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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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