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Alternative Energy / Renewable Energy

Kazakhstan Will Not Invest in Renewables Until they Become More Competitive

Oct 09, 2012 at 17:21 | RFE/RL staff

Kazakhstan’s oil and gas industry said the country will have to wait until alternative sources of energy become competitive economically before the energy industry seriously considers it.In a…

Why we Need to Implement an Energy Transition - Quickly

Oct 02, 2012 at 17:10 | Kurt Cobb

No doubt you've heard people speak of an energy transition from a fossil fuel-based society to one based on renewable energy--energy which by its very nature cannot run out. Here's…

Green Jobs: Who's on a Hiring Spree?

Oct 01, 2012 at 17:28 | Charles Kennedy

This month has been a fortuitous one for green jobs, despite the ups and downs particularly in the wind energy sector, and there are a handful of companies who seem…

Money: A New (Decentralized) Shade of Green

Sep 27, 2012 at 17:41 | Charles Kennedy

As America’s clean energy industry takes up position in a no-man’s land between subsidies and sustainability, the idea of “Green Banks” is being touted as a life-line that will push…

Why Is the Government Determined to Support the EV Industry?

Sep 26, 2012 at 17:24 | Bruce Krasting

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) did a good job of shredding the electric car industry and the government’s role in its evolution with this report (Link): 

Looking at the Technologies being Developed to Extract Energy from the Oceans

Sep 10, 2012 at 17:41 | EcoSeed

Renewable energy is often dominated in the discussions by solar, wind and biomass. While they already have a wide fan base, yet another promising emerging technology is marine power.

Deal with the Devil, Invest in Iranian Renewable Energy

Aug 29, 2012 at 16:46 | Charles Kennedy

Why are we even talking about Iran’s nuclear program when renewable energy offers a clear way out of this conundrum? If we can remove bad politics from the equation for…

Battery Breakthrough - New Power Cell Converts Mechanical Energy

Aug 27, 2012 at 13:16 | Futurity

A new type of power cell can convert mechanical energy—from walking, for example—to chemical energy and store the power until it is released as electrical current.The power cell…

China to Invest $373 Billion in Energy Saving Projects by 2016

Aug 24, 2012 at 14:55 | Environmental Finance

China has said it will invest ¥2.37 trillion ($373 billion) in energy-saving projects and pollution control by the end of 2015, boosting share prices of environmental technology companies in the…

New Retrofit Kit can Turn Any Car into a Plug-In Hybrid

Aug 17, 2012 at 17:44 | Brian Westenhaus

Dr. Charles Perry at Middle Tennessee State University continues driving toward success in the development of the plug-in hybrid retrofit kit for any car.  Dr. Perry, his collaborators, and…

What Clean Energy Innovation can Learn from the Curiosity Mars Rover

Aug 14, 2012 at 17:24 | Innovation Policy Blog

This week, the land rover Curiosity finished an incredible journey of more than 350 million miles and safely touched down on the surface of Mars. The mission carried significant…

Wireless Charging Technology will Give EV's Infinite Range

Aug 13, 2012 at 16:55 | Climate Progress

San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc. recently announced that it has partnered with the automaker Renault for a field trial of its new wireless electric vehicle charging system later this…

Microgrids and Solar Power, the Answer to India's Power Crisis

Aug 08, 2012 at 17:11 | Charles Kennedy

As India experienced its worst power failure ever last week, leaving 600 million people without electricity, disrupting the operation of hospitals and public services and shutting down transportation in key…

Investment in Clean Energy Technology is Only Going in One Direction - Up

Aug 07, 2012 at 16:50 | Tyler Hamilton

There was a clever headline in the satirical newspaper The Onion earlier this week that wouldn’t be so humorous if it wasn’t true.“300 Million Without Electricity In India…

Cheap New Battery Creates Energy from Rusting Iron

Aug 07, 2012 at 16:46 | Climate Progress

A new low-cost, “air-breathing” battery has the capacity to store between eight and 24 hours’ worth of energy.The rechargeable and eco-friendly battery uses the chemical energy generated by…

Five Reasons Eco-Investments are Smart Investments

Jul 30, 2012 at 17:59 | Charles Kennedy

The ups and downs of renewable energy projects like solar, wind and electric cars have shell-shocked investors, but this is not the death knell for eco-investment, and the smart investor…

Peak Minerals: Shortage of Rare Earth Metals Threatens Renewable Energy

Jul 30, 2012 at 17:24 | Professor Chris Rhodes

Not only are supplies of oil and natural gas under imminent threat of failing to meet demand for them, but so is a whole range of precious metals, along with…

Renewable Energy and the Race Against Peak Oil

Jul 20, 2012 at 17:34 | Post Carbon

Few would argue with the proposition that within the next 20 or 30 years our current sources of fossil fuels and other somewhat substitutable liquids will be only a fraction…

Obama's Electric Cars vs Romney's Economic Erosion

Jul 19, 2012 at 18:08 | Charles Kennedy

In a nutshell, Republican presidential candidate Mit Romney has received a serious campaign lashing over his corporate, American-job-outsourcing past, and his response to that is to take the Obama administration…

Study Finds Renewable Energy Sources are more Efficient than Traditional Ones

Jul 17, 2012 at 17:13 | Climate Progress

Wind energy opponents who say that producing electricity using the power of the wind is not efficient would do well to take a look at a new graphic published on…

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