Sentences with phrase «clean tech sectors»

There are a host of reasons why targeted policies and smart public investments in emerging clean tech sectors are justified.

Our federal policy platform has been successful at getting clean tech sectors off the ground, and state - level policies like the popular renewable portfolio standards (RPS) have been effective at driving the deployment of the most mature low - carbon technologies.

To both sustain clean energy growth and put the United States» clean tech sectors on an accelerated path to subsidy independence and global competitiveness, analysts at the Breakthrough Institute, Brookings Institution, and World Resources Institute counsel a thorough revamping of American clean energy policies to prioritize innovation and cost declines.

Today these companies employ approximately 500 people and represent some of the leading players in various key clean tech sectors.

Already, REV has driven growth of more than 1,000 percent in the statewide solar market, improved energy affordability for 1.65 million low - income customers, and created thousands of jobs in manufacturing, engineering, and other clean tech sectors.

Already, REV has driven 730 percent growth in the statewide solar market, enabled over 105,000 low - income households to permanently cut their energy bills with energy efficiency, and created thousands of jobs in manufacturing, engineering, and other clean tech sectors.

The key rare earth mineral to be produced at Browns Range is «dysprosium», a principal ingredient in the manufacturing of large industrial magnets that are mostly used in the clean tech sector.

According to data from Analytica Advisors, a consultancy tracking Canada's clean tech sector, Canada had over 700 companies, $ 11 billion in revenues, and 55,600 people working in the sector in 2016.

The budget checks off some of the requests on the clean tech sector's wish list, starting with «nearly $ 1.4 billion in new financing, on a cash basis» for clean tech (a mix of equity investments, working capital, and project finance to come from Export Development Canada and the Business Development Bank of Canada.)

- As in any other sector, creating, nurturing and expanding the clean tech sector in Alberta requires a tax policy that rewards growth.

At the hearings, CME Alberta's Acting Vice President, Mike Holden argued that the conditions for growth in the clean tech sector are largely the same as with other manufacturing industries.

The report found that Obama's stimulus is a major driving force in the clean tech sector, but that green job growth was even on the up and up for a few years before.

With his long history in the clean tech sector, King brings a commitment to sustainable energy, both as a means of addressing ocean acidification and climate change, and as a platform for economic growth.

Support is building for policies to encourage the growth of a globally competitive, subsidy independent clean tech sector in the United States, as moderate Republicans, industry insiders and analysts expressed keen interest in reforms that would drive production of cheaper, more innovative forms of energy.

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In response to the decline in venture capital, several provincial governments have created their own funds, and universities are increasingly investing in research and development, particularly in the biotech and clean - tech sectors.

Robertson's economic vision places special emphasis on the clean - tech sector, part of his drive to make Vancouver the world's greenest city by 2020.

It also provides several hundreds of millions in support to clean tech in sectors like transportation and clean energy, and offers a new tax break to geothermal energy, a renewable energy source with big potential in Canada.

Ottawa is also committing $ 15 million to help clean tech, an export - heavy sector, reach world markets.

Several potential sectors were discussed, including: film, education, clean tech, health care, artificial intelligence, and e-commerce.

An «innovation and skills plan» to foster high - tech growth in six sectors: advanced manufacturing, agri - food, clean technology, digital industries, health / bio-sciences and clean resources

The good news is that the budget zeroed in on three sectors as innovation priorities, and clean tech got top billing (digital industries and agri - food are the other sectors selected as near - term innovation priorities).

It starts fulfilling platform commitments on clean energy, including funding for green infrastructure and clean tech investment in Canada's natural resource sectors.

There is also an opportunity to connect Canadian businesses with new and like - minded partners in APEC economies such as Vietnam, where Canadian companies will find opportunities in sectors such as agri - food, education and training, information and communication technologies (ICT), clean tech and financial technology, as well as other services.

In the cleantech sector, he has served on several industry boards, including the American Council on Renewable Energy and the Cleantech Venture Network (Past Chairman of Advisory Board), and has been the Chairman of the Clean - Tech Investor Summit in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

In Canada, the relatively new area of clean tech maintained a consistent level of venture capital investment from 2007 to 2008, while investment in all other sectors declined significantly.

I typically represent technology companies in various sectors including web 2.0, mobile, semiconductors, EDA, security, software, networking, clean tech, digital media, video games, virtual worlds, medical devices and pharmaceuticals.

Based on my interactions with subject - matter - experts, key stakeholders that work in the energy sector, and the Asian Development Bank, there is a strong push to reduce the region's dependence on imported oil, develop and grow its clean - tech sector, and diversify its energy mix.

ROIC explains 46 % of the difference in valuations for companies in the tech sector, and KLAC's enterprise value divided by invested capital (a cleaner version of price to book) is roughly half of what it should be based on the regression analysis below.

Obama pointed to community colleges like HVCC as institutions that can point young people toward high - tech and clean - energy programs that are driving new sectors of the economy.

Before industry can impact climate issues and cultivate an internationally competitive clean - tech sector, the investment has to be much broader and profound, said Salman Khan, development and strategy director for the environment division of Intertek, an international testing company that helps companies assess their green policies.

As Apple CEO Tim Cook declared in a statement, Jackson would make Apple the «top environmental leader in the tech sector,» using its influence to «push electric utilities and governments to provide the clean energy that both Apple and America need right now.»

This marked a shift in the auto industry that helped accelerate the decline of American car companies.17 What if the stakes are far higher with clean tech than they were with the auto sector?

Because by pushing power generators to ditch fossil fuels for cleaner alternatives, the plan aimed to not only protect our planet, but accelerate the renewable energy revolution already underway across the country and grow jobs in the green - tech sector that already employs over 3 million Americans.

Without a large national project to regain competitiveness in the clean - tech sector, the United States will miss a major opportunity to grow our economy, correct our trade imbalance, and reduce our national deficit.

Already, REV has driven a nearly 800 percent growth in the statewide solar market, enabled over 105,000 low - income households to permanently cut their energy bills with energy efficiency, and created thousands of jobs in manufacturing, engineering, installation and other clean - tech sectors.

A recent study the World Wildlife Fund found that for every million dollars invested in energy projects, 13.5 jobs are created in the clean tech export sector.

In Grist, Terry Tamminen argues that a push in clean tech could revive America's «laggard» manufacturing sector — noting how once upon a time «Made in Japan» stickers denoted cheap goods, and now the nation is a leader

Despite robust growth and recent improvements in price and performance, a boom in US clean energy technology («clean tech») sectors could now falter as federal clean energy spending declines sharply, according to a new report published today by some of the country's top energy analysts.

Dave's experience serving as in - house counsel at a global manufacturing firm and in the high - tech sector for biotechnology and clean energy software companies provides him with a unique perspective and understanding of the complex challenges faced by in - house lawyers.

His experience serving as in - house counsel at a global manufacturing firm and in the high - tech sector for biotechnology and clean energy software companies provides him with a unique perspective and understanding of the complex challenges faced by in - house lawyers.

In concert with Robinson + Cole's Litigation Group, which has broad courtroom experience in the clean - tech sector, we advocate for the interest of our clients and provide business and legal strategies to avoid litigation and minimize the risks inherent in cutting - edge technological fields.

DTLA also has a growing tech sector, with nearly 100 tech and e-commerce companies located in the central business district, including green / clean - tech startups, thanks to the city establishing a green / clean - tech incubator in the Arts District and pledging of $ 10 billion in funding over the next decade for R&D projects that promote sustainability.