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Expert Says When Gas Hits $4 a Gallon in U.S., Majority of American Consumers will ‘Panic’
When Gas Hits $4 in U.S., Food, Housing, Clothing, Even iPhone Sales Will be Affected (Part 2 of 2)
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Remember Their Names: 5 Companies That Look Poised to Make It Big #5: Sungevity
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It is only the end of the first year of what promises to be a decade-long revolution in how energy is produced and consumed and investors’ radar screens are already brightly lit with dozens, if not hundreds, of companies that appear to have a chance to hit it big. Which are the contenders, [...]
Nuclear Investors: Beware New Study Challenging Nuclear Power as Low Carbon Power Source
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In the last couple of years the nuclear power industry has deflated a lot of political opposition with the argument that, unlike fossil fuels, nuclear power doesn’t generate carbon dioxide emissions. But now, just as the commercial nuclear power industry appears on the verge of a worldwide resurgence, there’s a new, potentially damaging [...]
ETS Investor Alert 5-16-08
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A new report claims U.S. airlines could face a $9 billion annual bill in carbon costs by 2020 should the U.S. pass emissions-trading legislation. environmentalleader.com
That’s ridiculous. Long before 2020, airlines either will have gone out of business because of high fuel costs or have made the switch to bio-based jet fuel that will [...]
NISSAN WILL PLUG IN BY 2010
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“If the people will lead,” somebody once said, “leaders will follow.” Nowhere has that been more true than in the U.S. auto market. Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn seemed once again intent on verifying its truth when he explained why his company now aims to be the first to bring an [...]
CIGS STEPS UP
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Thin film photovoltaic solar materials are not as efficient as photovoltaic solar panels. That means they convert less of the sunlight hitting them into electricity. What makes thin film one of the hottest items in the power industry is that it coverts a wider spectrum of sunlight to electricity so [...]
GREEN FARMING PIONEER PAYS THE BILLS WITH WIND
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Energy prices are soaring in the heartland. The national average price of unleaded gas in early May was $3.62/gallon. Diesel was $4.24/gallon. The cost of natural gas, a major factor in nitrogen fertilizer component anhydrous ammonia production, was almost double the late August price.In the past farmers were too busy [...]
ETS Investor Alert 5-15-08
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We’ve been talking about the coming revolution in food labeling, where a product’s carbon footprint is broken out for eco-conscious consumers.
Now an outfit in Canada has taken matters a step farther, issuing report cards for supermarkets based on their greenness. www.environmentalleader.com
Wherever you live, expect where you shop to be issued a green report [...]
Remember Their Names: 5 Companies That Look Poised to Make It Big #4: Virent Energy Systems
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It is only the end of the first year of what promises to be a decade-long revolution in how energy is produced and consumed and investors’ radar screens are already brightly lit with dozens, if not hundreds, of companies that appear to have a chance to hit it big. Which are the contenders, [...]
Bad Power Grids = Good Business Opportunities for Active Power; CEO Sees Strong Growth Continuing
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The U.S. power grid is getting stressed “beyond its capability,” which is bad news for America but good news for Active Power Inc., whose flywheel-based backup power solutions business will keep growing at a brisk pace, Jim Clishem, president and chief executive, told EnergyTechStocks.com.
In an interview, Clishem indicated that opportunities abound not just [...]
EMISSIONS TRADING BOOMING
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In the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), each country is assigned allowances for the amount of emissions it can generate. Each industry within that country and each company within that industry is likewise capped. The companies are allowed to buy more allowances in a general auction.If a company [...]
TO THE DEFENSE OF TEXAS WIND
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The cause of New Energy has created an impressive alliance stretching across traditional political lines. In Texas, Thomas Segel, a staunch Republican and former Marine, takes on what he perceives to be “…left-leaning Political Kings and their Environmental Jesters…” in defense of controversial wind installations on the state’s Gulf coast.Segel: [...]
BIGGEST U.S. ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATION
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Solar energy offers a unique opportunity to build widely distributed generation. Even a huge rooftop installation like the 1.7-megawatt system PPL Renewable Energy is installing for Schering-Plough Corporation in New Jersey is dwarfed by the megawatts from a solar power plant and or a wind farm.But smaller, distributed power sources [...]
Remember Their Names: 5 Companies That Look Poised to Make It Big #3: Orb Energy
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It is only the end of the first year of what promises to be a decade-long revolution in how energy is produced and consumed and investors’ radar screens are already brightly lit with dozens, if not hundreds, of companies that appear to have a chance to hit it big. Which are the contenders, [...]
These 9 Companies’ New Nanotechnologies Could Help World Stave Off Peak Oil (Part 2 of 2)
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It would be momentous news if a giant new oilfield was suddenly discovered, one that raised global output by perhaps 1% to 3%, roughly around one to 2.5 million barrels a day. Such an oilfield would not prevent global oil production from “peaking,” but it would stave off the day when “peak oil” [...]
ETS Investor Alert 5-14-08
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Add German automaker BMW to the list of entrants in the great electric car race. blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com
BMW is arriving late to the party (Toyota, GM, Nissan and others are way ahead). It doesn’t expect its tiny new electric vehicle to hit U.S. showrooms until 2012, by which point Americans may have more than half [...]
WIND: YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN’ YET!
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Riding the momentum of unprecedented, record-setting growth, the wind energy industry is said to be ready - in 20% Wind Energy by 2030: Increasing Wind Energy’s Contribution to U.S. Electricity Supply, a new report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) - to provide 20% of U.S. electricity by 2030. [...]
CYNICAL SENATOR’S CALL FOR NEW ENERGY
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Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) has been among the staunch Republican recalcitrants who have blocked New Energy’s progress at the national level. Cleverly, he offsets the political blowback from opposition to one of the most popular causes in U.S. politics today (New Energy) with rhetoric masking his votes in defense of [...]
“CLEAN” COAL – THE NEW PLAN
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In an effort to allay the excessive and growing cost burden of carbon-capture-and-sequestration (aka CCS or “clean” coal), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) earlier this year dropped out of the FutureGen Alliance plan to build an experimental plant in Mattoon, Illinois. (See DOE DROPPING FUTUREGEN?)
The costs for DOE’s part [...]
These 9 Companies’ New Nanotechnologies Could Help World Stave Off Peak Oil (Part 1 of 2)
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
It would be momentous news if a giant new oilfield was suddenly discovered, one that raised global output by perhaps 1% to 3%, roughly around one to 2.5 million barrels a day. Such an oilfield would not prevent global oil production from “peaking,” but it would stave off the day when “peak oil” [...]
Remember Their Names: 5 Companies That Look Poised to Make It Big #2: GMZ Energy
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It is only the end of the first year of what promises to be a decade-long revolution in how energy is produced and consumed and investors’ radar screens are already brightly lit with dozens, if not hundreds, of companies that appear to have a chance to hit it big. Which are the contenders, [...]
Investor Alert 5-13-08
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Noted cleantech investor Neal Dikeman has put together a list of the top 10 cleantech companies, and the winners may surprise some. www.news.com
Dikeman’s Number 1 is Japan’s Sharp Electronics, probably more known for its home electronics, but also the biggest solar player around. Number 2 is Det Norske Veritas, a European outfit that [...]
Remember Their Names: 5 Companies That Look Poised to Make It Big #1: Britain’s 1E Ltd.
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It is only the end of the first year of what promises to be a decade-long revolution in how energy is produced and consumed and investors’ radar screens are already brightly lit with dozens, if not hundreds, of companies that appear to have a chance to hit it big. Which are the contenders, [...]
Investor Alert – Is $200 Oil Around the Corner? Yes, if ‘Seasonality’ is Dead, Replaced by the ‘Endless Summer’
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Is Goldman Sachs right? Is oil going to cost as much as $200 a barrel within six to 24 months?
It all depends on whether “seasonality” is dead, replaced by what EnergyTechStocks.com calls “The Endless Summer,” after a movie of the same name about surfers who go around the world following the summer sun.
Seasonality [...]
ETS Investor Alert 5-12-08
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The technology is nearly ready, but it’s still going to take a strong psychological push to get the world to massively switch from gasoline to electrically powered vehicles without waiting until today’s 800 to 900 million cars and trucks have to be replaced, which won’t be for another 10 to 20 years.
This could [...]
