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Submitted by New Energy News Blog A new study by emissions markets experts Point Carbon makes a pair of interesting and probably valid assumptions: (1) The U.S. will have joined an international cap-and-trade scheme by 2020, and, (2) the EU will have established a 25% emissions cut goal which includes the aviation industries. Based on these assumptions, Point Carbon expects the global emissions …

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com There’s a simple way to analyze which oil companies investors may want to own and which they may want to sell. The more oil an oil company owns, the less it needs to go into the market and buy somebody else’s crude at today’s high prices, thereby hurting its profit margins. Every oil company presently is drawing down …

Submitted by New Energy News Blog The annual wind energy industry conclave opens Sunday (June 1) in Houston, TX, the headquarters of the oil & gas business.Coming right after the big announcement from the wind industry that it intends to provide 20% of U.S. electricity by 2030 and the U.S. Department of Energy’s affirmation that the industry is on track and …

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com Rumors of coal’s imminent death are greatly exaggerated. The reality is, coal will be a vital fuel for electricity generation for decades to come, and beaucoup money will be made by companies that know how to use coal more cleanly in power plants and other applications. Referring to electric utilities, William McMahon, head of CoaLogix, an 85%-owned subsidiary …

Submitted by New Energy News Blog According to France’s Grenelle environmental objectives, the nation must have 7,000 megawatts of peak solar capacity installed by 2020. France is now at 46.6 megawatts (peak). Watch for lots of new activity. Vive le soleil! Vive l’energie solaire! le Grenelle Environnement (English) click to enlarge Aerowatt strengthens its presence in solar energy with Heliowatt May 26, 2008 …

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com European power producers are accusing the European Union of raising the risk of blackouts. They charge that EU plans for cutting pollution will force the premature closure of numerous power plants. independent.co.uk Blah, blah, blah. In the end, expect the new rules to pass and the power generators to stay whole by passing through their added costs to …

Submitted by New Energy News Blog Congressman Edward Markey (D-Mass), Chairman, House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming: “The chorus for change is deafening…The call of this generation is to stop global warming. And today I put forth [this bill] as a signal of light for those who wish to stand together in the fight to save our planet.” …

Submitted by New Energy News Blog South Africa has been struggling with energy shortages and periodic outages for months (see S. AFRICA, FACING SHORTS, TO TRY NEW ENERGY) and the country has been studying the development of many kinds of New Energy. That it’s first wind installation went online May 23 demonstrates one of wind energy’s strengths: It can go more quickly and affordably …

Submitted by New Energy News Blog An essay from Canada highlights the role of daring investors in the growth of the solar energy industry.Venture Capitalist (VC) John Walton took a risk on First Solar, a start-up company in 1999 with a plan to make something cutting edge called solar thin film. Walton dropped a quarter of a billion dollars on the company’s …

Submitted by New Energy News Blog Peak oil fanatics are now officially peak oil theorists. The world is about to go through the looking glass. Fatih Birol, Chief Economist, IEA: “We are entering a new world energy order…The oil investments required may be much, much higher than what people assume…” Analyses of world oil have always focused on demand. The assumption …