Streetwise Alternative Energy Articles
Oklahoma Tribe Unveils Solar Energy Project
Source: Associated Press, Murray Evans (6/15/11)
"Solar energy fits in with cultural values, economic development plans."
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White House Promotes a Smarter Grid
Source: MIT Technology Review, Kevin Bullis (6/15/11)
". . .but early efforts have been met with some consumer resistance."
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Indonesian Geothermal Push Heats Up
Source: Jakarta Globe, Stuart Biggs (6/15/11)
"The country is to geothermal power what the Middle East is to oil."
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Ocean Energy Conference Underway in Maine
Source: Associated Press (6/15/11)
"Sen. Olympia Snowe championed offshore wind and underwater tidal power."
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Rick Rule & Brent Cook: Clean Energy Smart Investments
Source: Karen Roche of The Energy Report (6/14/11)
Are there viable options to nuclear power for clean energy? Is another uranium boom on the horizon? Or should we invest our resource dollars in thorium? If you've been pondering these questions, join The Energy Report in this exclusive interview with a pair of the resource sector's most highly regarded experts, Global Resource Investors Founder Rick Rule and Exploration Insights Author Brent Cook. The Energy Report caught up with them during Cambridge House's recent World Resource Investment Conference in Vancouver.
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Military to Spend Billions on Renewables
Source: Energy Matters (6/14/11)
"Rise in military applications to shape the future of clean energy."
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Google Creates $280M Solar Power Fund
Source: Los Angeles Times, Tiffany Hsu (6/14/11)
"SolarCity is known for its lease programs that allow customers to avoid heavy upfront expenses."
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White House Smart Grid Policy
Source: Platts (6/13/11)
"U.S. government to add another $250M in loans for new technologies."
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NJ Scales Back Renewables
Source: Sustainable Business (6/13/11)
"Governor Christie plans to scale back NJ's renewable energy standard."
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Geothermal Industry Faces Challenges
Source: Business Weekly, John Seelmeyer (6/13/11)
"But long-term debt isn't a problem, these plants are little banks."
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The UK's Energy Triple Treat
Source: EcoGeek, Megan Treacy (6/13/11)
"A new UK generator harnesses energy from sun, wind and rain."
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Green Jobs Dominate Fastest-Hiring Industries
Source: Forbes, William Pentland (6/8/11)
"Clean energy policies are putting scores of U.S. citizens to work."
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Energy Consumption Highest Since 1970s
Source: The Street, Joseph Deaux (6/8/11)
"Global energy consumption rates rose 5.6% as demand for all energy forms grew strongly."
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MENA Set for Solar Boom
Source: Renewable Energy World (6/8/11)
"An estimated 80,000 jobs could be created in the MENA region by 2025."
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China Agrees to End Domestic Wind Power Subsidies
Source: USA Today, Richard Wolf (6/7/11)
"The WTO prohibits government programs that give preferences to companies using local products, such as China's 'indigenous innovation' program."
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Venezuela, Brazil Sign Agreements on Oil and Infrastructure
Source: El Universal (6/7/11)
"Rousseff says Brazil is committed to Venezuelan development of hydroelectric plants and petrochemical projects."
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The Price of Clean Air
Source: Bloomberg, Paul Barrett (6/6/11)
"Energy reform is far from pain-free."
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When Will Geothermal's Slump End?
Source: All About Energy, Dana Blankenhorn (6/6/11)
"In theory, there should be more than enough energy below our feet to power our world, and it should be cost-competitive."
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Swiss Solar Researchers Break World Record
Source: GenevaLunch, Ellen Wallace (6/1/11)
"This could enable low-cost solar electricity in the near future."
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Kenyan Gov't Invests in Geothermal Future
Source: Nairobi Star, Irene Wairimu (5/31/11)
"Kenya will prioritize geothermal power to achieve its 15,000MW target."
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Solar-Install Industry Ripe for Consolidation?
Source: Forbes, Tom Konrad (5/31/11)
"Consolidation may bring competitive advantages in solar-space sectors."
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Top-10 Clean Energy States
Source: Clean Technica, Zachary Shahan (5/26/11)
"Clean Edge ranks California the top clean energy state."
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Geothermal in California Can Add 7% of Supply
Source: Renewable Energy World, Paul Gipe (5/26/11)
"California leads the world in geothermal energy development, but most of the state's geothermal plants were built in the '70s and '80s."
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Spanish Solar Plant Well Worth Its Salt
Source: The National, April Yee (5/25/11)
"A Spanish solar plant is set to power homes even during the night."
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Rick Rule: Oil Will Be Major Economic Driver
Source: Rick Rule (5/23/11)
Global Resource Investments Founder Rick Rule likes to look for unpopular investments because that usually means the prices are cheap. Today, that means oil, natural gas, uranium and geothermal. In this Energy Report exclusive excerpt from his talk at the Casey Research Conference in Baton Rouge, Rule explains the global forces that will lead to big payoffs in undervalued energy stocks.
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