Source: Brian Sylvester of The Energy Report  8/26/10
http://www.theenergyreport.com/cs/user/print/na/7209

“Ubika” is an ancient Sanskrit word meaning growth. Ubika Research Cofounder and Managing Director Vikas Ranjan knows investors covet growth, so Ubika covers companies in sectors with tremendous growth potential. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Vikas offers some strategies on how to play the cleantech sector and discusses in detail several clean-technology companies ready to flourish.

The Energy Report: Today, The Energy Report talks cleantech with Vikas Ranjan of Toronto-based Ubika Research. What does it mean to be a cleantech company?

Vikas Ranjan: Cleantech is the development of the whole range of technology that will enable humankind to basically conduct life in ways that are more eco-friendly and sustainable. It’s a fairly broad term. For example, alternative-energy generation companies (i.e., wind, solar and geothermal companies) all fall into the cleantech category.

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