Alternative Energy / Solar Energy

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…

Jun 12, 2015 at 17:24 | Ronke Luke

Has space-based solar power just had a breakthrough moment?Alternative Energy News reports that on March 12th, 2015 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) successfully…

Jun 03, 2015 at 17:03 | Michael McDonald

The solar industry has been one of the most dynamic sections of the renewable space in the last decade, but many of the biggest changes have…

May 29, 2015 at 17:24 | Gaurav Agnihotri

In a recent article, I predicted that the age of oil might approach the beginning of its end in the next 30 years. In a similar statement reported by…

May 28, 2015 at 16:40 | Michael McDonald

Investors looking for the next “big thing” could be forgiven for being a little unsure about the state of the green energy revolution. While some commentators…

May 28, 2015 at 16:26 | Darrell Delamaide

 Government policies should shift incentives in solar energy away from rooftop deployment in residences toward utility-scale use because this is the most cost-effective way to deploy…

May 26, 2015 at 17:42 | Darrell Delamaide

A new attempt to generate electricity from solar power using a Stirling engine created a ripple of interest recently when an article in the Guardian hailed…

May 07, 2015 at 14:58 | Michael McDonald

Moore’s Law famously postulates that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles every two years. That relationship has held true for fifty years and has led to the…

May 07, 2015 at 13:03 | Gaurav Agnihotri

India could well be the next hotbed for a solar revolution. Plagued by red tape, land acquisition and corruption issues in the past, the new Indian government is all set…

May 05, 2015 at 16:50 | Andrew Topf

The past nine months have given most energy investors pause to consider whether the oil and gas industry is the best place to park their money right now. While the…

Apr 30, 2015 at 18:35 | Gaurav Agnihotri

The solar energy industry may prove to be a dark horse in the race to provide global energy security. The world has renewed its interest in…

Apr 21, 2015 at 15:17 | Andrew Topf

Traditionally powered by coal, natural gas, and to a lesser extent, nuclear, the United Kingdom has been a reluctant convert to solar power. However that has…

Apr 20, 2015 at 17:19 | Michael McDonald

Green energy has moved to the forefront of the national conversation on energy production even as oil prices sit near decade lows. The simple fact that…

Apr 15, 2015 at 17:05 | Michael McDonald

It has become conventional wisdom that the wave of the future is “smart home” technology from smart utility meters that read a houses energy usage automatically…