With the growing threat of climate change due to the excessive release of carbon emissions, many nations are looking to clean energy alternatives to replace traditional fossil fuels. Of all the clean energy alternatives, solar has arguably been the most expensive. However, after considering the pros and cons along with the 80% drop in solar panel prices over the last five years, the future of solar energy is looking...
Will Green Energy Create Investment Opportunities? - Industry Outlook - Nasdaq
Alternative energy -- "green power" solutions as they are called -- is the most discussed topic regarding the widespread desire to combat global warming worldwide. Despite the multitude of macro challenges like deflationary worries in Europe, slowdown in China and Japan, along with the oil price carnage in the market, the long-term outlook for the alternative energy space has held...
Will Green Energy Create Investment Opportunities? - Zacks.com
Alternative energy -- "green power" solutions as they are called -- is the most discussed topic regarding the widespread desire to combat global warming worldwide.Despite the multitude of macro challenges like deflationary worries in Europe, slowdown in China and Japan, along with the oil price carnage in the market, the long-term outlook for the alternative energy space has held up pretty well. The latest...
Saudis Confirm Switch from Oil to Solar - Alternative Energy Stocks
By Jeff Siegel You probably wouldn't recognize him if you saw him on the street. Heck, you probably don't even know his name. But Ali Al-Naimi is one of the most powerful men in the world. As the Saudi oil minister and chairman of Saudi Aramco, Al-Naimi is not particularly popular with U.S. oil producers,...
Pa. Official Says Gov. Wolf is Sold on Value of Solar Energy Industry - CBS Local
By Steve Tawa PHILADELPHIA (CBS) â€" Philadelphia trails other major American metropolitan areas in its use of solar power, but Gov. Tom Wolf is hoping that the solar initiative proposal in his next statewide budget will light a fire for stronger policies here and across the commonwealth. A new report on solar energy by Penn Environment shows that Philadelphia ranks only 26th for installed solar capacity among US...
Chicago Students Build Virtual Alternative Energy Vehicles After School - T.H.E. Journal
STEM Chicago Students Build Virtual Alternative Energy Vehicles After School A group of middle-school students at Chase Elementary School in Chicago spent 10 weeks building virtual alternative energy vehicles after school. They did so with the help of volunteers from Citizen Schools, a nonprofit organization that works to expand the learning day for ...
A Look at Alternative Energy Sources and the Challenges Ahead - Press TV
By Homa Lezgee Energy and environmental experts agree that there are three hard truths in the field of energy. The first one is that the demand for energy is going to rise, the second is that there will not be enough conventional...
Vietnam Slow To Start Up Renewable Energy - VOA Learning English
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Vietnam might seem to be a good candidate for renewable energy projects. With plenty of sunshine and ocean winds, Vietnam seems like the right place to capture energy from the sun and wind. But there are only three big wind farms producing electricity and no considerable solar investment. That puts Vietnam far behind...
Darling Ingredients: At the Margin - Alternative Energy Stocks
by Debra Fiakas CFAThis week Darling Ingredients (DAR: NYSE) reported earnings of $100,000 on net sales of $874.7 million in the first quarter ending March 2015. Darling is a recycler of sorts, collecting by-products of the food production industry and recycling the left-overs and waste into proteins, fats and leathers. Nothing goes to waste. Every last chicken...
Evident in Troy buys assets of Boston-area alternative energy firm - Albany Times Union
TroyJust months from launching its first commercial product, Evident Thermoelectrics of Troy has acquired a Boston-area energy company called GMZ Energy of Waltham, Mass.Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Evident, which operates on the Russell Sage College campus, purchased all of GMZ's assets, including its patents, equipment, product lines, customer contacts and brand.GMZ was in the news lately...
Wind rules in 10 years of alternative energy development - Great Falls Tribune
A sunflower grows on a roadside near the Glacier Wind Farm.(Photo: TRIBUNE file PHOTO/RION SANDERS)Buy PhotoStory HighlightsMontana's renewable energy standards act has added 100 new jobs per year in Montana since it was enacted in 2005.Renewable energy has added $17 million to the annual gross state product.Montana has seen 1,400 man-years...
Outsourcing Alternative Energy To The Developing World - Science 2.0
Like with emissions-free, white-collar astronomy jobs, it seems strange that anyone would protest emissions-free alternative energy, but in the United States it faces an uphill battle. On one side environmental groups lobby for it, while on the other, different environmentalists wait to file lawsuits and if they aren't paid off quickly,...
Renewable energy target 'an enormous challenge': Industry Minister Ian ... - ABC Online
!-- The Federal Government says its legislation on the renewable energy target will allow billions of dollars of investment in energy from alternative sources like wind and solar. Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane says it's an 'enormous challenge' to the industry which has to reach ambitious targets. -->
MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: For more on that story we're joined now by the Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane.Mr MacFarlane, welcome...
Renewable energy target deal is flawed but still good for all - The Australian Financial Review
by Tony Wood Although agonisingly slow in gestation, the deal done by the government and opposition on the renewable energy target (RET) is good for all, although perfect for none.A target that had been legislated to deliver 41,000 gigawatt hours of large-scale renewable electricity by 2020 has been reduced to 33,000 gigawatt hours. On forecasts contained in the government's Warburton...
PNM dedicates solar energy center - Albuquerque Journal
PNM’s new solar energy center in Sandoval County has almost 80,000 solar panels. (Antonio Sanchez/Rio Rancho Observer) The Public Service Company of New Mexico celebrated Sandoval County’s 80-acre solar energy center on Thursday, winning praise from local officials. The PNM Sandoval County Solar Energy Center, located north...
Positioning Solid Minerals Sector For Alternative Energy, Employment Generation - Leadership Newspapers
While many developed and developing countries of the world have taken advantage of the alternative energy resources nature provides, Nigeria has continued to lag behind in its struggle to generate sufficient power supply. RUTH TENE NATSA writes on the need to take advantage of coal as an alternative energy source as well as a platform for employment generation. A major challenge to the economic development of the nation has...
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