Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, often mentioned as a potential Obama running mate, has been driving development of wind energy in her state. At WindPower 2008, the recent wind industry convention, she called for federal policy that supports wind’s growth: “Congress must renew the production tax credits and make it clear […]

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Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Barely had NewEnergyNews uttered the phrase “consolidation and corporatization” about the solar energy industry (see yesterday’s UTILITY IN NEW SOLAR POWER PLANT DEAL) before GE Energy announced it was not satisfied with just a piece of PrimeStar Solar Inc. and had bought controlling interest in the thin film solar materials […]

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Submitted by New Energy News Blog
It looks like the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) emissions cap-and-trade system may the first market-based climate change effort in the U.S.
It will begin with auctions of credits to utilities in the participating 10 states based on principles established by Auction Design for Selling CO2 Emission Allowances. The auction will […]

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Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Investors should not forget that carbon dioxide emissions eventually may not be something the world must dispose of through expensive sequestration or other technologies.
As this article notes www.enn.com scientists are working on turning CO2 emissions from vehicle tailpipes into electricity that could be used by a hybrid or electric vehicle as fuel.
Previously EnegyTechStocks.com […]

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Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Back in April, when the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecast that gasoline prices in the U.S. could hit $4 a gallon this summer, EnergyTechStocks.com warned that, given EIA’s uncanny ability to underestimate pump prices, Americans shouldn’t be surprised if they are paying $4.50 in June. (See U.S. EIA Consistently Underestimates Gas Prices, […]

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Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
When the man behind perhaps the foremost “clean” energy stock index in the world – Robert Wilder, manager of the Wilderhill Clean Energy Index – recommends putting only a “tiny bit” of one’s portfolio into clean energy companies, investors need to pay attention. (For more see Robert Wilder of Wilderhill Clean Energy Index: […]

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