Jim Conca

MARCH 16, 2018

While the Russians may be able to disrupt electricity transmission in general, and electricity generation from many power plants like natural gas and wind farms, here's why they can’t hack into nuclear power plant operations.

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Sunrun

MARCH 15, 2018

Are you looking for the best solar battery to complement your solar panels? A solar battery backup will power your home during blackouts caused by severe weather, or during grid outages due to increasing demands on our aging infrastructure. In addition, you can be more independent from your local utility with a solar-plus-battery system. This climate-change duo will help you avoid peak utility hours and rising energy costs and keep you going when it gets dark.

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Green Tech Challenge

MARCH 14, 2018

Lead Generation: Expand Your Network Effective lead generation and new prospects lies at the base of any long term successful business development. It is the process of attracting people to your product or service before converting them into customers. Expanding your network is a key factor for growing companies in order to reach out to new customers.

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Sighten

MARCH 15, 2018

In terms of where the sun is shining in residential solar financing, solar leases have recently been overshadowed by solar loans. Industry publications have touted the rise of solar loans in recent years, and our experience with Sighten customers has borne this out. A poll taken at our recent solar financing webinar found that around 30% of installers currently offer leases, and approximately 40% have never offered a lease.

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

Sustainability

Climate-KIC

MARCH 14, 2018

How might drones lower the cost of clean energy? What innovation could enable us to yield crops that need 25 per cent less water? And, which company sold one million shoes made out of ocean plastic last year? This, and more, in the week’s ten biggest climate innovation stories. 1. How drones are lowering the […]. The post This week’s ten biggest climate innovation stories — 15 March appeared first on Climate-KIC.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 13, 2018

WCS Member of the Month highlights the amazing stories of female leaders in the industry. This month, we spotlight Courtney Condon, Senior Project Manager at Lucid. WCS: Please introduce us to Lucid and the work it does. Courtney: Lucid’s BuildingOS is the leading data analytics platform for commercial buildings. We help our customers centralize data from utilities, sensors, building automation systems, IoT devices, and other sources to create a 360 degree view of resource use.

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Climate-KIC

MARCH 11, 2018

Plastic Whale is the first professional plastic fishing company in the world. Based in Amsterdam, it fishes trash out of waterways and re-purposes it into circular products—from boats to furniture. This year, eight billion kilos of plastic waste will enter the world’s rivers, lakes, and oceans, creating a hazard to sea life and humans. That’s […].

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