tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596936016924956975.post3002717979817114320..comments2021-10-06T00:29:32.267-07:00Comments on Opportunity Knocks for Cleantech: Cleantech Investment Shifts in Q3 2011Steve Faronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11593659796176975738noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596936016924956975.post-59620218393165561822011-11-14T21:45:29.685-08:002011-11-14T21:45:29.685-08:00Great info. Steve. Renowned venture capital invest...Great info. Steve. Renowned venture capital investor Nancy Floyd said similar things to a recent meeting of the Northwest Energy Angels’ members. Floyd started Nth Power in 2003 to focus on cleantech investing. Some of her key points:<br /> Now is the time to invest in solar, despite the recent demise of Solyndra. The average cost of installing solar per watt fell almost by half, between 2000 and 2010, from $9 to $4.85.<br /> Global capital investment in cleantech jumped from $6.5 billion to $131.6 billion during the same decade, now representing nearly 25 percent of all VC investment.<br /> While the United States has the world’s most developed ecosystem for innovation, the U.S. lags third in cleantech investing internationally, behind China and Germany. <br /> Only 59 percent of the American public believed in 2010 that climate change and global warming is proved by science, a dramatic drop from 79 percent in 2006.*<br /> The lack of a federal energy and climate policy threatens a “green economy” in the United States. States are filling this void when it comes to policy, with California leading the way. <br /> Successful investments are in companies that don’t rely on government incentives or rebates.Katiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657546584641787835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596936016924956975.post-73272781804065434752011-11-13T16:04:55.747-08:002011-11-13T16:04:55.747-08:00Great post on a complicated subject. It is exciti...Great post on a complicated subject. It is exciting to think that recessions are often times of the greatest innovation, and as consumers, we are well-positioned to drive the innovations of the next several decades. It seems job creation is a buzz word these days, so I am wondering what clean tech and storage innovations mean for new, well-paying jobs? Furthermore, is there an educational learning curve to be overcome?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596936016924956975.post-21160649282548338612011-11-02T16:57:41.849-07:002011-11-02T16:57:41.849-07:00This is a fascinating set of figures! I don't...This is a fascinating set of figures! I don't know too much about the amounts of VC invested in general and would be curious about what percentage of total VC investing the 1.69 bn invested last qtr in the US is. It makes sense to me that people are investing in storage as that has appeared as one of the big roadblocks to the uptick of intermittant renewable energy sources like solar and wind. I also wonder what the measured outcomes of each dollar invested in each country is? Do the dollars invested in China produce more tonnes of carbon saved?Rachel Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232349579689196437noreply@blogger.com