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One of my golden rules of alternative-energy investing is that, if you want to make money, you’ve to think globally, especially since the US is still out to lunch in formulating policy for a clean-tech energy economy. In two months …

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Despite the current economic malaise and the stalemate over “capping” carbon, the global wind power industry will grow 160% between now and 2014, according to a just-released forecast from the Global Wind Energy Council. China and the US will lead …

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“…Yesterday I listed a few of the hottest new innovations coming our way in clean tech. Here are a few more. DuPont and Bio Architecture Lab are developing a process to produce bio-butanol from seaweed. This project is funded through …

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“…Because energy has become a focus for innovation, things will start to move faster…The most important thing we did is make energy an interesting area for Ph.D. students over the last five years,” said Vinod Khosla at the inaugural ARPA-E …

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As suggested yesterday, here is a continuation. Another Example of Foreign Investment Danish company Vestas, world wind turbine leader, has been expanding its production base in the U.S. where it says it created more than 1,200 skilled jobs, and expects …

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Suzlon Wind Energy Corp. announced on March 5th, 2010 that they plan to develop nine wind energy projects in the U.S., totaling 728 megawatts, including 351 installed wind turbines in Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington. Suzlon helped …

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As noted yesterday, the annual report of the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI), published quarterly, confirms that 2009 was a record year for green tech. Automobile companies dominated the top clean energy patent holders; big auto holds five of …

Green Energy Technology Patents Reach Record Highs in 2009 – By Guest Blogger Kathy – Continued Read More »

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Green patents have been tracked since 2002 by the Cleantech Group of Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti. The 2009 annual report of the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI), published quarterly, confirms that it was a record year for green …

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In a surprising announcement in March 2010, Dr. Ibrahim Nashawi of Kuwait University and colleagues released a study that suggests that world conventional crude oil will peak as early as 2014 — a decade or three earlier than other parties …

Startling New Research Says Peak Oil May Happen by 2014 – Earlier than Many Estimated – By Guest Blogger Kathy Read More »

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“China missed the first industrial revolution, missed the computer revolution, and the biology revolution – they want to be a leader in the green revolution,” said Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy. (Scientific American, “Is ARPA-E Enough to Keep the U.S. …

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