Robert MacDonald on Water Technologies

In January 2006, GreenMountain’s Jon Guice interviewed Bob MacDonald, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, about his interest in water technologies. The following is a short excerpt:

Where do you think the biggest opportunities are for new technologies in this sector?
Membranes for various filtration steps are gaining steadily due to decreasing costs, increasing reliability, and the need to achieve more stringent treatment standards.  Emerging applications for membranes include desalination, ultrafiltration for drinking water, and biofiltration for wastewater treatment.

Full Interview

Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy

Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS), from Zolo Technologies, sends a laser beam through an area and reads the composition of the air based on particle absorption.  For example, an instrument designed for power generation boilers measures temperature, water vapor, oxygen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and ammonia inside a combustion chamber. Could your company use this technology if adapted to another purpose? We’d love to hear your ideas. Write to news@GreenMountainEngineering.com

More Tedlar®! - DuPont Expands Photovoltaic Offerings

DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions is working to continue to be an important supplier for solar markets. In October 2005 the company announced it is expanding production of Tedlar® polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) film by 2007. In June, DuPont launched a new lead-free Solamet® thick film paste for use in the metallization of solar cells.

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association: Building Energy 2006
March 7-9, Boston, MA
Conference and trade show for renewable energy and green building professionals.

Clean Ventures Speaker Series
CleanTech: From Lab to IPO
March 20, 2006 6-8 PM
Sponsored by GreenMountain Engineering
Stanford University, Wallenberg Hall
Featuring keynote speaker Dr. Richard Swanson, Co-Founder, President and CTO, SunPower Corporation

Cleantech Venture Forum IX
March 21-23, San Francisco, CA
The leading event bringing clean technology companies together with investors.

GreenMountain Engineering, LLC is the leading product engineering consulting firm serving clean technology companies. GreenMountain designs and develops electromechanical devices, instruments and manufacturing equipment—from the concept stage through commercial production. GreenMountain’s clientele ranges from venture-funded startups such as GreenFuel Technologies to industry leaders such as KLA-Tencor. The firm’s solar power practice--with clients such as Evergreen Solar and Daystar Technologies--encompasses the entire supply chain, from novel techniques for processing raw materials to innovative designs of photovoltaic modules and industrial products. GreenMountain Engineering offices are in San Francisco and Cambridge, Massachusetts.