This Substack communicates the benefits of clean energy technologies with verifiable facts while debunking disinformation. The goal is to provide readers with clear, crisp, and compelling arguments they can use to promote climate technology solutions.

A secondary objective of this Substack is to highlight emerging climate technology trends that readers should watch for future customer adoption and market growth.

Who is Jim Walker?

I have more than 45 years of experience in the energy industry. I started and grew a solar energy development and construction business for Ameresco and an energy supply business for XENERGY. In between starting businesses, I was a research analyst for three firms (Forrester Research, Global Insight, and Cambridge Energy Research Associates).

I have volunteered to help entrepreneurs, including co-founding the Ignite Clean Energy Business Competition for the MIT Enterprise Forum (now the Cleantech Open) and Mass Ventures.

In my first job after college, I developed a new residential heat pump for Carrier Air Conditioning Company and received a patent on the new design.

I graduated from MIT Sloan School (MBA) in Cambridge, MA, and UMass/Amherst (BS in Mechanical Engineering). I am a registered professional engineer in Massachusetts.

My professional career history is on LinkedIn.

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Writer and researcher envisioning a clean energy future. Past VP for a solar PV business unit | Past energy and technology analyst | Co-creator of MIT Ignite Clean Energy business plan competition | Professional Licensed Engineer.