This translates into big market potential for competitive U.S. energy technology companies.
"Tesla is a bellwether that people are interested in these alternative energy technologies, " says Robin Vasan, a managing director at Mayfield, a Menlo Park-based VC firm that has three energy technology companies in its portfolio.
By forging relationships with leading Chinese state-owned and private energy and technology companies, U.S. companies -- at times working with the federal government -- can create a "ladder of cooperation" with the Chinese to lead the world forward on climate change.
At some technology and energy companies, which tend to have a better-paid workforce, up to 80% of employees do.
That said, it is impossible to predict how much of the unconventional deposits will be recoverable until well after the drilling starts, which is why it is crucial that foreign energy companies with the technology begin exploratory work.
A.s consider careers in industries like technology and clean energy, where companies tend to hire one or two students at a time, rather than in large numbers like at finance and consulting firms, traditional B-school employers.
Following the Asian financial crisis of 1997, and with the world's attention focused firmly on technology, investment by energy and mining companies dropped precipitously.
Intel and International Business Machines have joined the parade of technology companies making alternative-energy plays, announcing Monday separate efforts to put their manufacturing smarts to work cranking out solar cells.
Over the past two years, the historic investments my administration has made in clean and renewable energy research and technology have helped private sector companies grow and hire hundreds of thousands of new workers.
NSX, which has transferred most BSX-listed companies to the National Stock Exchange of Australia, intends to use the BSX's license for a new Sydney-based exchange known as SIM VSE that targets clean-technology, biotech and renewable-energy companies.
But the attendance of executives from heavily scrutinized companies in its technology and alternative-energy industries could provide them opportunities to make their case to an audience including world leaders.
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Venezuela lacks the investment and technology to develop its offshore deposits, but international energy companies have been reluctant to invest in a Chavez-run Venezuela.
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Russia allowed foreign companies into its energy sector to help it with extraction technology in the post-Soviet era.
Mayfield will continue its focus on technology companies in mobile, cloud and SaaS, social, energy technology, and big data.
His other business investments are in venture capital in companies that range from telecommunications to construction materials, beer and energy technology.
Google also supports plug-in hybrid vehicle technology and is part of a consortium of tech companies that advocates energy-efficient computers and servers.
While much of the energy industry has resisted such requirements as too expensive, some companies that use this technology report that it pays for itself.
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The existing set of technology companies have taken us part of the way there, but bridging that gap will require energy tech companies that take these exciting new technologies from the lab to the living room.
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