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Submitted by New Energy News Blog
When – not if, when – Congress enacts a mandatory national greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade system it is expected to grow into a $600 billion to $1 trillion per year market by 2020.Cap-and-trade legislation has already been passed through Senate committees and is expected to be the subject of floor [...]
`Silver Bullets’ for Solving the Energy Crisis #1 - Put Oil Companies to Work on Geothermal Energy
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 [...]
ETS Investor Alert 3-21-08
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
The development of solar photovoltaic technology continues to make one’s head spin.
The latest announcement that one day may, or may not, completely change the valuations investors put on companies in this energy sub-sector is about house paint that’s able to capture solar energy.
As this article points out technology.newscientist.com one day home decorators may [...]
How Investors May Profit From China’s Eco-Crises (Pt. 2 of 2) – Westport, Fuel Tech, Quantum & More
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Editor’s Note: In keeping with its policy to be solely a news source, this EnergyTechStocks.com series is intended to be for information purposes only.
Posted: March 21, 2008
With this summer’s Beijing Olympics expected to shine a harsh light on China’s many environmental crises, there are any number of firms headquartered in and out of [...]
Edmunds.com Consumer Car Expert Phil Reed (Part 4 of 4) – Turbocharging Strikes Back; ‘Micro’ Cars Coming Soon
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Not since movies like American Graffiti and Mad Max has turbocharging caught the public’s eye in the way it’s about to, predicts Phil Reed, consumer automotive expert for Edmunds.com.
“Turbocharging has been rediscovered,” Reed told EnergyTechStocks.com during a lengthy interview. Why now? Because, he said, in this era of rising pump prices, a turbocharger [...]
ETS Investor Alert 3-20-08
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
The greening of the commercial building industry continues to gain momentum.
An insurance company reportedly has introduced insurance covering commercial site to be rebuilt with green construction practices. www.greenerbuildings.com
The insurance covers upgrades for Energy Star-related equipment, plus sustainability materials, and presumably should help further accelerate the green building boom.
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Edmunds.com Consumer Car Expert Phil Reed (Part 3 of 4) – Cars & Carmakers ‘Will Come Out of Nowhere’ to Become Stars
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Phil Reed, consumer advice editor at Edmunds.com, has a bone to pick with J.D. Power and Associates over its new survey showing that while many would-be car buyers want to purchase an environmentally friendly vehicle, only 11% are “very willing” to pay more to go green. Reed, an expert in consumers’ car-buying psychology, [...]
How Investors May Profit From China’s Eco-Crises (Part 1 of 2) – BYD Co.’s Unique Car Battery Strategy
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Editor’s Note: In keeping with its policy to be solely a news source, this EnergyTechStocks.com series is intended to be for information purposes only.
Posted: March 20, 2008
When the world record holder in the marathon announced two weeks ago that he will not run this summer in the Olympic marathon in Beijing, it was [...]
TEXAS WIND WARS GO TO COURT
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Another showdown is coming in Texas.
The dispute over installations on Texas’ Gulf Coast is going back to court. (See WIND ENERGY PROJECT SITING WORKSHOP: THE CHALLENGES OF SUCCESS and RANGE WAR OVER WIND HEATS UP). The King Ranch does not want wind installations to be built on the neighboring Kenedy [...]
AIR FLIGHT EMISSIONS WAR HEATS UP
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Most people in the U.S. seem unaware of the deep hostility there is in the EU toward them over greenhouse gas emissions reduction measures (and the U.S. failure to legislate any mandatory controls).
Another aspect of the controversy is emerging in an airlines war. Last year, the U.S. and the EU [...]
ENERGY STAR TO MEAN MORE EFFICIENT
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
From the Associated Press: “The government wants more green washing…[Not] more misleading ad campaigns meant to paint corporate practices as environmentally friendly, also known as green washing…[More energy-efficient] standards for washing machines sold with the Energy Star label…”
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is also expanding the kinds of energy-efficient [...]
STEELCASE SPONSORS JOHN DEERE WIND FARM
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Why not? The Academy Awards come from the Kodak Theater. Other corporations have ballparks, football stadiums, hockey and basketball arenas. Sponsoring wind energy may not get Steelcase as much publicity but it is arguably a much better identification.
Furniture manufacturer Steelcase, a company with a strong environmental conscience, bought the renewable [...]
THE ENERGY YOU USE MAY BE YOUR OWN
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Whether or not oil supplies are peaking may be a matter of controversy but it is abundantly clear that cheap energy is nothing but a memory. Efficiency is a necessity. Beyond energy efficiency is energy scavenging. Max Poulshock, president, Thermo Life: “Energy-scavenging has been around for years, but because of [...]
SCOTLAND SET TO CAPTURE WAVES, TIDES
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
The North Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean at Scotland. The waves are intense – and generate a lot of energy. A wave energy technology that can endure the ocean’s battering, reliably harvest the energy and get it to the UK grid will turn Scotland into an energy-producing powerhouse.
Scotland’s European Marine [...]
ETS Investor Alert 3-19-08
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Will it never end? Here’s a report www.chinadaily.com about how Chinese continued on their record pace of car buying in January despite some vicious winter storms.
Passenger vehicles reportedly accounted for three quarters of sales, another strong indication that China’s demand for gasoline continues headed straight up.
Frankly, what difference does it make whether U.S. [...]
Edmunds.com Consumer Car Expert Phil Reed (Part 2 of 4) – ‘Econo-Box’ Sales Rising; Honda Fit in league of its Own
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Motorists who love the Ford Expedition and the General Motors Yukon might want to pay their last respects. Phil Reed, consumer advice expert at the authoritative automotive web site Edmunds.com, believes these two gas-guzzling SUVs are likely to go bye-bye as pump prices continue to surge in the U.S.
They are being replaced in [...]
All the Right Moves – GE Quickly Looking Like it Will Do Best of All in Coming Carbon-Constrained World
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
General Electric Co. is getting serious about dominating the carbon-constrained economy that will soon be here. Serious – and smart.
In the past two weeks GE has made two announcements that together position the company to be one of – if not the – biggest winners in two of the potentially most far-reaching new [...]
Edmunds.com Consumer Car Expert Phil Reed (Part 1 of 4) – Mitsubishi’s Plug-in Vehicle ‘Sneaking Up on Everyone’
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
It’s official. At least, it’s about as official as something can be in the automotive industry. That’s because it comes from the informed and always-objective Phil Reed, consumer advice expert at the authoritative automotive web site Edmunds.com.
So it’s official that, while investors are keeping a close eye on whether Toyota, General Motors or [...]
ETS Investor Alert 3-18-08
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
It seems that almost every day somebody is forecasting that this or that green marketplace is going to experience huge rapid growth.
Case in point: research firm Forrester has just forecast that the the market for green IT consulting services will surge from about $500 million today to approximately $4.8 billion in five years. [...]
The 14 Words President Bush Just Uttered That Mark the End of the World as We Know it
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Some words make history. Last week President Bush, in a speech before the Economic Club of New York, uttered 14 words destined to be remembered. Asked about rising gasoline prices, the president replied in part, “Some nations have not done a very good job of maintaining their oil reserves.”
This is as clear an [...]
NEW ENERGY BECOMING BIG ENERGY
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
A new report shows $77.3 billion in New Energy sales last year. Compared to ExxonMobil’s $404 billion 2007 sales, it is not an overwhelming figure and Exxon is only the one of many oil companies. And there are other traditional energies, like coal and nuclear.
But the very difference between the [...]
HAZEL HENDERSON: DOING WELL AND DOING GOOD IN NEW ENERGY
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
“American business has realized,” Hazel Henderson, Founder/President of Ethical Markets, LLC, told NewEnergyNews, “that they can look green AND save energy AND save money…an unbeatable combination.”
Henderson remembers when American business didn’t get it. Operating out of what she describes as “a wrong economic model,” corporate interests were benefiting from their [...]
THE COMPLEXITIES OF CARBON LABELS
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Consumers want information on how what they buy impacts climate change. Retailers want to give it to them. But how do you find a labeling system that applies to parsley, hiking boots and flat screen TVs? How do you compare plastic packaging and airline shipping emissions?
Steve Howard, CEO, the Climate [...]
Conventional Wisdom Says Price of Oil Must Come Down – Here’s Why it Will Soon Trade Above $120 (& May Hit $150)
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Editor’s Note: In keeping with its policy to be solely a news source, this EnergyTechStocks.com story is intended for information purposes only.
Posted: March 17, 2008
A few weeks ago when the spot price of oil was around $95 a barrel, a very well-known trader told EnergyTechStocks.com that prices were about to drop, first to [...]
EnerNOC CEO Healy: ‘Wouldn’t Surprise Me if We Are Sitting on a Fortune One Day’ (Part 2 of 2)
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Timothy Healy, chairman and CEO of EnerNOC Inc., a company whose information technology helps electric utilities and their major corporate customers manage their respective power requirements, is focused on a future where carbon has a price. Translation: a future where there is a global market for trading carbon credits generated by developers of [...]
