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Paul Dickerson's Clean Tech Op-ed Featured in San Antonio Express-News
07/08/2009
Haynes and Boone's Clean Tech practice leader, Paul Dickerson, penned an opinion piece for the San Antonio Express-News concerning the need for traditional and emerging energy players to work in harmony.
"Taxing oil and gas companies without engaging them as partners is a mistake," he wrote. "The clean-technology industry — which runs the gamut from solar to wind to geothermal to energy efficiency — is entering a phase of its development that oil and gas producers know all too well.
"Having proven their technologies in the laboratory, clean-tech entrepreneurs are now looking to “scale up,” or move to the production phase of their development. As any seasoned venture capitalist will tell you, clean tech’s success will largely be decided by companies’ ability to partner with experts in managing large-scale, capital-intensive projects — the skills that oil and gas producers have developed and displayed over the past 120 years."
This article excerpted from the San Antonio Express-News. To view the full text, click here.