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Cheryl Kaften Info

Cheryl Kaften is an accomplished communicator who has written for consumer and corporate audiences. She has worked extensively for MasterCard Worldwide, Philip Morris USA (Altria), and KPMG, and has consulted for Estee Lauder and the Philadelphia Inquirer Newspapers. In addition, her byline has appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine, and she has produced a syndicated radio series, “The Best of America with Dick Van Patten.” Most recently, she has been Chief Communications Officer for the Katerva Awards. In this position, she was responsible for external and internal communications for a global organization, that recognizes leaders in the field of sustainability (innovators who want to save the planet).

 

Latest Articles

05/23/2013 Report: Texas' Coal Plants 'Cough Up' the Most CO2 in the Country
05/23/2013 Participants in the DOE Challenge 'Build on' Energy Efficiency Achievements
05/23/2013 Mitsubishi and Echelon 'Sense the Possibilities' in Smart Meters
05/23/2013 ComEd Rates to 'Take a Hike': Assembly Overrides Veto of Smart Grid Law
05/22/2013 ICT Is 'Weakest Link' in the Electrical Grid, Exposing Utilities to Cyber Attacks
05/22/2013 Erricson Names Winners from the UK and Portugal in App Awards 2013
05/22/2013 German Solar Industry Cheers R&D Award of $65M
05/21/2013 Despite a Delay in Meter Deployments, ComEd Creates 2,700 Chicago Jobs during Q1
05/21/2013 To Date, Metering and Distribution Projects Have Won Majority of SGIG Awards
05/20/2013 Run Out of Town on a Solar Rail
05/20/2013 US Consumers Like Smart Home Devices, But Not Necessarily for Energy Control
05/20/2013 Smart Meters Reign in Spain, Where Endesa's Deployments Lead Europe
05/18/2013 Green Technology Week in Review
05/17/2013 'Shale Gale' Whips Up Industry Optimism About Energy Independence
05/17/2013 No Power? No Problem, with Active Power UPS Datum Colocation Facility
05/16/2013 DOE Funds $1.4 Million Program to Educate Future Grid Specialists
05/16/2013 Connecticut Clinches Largest Fuel Cell Power Project in North America
05/16/2013 House Committee Approves Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Electric Reliability
05/15/2013 Showdown at High Noon: 2 Towns Compete for 'First' Solar Home Ordinance
05/14/2013 Made for Each Other: Industry Ratifies New Standard for Home Energy Devices
05/14/2013 Major Oil Player Shell Signs Deal to Develop LNG Commercial Fueling Network
05/14/2013 Guarding the Grid: Quantum Encryption Could Foil Cyber Terrorism
05/14/2013 As China Fast-Tracks Deployment, Smart Growth Is 'Off the Charts'
05/13/2013 Lack of Patents Hinders Clean Technology Development in Africa
05/13/2013 Clean Jobs Index: 750,000 US Openings in Q1
05/11/2013 GreenTech Week in Review
05/10/2013 Schneider Electric Woos Consumers Where They Live
05/10/2013 Obama Launches Competition to Create 3 'Factories of the Future'
05/09/2013 Landis+Gyr Gears Up for World's Largest Smart Grid Project in Japan
05/09/2013 California Center Receives $1.4M to Study Triple-Threat to US Grid
05/09/2013 Measure for Measure, CSU Database Tracks Energy Legislation in All 50 States
05/09/2013 Lobsters to Live a 'Stone's Throw' from Wind Turbines in North Sea
05/08/2013 California Awards $4M to Renewable Energy Researchers
05/08/2013 CIT Finances Joe Kennedy's Citizens Energy Solar Project in Massachusetts
05/08/2013 New Flying Car Truly 'Catches Air'
05/07/2013 Southern California Edison 'Trades Up' to SAS for Accurate Energy Forecasting
05/07/2013 Cisco Secures the Smart Grid Perimeters
05/07/2013 Ontario to Augment AMI with Smart Thermostats and Home Energy Gateways
05/06/2013 Even in Low-Wind Areas, Northern Power's New Turbines Are 'Blowhards'
05/06/2013 SAP to Help Bahrain Build a Smart Grid
05/06/2013 With No 'Hanging Chads' on Powerlines, Florida Enjoys a Stronger, Smarter Grid
05/04/2013 TMCnet GreenTech Week in Review
05/03/2013 TVA Tests Smart Wire Modules to Reroute Power When Demand Is High
05/02/2013 Toshiba to Supply Smart Meter Communications to 27M Japanese Homes
05/02/2013 In the Netherlands, Multinationals 'Top Off' Operations with Solar Power
05/02/2013 Thinking Big: MeterSense Can be Scaled to Serve 1M Utility Endpoints
05/01/2013 Twisting in the Wind: Invenergy Buys GE's 'Brilliant' Turbine for Texas Project
05/01/2013 DOE Report: ARRA Smart Grid Funding Yields 75% ROI
05/01/2013 Global Social Benefit Incubator Takes Energy Entrepreneurs to the Next Level
05/01/2013 Verizon Invests $100 Million in Solar and Fuel Cell Energy at Facilities Nationwide
05/01/2013 Rural Electric Providers Receive $126 Million in USDA Loans - $20 Million for Smart Grids
04/29/2013 Kenyans Welcome Solar Mosquito Traps Designed to Wipe Out Malaria
04/29/2013 Clean Line Agrees to Acquire Power Network New Mexico from Goldman Sachs
04/29/2013 Kamstrup Sets Up Shop in Vienna for Smart Meter Trials
04/27/2013 GreenTech Week in Review
04/26/2013 Buyers of Energy-Efficient Homes are 32 Percent Less Likely to Default on Mortgages
04/26/2013 Germany Takes Lead in PV Storage Market, Set to Surge to $19 Billion by 2017
04/26/2013 Florida Utility 'Powers Through' to Complete DOE-Funded Smart Grid Upgrades Early
04/25/2013 Honda Breaks Ground on Smart Home US at UC-Davis Campus
04/24/2013 Lights Out at SoloPower?
04/24/2013 Identity Bereft: Most Utilities Don't Know Their Customers
04/24/2013 Study: Looking for Serenity Now? Find a Park!
04/24/2013 Kyocera Solar Helps Hawaii's Auto Dealers Steer Clear of High Energy Prices
04/24/2013 Southern Co. and Turner Renewable Energy Jointly Acquire 139-MW Solar Plant
04/23/2013 ABB Ups the Ante in Solar Inverter Market, with $1 Billion Acquisition of Power-One
04/22/2013 Global Solid State (Smart) Transformer Market Segmentation (2012 - 2020)
04/22/2013 Google Proposes Renewable Energy Tariffs
04/22/2013 Earth Day: A Public Display of Affection
04/20/2013 TMCnet GreenTech Week in Review
04/19/2013 Ericcson Offers E.ON a 'Host' of Big Data Applications
04/19/2013 Shale Gas to Ignite U.S. Smart Grid Market Revenue Boom
04/18/2013 It's Full Steam Ahead for First US Grid-Connected Enhanced Geothermal System
04/17/2013 Amazon Announces Top Ten Cities for Green Home Furnishings
04/17/2013 Time to 'Upset the Apps Cart'-or Energy Use and CO2 Will Spiral Out of Control
04/17/2013 Capital for Cleantech During Q1 2013 at Lowest Levels Since 2009
04/17/2013 For Earth Day, Protect Your iPhone - and Provide 'Global Releaf' to Forests
04/17/2013 Chipset, Reference Design Available for Ultra-Low-Power Sub-GHz Mesh Network
04/16/2013 Siemens and Teradata Offer Single Platform to Help Utilities Work Smarter
04/16/2013 USDA Provides $280M for Rural Electric Upgrades, Including Smart Grid Deployments
04/15/2013 British Wind Developers Win Crucial High Court Case
04/15/2013 Renewable Fuel Standard 'Comes a Cropper' of Food and Ranching Industries
04/15/2013 LED-Hot Competition: Osram Launches Low-Price LED Bulbs for Home Market
04/15/2013 Solyndra Redux: House Committee Schedules Hearing on Fisker
04/15/2013 Google, NASA to Help Monitor Earth for Signs of Deforestation
04/11/2013 Obama's FY2014 Budget Backs Cleaner Energy, Climate Change Resilience
04/10/2013 Nicholson Joins 'Power Structure' at Ventyx
04/10/2013 New York Equity Market Rallies Around First Solar
04/10/2013 Clearing the Air: UHVDC Transmission Link to Implement Clean Power across China
04/09/2013 The Buzz: Buffet May Buy Suntech
04/09/2013 Central and Eastern European Nations to Spend $10.3B on Smart Meters by 2023
04/09/2013 Fisker Hits the Skids
04/09/2013 Among Americans, Anxiety about Global Warming is Rising Again
04/08/2013 Alston and Ampacimon Recoup New Capacity from Old Overhead Lines
04/08/2013 Silent Running: Robotic Marine Vehicle is Sun- and Wave-Powered
04/08/2013 Meter Melee: $182M Class Action Lawsuit Filed by ICC against ComEd
04/08/2013 NY-Sun Offers $13.5 Million to Slash Solar Installation Costs and Provide Training
04/08/2013 Pakistan's Balochistan Province Signs MOU for 300MW Solar Power Plant
04/06/2013 TMCnet Green Tech Week in Review
04/05/2013 Fullerton Brings Renewable Energy - Plus Lamps, Stoves and Hope - to Rural India
04/05/2013 Pending Illinois Law Would Use $2.6 Billion in Rate Hikes to Pay for Smart Grid