Submitted by New Energy News Blog
In the 1890s, Henry Ford believed so intensely in the future of the internal combustion engine he built a prototype in his garage to get funding to start his auto company. He didn’t have market studies, he had commitment. It worked out. There was probably somebody around at the same […]

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Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Energy producers see energy as natural forces and natural resources. The utilities that deliver the energy see it as flowing electrons. The average electricity customer’s attitude is “Just keep the lights and the TV on and the food fresh in the refrigerator.”At ConnectivityWeek, some bright, visionary folks are talking about […]

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Submitted by New Energy News Blog
The Wildlife Society statement on wind energy is an even-handed assessment. It recognizes the value and importance of wind energy and also recognizes there are factors that could bring the wind energy industry into conflict with animal rights’ activists.
Like nature itself, this is a matter of delicate balance. Objections to […]

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Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Coskata Inc.’s patented process for making ethanol inexpensively from almost any source of carbon is a “truly disruptive technology” that could cause fundamental economic changes, Wes Bolsen, the company’s vice president for business development, said in an interview.
If time proves Bolsen correct, it is likely investors will need to respond across the full […]

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Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
As the economic and environmental costs of traditional power generation rapidly increase, and as so-called concentrated solar power (CSP) technology “dramatically” improves, a CSP-dominant utility-scale solar power industry will emerge in the coming years, according to Merriman Curhan Ford, the investment banking firm.
CSP is technology that uses mirrors to concentrate sunlight in order […]

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Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Several of America’s biggest mutual fund companies face increased pressure to take action on climate change. www.coopamerica.org
Co-op America, a well-known nonprofit group, says it’s going after Fidelity, ING, Morgan Stanley, Vanguard and others.
Just another sign that investment choices likely will be increasingly about a company’s policy toward dealing with its carbon emissions.
Until tomorrow.

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