Archive for March, 2008
Posted in March 31st, 2008
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Every energy expert says there is no single “silver bullet” for solving the global energy crisis. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t a bunch of silver bullets, each one of which might solve a part of this crisis, and do so in a way that makes investors a lot of money. EnergyTechStocks.com has […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2008
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As much as alternative energy analyst Tom Konrad believes peak oil is about to force the American middle class onto buses, he also is anticipating a bear market that requires owning alternative energy companies with solid earnings, as opposed to companies with great sounding technologies that have yet to prove themselves in the […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2008
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Web sites whose purpose is to show people how to calculate their carbon footprint are inconsistent and confusing, according to a new report. www.planetark.com
While this mightn’t sound like a big deal, in point of fact, hundreds of billions of dollars are going to change hands over the next few years as countries, companies […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2008
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Every energy expert says there is no single “silver bullet” for solving the global energy crisis. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t a bunch of silver bullets, each one of which might solve a part of this crisis, and do so in a way that makes investors a lot of money. EnergyTechStocks.com has […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2008
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Many alternative energy investment advisers spend all their time looking at companies developing new green technologies. But not Tom Konrad. Konrad believes that “peak oil” is a clear and present danger to the world and he’s on the lookout for companies with alternative energy technologies that are ready to go right now.
Konrad, who […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2008
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Many alternative energy investment advisers spend all their time looking at companies developing new green technologies. But not Tom Konrad. Konrad believes that “peak oil” is a clear and present danger to the world and he’s on the lookout for companies with alternative energy technologies that are ready to go right now.
Konrad, who […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2008
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The European Union, in an effort to get people to buy environmentally friendlier products, looks like it’s prepared to cut the sales tax on “green” products. www.planetark.com
The EU’s environment chief reportedly backs the plan, which was put forward by France and Great Britain.
Could this be the start of worldwide tax changes that give […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Giant solar power plants were for nearly two decades just something some crazy California types built in the desert, a visonary undertaking rendered eccentric by crashing natural gas prices. Lately, though, natural gas is getting expensive and announcements of new solar power plant projects are becoming more common than allegations […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Many say Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Johnson’s announcement his agency will finally face its responsibility to establish greenhouse gas (GhG) emission regulations rings hollow. The process his announcement letter initiates is unlikely to be completed in the remaining time the Bush administration that appointed him will hold the White […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Wind energy is the fastest growing electricity source in most of the world. China is expected to increase its wind energy capacity seven times over in the next five years and U.S. wind is expected to go grow four times by 2012.
Wind energy is growing so fast it is outgrowing […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
An exciting New Energy synergy is emerging between Denmark’s powerful wind and the electric vehicle transportation revolution an Israeli visionary is creating.
Shai Agassi founded Project Better Place with riches from his many Silicon Valley ventures. His goal: To make real his vision of electric vehicle (EV) transportation. He wants to […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2008
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Define Irony: The carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project Canada’s conservative government claims is the answer to global climate change will be (partially) financed by oil field operators who will recoup their investment by pumping the captured gases into aging oil wells to enhance oil recovery (EOR). That oil, of […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
A concentrating solar power concept developed by an Israeli-German research team at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University and Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute is about to be the newest entry in a growing competition among solar power plant technologies.
Zenith Solar uses a 10-sq.-meter (107.6-sq.-ft.) dish of curved mirrors (made from composite materials) to focus […]
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Posted in March 31st, 2008
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The Amazing Scale Of Wind: Watch for 20 seconds as a truck hauling huge wind turbine blades drives by. There is no better way to grasp the size and capacity of wind energy. (from YouTube)
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Posted in March 31st, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Biofuel, not Agrofuel, from Algae: Take three-and-a-half minutes to find out how and why oil can someday be replaced by algae. And algae eats greenhouse gas emissions! (from GreenEnergyTV)
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Posted in March 31st, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Bill Gross, founder and chairman of eSolar, explains in less than a minute the solar plant concept that Google recently invested $10 million in. (from GreenEnergyTV)
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Posted in March 28th, 2008
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Diabolic Sabotage: With the California Air Resources Board (CARB) dealing another severe blow to efforts to bring electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to U.S. pavement, it might be time to note that it’s not paranoia if there really is somebody out there.
CARB voted to reduce from […]
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Posted in March 28th, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Larry Flowers, national technical director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)’s Wind Powering America, talked recently about the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. wind energy industry goal to provide 20% of the country’s electricity by 2030. He said such growth will cost $2.4 trillion but provide $444 billion […]
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Posted in March 28th, 2008
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Professor Nathan Lewis of the California Institute of Technology recently pointed out that the U.S. spends more at the gas pump every HOUR than it spends on solar energy research every YEAR.
The $13.7 million in U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grants reported here require 20% matching funds from the recipient […]
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Posted in March 27th, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
There are two general proposals for cutting U.S. greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions. One is for Congress to institute a mandatory national cap-and-trade system, capping all major sources of emissions and charging emitters a price/ton for excess emissions.
The other approach is to tax all sales of emissions-generating products, adding a surcharge […]
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Posted in March 27th, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
In the ongoing Washington, D.C., debate over a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES), some southeastern states object to being drawn into a national plan because they claim they lack adequate resources to meet a minimum level of New Energy production. A situation developing in the southwest might be instructive.
Arizona Corporation […]
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Posted in March 27th, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Another segment of the U.S. economy is now after the Senate to extend tax credits for New Energy and enact a mandatory national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES).
The potential of New Energy to create new economic opportunities in rural areas cannot be underestimated. Tom Buis, President, National Farmers Union: “With expanding […]
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Posted in March 27th, 2008
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
British retailing giant Tesco is selling energy-efficient light bulbs for a penny a piece, with buyers allowed to purchase up to four bulbs at one time. www.talkingretail.com
Tesco’s goal is to increase its sales of energy-efficient light bulbs 500% this year, to 10 million.
Behind this giant bargain is a British government requirement that utilities […]
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Posted in March 27th, 2008
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Every energy expert says there is no single “silver bullet” for solving the global energy crisis. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t a bunch of silver bullets, each one of which might solve a part of this crisis, and do so in a way that makes investors a lot of money. EnergyTechStocks.com has […]
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Posted in March 27th, 2008
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The information technology industry is way behind in planning for the rapidly approaching era of green accounting, an era in which every business will need new networks and/or software that precisely measure the emissions generated by all aspects of their operations, from procuring raw supplies to delivering the finished item. But that’s about […]
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