ECO11 Panel: Smart Green Utility of the Future
If we make energy more expensive, consumers and companies will make a big effort to save energy. At Ecosummit 2011, I moderated an expert panel about the Smart Green Utility of the Future. Panelists include (from left): Joerg Fabri (allocate), moderator Jan Michael Hess (Ecosummit), Andre Shortell (GP Bullhound), Robert Werner (Greenpeace Energy) and Rolf Adam (Cisco). A smart green utility offers 100% renewable energy and helps clients save energy with smart green services and transparent tariffs.
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 moreEcosummit TV – ECO11 – Renate Kuenast – Alliance 90/The Greens
Renate Kuenast, Chairwoman of the Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag, Alliance 90/The Greens, gave a powerful speech at Ecosummit 2011 on 24 March about her plan for the Smart Green Capital Berlin. Our international audience of smart green investors, startups and corporates is the perfect target group. I am impressed by her excellent English and her intelligent ideas for the future of Berlin. Imagine Berlin to be the leading Smart Green Capital in the leading Smart Green Economy. That’s where we have to be. The good news is that Renate is the Greens’ candidate for Governing Mayor of Berlin in the Berlin state election on 18 September 2011. I am convinced that Berlin needs Renate Kuenast and that’s why I will vote for her in September.
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