Tax Incentives For Going Green

• Craigslist founder Craig Newmark
• E-Myth author Michael Gerber
• Inc 500 winner Chuck Halberg
• Pulitzer nominee Clifton Taulbert
• Emmy winner Jim Stovall
• Serial inventor John Osher

• The fab2farm model  is a solar deployment model that links the complete utility-scale solar ecosystem—from the manufacturing of the panels, to the building of the solar farm, to the local community—to drive down the cost of solar electricity, while generating billions of dollars in economic development. 
• Fab2farm would locate an Applied Materials SunFab™ manufacturing factory in communities across the U.S., with the intent of placing the panels produced by that factory directly into utility-owned projects. 

This approach has many broader benefits - a self-sustaining economic engine that delivers affordable solar to the rate payer, jobs for the community, R&D opportunities for local universities, increment tax base for local government, progress toward meeting RPS goals. 

• A system to enhance electric vehicle batteries
• A new method to produce a gas used in solar cell production
• Plans for turning food waste into fuel and more!

• Advanced Battery Control: offers a proprietary smart battery management system, which will radically enhance battery utilization in electric vehicles.
• Carbon Perks: a service that motivates people to incorporate energy efficient practices into their lifestyles while helping utilities reduce the costs of providing peak power.
• Enertia: brings to market a multiple patent-pending innovation that will harness ambient kinetic energy and extend the lifetime of wireless electronic devices tenfold, while at the same time replacing toxic electrochemical batteries.
• Food Waste Energy: manufactures and installs anaerobic biodigestors that help restaurants save energy and waste disposal costs by producing natural gas from food waste on site.
• Green Silane: produces silane gas for customers on-site in a manner that is flexible, low-cost, and environmentally benign, revolutionizing the supply chain for this critical input to semiconductor, flat-screen display and photovoltaic panel production.
• Ice Mitigating Systems: developed a two-fold approach to counter the effects of ice on offshore wind turbines. The solution, which addresses the turbine blades and its structural foundation, will be licensed to manufacturers and the company will provide the necessary consulting services to implement these systems.
• ReGenerate: manufactures and leases modular anaerobic digestors to institutional food service operators, transforming food waste discards into on-site renewable energy as well as nutrient-rich fertilizer products that will be cobranded and sold through retail outlets.
• Smart Energy Inc.: providing the bridge between the Smart Grid and consumers, empowering consumers with control over their energy usage and appliances.

• energy efficiency and infrastructure
• renewables
• clean non-renewables
• transportation
• deployment (clean energy services or processes).

The annual Cleantech Forum series returns to San Francisco, February 24-26, 2010 at The Palace Hotel. Cleantech Forum XXVI brings together ~1,000 industry leaders in what is widely recognized as THE cleantech event of the year. When you register, please use the promotion code ptnrSF10 and receive a $200 discount on the registration fee. 

With the theme Taking Cleantech to Scale, the Forum offers opportunities to mingle with global corporate executives, investors, and government leaders who are financing, acquiring, and scaling cleantech. You will hear first-hand accounts from innovative startups, new investment funds and corporations looking for partners. And if you’re looking for funding to start a new business, or for companies to invest in, this is a great place to network.

 Cleantech Forum XXVI speakers include:

CEOs and Companies presenting at the Cleantech Forum CEO Showcase include:

·         Jeff Bisberg, CEO, Albeo Technologies

·         Kevin Czinger, CEO, Coda Automotive

·         Gary Fromer, Cpower

·         Jay Zoellner, EPS Corporation

·         Frank Ramirez, CEO, Ice Energy

·         Dr. Fatemeh Shirazi, CEO, Microvi Biotech

·         Carlos Perea, CEO, MIOX

·         Jeff Green, CEO, NanoH20

·         Dan Squiller, CEO, PowerGenix

·         Mark E. McGoup, CEO, Pentadyne,

·         Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials

·         Terry Bailey, Soliant

·         Mark Crowley, CEO, SolFocus

For more information on how to join this leading industry event, call +1 (810) 224-4310 or email  info@cleantech.com or go to: http://cleantech.com/sanfranciscoforum  to register and use the promo code ptnrSF10 for a discount.

 

I just finished watching a great video presentation by Bill Roth where he was a speaker at an SBA event. Bill Roth is the Green Business Coach for Entrepreneur.com and he has a lot of knowledge and green business experience.

He talks about Sustainability Programs, his experience, best green companies, energy innovation, green inventions, eco friendly inventions and how sustainability programs can change your life.

The Video is on: THE GREEN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION - SBA Speaker Event.  If your interested in starting up a green business or launching a green company or organization, then this is a great video to watch. I used this video in my class on Sustainability Programs and the students were glued to it.

Here's a link to the video: http://greenenergytv.com/Watch.aspx?v=f82df0d99dbf9bee 
- Justin, Guest Blogger for Green Energy TV

John Hantz, the $100 million dollar man has a very unique vision for the city of Detroit.

That vision is to take Detroit and convert the unused space into farmland. He was featured in a Fortune article recently, and talked about launching his idea into action and putting up $30 million of his own money to jump start the project.

Most people who are familiar with Detroit have seen abandoned buildings, homes selling for $15,000, and not too much going on.

The article also talked about how Detroit was once the 4th largest city in the US and how the population used be 2 million people, and is now at 900,000 and continues to decline.

In a tough economy, and a time when cities that are going downhill need to look at reinventing themselves, John Hantz has come up with a plan that has the potential to turn Detroit around and become one of the top green cities in the US and create green jobs and sustainability programs for the city. - Jack Clemens, Guest Blogger for Green Energy TV

Dear Starbucks,

I walked across campus today, was tired and walked into a Starbucks. I asked for a iced coffee, and yes, I forgot my reuseable mug, and they handed me a coffee in a plastic cup.

I drank it, read a book and looked for a recycling bin. None were found. I went to the counter and asked the workers if they have a recycling bin for my plastic cup and they said no, even the manager shook his head no.

Why not? Look, I am no treehugger, but I believe in recycling. I should have been using my resuseable mug, but forgot it. I was very surprised and maybe it was just this location that did not have it. I looked into Starbucks sustainability programs and also on their site their Environmental Stewardship page talked about the great things they are doing.

The one thing that was missing was recycling bins in many of their stores. This could help prevent millions of cups from entering landfills. There are many companies going green and doing great things to reduce energy consumption, water usage, etc., but sometimes even they forget the easiest green measures to put in place, a recycling bin.

I took the cup back to campus, put it in a recycling bin, and will not forget my mug in the future! - Jenny M., Guest Blogger for Green Energy TV

• Promotes renewable energy such as solar and wind
• Energy efficiency
• Grid modernization
• High-speed rail, vehicles with advanced fuel technologies
• Green jobs training

The Answer is right under our pet's nose

1. Grass - How many people use fertilizer to get the perfect looking lawn now as opposed to how many people used it 30 years ago? Do you know the dangerous chemical toxins that are in lawn fertilizers and our dogs nose is constantly on the grass, sniffing or they are laying in the grass. READ THE BACK LABEL OF YOUR FERTILIZER next time before you apply it to your yard. You can research the ingredients and see the warnings that cause reproduction issues, kills aquatic life, etc. When your dog comes in your home, he/she is bringing those into your house too.
2. Your Home - Unless you use eco friendly products to clean your home, then you and your pet are being exposed to the chemical toxins in the floor, bathroom, and kitchen cleaners. These cleaners are known to cause cancer in lab tests.
3. Food - What is your dog eating? Check out the ingredients on the back of your dog food back and look them up, you will not believe the cancer causing agents that go into your pet's food.