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Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
The United Nations is forecasting that five billion people will be living in cities by 2030, three out of every five, with Asia and Africa to be the continents most impacted. www.thedailystar.net.htm
For long-term investors, the takeaway is clear: infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure.
Until Monday.
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Mega-Bear versus Super-Spike
Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
In 2005, with oil trading in the $40’s and $50’s, Goldman Sachs raised some eyebrows when they predicted that we could soon be looking at a ’super-spike’ and oil prices going as high as $105. As this scenario played out this year, the analyst who made that call - Arjun Murti [...]
NEWSCORP HEAD CALLS FOR REGULATION ON EMISSIONS DISCLOSURE
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
James Murdoch, Chairman/CEO, Europe/Asia NewsCorp: “Information is power.”
Some companies might lose investors if it was known they generate more GhGs than entire nations and are doing nothing to change it. Investors might withdraw for environmental, moral, ethical or religious reasons.
Example: How can a committed, pro-life Christian fundamentalist own stock in [...]
WIND TRAVELIN’ IN THE NORTH COUNTRY
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
“If you’re travelin’ in the north country fair,
where the winds hit heavy on the borderline…”
B. Dylan
Massachusetts is stuck in a classic dilemma: It wants New Energy but it has no place to put it.
It is a densely populated state with few open areas that will accommodate New Energy installations and [...]
FRENCH TO SHINE
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Why does a baby seem to grow so fast?
Because it has so much growing to do.
Same with the French solar energy capacity. At present it has 24.5 megawatts of grid-connected solar energy and a quarter of that isn’t on the mainland.
For a progressive nation with lots of sunshine, this is [...]
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOINS GOVERNORS’ FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
The President-elect made it very clear he will keep his campaign promises to put the U.S. on track to cut its greenhouse gas emissions (GhGs) 80% by 2050 and to invest $150 billion over 10 years to create 5 million green collar jobs in the U.S. and generate a New [...]
NEW ENERGY JOBS MAY BE HERE AND THEY MAY BE THERE
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Jobs. In a world rushing into recession, the New Energy industries offer urgently needed domestic opportunities.
Or do they?
Case-in-point: The UK
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in the spring that the nation’s New Energy sector could be what the offshore oil industry of the 1970s and 1980s was, an economic rejuvenation. [...]
WIND STORAGE BATTERY
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
It is hard to see how multi-million dollar batteries with capacities in the single digit megawatts could ever be economic enough to serve wind power in a utility-scale storage system. Nevertheless, Xcel Energy sees it and has invested a lot of money in the concept.
And Xcel Energy knows wind. Among [...]
With Grid Storage and Stability a Huge Problem, Axion Power May Be Worth a Closer Look
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
As if it wasn’t enough that America’s high-voltage power grid is suffering from years of under investment, a new report from the utility industry’s reliability watchdog group warns that solar, wind and other “green” generation technologies pose a serious threat to grid reliability.
But as much as the report, just released by the North [...]
California’s New $1 Billion Energy Efficiency Program Looks Like a Perfect Model For Obama Administration
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Chalk up another one to credit market-obsessed media organizations for having so far ignored a new $1-billion deal that likely will light a fire under energy efficiency. The fire could turn into a four-alarmer, given that the statewide program announced two weeks ago by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) looks like a [...]
ETS Investor Alert 11-20-08
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Mitsuibishi Electric Group is pushing so hard to develop more green business that it’s starting to look like a challenger to General Electric Co. and its multi-billion-dollar “Ecomagination” initiative. www.climateark.org
Mitsubishi reportedly aims to achieve the equivalent of $13.6 billion in revenue from clean technologies by 2016, with an emphasis on solar photovoltaics and [...]
ETS Investor Alert 11-20-08
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Mitsuibishi Electric Group is pushing so hard to develop more green business that it’s starting to look like a challenger to General Electric Co. and its multi-billion-dollar “Ecomagination” initiative. www.climateark.org
Mitsubishi reportedly aims to achieve the equivalent of $13.6 billion in revenue from clean technologies by 2016, with an emphasis on solar photovoltaics and [...]
Westport Innovations of Canada Surprises Analysts (But not EnergyTechStocks) As Company Turns Profitable
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Back in February EnergyTechStocks.com wrote that Westport Innovations Inc. of Canada was one of 10 companies that could “hit it big” in 2008. In March this web site wrote that Westport was positioned to take advantage of the multiple eco-crises that China is facing. In September we wrote that the company’s fiscal first [...]
ETS Investor Alert 11-19-08
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
The Great Lakes water supply is becoming a source of rising tension between the United States and Canada, according to this article. www.celsias.com
Canada believes the U.S. is engaged in “extraterritorial expansion,” which sounds like a fancy way of saying the U.S. is trying to steal water Canada thinks it owns.
If even Canada and [...]
MINNESOTA LIKES THE OBAMA NEW ENERGY PLAN
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
President-elect Barack Obama in Time Magazine, days before the election: “Finding the new driver of our economy is going to be critical. There’s no better driver that pervades all aspects of our economy than a new energy economy … That’s going to be my No. 1 priority when I get [...]
SOLAR PUT TO TEST BY OIL
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Point of view. It has everything to do with belief.
Can’t believe something as complicated as a human eye could accidentally evolve? The only logical conclusion is that there must have been a designer.
Start learning about the amazing range of variations there are on the eye in nature and suddenly it [...]
PEAK LITHIUM?
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
The cars that will recharge the country may have a problem with their batteries. Or at least with the stuff their batteries are made from.
The General Motors (GM) Chevrolet Volt is the most widely publicized of a new generation of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) racing to the market. Toyota [...]
Memo to President-elect Obama (Part 3 of 3) – Do You Embrace Al Gore’s Energy Vision?
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Memo to President-elect Obama:
Of all the difficult choices you are about to make as president, none are going to put you in a “no-win” position as much as choosing whether you accept or reject Al Gore’s vision of an America 100% powered by carbon-free sources within 10 years.
Make no mistake: this question will [...]
Market Stinks but World’s Biggest Wind Turbine Manufacturer, Vestas, Should Shine in 2009
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Of course the stock market is getting pummeled, but some companies continue to have very attractive outlooks. One in particular that stands out at the present time is Danish wind energy giant Vestas Wind Systems.
Despite the economic uncertainty, Vestas, the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturer, reportedly still expects to increase sales by more [...]
Memo to President-elect Obama (Part 2 of 3) - Storage Technology is the Achilles Heel of Your Green Jobs Plan
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Memo to President-elect Obama:
Don’t think you can create millions of new “green” jobs unless you solve the storage problem.
Storing electricity under any circumstances is difficult. Storing electricity generated by “intermittent” green sources such as solar and wind power is impossible without storage systems based on advanced batteries, flywheels or other technologies. Unless and [...]
ETS Investor Alert 11-18-08
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
A new report by British authorities concludes that electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in electric hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) produce significant greenhouse gas emissions savings over the full life-cycle. greencarcongress.com
Even with the current mix of fuel sources, electricity-driven vehicles generate a 40% reduction in GHG, the report concluded.
Such a report is important because it challenges [...]
Now May Be the Exact Right Time to Take Closer Look at ‘Ultracap’ Firm Maxwell Technologies
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
It’s still in the red but its third quarter sales were up more than 50% over the prior-year period. What’s more, this California-based company just signed sizable contracts with two foreign firms. In addition, it is probably the leading manufacturer of a product that may – some say will – become an essential [...]
ETS Investor Alert 11-17-08
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Oil companies operating off the coast of Norway “waste” 60% of their wells, according to a new report. www.scandoil.com
All that waste occurs, according to the report, when companies “temporarily” abandon a well don’t come back even though they claim to have “specific plans” to do so.
That’s a lot of oil.
Until tomorrow.
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Memo to President-elect Obama (Part 1 of 3) - Foreign Firms Control How Many ‘Green’ Jobs You Can Create
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Memo to President-elect Obama:
About those millions of new “green” jobs you want to create. You’re going to have to check with companies in Europe and Asia, not America. Sorry to say, the U.S. waited too long to go green. The new clean-and-green U.S. economy you want to create will be controlled by wind [...]
NEW ENERGY – SCARRED, STILL DREAMING THE DREAM
Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Preface: President-elect Obama’s remark on 60 minutes that it is right now more important than ever to move forward with plans to grow New Energy, build a Green New Deal and free the nation from its energy-dependent flailings, despite plunging oil prices, shows a wisdom and insight not seen in [...]
