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Posted onFebruary 11, 2019May 20, 2020Energy

SolarCity Founders Charge Up African Energy Venture

by Heather Clancy

This article is drawn from the Energy Weekly newsletter, running Thursdays. Subscribe here. The co-founders of SolarCity, Lyndon Rive and Peter Rive, are back on the grid. The brothers, who left their former solar energy services company in mid-2017 after it became part of the Tesla…

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Posted onFebruary 10, 2019May 23, 2020Energy

For Google’s Latest Energy Innovation, Look To Taiwan

by Heather Clancy

This article is drawn from the Energy Weekly newsletter, running Thursdays. Subscribe here. Tech giant Google has disclosed so many solar and wind projects over the past decade that I’ve personally lost count. For you statisticians out there, the estimate is more than 30. The deal…

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Posted onFebruary 9, 2019May 23, 2020Entrepreneurship

Listen Up, Won’t You?

by Heather Clancy

Want to know what makes me tick? Why I write my fingers off, even on weekends when I could be reading trashy, mindless novels instead? I was privileged to be an early guest on legendary marketer Christopher Lochhead’s insanely irreverent podcast, “Follow Your Different.” During the…

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Posted onJanuary 5, 2019May 23, 2020Energy

7 hopeful power prognostications for 2019

by Heather Clancy

In my mind, year-ahead predictions by journalists like me are somewhat akin to corporate sustainability commitments — the best are aspirational, yet grounded in some practical reality. Some are hopeful, others resigned. With that, here are some thoughts crowding my brain on the precipice of…

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Posted onDecember 30, 2018May 23, 2020Sustainability

Amazon, Microsoft Are Making Artificial Intelligence Real

by Heather Clancy

Species identification schemes. Early warning systems informed by sensors and big data. Predictive population modeling. Looks like a job for artificial intelligence! It felt appropriate to weigh in with a year-end riff about a topic that’s guaranteed to spark debate at holiday parties — when and…

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Posted onDecember 29, 2018May 23, 2020Sustainability

Amazon Digs Renewables, But Progress Is Elusive

by Heather Clancy

Is the world’s largest provider of cloud computing services falling down on its 2014 pledge to one day power all of its data centers entirely with renewable energy? That’s the question posed recently by an investigative report in The Information (subscription required, but you can…

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Posted onDecember 28, 2018May 23, 2020Sustainability

Why You Should Pay More Attention to Bloom Energy

by Heather Clancy

When rocket scientist K.R. Sridhar founded the technology startup that would become Bloom Energy in 2001 — and famously introduced its electricity-generating “box” to the world in 2010 during a “60 Minutes” segment — his inspiration was a photograph snapped from outer space illustrating the…

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Posted onDecember 1, 2018May 23, 2020Sustainability

Kickstarter To Designers: Consider The Environment

by Heather Clancy

Genusee, an eyeglasses maker that fashions its frames from water bottles sourced in Flint, Michigan. Huskee Cup, which brews up reusable mugs made out of coffee husk waste. EcoTruck, a toy made from a wood-hybrid material that is far tougher than competitive options. All three…

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Posted onNovember 23, 2018May 23, 2020Entrepreneurship

Dreaming of Starting Your Own Biz in 2019? Start Here

by Heather Clancy

Tis the season for year-end reflections and year-ahead resolutions. In that vein, I’m making a shameful, Black Friday plug for Niche Down, the book I co-authored earlier this year for legendary marketing guru and podcast conversationalist, Christopher Lochhead. I know I’m biased, but if you’re…

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Posted onSeptember 7, 2018September 6, 2018Entrepreneurship

Legendary Entrepreneurs Are Relentless Category Designers

by Heather Clancy

This post was excerpted from Niche Down, my new book with the legendary marketer and podcast conversation host Christopher Lochhead. Legendary category designers never stop reminding the world that they created the category. That they are the standard by which all others must be compared.…

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Heather Clancy is an award-winning journalist specializing in transformative technology and climate tech. As editorial director for GreenBiz.com, she chronicles the role of technology in decarbonization and business innovation meant to catalyze a low-carbon economy. Her articles have appeared in Entrepreneur, Fortune, The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times.

She co-authored the Amazon best-seller for entrepreneurs, Niche Down, How to Become Legendary By Being Different.

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This Conservative Group Is Advocating for Renewable Energy

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While Republican politicians castigate Wall Street over ESG, some are trying to win over red states on the shift to clean energy.
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The dangers of failing to consider unintended consequences. "Each of these innovations offered a brilliant solution to an urgent technological problem of the era: making automobiles more efficient, producing a safer refrigerant. But each turned out to have deadly secondary effects on a global scale." ... See MoreSee Less

The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest Mistakes

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A century ago, Thomas Midgley Jr. was responsible for two phenomenally destructive innovations. What can we learn from them today?
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Google's huge solar buys help fund efficiency fixes for low-income…

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In partnership with Sol Systems, the tech giant is using a slice of its clean-energy investments for repairs and efficiency upgrades in lower-income communities.
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Change takes intention. In my past work-life writi Change takes intention. In my past work-life writing about enterprise software, I used to follow the strategy of Mitch Kapor quite closely, when he led Lotus Development Corp. I've enjoyed learning about his more recent work in funding entrepreneurs typically overlooked by the traditional #venturecapital ecosystem through Kapor Capital, which seeks to fund startups closing #equity gaps.⁠
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Since its inception, @Kapor Capital has invested in more than 170 startups — 62 percent of the founders identify as people of color and/or women. Its internal rate of return over the past decade is 29 percent, in the top quartile of similar-sized funds. So, this is not a money-losing strategy. One high-profile success story is BlocPower, which has raised more than $250 million for its mission of decarbonizing buildings in low-income communities.⁠
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Now, Mitch and his partner in life and life's work, Dr Freada Kapor Klein, have published a book about their strategy, "Closing the Equity Gap." ⁠
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You can find a transcript of my recent interview with Mitch and Freada at the Link.bio. You can also listen to excerpts on the GreenBiz Group podcast: Spotify (https://bityl.co/Hhz3)⁠
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