Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
The problem isn’t that Charles Schwab chief investment strategist Liz Ann Sonders has concluded that oil prices are in a “bubble” that is going to burst. The problem is in how she arrived at that conclusion. Her methodology raises serious questions about Wall Street’s ability to analyze oil at a time when every […]

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A new poll provides the first clear signal that Chinese motorists, whose current top car choices are fuel-wasting sedans and SUVs, could make a stunningly rapid switch to fuel-efficient hybrid and all-electric vehicles.
The poll, from German automotive supplier Continental Corp., found that nearly 82% of Chinese drivers know nothing about fuel-efficient drive systems. […]

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Like bones in a body, the world’s energy problems are all interconnected.
Because the world has a coal shortage, it also is facing a shortage of aluminum this year and next, according to investment banking firm UBS. www.reuters.com
Same sorts of problems exist in biofuel (too little corn) and in oil.
Until tomorrow.

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Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Multiple Choice Quiz: There are more solar panels installed in: (a) Arizona (b) Nevada (c) Ohio (d) New Jersey (e) New Mexico.The answer? This first: The solar energy industry to date is successful not where the insolation (solar radiation over a specific surface area) is the greatest but where the […]

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The agreement signed in May between the U.S. and Portugal to cooperate on wave energy technology development was the sign: Wave energy has hit the big time and Portugal is taking the lead in the sector.
In the prototype stage, wave energy devices are expensive. Once the technology is established, wave […]

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This little news item about a deal between Suzlon, an Indian turbine manufacturer, Arcapita, a Bahrain bank, and Honiton Energy, a Chinese wind developer, might at first seem an insignificant bit of business news but it is, in fact, an indicator.
An indicator of what? Of the “rise of the rest” […]

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No better person to ask for a progress report on the world’s leading automakers as they move toward manufacturing plug-in electric hybrid vehicles than plug-ins’ foremost proponent, Felix Kramer of advocacy group CalCars.org, the man who regularly meets with major car companies.
It’s starting to appear as if how successfully a car company markets […]

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While much of the new technology starting to revolutionize the global energy industry is still being developed, there are many publicly-held companies with new (and old) technologies that look like they may be worth owning right now.
Next up: Ormat Technologies Inc. and Geodynamics Ltd., which trade on the New York and Australian stock […]

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Want a tax credit? Plant a “green” roof.
That’s the new deal in New York City, as this story notes. www.environmentalleader.com
The credit, in the form of a one-year property tax credit of up to $100,000, is aimed at getting commercial building owners to green at least 50% of their rooftop space, thereby helping to […]

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