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Energy Growth and Consumption: 2013 and Beyond
Energy growth in 2013 will be tightly coupled to economic growth and that will remain true for at least a decade. Supply fades as a factor while getting the correct fuel portfolio balance will be a key to quality of life worldwide for the foreseeable future. We have once again returned to a world where [...]
In Focus: U.S Alternative Energy Subsidies
Subsidies. We’ve all heard about “energy subsidies” and “oil subsidies” but what are they really? Subsidies in a general sense are money given by the government to various industries in order to make their goods more affordable than they would be in the open market. There are agricultural subsidies, energy subsidies, and technology subsidies, [...]
In Focus: Energy Consumption Solutions
Before we start hectoring China to start reducing energy consumption (watch it peak about 2050, though), we should take a look at our own. The United States uses about 100 quads per year right now. Unless you’ve been reading this blog or have related interests, that figure probably doesn’t mean very much to you. Here’s [...]
China and Coal
China has worked hard to develop alternative sources of energy. They were picked to lead in solar installations this year before Wen Ji Bao announced in March that they were not going to blindly throw renewables up everywhere at random. Nobody really knows what the ramifications of that statement are as of yet. China has [...]
LED Market Volatility
Growth in LEDdemand—driven by broad adoption of general lighting applications—is expected to come at a fast, furious and sustained pace which analysts predict may last for a few years before the market once again pauses. The way I see it, the current lull in LED market growth actually may be a great opportunity for LED [...]
PV – The King of Renewable Energy
Renewableenergy, also known as alternative energy includes many technologiessuch as wind energy, solar hot water and space heating, fuel cells, biofuels, hydro power and photovoltaics (solar panels that turn light into electricity). According to International Solar Energy Society (ISES) photovoltaic power generation grew by 73% in 2008 making it the most popular method to generate [...]
Graph: Number of Lobbyists on Climate Change By Sector
A new analysis of Senate disclosure records by The Center for PublicIntegrity shows that more than 880 businesses and interest groupsregistered to lobby on climate change in the first quarter of 2009 — upmore than 14 percent over the same time last year. But just 10 lobbyingfirms have amassed such large client lists that they [...]
Stock of the Day – Renesola Ltd (SOL)
SOL- The stock made a nice move on a good earnings report, closing up 7%.From a technical perspective, this stock looks great as well. It iscurrently moving in an ascending triangle formation and a breakoutlooks eminent. If it breaks out of the ascending triangle, target priceis at 6.24. The volume for the past 3 weeks [...]