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Green Light is a blog maintained by the staff at Greentech Media. Our analysts, journalists, sales and production staff all spend all day reading and thinking about greentech, each bringing to bear their particular talents and experience in different industries on this new and highly dynamic one. Here we can share what we learn with our readers. Think of Green Light as the third leg of the information that we offer, a more direct, more opinionated, more fluid account of the goings on in greentech. We hope you enjoy it as much as we will.

Rob Day is a Boston-based principal with @Ventures, a venture capital group that invests in early-stage and mid-stage technology companies. The primary focus of @Ventures' fifth fund, formed in 2004, is on investments in the cleantech sector, including alternative energy, energy storage and efficiency, and water purification technologies.

The views expressed on this blog are those of Rob and his friends and colleagues, not necessarily the views of @Ventures.

Earth2Tech is a publication that is devoted to the intersection between technology and industry, their eco-moves and the next generation of tech innovation that will combat climate change. Earth2Tech scours university labs for the next clean tech leaders, keeps a close eye on tech giants green campaigns, and pulls together resources for those green-minded entrepreneurs out there.

The site is part of the San Francisco-based GigaOM Network that combines the assets of blogging and news reporting to bring fast, relevant, and contextualized coverage of the technology industry.

VentureBeat's mission is to provide news and information about private companies and the venture capital that fuels them. It is the successor to SiliconBeat, co-founded and written by Matt Marshall. Matt Marshall covered venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News until he left in Sept. 2006 to launch VentureBeat as an independent company.

VentureBeat will focus initially on Silicon Valley, and gradually expand to cover innovation hubs around the globe. Its mission in each region will be the same: to provide insider news and data about the entrepreneurial and venture community that is useful to decision makers.

Clean Break is maintained by Tyler Hamilton, an energy reporter and business columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. Tyler writes a weekly column in the Star called "Clean Break," which focuses on emerging trends, technologies and investment opportunities in the cleantech space.

This blog is a personal endeavor that aims to complement that column, offering a space for anyone to express views and report on developments related to the area. Tyler's other areas of interest include consumer privacy and wireless technologies. He co-authored The Privacy Payoff with Ann Cavoukian, Ontario's privacy commissioner.

AltEnergyStocks.com is one of the Internet's premier websites for investing in the sectors of alternative energy, renewable energy and clean technology. The site is managed and maintained by Editor Charles Morand and Analyst Tom Konrad. Charles is a personal cleantech investor and has worked at an investment research firm where his specialties included carbon finance and clean technology. He holds a BA from the University of British Columbia, an MSc from the London School of Economics and has completed the Canadian Securities Course. Tom is an independent investment advisor and financial analyst specializing in renewable energy and energy efficiency companies. He has a Ph.D. in mathematics from Purdue University.

Xconomy is dedicated to providing business and technology leaders with timely, insightful, close-to-the-scene information about the local personalities, companies, and technological trends that best exemplify today's high-tech economy.

Our goal is to become the authoritative voice on the exponential economy, the realm of business and innovation characterized by exponential technological growth and responsible for an increasing share of productivity and overall economic growth.

We plan to deliver this valuable content through a unique global network of localized blogs, events, conferences, and other initiatives designed to better connect people and ideas.

The GUNTHER Portfolio is an eclectic collection of posts about solar photovoltaic technologies, companies, industry developments, and occasional energy politics sprinkled with insight, analysis, and irreverent commentary.

Edgar Gunther is a photovoltaic enthusiast who researches and pens the GUNTHER Portfolio under the Photovoltaic Blogger moniker. Mr. Gunther received his B.S. in Computer Engineering from Lehigh University and earned an MBA from the Villanova School of Business at Villanova University. Edgar is a dual U.S. citizen (jus soli) und Deutscher (jus sanguinis).

Seeking Alpha is the leading provider of stock market opinion and analysis from blogs, money managers and investment newsletters, and a provider of its own high-value, complementary financial content.

Greenbizjournal.com covers sustainability from a strictly-business point of view.

We track the deals, people and innovations that are making the green industry the phenomenon of our age. We aim to help entrepreneurs, growth-company executives and the business community in general understand green trends, identify up-and-coming companies and, ultimately, be more successful.

Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on technologies, news, and issues relating to cleantech, next generation energy and the environment.