According to
Wikipedia, cleantech is "knowledge-based products or services that improve operational performance, productivity, or efficiency while reducing costs, inputs, energy consumption, waste, or pollution." Some technologies that are included are:
- Power Generation
- Transportation
- Energy Storage
- Green Materials
- Recycling and Waste
- Water
- Efficiency Infrastructure
- Green Services
They say that a technology trend is gaining traction when you start to see investment dollars flowing. Happily it is.
From my vantage point here in Silicon Valley, things are hopping - from conferences, such as the
Cleantech conferences coming up in San Francisco, Brussels and Washington D.C., to the fact that people like
Al Gore are joining venture capital firms.
According to Daniel Englander at a great site called
Greentech Media, in 2006, "green-technology companies received $3.9 billion in venture-capital investment and generated $55 billion in revenue."
Based on our quick survey, here are some more resources to learn what it is and how to get involved:
- Great taxonomy of the technologies encompassed by cleantech.
- Great sites about clean tech:
- List of cleantech funds: Wikipedia
Stay tuned for more! Let us know if you know of something that's not listed here!
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