Solar energy : scaling up manufacturing and driving down costs
Wind power : exploiting big finance, large projects, and emerging niches
Biofuels and biomaterials : developing next-generation refineries and feedstocks
Green buildings : leveraging advanced materials and the power of "negawatts"
Personal transportation : designing ultra-efficient, low-emissions, high-performance vehicles
Smart grid : creating an intelligent, distributed, twenty-first-century grid
Mobile technologies : powering a world on the go
Water filtration : turning oceans, wastewater, and other untapped sources into pure water
Create your own silicon Valley : jobs, growth, and economic potential
Clean-tech marketing : five key lessons
Conclusion : leading the way

Developing clean technologies is no longer a social issue championed by environmentalists; it's a moneymaking enterprise moving solidly into the business mainstream. In fact, as the economy faces unprecedented challenges from high energy prices, resource shortages, and global environmental and security threats, clean tech--technologies designed to provide superior performance at a lower cost while creating significantly less waste than conventional offerings--promises to be the next engine of economic growth. Here, authors Pernick and Wilder identify the major forces that have pushed clean tech from Utopian dream to a revolution in corporate boardrooms, on Wall Street trading floors, and in government offices around the globe. By highlighting eight major clean-tech sectors--solar energy, wind power, biofuels and biomaterials, green buildings, personal transportation, the smart grid, mobile applications, and water filtration--they uncover how investors, entrepreneurs, and individuals can profit from this next wave of technological innovation.