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A Jack-in-the-Beanstalk Investment: Finding the Fracking Bean

A Jack-in-the-Beanstalk Investment: Finding the Fracking Bean

Aug 17, 2012 at 17:00 | Editorial Dept

The drilling technology that makes the process of hydraulic fracturing possible depends on a special bean that is only grown in India in significant quantities and for which there was…

Algae Growing on Investors as Technology Advances

Algae Growing on Investors as Technology Advances

Aug 04, 2012 at 10:34 | Editorial Dept

It’s been a long and challenging road, but algae biofuels are finally at the point where investors should take notice as technology advances and variety of strategic partnerships—from oil and…

Riding the Wave of Marine Energy Generation

Riding the Wave of Marine Energy Generation

Jul 21, 2012 at 12:20 | Editorial Dept

Harnessing the energy of wave and tidal currents to generate electricity is arguably a less risky and more predictable endeavor than wind and solar power, and advanced technology to make…

Renewable Energy Investments Made Easier

Renewable Energy Investments Made Easier

Jun 22, 2012 at 16:47 | Editorial Dept

A relatively small change to the tax code could make all the difference in renewable energy investments, and while it’s not likely to happen this year, 2013 could be a…

Sorghum, the Next Big Investment in Advanced Biofuels

Sorghum, the Next Big Investment in Advanced Biofuels

Jun 10, 2012 at 07:49 | Editorial Dept

Grain sorghum is poised to become the first official advanced biofuel and the next big biofuel investment to watch closely, as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepares for its final…

IEA Recognizes Potential of Renewable Energy Sector

IEA Recognizes Potential of Renewable Energy Sector

Mar 17, 2012 at 08:35 | John Daly

For many investors, renewable energy remains a somewhat forbidding topic.What seems to be the best sure-fire bet? Solar? Wind? Geothermal? Tidal? Biomass?Now the redoubtable International Energy…

Have MIT Researchers Cracked Renewable Energy Bottleneck?

Have MIT Researchers Cracked Renewable Energy Bottleneck?

Mar 10, 2012 at 21:55 | John Daly

Amidst soaring oil prices, renewable energy advocates have two eyes of the needle to pass through. The first is that their kilowatt hour of electricity production is currently higher than…

Renewable Energy Investors Should Consider - Romania

Renewable Energy Investors Should Consider - Romania

Mar 03, 2012 at 13:01 | John Daly

The European Union has been hammered by the global recession that began in 2008. The recession has bit particularly hard into the EU’s newest members, the Central and Eastern European…

Amid Rising Global Interest in Renewable Energy, Tidal Power to Surge?

Amid Rising Global Interest in Renewable Energy, Tidal Power to Surge?

Feb 25, 2012 at 12:36 | John Daly

Amid rising global concerns following Japan’s disastrous 11 March 2011 nuclear catastrophe at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daichi nuclear complex and surging oil prices, renewable energy is receiving increased attention from investors.…

Kazakhstan - One of the Safest Former Soviet Republics for Investment

Kazakhstan - One of the Safest Former Soviet Republics for Investment

Feb 18, 2012 at 21:14 | John Daly

When the USSR collapsed in December 1991, the emerging fifteen new nations scrambled amidst hyperinflation to restructure their economies away from a centrally planned economy directed by Moscow to sovereign,…

Burma - Truly One of the Last Untapped Energy Frontiers, Opening for Business

Burma - Truly One of the Last Untapped Energy Frontiers, Opening for Business

Feb 11, 2012 at 12:39 | John Daly

Investors, looking for sure bets, can stop reading right now.For those seeking overlooked energy "final frontiers," well, there’s now – Burma.According to the secretary of Burma's…

Oil Rich Azerbaijan Looking for Investors

Oil Rich Azerbaijan Looking for Investors

Feb 07, 2012 at 17:11 | John Daly

The prosperity of former republics of the USSR, which collapsed in December 1991, has primarily been driven by the development of energy resources in the post-Soviet era, notably around the…

The Global Hunt For Oil: Canadian Firm Drills First Exploration Well in Somalia

The Global Hunt For Oil: Canadian Firm Drills First Exploration Well in Somalia

Jan 27, 2012 at 18:01 | John Daly

Energy companies are renowned for taking risks as they scour the globe for new opportunities.That said however, Canada’s Vancouver, BC-based Horn Petroleum Corporation, a unit of Africa Oil…

Investors, Look East?

Investors, Look East?

Jan 23, 2012 at 10:23

After the peaceful 1991 collapse of the USSR foreigner investors flooded into the former Soviet Union, seeking deals. The majority of foreign capital was directed at the post-Soviet space's hydrocarbon…

Out of Africa - Portugal solicits Angolan investment

Out of Africa - Portugal solicits Angolan investment

Jan 16, 2012 at 22:07 | John Daly

The following is an interesting and cautionary tale for investors looking at relatively "stable" Old Europe and Africa, seemingly mired in perennial crisis. Since last year the Portuguese government has…

China Casts Increasingly Large Investment Shadow Over Southeast Asian Neighbors

China Casts Increasingly Large Investment Shadow Over Southeast Asian Neighbors

Jan 16, 2012 at 22:05 | John Daly

Thinking of opening a textile mill in Kampuchea? A shrimp farm in Vietnam? Anything at all in Laos or Myanmar? Then think fast and act, as China is increasingly dominating…

Has Algae.Tec Cracked Algae's Biofuel Pricing Ability to Compete with a Barrel of Oil?

Has Algae.Tec Cracked Algae's Biofuel Pricing Ability to Compete with a Barrel of Oil?

Jan 16, 2012 at 22:04 | John Daly

Amidst the relentless promotion of renewable biofuel alternatives to traditional fossil fuel hydrocarbons, the three leading contenders are jatpropha, camelina and algae. But among the many barriers holding back industrial…

International Junior Oil Stocks: How Investors Can Position Themselves for High-Reward International Plays

International Junior Oil Stocks: How Investors Can Position Themselves for High-Reward International Plays

Jan 16, 2012 at 22:02 | Keith Schaefer

Without question, the oil stocks that have made me the biggest profits have been junior oil companies with international plays. Companies like Xcite Energy, (XEL-TSXv) which went from 62 cents…

Uruguay Seeks Investments in Wind Power - With Price Caps

Uruguay Seeks Investments in Wind Power - With Price Caps

Jan 16, 2012 at 21:59 | John Daly

The good news for potential investors in Uruguay is that two months ago Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining Ramon Mendez, commented that by 2015 Uruguay could have $1.3 billion…

Argentina's Booming Economy Proves There Can be Life After Default

Argentina's Booming Economy Proves There Can be Life After Default

Jan 16, 2012 at 21:59 | John Daly

Quick. Name the country whose economy despite the global recession nevertheless expanded 9.2 percent in 2010 and has kept growing in 2011 at an annual rate of about 8 percent.…

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