Ron Pernick is an American author and the co-founder and managing director of
Clean Edge, a developer and publisher of thematic stock indexes tracking clean energy, transportation, water, and the grid. He is an accomplished market research, publishing, and business development entrepreneur with more than three decades of high-tech experience.
Biography
At Clean Edge, Ron Pernick has co-authored many reports on emerging green technologies and has worked with multinational companies, government agencies, and investors. Mr. Pernick co-authored the first report to identify the business and financial opportunities of
clean technology (''Clean Tech: Profits & Potential,'' 2001) and has since helped to popularize the term and advance the sector. Most recently, at Clean Edge, he had led the design and development of multiple clean-energy and sustainable-infrastructure focused stock indexes with Nasdaq including U.S.-listed
clean energy
Clean may refer to:
* Cleaning, the process of removing unwanted substances, such as dirt, infectious agents, and other impurities, from an object or environment
* Cleanliness, the state of being clean and free from dirt
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QGRD. He has also taught MBA-level courses at Portland State University and New College, is widel
quoted in the media and is a regular speaker at industry events in the U.S. and abroad. Earlier, he was involved in two other technology waves, telecommunications in the 80s and the internet in the 90s.
With
Clint Wilder Clint Wilder is a business journalist who has covered the high-tech and clean-tech industries since 1985.
Biography
Clint Wilder is senior editor at Clean Edge, a clean-tech research and strategy firm in the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland ...
, Pernick is co-author of ''
The Clean Tech Revolution (HarperCollins, 2007)'' and ''
Clean Tech Nation: How the U.S. Can Lead in the New Global Economy'' (HarperCollins, 2012).
See also
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Renewable energy commercialization
Renewable energy commercialization involves the deployment of three generations of renewable energy technologies dating back more than 100 years. First-generation technologies, which are already mature and economically competitive, include b ...
References
External links
Pernick's Energy Blogat seattlepi.com
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Living people
Non-fiction environmental writers
Sustainability advocates
People associated with solar power
Year of birth missing (living people)