Podcast: Interview with SDTC’s Rick Whittaker
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006I had a chance recently to talk about trends in the cleantech sector with Rick Whittaker, vice-president of investments at Sustainable Development Technology Canada. Whittaker’s job is to seek out investments in Canadian cleantech companies as part of a funding program aimed at stimulating private investment. For every dollar that SDTC invests in a project the private sector will contribute two. It’s a great model that is playing a major role in stimulating commercialization of Canadian clean technologies. Dozens of projects have been funded over the years related to clean energies, waste management/disposal, biofuels, hydrogen/fuel cells, energy management/conservation, etc… Check out the podcast for more details.
Tyler Hamilton is senior energy reporter and columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the cleantech market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper. Tyler can be reached at tyler@cleanbreak.ca