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Jan 11, 2012 – How did your solar stock investments do in 2011? Most solar stocks are down drastically. First Solar [FSLR] hit a 2011 high of $175.45. It then plunged to $29.87 before popping now to ~ $42. Go to 24/7WallStreet to see a full story and information on other solar stocks and their [...]
January 11th, 2012 | Posted in GREEN COMPANIES, INVESTMENTS, SOLAR POWER | No Comments
Mitt Romney has an excellent chance of becoming our next president. He won the primary in New Hampshire today. His website contains a lot of excellent information about him and his views. For his views on conventional and alternative energy, please visit mittromney.com/jobs/energy .
January 10th, 2012 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, BIOFUELS, COAL, EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY CONSERVATION, FUEL CELLS, GOVERNMENT, INVESTMENTS, NATURAL GAS, NUCLEAR, OIL COMPANIES, SOLAR POWER, WIND POWER | No Comments
Jan 10, 2012 – Gasoline producers are being fined by the United States government for not blending in ethanol that was produced from cellulose. They would but there is no production quantities available. In 2012 they will be fined more because the amount that they have to blend in is greater. But there is none [...]
January 10th, 2012 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, BIOFUELS, GOVERNMENT, INVESTMENTS | 1 Comment
Jan 10, 2012 – What is your company doing to conserve energy and utilize green energy sources? Costco has a major program underway for a number of years already. Their buildings are all insulated to meet or exceed current energy code requirements. In 2008, they opened their first certified Silver Level LEED warehouse in New [...]
January 10th, 2012 | Posted in ENERGY CONSERVATION, GREEN COMPANIES, INVESTMENTS, SOLAR POWER | 1 Comment
Jan 9, 2012 – The 2012 New Hampshire Republican Primary is tomorrow. Mitt Romney has a comfortable lead as of today. Will any more prospective candidates quit after this primary? Michelle Bachmann left after the Iowa caucuses. How will this affect green energy going forward? Please leave your predictions here.
January 9th, 2012 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, BIOFUELS, ENERGY CONSERVATION, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, INVESTMENTS, NATURAL GAS, NEWSPAPERS, NUCLEAR, OIL COMPANIES, SOLAR POWER, UTILITY COMPANIES, WIND POWER | No Comments
Jan 6, 2012 – First it seemed as if Rick Perry was pulling out of the Republican primary race when he didn’t immediately head to New Hampshire. Now he seems to be staying in the race, but just avoiding the winter weather in New Hampshire in January. Keep reading here for further updates. How will [...]
January 6th, 2012 | Posted in ENERGY CONSERVATION, GOVERNMENT, INVESTMENTS, NATURAL GAS, OIL COMPANIES, SOLAR POWER, UTILITY COMPANIES, WIND POWER | No Comments
When oil prices rise, the Canadian dollar usually rises because Canada is a major exporter of oil. The Canadian Economy benefits from higher oil prices. The reverse is true for Japan, which imports most of its oil. The Japanese Yen falls in value when oil prices rise. In addition to the correlation with these currencies, [...]
January 5th, 2012 | Posted in BIOFUELS, ENERGY CONSERVATION, FUEL CELLS, GEOTHERMAL, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, INVESTMENTS, OIL COMPANIES, SOLAR POWER, UTILITY COMPANIES, WASTE CONVERSION, WAVE POWER, WIND POWER | No Comments
Jan 4, 2012 – How does Bachmann dropping out of the presidential primary race affect the future of green energy in the USA? Please leave your comments here.
January 4th, 2012 | Posted in BIOFUELS, ENERGY CONSERVATION, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, INVESTMENTS | No Comments
Jan 2, 2012 – The Federal Tax Credit for ethanol lapsed on December 31, 2012. Did you notice? How will this affect the use of ethanol in gasoline fuel? Probably not too much. Federal mandates for increasing the amount of ethanol used are still in place. Please leave your comments here.
January 2nd, 2012 | Posted in BIOFUELS, GOVERNMENT, INVESTMENTS | No Comments
Dec 15, 2011 – Siemens Energy has received another large order to build an offshore wind power plant in Germany. For the Amrumbank West project in the North Sea, the company is supplying 80 wind turbines, each with an output of 3.6 megawatts (MW) and 120 meter diameter rotor. The customer is Amrumbank West GmbH, [...]
December 15th, 2011 | Posted in GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, INVESTMENTS, WIND POWER | No Comments
Dec 14. 2-11 – First Solar missed analysts’ earnings projections and the stock tanked down 20% today. On CNBC, Bencik just said he felt First Solar was the best house on a bad block. Although he said he thought it has now hit bottom at a 5-year low, he does not have a “buy” on [...]
December 14th, 2011 | Posted in INVESTMENTS, NATURAL GAS, OIL COMPANIES, SOLAR POWER | No Comments
Dec 12, 2011 – The international United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban concluded after generating mostly hot air! The expression we hear many times with the politicians with regard to fixing the economy is that they are kicking the can down the road. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol is being extended for several [...]
December 12th, 2011 | Posted in BIOFUELS, COAL, ENERGY CONSERVATION, GEOTHERMAL, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, GREEN ENERGY INSTALLERS, INVESTMENTS, NATURAL GAS, NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS [NGOs], NUCLEAR, OIL COMPANIES, SOLAR POWER, UTILITY COMPANIES, WASTE CONVERSION, WAVE POWER, WIND POWER | No Comments
Dec 9, 2011 – Siemens and Shanghai Electric intend to set up two new joint ventures to form a strategic alliance for the Chinese wind power market. Corresponding agreements were signed on December 8, 2011, in Shanghai by the two companies. The aim of this alliance is to better serve China as the world’s largest [...]
December 9th, 2011 | Posted in GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, INVESTMENTS, WIND POWER | No Comments
Dec 9, 2011 – Daimler AG handed over ten Mercedes-Benz Atego BlueTec Hybrid vehicles to DP Fleet GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL, at the manufacturer’s Wörth plant today. The vehicles will be deployed throughout Germany in the mail and freight segments. The trucks assigned to DHL’s freight operations will operate in Wustermark and [...]
December 9th, 2011 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, BATTERIES, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, INVESTMENTS | No Comments
Dec 9, 2011 – Siemens is equipping a large part of the track network of Switzerland’s federal railroad (SBB) with its ETCS train control system. In a contract scheduled to run until 2017, some 430 switch towers and over 9,000 signaling elements are to be upgraded in line with the European Train Control System (ETCS). [...]
December 9th, 2011 | Posted in GREEN COMPANIES, INVESTMENTS, SOLAR POWER | No Comments