Investing in alternative energy is one of the several types of investment collectively known as green investing, which, in its turn, is part of an even larger umbrella called Socially Responsible Investment (SRI). Investors looking to support alternative energy can expect long-term returns from an industry that is still a small player in comparison to the giants of the fossil fuel economy. .. more …
Positions in the alternative energy research and development industry often offer just such an opportunity.
The alternative energy field is in need of a vast array of different positions. Many people who get into this are the kind who would keep the power plants up and running (these include plant operators or mechanics), others are the developers of new alternative energies (engineers, .. more …
DEARBORN – The Henry Ford Community College (HFCC) 5th Annual Alternative Energy Summit titled “Renewing Michigan” will take place Friday, March 30, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Andrew A. Mazzara Administrative Services Conference Center on the main campus at 5101 Evergreen in Dearborn.Representatives from the Clean Energy Coalition, the United States Green Building Council, the City of Dearborn, .. more …
A proposed trash-recycling alternative energy plant on Green Bay’s west side won an extra $1.1 million in support Thursday from the federal government. The U.S. Department of Energy announced that Oneida Seven Generations Corp. had been awarded a grant aimed at bolstering tribal energy developments. Affiliated with the Oneida Tribe of Indians, the company plans a 60,000-square-foot plant at 1230 .. more …
The growth of alternative energy is likely to be encouraged in Australia by the introduction of the Rudd Government’s carbon trading scheme. The scheme, which is scheduled to begin in mid-2010, will set a cap on total carbon emissions and allocate permits up to the limit. This provides a competitive advantage to alternative energy companies, who may also be able to sell their carbon allowance. In .. more …
PHOENIX, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — CRC (Pink Sheets: CYSA) receives a Letter of Interest from Harqua Gila, LLC for deployment of its Alternative Energy Technologies. Harqua Gila, LLC is currently developing a multi-phase alternative energy project in La Paz County, Arizona that encompasses two primary components ” solar and hydro production/capture ” and is designed to roll out in expanding .. more …
Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter is fond of promoting alternative energy projects. He talks regularly about Idaho’s larger-scale wind and solar farms, either under construction or being proposed. It’s a good bet that Otter will again mention such developments when he gives his State of the State Address Monday afternoon.In advance of the 2012 session of the Idaho Legislature, Jeff Roth, president of .. more …
* Pumped hydropower* Compressed air energy storage (CAES) * Batteries* Flywheels* Superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES)* Super-capacitorsThis is the future that we can safely anticipate, especially when there is a rapid depletion of other energy resources. Of course, the most important energy resource still remains the sun from where we can derive solar power and fulfill various energy .. more …
VANCOUVER, Dec. 13, 2011 /CNW/ – Smartcool Systems Inc. (TSX-V: SSC.V – News ) is now providing its energy efficiency technology to the French and Moroccan markets through Terre d’Energies Services, Smartcool’s newest independent distributor in Europe.”Our initial work with the ESM and ECO3 has confirmed that these products are an excellent addition to our product offering, which already includes .. more …
The company plans to invest in alternative energy sources such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), compressed natural gas (CNG) and natural gas liquid (NGL) after studying a gas-utilisation project, director Chatchaphol Prasopchoke said. UAC has received a letter of intent from a foreign company that was granted a concession to process crude oil and gas in Sukhothai province, to negotiate the .. more …
