Chinese Gov't Hackers Want Your Clean Energy Technologies

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🗓️ 23 May 2014

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This week, the U.S. government indicted five hackers working for the Chinese military who allegedly stole trade secrets from six major energy and industrial companies operating in America. One of those companies was the solar manufacturer SolarWorld. The case once again raises concerns about the growing problem of corporate espionage in the clean energy industry, where companies are often targeted for their intellectual property. So will the Chinese government's hacking deter cleantech companies from operating in the country? In this week's podcast, featuring guest co-host Andrew Winston, we'll look at the implications of the Department of Justice case against Chinese hackers. We'll also talk about some big news coming out of conferences in the last two weeks within the efficiency and corporate sustainability sectors. The Energy Gang is produced by Greentechmedia.com. The show features weekly discussion between energy futurist Jigar Shah, energy policy expert Katherine Hamilton and Greentech Media Editor Stephen Lacey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	For the week of May 22nd, 2014, this is the Energy Gang audio Clean Tech Digest. I'm Stephen Lacey, a senior editor with Green Tech Media in Washington DC
0:24.0	pleased to have you with us as always and there were so many conferences and events
0:28.2	this in the last two weeks in the city this is like the first full day I've been able to sit down at my desk and have a breather. So this is a relaxation time for me.
0:38.0	Joining us from her desk from her offices in DC is Catherine Hamilton.
0:43.0	She is a partner at the public policy consulting firm 38 North Solutions.
0:47.0	Catherine, I saw you briefly at the EE Global Efficiency Event yesterday.
0:51.0	Have you been making the conference rounds as well?
0:54.0	Yeah, I've been trying to do that too. And in the middle of it, last night my son came
0:59.2	back from college after completing another epic road trip from California in his Flintstone era Toyota.
1:06.3	So really happy to have him home.
1:08.6	Well he's going to be in renewable energy finance soon so he won't be driving a Toyota.
1:12.4	He'll be driving a Tesla at some
1:13.7	point yeah that'd be super awesome so jiggers usually at a conference anyway but
1:20.5	this week he went rogue and he just decided to go on vacation the nerve of that guy actually wanting a break
1:26.7	But we've got a special guest host this week someone who may sound very familiar to you. It is Andrew Winston who was on the
1:33.8	podcast two weeks ago. He's a corporate consultant on environmental issues and
1:37.8	author of the new book The Big Pivot. Andrew, so glad to have you back on the
1:42.2	show. Welcome. You've also been on the
1:44.0	conference circuit this week too, I understand, out in California.
1:47.0	Yeah, that's right. I went to the Fortune Green event out in Laguna Miguel, which is an
1:50.9	incredibly beautiful location if anybody's been out there and it was a really
1:55.5	interesting event.
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