Lithium Ion Battery Industry to Boom with Wind, Solar Power
Source: CNET, Candace Lombardi  (10/21/09)
". . .lithium ion batteries for utility use will be the fastest growing segment of the storage industry." More >

Iraq: Open for Business
Source: The New York Times, Steven Lee Myers  (10/21/09)
". . .companies that wait too long may discover they are too late" More >

Surprise: Gasoline Supplies Drawn Down
Source: Seeking Alpha, Brad Zigler  (10/21/09)
"The Energy Department reported that gasoline demand. . .is up 4.2% from year-ago levels." More >

IEA Says Oil Price High Enough to Invest (in Theory)
Source: Reuters, Emma Graham-Harrison  (10/21/09)
"Oil. . .is costly enough to ensure investment even in the most expensive sources of crude" More >

EIA Data Points to a Bullish Natural Gas Market
Source: The Market Oracle, Joseph Dancy  (10/20/09)
"Production should be falling. It is. Decline should be fairly steep. It is." More >

Oil Price Rises to Highest Level in 2009
Source: Seeking Alpha, Daily Forex  (10/20/09)
". . .the short-term direction of the oil price will be dictated by the dollar's strength (or lack thereof). . ." More >

Running with the Energy Bulls
Source: CNN Money, Scott Cendrowski  (10/20/09)
". . .all signs point to a rebound in energy stocks" More >

U.S. Wind Energy Industry Installs >1,600 MW in Q309
Source: Reuters  (10/20/09)
"AWEA does not expect the Q409 to be as strong as the Q408. . ." More >

Black Gold. . .Green Oil
Source: Marin Katusa, Chief Investment Strategist, Casey's Energy Report  (10/19/09)
U.S. government subsidies into renewable energy are forming a green bubble. One that's steadily inflating. But the catch is, only one alternative energy is currently economically viable before subsidies. . .and that's geothermal. More >

Will Oil Be Priced in Currencies Other than the U.S. Dollar?
Source: Julian D. W. Phillips, Gold/Silver Forecaster - Global Watch  (10/16/09)
China, Russia, Japan & France are working with oil producers in the Middle East to permit currencies other than the U.S. dollar to be used to pay for oil. This basket of currencies will include the Japanese Yen, the Chinese Yuan, and the €. . . More >

Ross Beaty: Magma Heating up Geothermal Space
Source: The Energy Report  (10/15/09)
In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, entrepreneur extraordinaire Ross J. Beaty, whose most recent enterprise is Magma Energy Corp., talks about how he intends to offer investors a heretofore unavailable opportunity to ride the geothermal growth wave, what sparked his interest in the sector, and where he sees many similarities between mining for metals and capturing the energy from the magma beneath the earth's crust. More >

Mid-Week GLD, SLV, UNG & USO Trading Charts
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (10/14/09)
Commodities and stocks have been on fire the past two weeks and I think it just may be time for things to take a breather. While I continue to stay long, taking some money off the table to lock in profits is a safe play. . . More >

Rainy Day Oil Funds See Middle East Through Downturn
Source: TheEnergyNews  (10/14/09)
"Middle East oil exporters together drew down their rainy-day reserves by nearly $350 billion over the past year" More >

Warmer Ties for Russia, China with Big Gas Deals
Source: Associated Press  (10/14/09)
"I don't buy this idea that China is Russia's future." More >

Obama Takes Flak for DOE Sale
Source: Uranium Investing News, Melissa Pistilli  (10/13/09)
"Under federal law, the DOE cannot make any sales or transfers that may adversely impact the domestic uranium mining. . ." More >

World Needs Big Drive for Carbon Capture-IEA
Source: Reuters, Daniel Fineren  (10/13/09)
"The world needs to build 100 major projects for capturing and burying greenhouse gases by 2020. . ." More >

Oil Rises to 7-Week High as Global Demand Is Revised Higher
Source: Bloomberg, Mark Shenk  (10/13/09)
"Prices are up 66% this year." More >

No Holding the Speculators
Source: The Australian, Robin Bromby  (10/12/09)
"It's dangerous days out there folks. Caveat investire. " More >

Thermal Coal Demand in China Drives Price Increases
Source: MetalMiner, Stuart Burns  (10/12/09)
". . .contrary to many other commodities, both metals and energy that hit bottom in early 2009 have been rising since." More >

George Soros to Invest $1 Billion in Green Energy
Source: BusinessWeek, Mark Scott  (10/12/09)
"After a shaky start to the year, investors are now more willing to fork out for clean energy projects." More >

Tiny 'Nuclear Batteries' Unveiled
Source: BBC  (10/8/09)
". . .the batteries hold a million times as much charge as standard batteries." More >

Oil Rises as Dollar Declines, Crude Supplies Fall Unexpectedly
Source: Bloomberg, Christian Schmollinger and Ben Sharples  (10/8/09)
"The imports were down and that was a big surprise." More >

Mickey Fulp: Rare Earths Are 'Flavor of the Year'
Source: The Energy Report  (10/8/09)
Shifting gears from gold to energy, Mercenary Geologist Mickey Fulp focuses on the latest rage: rare earth elements (REEs). In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Mickey discusses China's monopoly on REEs and the resultant shock waves still rocking Western industrialized countries and Japan. While fear of China protectionism looms, Mickey sees plenty of opportunity in "cream-of-the-crop North American companies" that are presently undervalued.
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Fadel Gheit: Oil Prices to Remain Inflated, but Don't Pass on Gas
Source: The Energy Report  (10/8/09)
Ranked #3 on Forbes' Best Brokerage Analysts for 2009, Oppenheimer Senior Analyst Fadel Gheit sat down with The Energy Report to shed light on existing conditions in the oil and gas sector. In terms of oil prices, "financial players are more in control now than oil companies or OPEC," according to Fadel, who is currently more bullish on gas than on oil. "Despite the fact that gas stocks gained significantly this year," he says, "we think the upside potential remains great." More >

Crude Oil and Gasoline Prices: Like Déja Vu All Over Again
Source: Seeking Alpha, Bob van der Valk  (10/7/09)
"Like in baseball, we are back to the basics in the petroleum markets." More >