Thursday, March 31, 2011

My Few Notes from Babson Energy Conference

I attended the first half of the Babson College Energy and Environment Conference today. Here are a few of my notes.

Kathryn C. Brown – Senior Vice President – Public Policy Development and Corporate Responsibility, Verizon
- I agree with the earlier speaker that nuclear is off the table for a new energy source for the U.S. Who would have thought of this 2 years ago.
- Momentum for climate change is clearly bruised. Coal is on the rise after the nuclear problems in Japan and the oil spill in the Gulf. Incentives for renewables is at a low.
- Recommends Michael Porter's recent article: Creating Shared Value

Sheeraz Haji, CEO of Cleantech Group
- China accounted for 2/3 of the clean tech IPOs (63/93)
- Cleantech investing has returned as of Q1 2011, with solar leading the way.
- Recent IPO winners are Amyris where Kliener and other investors made 8x money
- He sees value in add data services to unused assets (cars, buildings). RelayRides is example of using data services to monetize unused car time.

1 comment:

Mukesh Speak said...

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The sweet, balsamic, wood-like fragrance of Amyris oil allows it to blend well with geranium oil, pine oil, spruce oil, cedar wood oil, myrrh oil, galbanum oil, frankincense oil, cypress oil, clove oil, aniseed oil, lemon oil, orange oil,

Commonly found in soaps and other 'Sandalwood' products in place of 'true' Sandalwood, Amyris supports vibrant physical health by helping to remove physical and etheric toxins that congest and distort the body. An alternative choice in place of the endangered 'true' Sandalwood, Amyris is a healthy, inexpensive and sustainable substitute in many aromatherapy applications.
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