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The Clean Tech Revolution: Discover the Top Trends, Technologies, and Companies to Watch [Paperback]

Ron Pernick , Clint Wilder
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Book Description

September 16, 2008

Newly revised with the latest market trends and growth opportunities

In The Clean Tech Revolution, authors Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder identify the major forces that have pushed clean tech from back-to-the-earth utopian dream to its current revolution among the inner circles of corporate boardrooms, on Wall Street trading floors, and in government offices around the globe. By highlighting eight major clean-tech sectors—solar energy, wind power, biofuels and biomaterials, green buildings, personal transportation, the smart grid, mobile applications, and water filtration—they uncover how investors, entrepreneurs, and individuals can profit from this next wave of technological innovation. Pernick and Wilder shine the spotlight on the winners among technologies, companies, and regions that are likely to reap the greatest benefits from clean tech—and they show you why the time to act is now.


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“Should be required reading for any responsible citizen of this planet.” (Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures, and Author of The Art of the Start )

“Pernick and Wilder provide a practical guide to becoming involved in America’s next great entrepreneurial frontier.” (Nancy E. Pfund, Managing Director, JPMorgan )

“If you want to understand clean tech, this book is the place to start.” (Robert Hambrecht, Managing Director, WR Hambrecht + Co )

A readable, straightforward guide to earth-friendly business strategies. (BusinessWeek.com )

“Enthusiasm for Clean Tech, which the authors define as anything that increases performance while reducing waste, has moved into..mainstream. ” (Newsweek )

“[A] clear, intelligently written roadmap to this new frontier. . . . particularly valuable to entrepreneurs, individual investors and venture capitalists.” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette )

About the Author

Ron Pernick is cofounder and managing director of Clean Edge, a leading clean-tech research and advisory firm, is coauthor of the book The Clean Tech Revolution, and has co-produced the annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit. He also manages the company's stock and leadership index products and services and is a consultant for governments, corporations, and entrepreneurs. Pernick is widely cited in the media, and lectures at industry events in the U.S. and abroad. He has taught MBA-level courses at New College and Portland State University. He lives with his wife and two children in Portland, Oregon.

Clint Wilder is senior editor at Clean Edge and coauthor of The Clean Tech Revolution. He is an award-winning business journalist who has covered the high-tech and clean-tech industries since 1985. He coauthors reports and writes columns on industry trends for Clean Edge and has been a facilitator at the Clinton Global Initiative. He is a frequent speaker at clean-energy and green business events in the U.S. and overseas, and a regular blogger for the Huffington Post. He lives with his wife in Sausalito, California.



Clint Wilder is senior editor at Clean Edge and coauthor of The Clean Tech Revolution. He is an award-winning business journalist who has covered the high-tech and clean-tech industries since 1985. He coauthors reports and writes columns on industry trends for Clean Edge and has been a facilitator at the Clinton Global Initiative. He is a frequent speaker at clean-energy and green business events in the U.S. and overseas, and a regular blogger for the Huffington Post. He lives with his wife in Sausalito, California.

Ron Pernick is cofounder and managing director of Clean Edge, a leading clean-tech research and advisory firm, is coauthor of the book The Clean Tech Revolution, and has co-produced the annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit. He also manages the company's stock and leadership index products and services and is a consultant for governments, corporations, and entrepreneurs. Pernick is widely cited in the media, and lectures at industry events in the U.S. and abroad. He has taught MBA-level courses at New College and Portland State University. He lives with his wife and two children in Portland, Oregon.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: HarperBusiness; Reprint edition (September 16, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060896248
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060896249
  • Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.8 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #771,676 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars No better place to start May 19, 2009
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Interested in "cleantech" and getting a quick overview of the alternative energy industry, I am glad that I began researching this topic with this book. There are so many books on climate change - ranging from the skeptical to the tendentious - that it is refreshing to read a book, which both takes the science seriously - with clear explanations to the layman - and the business of cleantech seriously. A conservative reader may need to close his eyes briefly when reading the some of the potshots against the Bush administration in the opening chapters, but by the end of the book, the reader will recognize the authors' conviction that cleantech energy will only become a reality when it relies less on ideology and more on a business model. In the book's final chapter, the authors provide five lessons on cleantech marketing, which are essential to an understanding of the economic theme of the book. In fact, I remember reading this chapter first, before reading the body of the text, so that these economic arguments will inform the reader as she evaluates each one of the new technologies presented. This book probably could use an update, to keep up with technological advances, but the information provided is still remarkably fresh.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Overview of Alternative Energies February 13, 2009
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I have read five books on Alternative Energy and the peak of oil this Winter and found this to be a good read, but not as good as "Clean Money" by John Rubino coming from a stock investor's perspective. Although this book is concise and well researched, it gives too much information sometimes and tends to drag.
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This book comes along just as Congress and a new President combine to push alternative technologies, loosely situated under the clean tech dome. While there is more than enough examination of green buildings, LEED standards already out there, Pernick and Wilder have provided new and current insights on solar, wind power and water use and conservation technologies that will drive the revolution. They are also reasonably fair in sorting the trends on the future of electric power including nuclear, which are important in any sociopolitical action in Washington and in the states to address climate change and sustainability. Worth reading now as the 111th Congress and California work on government encouragements to business strategies.
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