Dragonfly Solutions is a finalist in the Cleantech Open 2011 Global Forum

$250,000 in prizes for the best clean tech companies.

Cleantech Open Announces Dragonfly Solutions as Sustainability Winner

Utah Cleantech Company Wins $10,000 Top Sustainability Prize in the Rocky Mountain Region Cleantech Open and a chance to compete for the $250,000 National Grand Prize in in November.  Denver, October 6, 2011: The Cleantech Open (www.cleantechopen.org), the world’s largest cleantech accelerator, has announced Dragonfly Solutions as the Regional Sustainability Finalist that will represent the [...]

Will the Smart Grid be DOA?

The “smart grid” will never reach its heralded potential. The current electrical utility world has been fractured into thousands of pieces and continues to be jerked in far too many directions to create the cohesiveness needed to build a new grid from scratch. Small, private utilities (that power the majority of consumers) are interested more [...]

Should those who sacrifice to reduce energy consumption be rewarded or are the savings reward enough?

I favor rewarding those who are willing to sacrifice to reduce their energy consumption. This can and is being done through social and governmental mandates and programs. We can’t wait for the government to solve this problem for us (aka the stimulus bill) but have to act on the individual and/or corporate. Voluntary cap-and-trade is [...]

Exit Doors for the Planet?

Why do we need Cap and Trade?

We treat our shared atmosphere as a free dumping ground that no one has to pay to pollute. “Cap and Trade” means no more free dumping by placing a price on harmful greenhouse gas emissions. More importantly, it rewards those that reduce emissions through the power of the marketplace as smoothly, efficiently, and cost-effectively as [...]

Energy efficiency saves money and is good for the planet, but why is it so slow to catch on?

Energy efficiency can help to satisfy growing demand for energy just as surely as coal, gas, oil or uranium can. But why isn’t it on a par with renewables? The only by-products of energy efficiency is wealth and health, in the form of lower fuel bills, less spending on generation, less pollution, and decreased GHG [...]

PerpetualGreen™ Announces Energy Savings Certificates

PerpetualGreen™ removes the lengthy “return on investment” problem commonly associated with energy saving products by providing energy-efficiency products and services at zero net cost