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From The Economist 2008 May, 3rd-9th
"2008 May, 1st is the dead line for applications for a very special first executive-educational programme. This consists in three months course about "renewable energy". Set up by some Venture Capital firms, the course will qualify to the entrepreuners of successful starts-up (a prerrequiste for this) in the new discipline focused on manage sustainable, green and ecologycal criteria in industries such as healthcare, new energies, IT and so on .
The programme will be held in New England between June to August. 'A lack of talent we have identified in the clean-tech industry' (Peter Rothstein said, of Flagship Ventures, a programme founders. Plesase, visit www.flagshipventures.com ) That bottleneck worries investors, who have been poring cash into everything from solar energy to hybrid electric cars: last year global investment in renewable-energy business alone rose by 60% to $148,4 billion, according to New Energy Finance (NEF), a research firm based in London (please, visit http://www.newenergyfinance.com/NEF/HTML/whitepapers/2008.06.03.League.Table.2007.pdf
to download full NEF Report).
Recent global survey conducted by NEF and Heindrinck & Struggles (please, visit http://www.heidrick.com/) , a Head Hunter company, says that studied 75 senior executives, over 90% cited top-level recruitment had renewable energy as a serious concern.
But what should to offer a good programme about renewable energy to managers?
Well, we have to remark three main aspects:
1- Renewable-energy's bosses need that scientist leave the obscurity of theri Labs.
2-The executives today need project-financing techniques.
3-And of course, they also need to be able to deal with regulatory and fiscal regimes.
The prize for all executive talented in renewable and green industry knowledge, it will be clear too:
'In the sector, last years wages have soared as the industry has grown. So, they need head hunters to catch the talent and attract big utilities and private-equity funds'
(Ann Cormack, head of D1-BP Fuel Crops).
