The Clean Tech Revolution: Discover the Top Trends, Technologies and Companies to Watch

by Pernick, Ron

• ISBN13: 9780060896249
• ISBN10: 0060896248
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-07
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Newly revised with the latest market trends and growth opportunitiesIn The Clean Tech Revolution, authors Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder identify the major forces that have pushed clean tech from back-to-the-earth utopian dream to its current revolution among the inner circles of corporate boardrooms, on Wall Street trading floors, and in government offices around the globe. By highlighting eight major clean-tech sectors-solar energy, wind power, biofuels and biomaterials, green buildings, personal transportation, the smart grid, mobile applications, and water filtration-they uncover how investors, entrepreneurs, and individuals can profit from this next wave of technological innovation. Pernick and Wilder shine the spotlight on the winners among technologies, companies, and regions that are likely to reap the greatest benefits from clean tech-and they show you why the time to act is now.

Table of Contents

The Clean-Tech Opportunity	p. 1
Solar Energy: Scaling Up Manufacturing and Driving Down Costs	p. 29
Wind Power: Exploiting Big Finance, Large Projects, and Emerging Niches	p. 59
Biofuels and Biomaterials: Developing Next-Generation Refineries and Feedstocks	p. 83
Green Buildings: Leveraging Advanced Materials and the Power of "Negawatts"	p. 117
Personal Transportation: Designing Ultra-Efficient , Low-Emissions, High-Performance Vehicles	p. 145
Smart Grid: Creating an Intelligent, Distributed, Twenty-First-Century Grid	p. 171
Mobile Technologies: Powering a World on the Go	p. 197
Water Filtration: Turning Oceans, Wastewater, and Other Untapped Sources into Pure Water	p. 219
Create Your Own Silicon Valley: Jobs, Growth, and Economic Potential	p. 243
Clean-Tech Marketing: Five Key Lessons	p. 269
Conclusion: Leading the Way	p. 283
Notes	p. 295
Acknowledgments	p. 301
Index	p. 305
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