Archive for July 28th, 2008
Posted in July 28th, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Article after article like The Next Generation of Alternative Energy…(July 25, U.S. News & World Report) highlights the growing rush of venture capital funding to New Energy.
Solar power plant technology, algae-to-liquid fuel technology and ocean energy electricity-generation technology are the “fav raves” that a recent report from Cleantech Group described […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Utilities have become the driving force behind the installation of solar energy systems in the U.S. But there is a driving force behind them.
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) released the results of a market survey and research, a ranking of utilities for their use of solar energy to generate […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Many observers heralded Royal Dutch Shell’s May withdrawal of its share of the financing for the London Array, the world’s biggest offshore wind installation, as the beginning of the end for Britain’s offshore wind ambitions. NewEnergyNews immediately predicted other financing would be found and the project would go forward. (See […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
You would think that the government of India, a country facing very, very serious energy challenges, would do whatever it could to help solve those problems.
Forget it. Honda just introduced India to the first hybrid electric motor vehicle. But because the vehicle will carry an incredibly high import duty slapped on by the […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
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In search of that one investment that will make you filthy rich? EnergyTechStocks doesn’t have a crystal ball. But it spends a lot of time studying how the biggest industry in the world – energy – is undergoing profound changes that will make this planet very different within 5 to 10 years. We […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
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They aren’t talking publicly about it for competitive reasons, but commercial airlines’ internal analyses have determined that algae is a “strong candidate” to displace jet fuel.
That’s according to Thomas Byrne of the Algal Biomass Organization (ABO), a not-for-profit group dedicated to developing commercial markets for microalgae biomass, the kind observable only with a […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Numbers from China are always impressive. Reports of new coal plant construction and burgeoning greenhouse gas emissions are mind boggling. Numbers for New Energy building in China, especially wind energy installation, are also impressive.Steve Sawyer, secretary general, Global Wind Energy Council: “China’s wind energy market is unrecognisable from two years […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
The more the EU looks at this idea, the more acceptance it finds.A recent presentation again touted the building of enough solar power plants in the North African and Middle Eastern deserts to power the EU and the building of a high voltage direct current (HVDC) supergrid to deliver it. […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
The exertion of force being a bit more flagrant in Russia than in the West, it is hard to know whether Russians are not yet aware of the bad news about AGROfuels or whether those backing the play just don’t care. (See AGROFUELS BAD NEWS: OXFAM)
In either case, entrepreneur Pyotr […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Stephen Colbert interviews Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope, leader of “the fightin’ treehuggers.” Hilarious, as usual. From Comedy Central.
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
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Now for something a little more serious: A great close-up look at a Spanish solar power plant. A stunning architectural achievement, utterly functional yet visually striking. BTW – 400 degrees centigrade is over 750 degrees Fahrenheit. From Australian TV via YouTube.
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
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This is witty. Too witty for a cartoon? Be the judge. Better yet – ask the kids. From Laughstories via YouTube.
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
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A clue to the potential revival of the U.S. commercial nuclear power industry can be found here. www.eere.energy.gov
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission anticipates receiving 34 applications for nuclear power plants by 2010.
As the story notes, the first licenses won’t be issued until 2011 at the earliest.
Until tomorrow.
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
With the head of the American Wind Energy Association warning that Congress’s repeated failure to extend tax breaks for renewable energy production places at risk more than $11.5 billion in investment, green investors need to know whether last week’s flurry of action in Washington means that the Congressional logjam is about to be […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
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With energy polling as the top campaign issue, imagine how much mileage a presidential candidate could get by promising that by the end of his first term in office, millions of Americans will be paying only $1 for a gallon of gasoline.
EnergyTechStocks.com doesn’t know which one it will be, but the prediction here […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
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Northeast At Greatest Risk Of Massive Blackout (Part 1 of 4)
U.S. Power Rates to Double Over Next 5 Years Due Primarily To Lack of Supply (Part 2 of 4)
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
How Execs at 30 Top Cleantech Firms Expect to Make Lots of $$ (Part 1 of 7) Electric Cars = the Next Mass Market Technology
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