http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com Exploring the latest developments in clean technology that are set to revolutionise the way we harness energy, manage resources, manufacture, transport, and live sustainably with the environment. The Cleantech Show is a regular podcast of interviews with leaders involved in cleantech research, entrepreneurship, commentary and investment. Sat, 17 May 2008 08:57:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Listeners, The time has come for The Cleantech Show to take a Sabbatical. Or more accurately I am heading off for an extended trip around the world starting with the sights of South and Central America for the next 6 months. During this time I may be bringing a few interviews ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/12/the-cleantech-show-will-be-on-sabatical/ The Cleantech Show #35 (MP3 - 13MB - 36min) Interview with Nick Rowley, Director of Kinesis and Former advisor to PM Tony Blair For two week in december last year more than 10,000 participants were brought together by the UNFCCC for the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, including representatives of over ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/24/the-cleantech-show-035-the-roadmap-to-a-global-climate-treaty-interview-with-nick-rowley-director-kinesis-and-former-advisor-to-pm-tony-blair/ The Cleantech Show #34 (MP3 - 13MB - 35min) Interview with Martin Lowson, Deputy Chairman, ULTra/Advanced Transportation Systems Ltd Personal Rapid Transport(or Transit) PRT was conceived a numerous decades ago as a way of transporting people in cities quickly and effectively without the need of drivers or a large ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/17/the-cleantech-show-034-exploring-personal-rapid-transportation-interview-with-martin-lowson-deputy-chairman-ultraats-ltd/ BioButanol and other alcohols are looking like becoming increasingly of interest because of their fuel qualities. Especially their water immiscibility which means that unlike ethanol it is suitable for pipe distribution. clipped from www.technologyreview.comIn a push to find better biofuels to reduce gasoline consumption and lower greenhouse-gas emissions, scientists ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/17/bugs-for-making-butanol/ Very interesting potential for this technology. 70% cheaper than current batteries, with 50% more power and 4 times longer life cycle. I'm interested to see what its weight comparison is in regards to putting in vehicles - perhaps this comparison is by weight? clipped from www.csiro.auThe odometer of ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/17/new-ultra-battery-for-hybrids/ Interesting to see if this light as air car finds enough of a niche. In the story it states that markets currently slated for launch are India then likely Spain and Australia. clipped from www.technologyreview.comA French-designed car that's propelled by compressed air and claims speeds of more than ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/17/air-car-preps-for-market/ This is good news for the cellulosic ethanol camp. Energy out is 540% the Energy Put into the crops. clipped from www.technologyreview.comThere's some more good news about cellulosic ethanol, a fuel derived from grasses and other nonfood sources. It's long been estimated that the amount of energy in such ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/11/cellulosic-ethanol-better-than-expected/ Great gift. Beats a barbie travel home anyday. clipped from www.springwise.comOne day, many new full-sized homes may resemble the Power House. The USD 149.95 miniature model from science-kit distributor Thames & Kosmos comes with a working green house, solar panels, a wind mill and a desalinization system. The kit’s ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/11/the-power-house-for-education/ The Cleantech Show #33 (MP3 - 14MB - 38min) Interview with Jim Clishem, CEO, Active Power More and more energy efficiency is gaining focus as a means of reducing carbon emissions, energy consumption and cost. In data centres for instance the power demands in an individual server rack have gone ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/10/the-cleantech-show-033-green-uninterrupted-power-and-cooling-systems-interview-with-jim-clishem-ceo-active-power/ For those that might be interested a new forum has been created to look at Australia's future investment into transport fuels. They are still seeking expressions of interest for parties who want to be involved. clipped from www.csiro.auCSIRO's newly formed Future Fuels Forum (FFF) is bringing together community, industry ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/09/csiro-future-fuels-forum/ This came my way... an article on some of the initiatives by consumer electronics manufacturers. In the article theres a list of some of the initiatives. Including Z-powers new battery tech which is silver-zinc based and contains significant recoverable metals. clipped from www.technologyreview.comNEW YORK (AP) -- Consumer electronics are ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/08/the-greening-of-consumerism/ On last weeks cleantech show we talked about some of the more recent developments in car sharing. Here's a few more about what Zipcar are doing. clipped from www.springwise.comWe first wrote about Zipcar in 2003, applauding the company’s innovative approach to the staid car rental industry. Catering to ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/21/more-on-car-sharing-finding-cars-by-gps/ A quick thankyou to all of The Cleantech Show audience who have tuned in over the last year. Its great to hear your comments and feedback on the show. Its been a pleasure producing it. Wishing you all a great holiday season and happy new year! And The Cleantech Show episodes ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/21/seasons-greatings-from-the-cleantech-show/ For those of you like me wanting to know the guts of the Bali Action Plan, here you go. The Bali Action Plan is linked to the page: http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_13/items/4049.php and can be downloaded direct from: http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_13/application/pdf/cp_bali_act_p.pdf The agreement of the Kyoto parties (ie. not including the US) is likely to be found in due course at: http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/3878.php Source: ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/18/download-bali-action-plan/ The good Ol Bureau of Meterology RC has teamed up with the CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Group to develop a joint research center. Why am I blogging about this? Well, given australia's situation with agricultural and water challenges over the next 50 years, as indicated by the research, ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/17/the-bom-rc-becomes-the-bomfunkrc/ The Cleantech Show #32 (MP3 - 12MB - 34min) Interview with Monique Conheady, CEO and Founder, Flexicar Many of you in major cities are most likely aware of care sharing programs, albeit under potentially different names. Some of you probably fit the demographic just by listening to this show, and may ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/13/the-cleantech-show-03-sharing-cars-for-our-future-interview-with-monique-conheady-ceo-flexicar/ clipped from www.technologyreview.comHelium isotopes reveal hidden stores of geothermal energy.Smelling land: Elevated levels of helium in the water pumping through this geothermal power plant in Nevada’s Dixie Valley could be a clue into finding hidden geothermal hot spots. Most geothermal power plants exploit the relatively rare but easy ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/13/hunting-for-geothermal-power/ The Cleantech Show #31 (MP3 - 8MB - 22min) Interview with Dr. Michael Ottaviano, MD, Carnegie Corporation & CETO Wave Power seems to be reaching a level of acceptance in the market such that I think its time in the sun i think is rapidly approaching. This is the case ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/05/the-cleantech-show-031-interview-with-dr-michael-ottaviano-md-carnegie-corporation-ceto/ The Cleantech Show #30 (MP3 - 12MB - 34min) Interview with Dr. Peter Binks, CEO, NanoVic The cleantech sector contains solutions incorporating elements of novel integration, novel technologies and novel business models In the novel technology area, nanotechnology solutions are becoming significant contributors to solving energy, water, waste and climate problems. On ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/28/the-cleantech-show-030-cleantech-at-the-nanoscale-interview-with-dr-peter-binks-ceo-nanovic/ A further breakthrough on cellulosic ethanol research, this time looking at bacterial genes living in the gut of termites. clipped from www.technologyreview.comA massive genomic study of the microbes living within the termite gut has identified close to 1,000 possible enzymes that break down wood. The plethora of cellulose-digesting ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/28/termites-gut-bacteria-genes-mapping-for-cellulostic-ethanol/ Another new energy storage technology. interestingly this integrates with existing lead acid batter production. here's the wwwiki on lead acid clipped from www.csiro.auCSIRO and Cleantech Ventures have invested in technology start-up Smart Storage Pty Ltd to develop and commercialise battery-based storage solutions.Director of the CSIRO Energy Transformed National Research ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/26/new-hybrid-battery-for-solar-and-wind-power-storage/ For those of you requiring a fix of stories about negawatts. This is definitely the way things have to go to reduce consumption or more importantly reduce the need for more base load and transmission infrastructure. Soon however I'm guessing we will have devices that automatically decide to power ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/24/bring-on-the-negawatts/ clipped from www.technologyreview.com Gassing up: This aluminum alloy quickly pulls oxygen from water, in the process forming aluminum oxide and releasing hydrogen gas. The hydrogen could be used in place of gasoline in cars. Credit: Jerry Woodall, Purdue University A new process for using aluminum alloys to generate hydrogen from water could make ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/22/a-better-way-of-making-hydrogen/ The Cleantech Show #029 (MP3 - 13MB - 35min) Interview with Jan Dekker, Cleantech Ventures - Venture Capital Firm Following on from our recent shows on Technology Transfer and Research Commercialisation, on this weeks show we look at the process of Venture Capital investment into Cleantech. My guest this week is ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/21/the-cleantech-show-029-investing-venture-capital-interview-with-jan-dekker-cleantech-ventures/ clipped from www.technologyreview.com Fantastic plastic: Novomer, based in Ithaca, NY, is working on commercializing a process to convert carbon dioxide into different forms of biodegradable polymers, including a honeylike liquid and a powder. Credit: Novomer Affordable, biodegradable plastics made from carbon dioxide are moving closer to market. Novomer, based in Ithaca, NY, which ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/20/biodegradeable-plastic-from-co2/ As I understand this is one of a few projects around the world (Norway, UK) looking at using CO2 to increase oil production whilst sequestering the CO2. But I cant help thinking that unless you are actually storing more CO2 than generated from the Oil you remove, ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/19/using-co2-to-push-out-oil/ clipped from www.technologyreview.comDutch biofuels startup Bioecon and Khosla Ventures have launched a joint venture called Kior, which will commercialize Bioecon's process for converting agricultural waste directly into "biocrude," a mixture of small hydrocarbon molecules that can be processed into fuels such as gasoline or diesel in existing oil ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/19/oil-from-wood/ Hi All, It’s that time of the year again when we ask you, our most loyal and lovable audience, to spend ten minutes of your life answering a bunch of questions about what makes you tick. We do this in the hope that this information (all anonymous of course) will encourage advertisers ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/19/2007-tpn-audience-survey/ The Cleantech Show #028 (MP3 - 12MB - 32min) Interview with Dr Shane Huntington, CEO Quantum Communications Victoria & School of Physics, University of Melbourne In a recent report by Australian Venture Capital firm Cleantech Ventures and the Cleantech Network LLC, the findings highlighted that one of the key ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/14/the-cleantech-show-028-technology-transfer-interview-with-dr-shane-huntington-melbourne-university/ More downwards pressure on the cost of Solar. Again looking to drop cost by 50%. This time with possibly no significant increase in manufacturing cost, but 5 times reduction in silicon cost which makes up 20-30% of total cost. Still has an efficiency question mark - currently around 10%. ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/14/focusing-light-on-silicon-beads/ The Cleantech Show #026 (MP3 - 10MB - 27min) Interview with Dr Anita Hill, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering A few weeks ago I blogged briefly on a new membrane technology that mimics pores found in plants allowing more cost and energy effective separation of a range of gas, liquid and ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/07/the-cleantech-show-027-new-membrane-technology-interview-with-dr-anita-hill-csiro/ The Smart Cities group at the MIT Media Lab is developing a foldable scooter and foldable car to revolutionise mass transit clipped from www.technologyreview.comCity car: The Smart Cities group at MIT’s Media Lab is developing a shared-use electric car (top) that folds and stacks like a shopping cart. A ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/02/new-car-design-from-mit-group/ 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 ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/31/the-cleantech-show-026-the-cleantech-revolution-interview-with-clint-wilder-co-author/ Following article off of catalyst website - abc TV show - talks about how platinum catalyst for fuel cells can be deposited by plasma rather than chemical means for 5 fold reduction in price. Link leads to more discussion about hydrogen economy and video segment. clipped from www.abc.net.auNarration: ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/29/making-cheaper-platinum-based-fuel-cells/ Some houses struggle to be retrofitted for grey water collection. The water leech solves this by using a pump and a fitting that connects into a standard drain hole to collect the water. clipped from www.springwise.comThe Water-Leech, which retails for AUD 200 and up is a breadbox-sized device with ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/26/grey-water-retrofits-the-water-leech/ This is nice thinking. Hybrids battery systems increase the cost of a hybrid car substantially compared with similar gas guzzler, and there's the issue of battery degradation. So why not lease it? clipped from www.springwise.comThe auto industry’s transition to alternative energy won’t just affect oil companies. It’s ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/26/by-the-car-lease-the-battery/ Another great example of biomimicry: clipped from www.technologyreview.comSticky inspiration: The chemistry of protein strands that mussels use to attach themselves to nearly any type of material (the mussel here is attached to Teflon) has helped researchers develop a new, versatile adhesive. Flexible displays, water-purification filters, and materials that convert ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/26/new-glue-based-on-mussel-protein-behaviour/ The Cleantech Show #024 (MP3 - 15MB - 42min) Interview with Dave Holland, MD of Solar Systems There have been a lot of developments in the solar energy sector recently and we have had a number of companies on the show present their unique approach to capturing the sun's energy. ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/24/the-cleantech-show-025-concentrating-the-sun-interview-with-dave-holland-md-of-solar-systems/ 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. ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/24/turning-green-into-gold-new-report-on-australian-cleantech-vc-and-pe-investments/ clipped from www.technologyreview.comNano solar: A cross section of a silicon nanowire that converts light into electricity. The image has been colored to highlight the functional layers of the device. Each layer is made of silicon modified with another material that gives it distinct electronic properties. The outer layer ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/22/nanosolar-wires/ Here's an interesting story out the The Washinton Post regarding the first case where a coal fired power plant application for an air permit has been rejected because of carbon dioxide emissions. clipped from www.washingtonpost.comThe Kansas Department of Health and Environment yesterday became the first government agency in the ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/22/power-plant-rejected-over-carbon-dioxide-for-first-time/ Here's a 10 year old technology that may have its day in the sun in lightweight cars - pardon the pun. In the Aurora solar car below the single front wheel motor is able to drive the car up to around 110kms per hour. Here's the link ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/18/world-solar-challenge-10-year-old-in-wheel-motor-still-the-best/ The Cleantech Show #024 (MP3 - 24MB - 68min) Interview with Rod Adams, Adams Atomic Engines Inc On this weeks show my guest is Rod Adams from The Atomic Show, and founder of Adams Atomic Engines Inc, a nuclear energy company. Nuclear you say? Is that cleantech? This weeks show is all ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/17/the-cleantech-show-024-nuclear-alternatives-interview-with-rod-adams-adams-atomic-engines-inc/ Over the last month or so there's been a rise in the number of energy storage technologies getting press off the back of the large announcement by Ausra about solar thermal storage. Solutions in this area have included: potential - pumping water uphill for hydropower gen; kinetic - ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/17/storing-megawatts/ Came across this new technology out of CSIRO that promises to allow significant advances in CO2 and gas separation and water purification... CSIRO, through the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, in partnership with Hanyang University in Korea, the University of Texas, has developed a new membrane that mimics pores ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/12/fantastic-plastic-to-help-water-and-gas-industries/ The Cleantech Show #023 (MP3 - 14MB - 36min) Interview with Attilio Demicheli, Katrix Combined Heat and Power (CHP) as we have discussed previously on the show with companies like Grid-X Power has a significant role to play in reducing the emissions profile of the built environment and industry. Predominantly this ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/10/the-cleantech-show-023-micro-combined-heat-and-power-chp-interview-with-attilio-demicheli-katrix/ The Cleantech Show #022 (MP3 - 14MB - 38min) Interview with Daniel Almagor, Engineers Without Borders On this weeks show we explore the question of "What is appropriate technology?" with CEO and founder of Engineers without Borders Australia, Daniel Almagor. There is a lot of discussion about how technology transfer ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/03/the-cleantech-show-022-understanding-appropriate-technology-transfer-daniel-almagor-founder-engineers-without-borders/ The Cleantech Show #021 (MP3 - 12MB - 33min) Interview with Craig Roussac, Investa Property Group. Over the last 3 years Deacon University's Built Environment Research Group conducted a 3 year survey and found that the built environment demands 40-50% of global energy, consumes 40% of non-renewable resources, generates 40% of ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/26/the-cleantech-show-021-greening-our-buildings-interview-with-craig-roussac-investa-property-group/ Scanning the newswires this morning and here's an interesting analysis piece out of reuters, London. Essentially it examines whether or not a carbon price through an emissions scheme is actually going to achieve the required changes in carbon use quickly enough. Here's some excerpts: "Governments are relying way too much on the price ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/26/is-a-carbon-price-enough/ 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. ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/20/al-gore-opens-fex-sim-launch-dedicated-cleantech-stock-market/ The Cleantech Show #020 (MP3 - 13MB - 37min) Interview with Adrian Crouch, Procept Sensor developments, embedded systems, wireless communications and internet connectivity in recent years have fostered the growth of a gamut of remote and distributed sensor and control technology. In the cleantech sector we see applications of this in ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/19/the-cleantech-show-020-embedded-electronic-systems-sensors-and-energy-management-interview-with-adrian-crouch-procept/ The Cleantech Show #019 (MP3 - 14MB - 38min) Interview with Mark Sinclair, Windlab Systems According to Global Wind Energy Council figures 2006 recorded an increase of installed capacity of 15,197 MW, taking the total installed wind energy capacity to 74,223 MW. Key to the continued development of wind resources around the world ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/12/the-cleantech-show-019-understanding-the-wind-energy-industry-interview-with-mark-sinclair-windlab-systems/ Gil Friend's posted this interesting discussion regarding the impact of the coal industry and an article in Architecture 2030 . Have a read through and for those Australian's in the Audience think about the impact of our policy to push a clean coal future. Now the article doesn't even ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/12/coal-commentary-think-you%e2%80%99re-making-a-difference-think-again/ The Cleantech Show #017 (MP3 - 14MB - 37min) Interview with Phil Kithill, Atmocean Inc. In February 2007, Richard Branson and Al Gore announced a new global science and technology prize - The Virgin Earth challenge  - whereby an individual or group can demonstrate a solution that can remove at least 1 billion ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/05/the-cleantech-show-018-large-scale-ocean-co2-bio-sequestration-interview-with-phil-kithil-ceo-atmocean/ The Cleantech Show #017 (MP3 - 15MB - 41min) India is quickly becoming one of the worlds largest markets for clean technology. With rapid economic growth, coupled with issues of poverty, energy supply, food and water provision and pollution its appetite is steadily growing for technologies, and companies who can work ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/08/29/the-cleantech-show-017-cracking-the-indian-cleantech-market-interview-with-peter-castellas-md-clean-technology-australasia/ The Cleantech Show #016 (MP3 - 13MB - 36min) T-Mag Pty Ltd is a new integrated casting technology for magnesium that significantly extends the capability and reduces the cost of permanent mould casting for a wide range of high-performance components. On this weeks show Sam Tartaglia from T-Mag is our guest, and ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/08/23/the-cleantech-show-016-lightweight-magnesium-car-components-tech-interview-with-sam-tartaglia-t-mag/ The Cleantech Show #015 (MP3 - 14MB - 37min) On this weeks show our topic is combined heat and power (CHP). One of the leading companies in Australia developing CHP solutions is GridX Power. Craig is a co-founder of the business, chief operating officer and is responsible for new business ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/08/15/the-cleantech-show-015-grid-x-power-interview-with-chief-operating-officer-craig-chambers/ The Cleantech Show #014 (MP3 - 11MB - 30min) The Active Reactor is an electronic device that saves electricity and energy when used with HID (high intensity discharge) lamps. On this weeks show founder and Managing Director of The Active Reactor Richard Dluzniak and I explore the massive potential for this ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/08/08/the-cleantech-show-014-the-active-reactor-lighting-technology-interview-with-founder-richard-dluzniak/ 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 ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/07/31/the-cleantech-show-013-interview-with-brian-price-ceo-of-the-new-fex-sim-sustainability-and-cleantech-market/ The Cleantech Show #012 (MP3 - 23MB - 64min) My guest this week is Michael Curran, a Founder and Director of Mycrolab, an Australian company developing a "Lab on a Chip" platform technology. The technology can shrink many laboratory based medical assays and diagnostic tests down to the size of a ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/07/24/the-cleantech-show-012-interview-with-michael-curran-founder-and-director-of-mycrolab-lab-on-a-chip-technology/ The Cleantech Show #011 (MP3 - 16MB - 44min) What if you could develop an additive that could be integrated into products in over 25 markets, including paints, power cable coatings, refrigeration consumer food packaging and even clothing that could reduce the temperature of objects and spaces by 15-20%. Well this is ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/07/17/the-cleantech-show-011-keeping-cool-with-thermally-active-granules-tag-interview-with-ceo-david-forder-tag-technology/ 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 ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/07/11/national-stock-exchange-australia-to-open-new-financial-and-energy-exchange-focused-on-sustainability-and-cleantech/ 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 ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/07/10/the-cleantech-show-010-understanding-the-alternative-energy-investment-market-with-tom-konrad-alt-energy-stocks/ The Cleantech Show #009 (MP3 - 13MB - 37min) To date much of the focus in investment and new cleantech ventures has focused on the energy and biofuels industry sectors, with a slowly but surely growing diversification into waste management, water management, green buildings and other industry areas. The environmental ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/07/03/the-cleantech-show-009-interview-with-leading-emissions-and-sustainability-auditing-company-founder-and-ceo-doug-smith-village-green/ 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 - ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/06/26/the-cleantech-show-008-interview-with-matthew-nordan-president-of-lux-research-in-depth-discussion-about-findings-of-2007-cleantech-report/ The Cleantech Show #007 (MP3 - 12MB - 34min) Carbon Neutrality is the key objective of many consumers and organisations seeking to nullify their impact on global emissions. For many individuals and companies an available approach is to choose to offset gross emissions by purchasing Carbon Offsets. The Growth in ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/06/19/the-cleantech-show-007-understanding-carbon-offsets-interview-with-jeff-angel-total-environment-centre/ 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 ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/06/12/the-cleantech-show-006-interview-with-rob-fowler-abatement-solutions-indepth-discussion-on-emissions-trading/ The Cleantech Show #005 (MP3 - 13MB - 36min) On this weeks show our guest is Gary Bertuch, the Managing Director of HySSIL Pty Ltd, a company commercialising a revolutionary new lightweight concrete technology involving the CSIRO. Hyssil's technology allows the production of lightweight concrete panels that have and unique combination of ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/06/05/the-cleantech-show-005-interview-with-gary-bertuch-hyssil-revolutionary-strong-lightweight-concrete/ If your living in Australia, you would have found it hard not to know that the Prime Ministers National Emissions Trading Taskforce Report is out.  For those of you elsewhere in the world, a quick google will bring you up to speed, or you can have a read of this ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/06/01/pms-national-emissions-trading-taskforce-report-out/ 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. ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/06/01/global-cleantech-spending-set-for-14-growth-in-2007/ The Cleantech Show #004 (MP3 - 13MB - 36min) Sylvia Tulloch, is the Managing director and founding team member for 3rd Generation solar cell technology company Dyesol (ASX:DYE). 3rd generation solar cell technology utilises biomimicry of the chlorophyll dye in plants to produce energy from the sun. Dyesol has been a pioneer ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/29/the-cleantech-show-004-interview-with-sylvia-tulloch-dyesol-3rd-generation-solar-cell-technology/ Water Availability and Desalination is a hot topic at the moment here in Australia, as in many other areas of the world. Developed countries like Australia are gripped in drought and faced with shifting climate conditions that mean that water availability is becoming more and more pressured. Around the world ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/29/a-new-desalination-tech-low-energy-low-cost/ One of the things I love about the revolution in technologies at the moment is the shift from Brute Force approaches to problems, based on cheap energy and resources to smarter design based on minimising energy and resource use. The ingenuity of these approaches were often thought up in another era. In ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/28/heliostats-bringing-light-to-the-core/ Now this is one of those great innovations looking at a societal system and identifying the its ecological and cost structure and then innovating to bring benefits to both. In this case that system is trash collection and disposal. The system being, installing the bins, collecting the trash and truck logistics, ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/25/big-belly-for-trash/ The Cleantech Show #003 (MP3 - 15MB - 42min) This weeks podcast is an interview with Mitra Ardron. Mitra is principle of Natural Innovations a company which provides consulting services on developing businesses around sustainability, and in particular green technologies. Mitra has previously worked in commercialising internet technologies and co-founded the ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/22/the-cleantech-show-003-interview-with-mitra-ardron-natural-innovation/ The Cleantech Show #002 (MP3 - 10MB - 30min) This weeks podcast is an interview with Dr. Tim Finnigan, Founder and CEO of Biopower Systems, a distributed ocean power technology company. On the show Tim and I discuss the company's novel approach to harnessing ocean power, including their tidal current power technology ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/15/the-cleantech-show-002-interview-with-dr-tim-finnigan-ceo-biopower-systems/ The cost of solar PV is dropping - or will shortly according to solar PV concentrator manufacturer Soliant Energy. Solar concentrator technologies allow the same level of light to be captured often as a traditional panel technology. However they drastically reduce the cost of the photovoltaic components by concentrating the incident ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/11/half-price-solar-panels-14-price-by-2010/ In case you missed it, Rupert Murdoch announced overnight that News Corporation worldwide would be carbon neutral by 2010. The Australian Newspaper has reproduced the speech in this article, and you can read it by expanding the read more button below. Its well worth a read, and this is ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/10/rupert-murdochs-speech-on-carbon-neutrality/ The Cleantech Show #001 (MP3 - 17MB - 48min) This weeks podcast is with Andrew Neilson who is the Legal and Commercial manger and Company Secretary at Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (CFCL). For those of you not familiar with Ceramic Fuel Cells they are a Australian and London Stock Exchange (AIM) ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/08/the-cleantech-show-001-ceramic-fuel-cells-limited-interview-with-andrew-neilson/ I'm currently reading Clive Hamilton's new book "Scorcher - the dirty politics of climate change". And its a real eye opener on what's happening in Australian Politics particularly over the last 10 years of the Howard government. We all know how the Australian Government has really dragged its ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/03/energy-sources-what-the-public-thinks/ This interesting article just came across my desk. It presents research and advancements in the area of Biomass pyrolysis and char sequestration. See the story below. Energy Generation from Biomass is one of the technologies that is being developed as a significant contributor to the renewable energy mix in developing ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/27/a-case-for-charcoal-biomass-pyrolysis-and-char-sequestration/ CSIRO has a key role here in Australia in the science of climate change and the development of clean technologies. In conversations that i have had with CSIRO researchers and managers they are careful to say that technologies they are developing today usually have a 5 to 15 year ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/26/csiro-launches-climate-adaptation-national-research-flagship/ Last week the 3rd Australasian Cleantech Forum attracted around 200 attendees. While there i had a chance to catch up with a significant number of the leading participants in the cleantech sector in Australasia. Over the coming weeks I will be posting some conversations and interviews with some ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/23/3rd-australasian-cleantech-forum/ Hi, my name is Nick Bruse and I am excited to be your host for The Cleantech Show here on TPN! The podcasts will be starting very soon, so please subscribe to the show! You can find the RSS and iTunes subscription buttons on the right-hand sidebar of the blog ... http://cleantech.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/19/welcome/