Alternative Energy / Solar Energy

Feb 10, 2016 at 14:33 | Michael McDonald

Roads have been mostly the same for a thousand years. Different types of vehicles traveled on them, and the surfaces might have been made with different…

Jan 26, 2016 at 17:06 | Michael McDonald

Anyone looking for evidence that solar power is more than just a passing fad need only look at Australia’s newest solar plants. Recently, the country saw two new solar plants…

Jan 11, 2016 at 16:26 | Michael McDonald

Google’s newest project to bring people into its ecosystem is an online solar calculator that is supposed to let consumers easily evaluate the costs and…

Dec 29, 2015 at 17:36 | Nick Cunningham

In a clash of the titans, Warren Buffett just defeated Elon Musk. The fight was over solar net-metering in Nevada, a state that has the fifth…

Dec 23, 2015 at 15:52 | Michael McDonald

The success of solar has really been a case of successful innovations in financing as much as successful innovations in technology. As with some many other…

Dec 07, 2015 at 17:05 | Henry Hewitt

Gandhi would be pushing hard to make this happen. Teaching locals how to produce salt from seawater in 1930…

Dec 03, 2015 at 13:44 | Gaurav Agnihotri

The Paris COP21 climate summit is turning out to be quite effective as several major agreements and initiatives have been announced in the past few days.…

Oct 23, 2015 at 15:52 | Gaurav Agnihotri

With stock prices soaring and the investor money flowing in at a rapid pace, renewable energy companies have experienced significant growth recently. However, this trend is…

Oct 22, 2015 at 17:16 | Michael McDonald

There is something big happening in solar. This fact is becoming more evident every day. Regardless of one’s view on renewable energy overall and whether mankind…

Sep 11, 2015 at 15:25 | Martin Tillier

When it comes to the stock market, bottom fishing can be a dangerous game.Once momentum takes hold, particularly downward momentum, it can continue well past the point where…

Sep 09, 2015 at 16:18 | Nick Cunningham

The U.S. solar industry hit another milestone this year: there are now more than 20 gigawatts of solar capacity installed across the country, enough electricity to…

Sep 01, 2015 at 16:29 | Gaurav Agnihotri

Solar energy quickly gaining attention as the most attractive form of new electricity generation as there have been some substantial investments in the solar energy sector…

Aug 28, 2015 at 16:19 | Michael McDonald

As the specter of volatility returns to the stock market, investors in all segments of the market are starting to feel some of the pain that…

Aug 14, 2015 at 17:28 | Henry Hewitt

  Abengoa’s IST Thermal Trough About half the energy burned in the U.S. is used to make hot water and heat…

Jul 31, 2015 at 16:14 | Gaurav Agnihotri

The world is slowly but steadily increasing its investments in solar energy sector as it becomes more affordable with each passing day. As the global manufacturing hub for solar photo…

Jul 31, 2015 at 16:03 | Michael McDonald

As solar power growth continues to accelerate, it’s time for investors to take a step back and make sure they have realistic expectations. Solar panel pricing…

Jul 24, 2015 at 16:26 | Martin Tillier

Long term success in a dealing room, and in trading and investing outside that environment as well, depends on many things. Perhaps the most important is…

Jul 22, 2015 at 17:12 | Andrew Topf

Toxic sludge and filthy air - byproducts of the oil and coal industries - are a constant irritant for opponents and even proponents of fossil fuels,…

Jul 09, 2015 at 16:59 | Michael McDonald

Electric companies may want to look at telecoms for a glimpse of their future. Just as telecom companies faced a challenging transition with landlines over the…

Jun 23, 2015 at 17:10 | Martin Tillier

By now, most of us have a view on solar power. You may believe it is the future of energy; that harnessing the very energy that…