Reasons to be cheerful (parts 1-327)
We can be a gloomy lot, us environmentalists - always on the verge of despair. But, hold on a minute... Renewable energy produced a record...
Are we winning?
Nov 8, 2013
Regular readers may have noticed a rather upbeat tone to my posts here recently. And for good reason. Renewables starting to take big chunks out...
Tesla: The Apple of Greentech
Oct 28, 2013
Remember what smartphones were like before the iPhone? Fiddly keyboards, nests of menus and terrible web navigation. Then along came Steve Job's little shiny slab...
Sustainable Cities & Green Business
Oct 18, 2010
I'm walking on sunshine today as Newcastle upon Tyne has be rated "most sustainable city in the UK" by Forum for the Future. Not just...
It's the economy, stupid
Sep 29, 2010
Back in the early 1980s, I persuaded my parents to part with the princely sum of £399.00 for a BBC Micro Model B. My initial...
Better Place EV Battery Swap
Jan 22, 2010
While doing some background research on new low carbon business opportunities for The Green Executive, I came across a demonstration video for Better Place's automatic...
Smart Grids for Idiots
Jan 13, 2010
This morning I was reading the usual batch of letters to my local paper on how terrible renewable energy is, how global warming is a...
Brrrm, brrrm (or not as the case may be…)
Sep 11, 2009
On Wednesday I was in Bedford at the Low Carbon Vehicle exhibition as part of the work we're doing with Innovation Scout to identify business...
Has hydrogen had its day?
Sep 4, 2009
I've been doing some research into the current stage of the hydrogen economy for Innovation Scout. Back in the late 90s and early 00s, hydrogen...
Low carbon strategies – but are they too little, too late?
Jul 15, 2009
The UK Government is launching a raft of strategies today: Low Carbon Transition Plan, a Renewable Energy Strategy and the Low Carbon Industrial Strategy. I'll...