Bloomberg’s Michael Wilshire analyses clean energy investment activity and trends
Ecosummit TV: Michael Wilshire, Director of Analysis at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), talks about clean energy investment activity and trends at ECO13 London. BNEF provides independent market intelligence to investors and researches into the massive clean energy industry with a focus on policy, technology, economics, finance and supply chains. Clean energy attracted $281B of new investments in 2012 of which a small but important portion is VC and PE driving innovation.
Read moreCleantech Investment Manager Shimpei Yamashita of Sumitomo Corporation talks about Cleantech Economy Japan and Fukushima on Ecosummit TV
Shimpei Yamashita, Cleantech Investment Manager at Sumitomo Corporation, flew from Tokyo via London to Berlin to give an elaborate speech about the Cleantech Economy in Japan at Ecosummit 2011 (ECO11) on 25 March. This is our first long Youtube HD video on Ecosummit TV. Shimpei explains the status quo and future of the Japanese Cleantech Economy and the lack of smart green VC-backed startups in Japan.
Read moreElon Musk – Super hero of the smart green economy
Elon Musk turns 40 this year and is already the super hero entrepreneur of the smart green economy. Being an engineer he believes entrepreneurship means applying logic and critical thinking to a given problem in order to develop the best new solution. Elon likes to reinvent and reengineer problems on a big scale, especially transportation on the road and in space and production of clean energy. Next to being CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors, Elon is also CEO and CTO of SpaceX and Chairman of Solar City.
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