The Clean Tech Revolution - by Ron Pernick & Clint Wilder (Paperback)

About the Book

Profits and potential are explored in the definitive book on clean tech: technologies designed to provide superior performance at lower costs, greatly reducing the world's dependence on "dirty" energy such as fossil fuels and other environmentally damaging products.

From the Back Cover

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.

Review Quotes

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
"Clean tech will offer one of the best opportunities for returns in the twenty-first century. The Clean Tech Revolution provides valuable insight from two industry experts that will help investors identify the most important trends, technologies and companies." - Michael Moe, Chairman and CEO of ThinkEquity Partners and author of Finding the Next Starbucks
"[A] clear, intelligently written roadmap to this new frontier. . . . particularly valuable to entrepreneurs, individual investors and venture capitalists." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"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
"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
"Thomas Friedman's book The World is Flat helped people recognize that globalization is pervasive. Similarly, The Clean Tech Revolution shows us that clean energy has arrived and will have a far-reaching impact on the global economy." - Bob Greifeld, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.