Ron Pernick is an American author who is 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 a market research, publishing, and business development entrepreneur.
Biography
Pernick has co-authored reports on emerging green technologies and has worked with multinational companies, government agencies, and investors. Pernick co-authored the first report to identify the business and financial opportunities of
clean technology
Clean technology, also called cleantech or climate tech, is any process, product, or service that reduces negative environmental impacts through significant Efficient energy use, energy efficiency improvements, the sustainable use of resources, o ...
(''Clean Tech: Profits & Potential,'' 2001) and has since helped to popularize the term and advance the sector. 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
Energy is sustainable if it "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Definitions of sustainable energy usually look at its effects on the environment, the economy, and s ...
(
CELS) and global smart-grid and grid infrastructure
QGRD. He has also taught MBA-level courses at Portland State University and New College and spoken at industry events in the U.S. and abroad.
With
Clint Wilder, 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 ...
References
External links
Pernick's Energy Blogat seattlepi.com
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Living people
American non-fiction environmental writers
American sustainability advocates
People associated with solar power
Year of birth missing (living people)