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Popular Mechanics
August 28, 2008
Paul Tolme |
As Geothermal Energy Heats Up, 5 Next-Gen Projects Take Shape Unlike wind and solar power, which are intermittent, geothermal energy is base-load power -- available 24/7, 365 days a year. And the price of geothermal energy is stable, unlike economically volatile coal and natural gas.   |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2008
Toby Shute |
A Gusher of a Quarter for Layne Drilling specialist Layne Christensen soars on commodity strength. |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Iraq's New Oil Deal PetroChina apparently will be the first producer into Iraq. |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Schlumberger Tells It Like It Is There's a reason why Schlumberger leads the oilfield services pack. |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Seeing Profits at CNOOC This Chinese oil producer gets better in every way. |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2008
Toby Shute |
Solarfun's Solar Funk Solarfun Power, the last of the solar companies to report its second-quarter numbers, is the least electrifying of the whole group. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2008
James B. Meigs |
Why Offshore Drilling Can Bridge Gap to U.S. Energy Future: Op-Ed The government can play a role in advancing alternative energy. Tax incentives and regulatory relief can help. But let's tread lightly when it comes to giving handouts to corporations in the name of research. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Big Oil Becoming Less Big ConocoPhillips' discloses that it likely will sell its remaining 600 company-owned gasoline stations to PetroSun West. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2008
Toby Shute |
A Different Path to Green Profits From First Solar to American Superconductor to VeraSun Energy, there are countless ways to play the emergence of energy alternatives. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2008
Christopher Barker |
There's Nothing Refined About Sinopec's Results Painful losses in refining continue to weigh on Chinese energy stocks. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2008
David Lee Smith |
A Pair of Promising Energy Outsiders Two Houston-area "non-energy" companies are worth a look. Read on to learn more about Team and Kirby. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Buffett Scouts the Oil Sands Buffett and Gates headed for the oil sands in Northern Alberta, and apparently they liked what they saw there. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2008
David Lee Smith |
BP's Russian Bear Hug Continues Little by little, BP is being hit by the strengthening Russian squeeze. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2008
Toby Shute |
Ag Giants Go Wild Over Next-Generation Ethanol While the food vs. fuel debate rages on, I think most of us can agree that using corn crop residue to produce bioenergy is a pretty palatable option. |
Inc.
September 2008
Brown & Sinoncelli |
How We Did It: Michael Brown and Jacques Sinoncelli, Greenline Industries When the price of gasoline rises, Michael Brown and Jacques Sinoncelli feel pretty good about themselves. Their company, Greenline Industries, sells complete systems for producing biodiesel. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2008
Toby Shute |
Anadarko's Bright Idea After a serious sell-off, this oil and gas star is scooping up shares. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2008
Tim Beyers |
An Unexpected Solar Play The best stocks aren't always the ones you expect. Take a look at QinetiQ, a British up-and-coming solar player. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2008
Dave Mock |
A Big Upgrade for Southern This bullish call for electrical utility Southern comes from more than just one analyst. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2008
William Sweet |
A Connecticut Fuel Cell In South Korea's Grid Breakthrough contracts revive hydrogen hopes in electric power |
Popular Mechanics
September 2008 |
Inside the Future of Electric Cars, Hydrogen and Next-Gen Biofuels The market has never looked better for alternative fuels and electric vehicles. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2008
Toby Shute |
Precision Lands Its Prey Persistence pays off in the driller's bid for rival Grey Wolf. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Buy, Sell, or Hold Your Energy Stocks? With crude prices dropping, it may be time to re-evaluate the energy sector. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2008
Toby Shute |
Frontline Faces Some Fog The oil tanker titan had a strong quarter, but the market has deteriorated quickly. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2008
Toby Shute |
Dollars Keep Flowing to the Deepwater Oil majors continue to pony up for prospective Gulf of Mexico acreage. |
CIO
July 11, 2008
Al Sacco |
How Smartphones Help CPS Energy Innovate and Boost the Bottom Line CPS Energy is using smartphones to bridge the divide between its field and office workers, and in the process creating a robust network of formerly divided staffers. They've already reduced headcount, improved customer satisfaction and made the supply chain more efficient. |
The Motley Fool
August 21, 2008
Toby Shute |
So There Is an Oil Cabal After All A Swiss outfit called Vitol holds more than 10% of all oil contracts on the regulated exchange. |
The Motley Fool
August 21, 2008
Toby Shute |
Thus Spake Suntech Suntech Power's second-quarter comments should encourage investors in the solar space. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Here Comes the Oil Price Silliness With oil prices down 20%, the silly predictions have begun. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Is the World's Biggest Name a Value? In this topsy-turvy market, it may be time to revisit ExxonMobil. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2008
Daniel Tam-Claiborne |
Before 21st Century Fuels, Scientists Scouted Clean-Coal Power Economics frequently drives technological advances. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2008
Toby Shute |
Tap the Rockies ... for Gas Bill Barrett, a mid-size E&P, is a new name for natural gas fans to consider, and to keep an eye on. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2008
Toby Shute |
Trina's Italian Job Thanks to agreements with the country's leading power company and various solar distributors, Chinese solar player Trina's 2009 contracts are about one-third Italian. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2008
Seema Singh |
Q&A: Thorium Reactor Designer Ratan Kumar Sinha The head of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre's reactor design updates IEEE Spectrum on India's progress with an alternative nuclear fuel |
Fast Company
September 2008
Anya Kamenetz |
Paul Fenn Takes on PG&E Activist-turned-entrepreneur Paul Fenn's effort to bring affordable sustainable energy to California could be revolutionary -- and electricity giant PG&E isn't happy about it at all. |
Chemistry World
August 15, 2008 |
Furfural Fuels Straight From Cellulose US scientists have developed a simple chemical process to convert cellulose to furfural molecules - an alternative biofuel source. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2008
Toby Shute |
This Week in Solar A slew of earnings results this week, from European leading lights Q-Cells and REC Group to wafer whiz LDK Solar and a freshly cashed up Canadian Solar. In addition to the dollars and cents, each company had interesting things to say about ongoing technological developments. |
BusinessWeek
August 14, 2008
Palmeri & Aston |
Electricity Meters Spark a Debate High-tech electricity meters can transit data wirelessly and save energy. But their cost is a cause for concern. |
The Motley Fool
August 14, 2008
Toby Shute |
CSI: Whammy Canadian Solar shares have been dropped like a dead-end murder investigation. Let's put on our forensic fedoras and try to figure out what Mr. Market didn't like about CSI's earnings report. |
BusinessWeek
August 13, 2008
Steve LeVine |
Georgia: A Blow to U.S. Energy The plans of the U.S. and Western oil companies for expanded pipelines in the Caspian region may well become a casualty of Russia's attack. |
The Motley Fool
August 14, 2008
Rich Smith |
Applied Materials' Sunny Display Couch potatoes could help this company win the day, as Applied benefits from booming demand for flat-panel LCD TVs. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2008
Jill Jusko |
Fuel Cell Industry Gains Traction Opportunity grows with increased desire for energy efficiency and awareness of climate change. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2008
Jill Jusko |
Low-Cost LED Lighting Advances Breakthrough by Purdue University could help reduce energy consumption. |
The Motley Fool
August 13, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Energy Transfer's Profitable Partnership The pipeline provider keeps pumping out profits, delivering second-quarter results that beat analyst expectations -- even after the company raised its full-year guidance just last month. |
The Motley Fool
August 13, 2008
David Lee Smith |
A Powerful Pair of Engineering Stocks These two big engineering companies, Fluor and McDermott International, are getting it done. |
The Motley Fool
August 13, 2008
Toby Shute |
JA Solar Shows Us the Other Hand Did JA Solar turn a profit in its most recent quarter? It all depends on your point of view. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2008
Toby Shute |
LDK Looks A-OK Solar wafer maker LDK blows estimates away. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Petrobras Pounds Out a Good One Riding a wave of higher production and prices, Petrobras reports on its second quarter. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2008
Toby Shute |
A Busy Week for Biofuels While falling oil and gas prices may have stolen the show lately, there's been a feast of alternative fuel news this week as well. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Did Gas Savings Come Too Late? Fuel prices may be cheaper, but there's still pain at the pump. |
Chemistry World
August 6, 2008
Hepeng Jia |
Closer Ties Urged Between China and IEA Soaring oil prices and an urgent need to cut global carbon emissions are leading to calls for China to play a role in the International Energy Agency. |
Popular Mechanics
August 1, 2008
Alex Hutchinson |
Is MIT's Latest Solar 'Breakthrough' All Hype or a New Hope? MIT announced on Thursday afternoon a new method of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, predicting that it will unleash a "solar revolution." And they're partly right. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2008
Richard Stevenson |
First Solar: Quest for the $1 Watt Within five years, this company's thin-film solar cells could compete with coal |
Popular Mechanics
July 25, 2008
Michael Milstein |
Beyond Wind Plan, Pickens Eyes Pipelines in Drought-Ridden U.S. Billionaire hedge-fund manager T. Boone Pickens testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday to outline his new wind-power plan, but it's a water pipeline initiative that could reshape the landscape of Texas' drought dilemma. |
Entrepreneur
August 2008
Scott Bernard Nelson |
Green Tech Grows Up Is the grass getting greener for alternative energy investing? Green funds may be a good way to play this sector. |
National Defense
August 2008
Matthew Rusling |
Oil Is Out; Is Nuclear In? Put yourself in an imaginary time machine and set the dial to around the year 2040. The exorbitant price of oil, now at $500 a barrel, has pushed a good chunk of the globe toward nuclear power. |
National Defense
August 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Hydrogen Fuel Cells to Power Homes, Vehicles in Japan Next year, companies including Panasonic, Toshiba and Toyota will begin selling residential fuel cell systems across the nation, says Hisashi Yano, director of the Japan Hydrogen Fuel Cell demonstration park. |
Scientific American
July 2008
Steven Ashley |
Engineering Silicon Solar Cells to Make Photovoltaic Power Affordable Baby steps for making solar as cheap as coal power. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Paper Manufacturer Banks on Biomass By early 2009 fossil fuel will truly be a thing of the past for Ohio paper maker Smart Papers Holdings LLC. The company has begun construction on a $30 million cogeneration facility that will utilize yard, industrial and fiber waste to power its manufacturing operations. |
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