as his One Big Thing. In Sweden he has filtered out 30 mind-blowing alternative energy projects that he recently presented to a round table of top venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. Afterward, he chatted with PodTech’s Tina M. Bjers.

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]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/2967/swedish-clean-tech-meets-silicon-valley/feed Editor 02:23 podtech, environment, technology Mark Jacobson: The Truth About Ethanol http://www.podtech.net/home/2646/mark-jacobson-the-truth-about-ethanol http://www.podtech.net/home/2646/mark-jacobson-the-truth-about-ethanol#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:39:39 +0000 Margot Gerritsen http://www.podtech.net/home/2646/mark-jacobson-the-truth-about-ethanol Mark Jacobson is a leading expert in wind energy and the atmosphere. He hears some of the claims being made on behalf of E85 — that it’s supposed to be cleaner, that it will reduce ozone-forming pollution and the release of harmful compounds like benzene, toluene and xylene. Mark’s research shows that these statements are misleading, and he strongly disagrees: Burning E85 will not lead to reductions in harmful emissions, he says.

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