I can't tell you how many business cards I collected from innovators who had either started renewable-energy companies or were working for big firms, like the Dow Chemical Company, on clean energy solutions.
Late last year we - Co-operatives UK and The Co-operative Group - published a new report which reveals the growing number of people who are choosing to start renewable energy co-operatives in their communities, against all the odds.
"India has not only been a sophisticated negotiator on climate change, insisting 'developed' nations pay their dues for destroying the planet, it has also voluntarily started adopting renewables like solar energy in hundreds of villages.
The Indian journalist, Shoma Choudhury, editor-in-chief of Catch News, said: "India has not only been a sophisticated negotiator on climate change, insisting 'developed' nations pay their dues for destroying the planet, it has also voluntarily started adopting renewables like solar energy in hundreds of villages.
I started doing renewable energy research when I was in high school, and have always believed in the power of science to make the world a better place.
But he says Sekem is preparing for the government's plan to reduce the subsidies: "We recently started some renewable energy projects so they can be ready once people start to recognise that there is an alternative".
Many Middle East countries have already started developing renewable energy and reforming the national power sector for regional electricity integration.
I certainly didn't give much thought to those issues before I started covering renewable energy in 2008.
According to Taylor Farms CEO and founder Bruce Taylor, the company started testing renewable energy technologies five or six years ago, purchasing the first version of the Bloom Energy cell, and installing solar arrays at its Salinas retail plant.
They are the founders of Empower Generation, a nonprofit group that aims to help women in Nepal start renewable-energy businesses.
