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Renewables Poised to Clean Up from Oil’s Price Spill


The oil market has changed dramatically in the last three weeks but renewables are financial safe bets.

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Farm or Fossil: The Battle for the RFS Rages On


For those of us following biofuels, there was an interesting bit of news last week that barely registered in the press outside of Houston and Des…

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Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Ready for Takeoff


Major airlines are committing to sustainable aviation fuels, but could be doing much more, and offsets are not the answer.

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Dark Thoughts: Solar is Useless for Ice Cream Lovers


Working in the insurance industry where I think often about risk makes me wonder if the northern California power shut offs are really helping reduce…

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Fattening Your Loan Life Coverage Ratio


Debt is to project finance as fat is to bears. Hear me out.

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Interview: Jay Schabel, President of Brightmark Energy Plastics Division


NER worked closely with RES Polyflow to ensure the cost-effective capitalization of its plastics waste-to-value facility in Ashland, IN, USA; Sherry…

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A Plan B for Air Quality


The great irony for the Trump administration, and all those fighting against California’s clean-air waiver, is that if they “succeed” and auto…

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No, we’re not running out of Helium


We do have periodic helium shortages (there have been 3 in the last 15 years). But this is fundamentally a supply/demand issue (and public policy…

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Bioproducts are Seeing Major Tailwinds in Renewable Tech


Has Silicon Valley forgotten about cleantech after failures in solar, wind and batteries? Not quite! Several new and exciting renewable technologies…

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How to Avoid Looking like Theranos when Building Breakthrough Technology


To bring breakthrough innovations to market you need to demonstrate that the technology isn’t magic.

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Advice for Innovators: Keep it Real


Stop trying to control things and let go of the handlebars.

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