Archive for June, 2008
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Submitted by New Energy News Blog
At a June 17 Congressional hearing about how oil prices are affected by oil market speculators, the assembled panel of experts unanimously agreed speculation is responsible for driving oil prices 50% higher than they would otherwise be.Congressman Joe Barton (R-Tex), an oil and gas industry advocate, argued high oil prices [...]
BEAT THE COST OF SOLAR WITH A PPA
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
MMA Renewable Ventures and other finance mavens have come up with a wrinkle on the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) concept to help get consumers past the single biggest obstacle to home and business solar installations, the upfront costs and financial complexities.
Normally, a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) is between a utility [...]
BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL-ONE, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS-ZERO
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
As anything that significantly impacts global climate change, these highly touted carbon-neutral events are almost offensively trivial. As PR events spreading awareness of the issue to people who might never otherwise consider them and places where they might not otherwise be heard, they are of incalculable value.
A certain percentage of [...]
OF BIKES AND ELECTRIC CARS IN FRANCE AND THE U.S.
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë wants to create Autolib, a public electric car sharing program designed like the Parisian Vélib’ bicycle program. The plan is to place 4000 EVs at locations around the city and, for a small fee one-time fee or as part of a monthly subscription, Parisians can grab [...]
WORLD ENERGY REPORT: MORE, MORE, MORE
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
A new report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the Department of Energy’s statistics crunching office, predicts big increases in energy and fossil fuel consumption despite making one thing perfectly clear: The era of cheap oil is over.
The report predicts 2030 oil prices will be in the $113/barrel to $186/barrel [...]
AGROFUELS BAD NEWS: OXFAM
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
There is an ongoing debate about exactly how much the AGROfuels industries are impacting world food prices and aggravating world hunger. The AGROfuels industry associations point to inflated oil prices and the falling dollar as the main culprits.A recent authoritative report from New Energy Finance (see BIOFUELS AND FOOD, BY [...]
Get On The Big Green Bus!
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
From the opening line (”What are you doing down there!?!”), ya gotta love these kids.
No mellow moaning for them.
“Wake up people!”
“This is our world.”
“And it’s time that we change it.”
“On our terms.”
Get on board the Big Green Bus! (From Earthkeepers via YouTube.)
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Kansas Fights Back
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Iberdrola’s Krista Gordon took a few moments off from her work building wind power in western Kansas to point out to NewEnergyNews this week that Kansas is emerging as a national leader in the building of New Energy and the fight against dirty coal. And it is doing so without [...]
Blue Man Group on Global Climate Change
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
In the event of continued inaction…
And about the emergency exits: There aren’t any…
Is this funny? Well, yes, but not exactly. (From Blue Man Group via YouTube.)
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Green Tech Expert Mike Millikin Predicts The ‘Big 3’ Of Lithium-ion Battery Firms (Part 1 of 2)
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
With oil prices still going up, investors are increasingly aware that there will likely be a pot of gold waiting for the companies that come to dominate the lithium-ion car battery market. That market is expected to take off in 2010 or 2011 as a raft of plug-in electric hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) are [...]
BASF Developing ‘Totally New Technology’ That May Make Refrigerators & ACs 50% More Efficient
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
German chemicals giant BASF SE is working on what the company describes as a “totally new technology” that reportedly has the potential to reduce the energy consumption of refrigerators, air conditioners and other appliances used for cooling by as much as 50%.
The research, which the company says could lead to a new product [...]
When A123 Systems Goes Public, Watch Stock Prices Rise for Competitors Ener1, Valence and AltairNano
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
When Massachusetts-based A123 Systems goes public, it will be such a hot IPO that it will lift the valuations of other lithium-ion battery developers, two experts believe.
No date for an IPO has been announced, but it is rumored that A123 could go public as early as September, especially if gets the contract to [...]
U.S. Power Agency Warns High Electricity Prices Could Plague America ‘For Years to Come’
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
America’s federal power agency has warned that high power prices could plague the nation “for years to come.”
Citing high commodity prices for natural gas and coal, which were the fuel sources for 18% and 50%, respectively, of U.S. electricity generation in 2007, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said this “may be the [...]
ETS Investor Alert 6-30-08
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
U.S. utilities are cutting off more customers who have fallen behind on their bills, setting up what could be the most deadly American winter in many years. usatoday.com
While utilities aren’t allowed to cut off customers during the winter because of the danger to human life, the fact is many Americans could try to [...]
DELAWARE A STEP CLOSER TO FIRST U.S. OFFSHORE WIND
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Could this announcement of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between a Delaware utility and a company that wants to build a wind installation off the Delaware coast herald a new era in U.S. wind energy?
European nations are aggressively competing for richly productive, highly sought after and scarce offshore wind turbines. [...]
NEW ENERGY FINDS HOME IN SOLAR NEW MEXICO
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has worked hard for 4 years to get his state its new nickname. Once “the Land of Enchantment,” New Mexico is now also “the Clean Energy State.”
Richardson has pushed dozens of incentive programs, costing the state a lot of money. His plan? Drive demand for [...]
HAWAIIAN MARINE ALGAE
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Marine algae require no fresh water and no agricultural land and should not affect the price of food crops except perhaps to drive it down by taking the biofuels market away from corn, soybeans, sugar and other AGROfuel crops. Algae thrive on a diet of greenhouse gas emissions and can [...]
Solar Update (Part 2 of 2) Ardour Solar Energy Index Signals These 7 Companies May be Worth a Closer Look
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
With the universe of solar energy companies seemingly expanding at the speed of light, investors interested in companies that have already passed multiple screens for capitalization, float, exchange listing, share price and turnover may find it useful to take a closer look at the seven companies just added to the Ardour Solar Energy [...]
Heinz Potato Peel Project Shows How Energy Crisis Could Pay a Big Unexpected Dividend for Every Investor
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
It was just a paragraph buried in a press release issued by H.J Heinz Co. – a paragraph about, of all things, potato peels. But looked at closely, this one paragraph gives investors the key for quite possibly making a small fortune by understanding the new role of “garbage” on this energy-scarce planet.
With [...]
ETS Investor Alert 6-27-08
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
EnergyTechStocks.com is convinced that, just like solar power, wind power is going to be a feature of residential buildings throughout the world.
This article from Israel www.haaretz.com indicates that rooftop wind power is starting to become a feature of Tel Aviv.
When thinking about investing in wind power, don’t overlook companies starting to stake out [...]
A CALL FOR NEW ENERGY
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
The Apollo Alliance wants a $30 billion/year concerted national effort to transition the U.S. to a New Energy infrastructure and a New Energy economy.
The Alliance, a national coalition of politicians, environmentalists, labor groups and businesses, suggests getting from the current $4 billion/year investment to the needed level by boosting spending [...]
WIND TECH JOB TRAINING BOOSTS LOCAL COLLEGES
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Wind turbines are being installed in the U.S. so fast the supply of maintenance/repair personnel can’t keep up with demand. Community colleges that prepare students to do the work are fending off companies who want to hire the students out of the classrooms.
Christine Real de Azua, spokeswoman, American Wind Energy [...]
TRY CO2 RELEASE TO DEEP OCEAN, SEE HOW BAD IT CAN BE: PROF
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
From the “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” file: A prominent ocean scientist wants environmentalists to withdraw their opposition to the release of CO2 gases directly into the “benthic world” (the lowest levels of the ocean) so science can find out how bad it affects deep sea life.
Wallace [...]
ETS Investor Alert 6-26-08
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
If one believes the United Nations, then the world is doomed. There is no other conclusion that can be reached when you consider two new UN forecasts.
The first is that global food production must rise 50% by 2030. www.livescience.com The second is that solving climate change will cost $20 trillion over the next [...]
Solar Update (Part 1 of 2) – New Study Finds U.S. Must Spend @ $30 Billion A Year To Generate 10% Of Its Power from Solar by 2025
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
A new study lays out the daunting task the United States faces if it is to generate 10% of its electricity from solar power by 2025, even as the study, from green energy advocacy Clean Edge, emphasized that solar power should be cost competitive with fossil fuel sources of generation by 2015.
The study [...]
