Archive for the 'Investment' Category
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
The Cleantech Show #026 (MP3 - 15MB - 42min)
Interview with Clint Wilder, Co-Author, The Cleantech Revolution
“When industry giants such as GE, Toyota, and Sharp and investment firms such as Goldman Sachs are making multi-billion dollar investments in clean technology, the message is clear. Developing clean technologies is no longer a social issue championed by [...]
Posted in Investment, Podcast, change, clean tech, cleantech, new industries | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
A new report co-authored by the Cleantech Network and Cleantech Ventures will be released today that details the PE & VC investment occuring in Australian cleantech companies.
At the launch breakfast this morning we heard from Jan Dekker (CV) and Anastasia O’Rourke (CN) present the key findings of the study. I’ve summarised some of these [...]
Posted in Australia, Investment, Report, clean technology, cleantech, private equity, venture capital | No Comments »
Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Yesturday I had the pleasure of being present when Al Gore opened the new FEX-SIM sustainability and cleantech stock exchange in Sydney. Here’s a wrap up.
The exchange is the creation of Brian Price, whom I interviewed recently on the cleantech show during which we discussed the FEX-SIM in detail. You can listed to the [...]

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Posted in Australia, Carbon Tax, Investment, al gore, clean tech, cleantech, climate change, kyoto protocol, stock market, sustainability | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
The Cleantech Show #013 (MP3 - 16MB - 45min)
Earlier this month I blogged about the announcement of the new FEX-SIM Sustainability and Cleantech Stock Market. The Financial & Energy Exchange (FEX) is set to open a new trading board on the Newcastle-based National Stock Exchange (NSX), with high profile green campaigner and former US Vice [...]
Posted in Australia, FEX-SIM, General, Investment, NSX, Podcast, clean tech, cleantech, shares, stock market, sustainability | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Heres an interesting development. A recent story on The Financial Standard comments on the launching of a new Financial and Energy Exchange in Australia:
The Financial & Energy Exchange (FEX) is set to open a new trading board on the Newcastle-based National Stock Exchange (NSX), with high profile green campaigner and former US Vice President Al [...]
Posted in Australia, General, Investment, clean tech, cleantech, emerging, stock market, sustainability | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
The Cleantech Show #010 (MP3 - 13MB - 34min)
In a recent announcement, the International Energy Agency (IEA), issued a new report yesterday predicting a supply pinch in the next 3 to 5 years. Tom Konrad, Editor from Alt Energy Stocks comments on the resulting impact this has had on renewable energy stocks in one of [...]
Posted in General, IPO, Investment, Podcast, alternative energy, clean tech, cleantech, climate chane, energy security, peak oil, renewable energy, shares, stocks | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
The Cleantech Show #008 (MP3 - 13MB - 36min)
My guest this week is Matthew Nordan, the President of Lux Research. On the show we explore the findings from Lux Research’s recent report into the Cleantech sector - The Cleantech Report.
This years Cleantech Report provides a comprehensive analysis of cleantech - offering proprietary data, unbiased analyses, [...]
Posted in Asia, General, Investment, Lux Research, Podcast, The Cleantech Report, UK, US, cleantech, research, venture capital | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
The Cleantech Show #006 (MP3 - 20MB - 56min)
The pressure to establish Emissions Trading programs in order to reduce C02 emissions is mounting in many countries and at a global level worldwide.
In this weeks show we have an in depth discussion about Emissions Trading with Rob Fowler, the Managing Director of Abatement Solutions - Asia [...]
Posted in Australian Government, C02, CDM, Carbon Price, Carbon Tax, Emissions Trading, Investment, Podcast, alternative energy, clean development mechamism, cleantech, climate change, emissions, environment, greenhouse gas, investors, sustainability | No Comments »
Friday, June 1st, 2007
A new Cleantech report has just been released predicting that spending on the development of new energy and environmental technologies - Cleantech - is projected to grow by 14% in 2007 to exceed $55 billion worldwide. With corporate and government spending [...]
Posted in Asia, General, Global, Investment, Spending, World, alternative energy, cleantech, climate change, environment, sustainability, technology | No Comments »