WHERE THE WIND BLOWS: NYC TO NAVAJO NATION

Submitted by New Energy News Blog New York Governor David Paterson may be legally blind but, unlike the U.S. Senators mired in the 1950s who are blocking the growth of wind energy nationally, Governor Paterson sees a big future for New Energy and wants to encourage it. From his spokesperson: “The Governor wants to see wind energy greatly expanded in New …

Alternative Energy Investment Analyst Konrad: Peak Oil is Here Now; Buy Bus Company Stocks Like FirstGroup (Part 1 of 2)

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com Many alternative energy investment advisers spend all their time looking at companies developing new green technologies. But not Tom Konrad. Konrad believes that “peak oil” is a clear and present danger to the world and he’s on the lookout for companies with alternative energy technologies that are ready to go right now. Konrad, who is also a principal …

Alternative Energy Investment Analyst Konrad: In Recession, Johnson Controls, Honeywell Are Solid Picks (Part 2 of 2)

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com As much as alternative energy analyst Tom Konrad believes peak oil is about to force the American middle class onto buses, he also is anticipating a bear market that requires owning alternative energy companies with solid earnings, as opposed to companies with great sounding technologies that have yet to prove themselves in the marketplace. “I call it energy …

WIND-POWERED CARS FOR WIND-POWERED DANES

Submitted by New Energy News Blog An exciting New Energy synergy is emerging between Denmark’s powerful wind and the electric vehicle transportation revolution an Israeli visionary is creating. Shai Agassi founded Project Better Place with riches from his many Silicon Valley ventures. His goal: To make real his vision of electric vehicle (EV) transportation. He wants to create a network of …

WIND: INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL, PARTICULAR CHALLENGES

Submitted by New Energy News Blog Wind energy is the fastest growing electricity source in most of the world. China is expected to increase its wind energy capacity seven times over in the next five years and U.S. wind is expected to go grow four times by 2012. Wind energy is growing so fast it is outgrowing itself. Hardware manufacturers cannot …

THE U.S. EMISSIONS PLAN: FOOT-DRAGGING

Submitted by New Energy News Blog Many say Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Johnson’s announcement his agency will finally face its responsibility to establish greenhouse gas (GhG) emission regulations rings hollow. The process his announcement letter initiates is unlikely to be completed in the remaining time the Bush administration that appointed him will hold the White House. The Bush term ends …

The Amazing Scale Of Wind

Submitted by New Energy News Blog The Amazing Scale Of Wind: Watch for 20 seconds as a truck hauling huge wind turbine blades drives by. There is no better way to grasp the size and capacity of wind energy. (from YouTube)

ISRAELI-GERMAN SOLAR TECHNOLOGY READIES FOR MARKET

Submitted by New Energy News Blog A concentrating solar power concept developed by an Israeli-German research team at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University and Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute is about to be the newest entry in a growing competition among solar power plant technologies. Zenith Solar uses a 10-sq.-meter (107.6-sq.-ft.) dish of curved mirrors (made from composite materials) to focus sunlight on a 100-sq.-centimeter …

HUGE SOLAR POWER PLANT FOR THE WEST, BIGGEST SOLAR POWER PLANT IN THE EAST

Submitted by New Energy News Blog Giant solar power plants were for nearly two decades just something some crazy California types built in the desert, a visonary undertaking rendered eccentric by crashing natural gas prices. Lately, though, natural gas is getting expensive and announcements of new solar power plant projects are becoming more common than allegations of illicit sex among politicians. …