http://www.inveslogic.com/popular/articles/alternative-energy Alternative Energy - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1383242?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 This scanning electron micrograph shows carbon-coated silicon nanoparticles on the surface of the composite granules used to form the new anode. Source: Georgia Tech. Click to enlarge.Researchers have developed a new high-performance anode structur... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:43:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1383242?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1383243?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 The Hamburger Hochbahn Transit Company is running two Mercedes-Benz series hybrid Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid buses in a field test. The articulated Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid (earlier post) can travel for stretches solely on electric power provided by the ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:11:04 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1383243?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1383244?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Comparison of gravimetric and volumetric energy densities for four different types of 2016 coin cells. The Li/CFx battery affords a significant improvement over both primary lithium and alkaline batteries. Source: Contour. Click to enlarge.Contour ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:01:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1383244?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1383246?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Toyota Motor, Nissan Motor, Mitsubishi Motors, Fuji Heavy Industries and the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) have formally established the CHAdeMO Association (earlier post), with those five companies as its executive members. The association ai... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:12:21 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1383246?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1383048?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 These are this Monday s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls during the pre-market hours:ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH) Cut to Hold at UBS.DreamWorks Animation (NYSE: DWA) Cut to Neutral at Janney Mon... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:33:25 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1383048?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1383451?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a vocal advocate for alternative energy and nuclear power, was in Silicon Valley earlier this week to talk about the role of clean energy in combating global climate change.... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:20:34 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1383451?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1383249?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 by Bill Cooke OBE seeks to use all of the barley grain for ethanol and co-products. Click to enlarge. Osage Bio Energy (OBE) is a Virginia-based company that will use regional grain, primarily winter barley, to produce ethanol and high value co-produ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1383249?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1383250?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Dresser Wayne s Ovation Eco Fuel model dispenser has been certified by the Underwriters Laboratory (UL) for use with ethanol blends up to E25. The new approval by UL comes as the market prepares for possible changes in US federal energy policy that... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:30:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1383250?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/peak-oil/1383015?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Harvesting Waste Energy (Noise or Vibration) with Nanocrystals to Turn Water Into Hydrogen Fuel using the Piezoelectrochemical (PZEC) effect. Have you ever... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:15:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/peak-oil/1383015?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382754?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) is calling for US Federal policies to nurture the biobased chemicals and plastics industry in the US as a means to offset the two-decade-long shift of the industry away from the US and towards the Middle ... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:24:21 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382754?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382756?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Drivers of alternate fueled vehicles, hybrids and fuel-efficient, gasoline-powered cars will have two opportunities to test their vehicles at the 6th Annual Green Grand Prix in Watkins Glen, NY on 8 May. This year, organizers are offering the event ... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:23:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382756?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1382812?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Editor s note: The most valuable employees of any technology company are the engineers and scientists, which is why everyone in Silicon Valley does whatever they can to ensure the continuous supply to this talent pool. The size of the talent pool ... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:17:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1382812?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/joel-makower-two-steps-forward/1382791?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 I've had the good fortune to view the world through a Japanese lens over the past 10 days specifically, the worlds of green business and clean technology, about which I've come to Japan to speak.My host is the U.S. State Department, whose Office ... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:09:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/joel-makower-two-steps-forward/1382791?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1382806?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 The drug regadenoson is safe and poses fewer side effects than the conventional medication used during a cardiac nuclear stress test of heart transplant patients, according to a Henry Ford Hospital... ... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:55:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1382806?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382757?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Effect of different catalysts with jat/cat weight ratio = 10. The platinum-rhenium catalyst showed the highest conversion, along with high selectivity for C18. Credit: ACS, Murata et al. Click to enlarge.Researchers at Japan s National Institute ... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:14:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382757?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382759?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 AMG 5.5-liter V8 biturbo engine. Click to enlarge.AMG has developed a 5.5-liter V8 biturbo engine with a peak output of up to 420 kW (563 hp) and maximum torque of up to 900 N m (663 lb-ft) from its higher performance variant for entry into the Mer... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:30:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382759?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1382585?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Entergy (ETR), has been trying to complete a stock spinoff to separate its nuclear power plants for some time. This may be a terrific deal for Entergy and may be even a good one for the owners of the new entity to be called Enexus, but states i... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:40:40 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1382585?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1382567?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 In the first part of this series, I showed how a competitive analysis of the corn ethanol industry in early 2007 illuminated the forces that soon caused ethanol company stock prices to collapse in late 2007. I also implied that the solar cell manufa... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:32:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1382567?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382464?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Phantom view of EMAS drive system elements. Click to enlarge.Malaysian car manufacturer Proton unveiled a series of concept global range-extended electric cars at the Geneva Motor Show (earlier post) a five-door, four-seat hatchback EMAS ; a ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:12:53 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382464?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382469?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a cooperative agreement to American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEP) for the Mountaineer Commercial Scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project to design, construct, and operate a system that w... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382469?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382405?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway and other Marine and Navy leaders recently toured technical demonstrations by nearly 30 commercial vendors at the first Experimental Forward Operating Base (ExFOB) at Marine Corps Base Quantico. Conway has... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:30:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382405?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/1382397?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 As a sworn defender of the Constitution of the United States, I believe in the importance of making decisions at the right level. Our Constitution does a wonderful job of assigning limited powers to the federal government while reserving the remainin... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:44:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/1382397?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1382400?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Most high-profile cleantech VCs will tell you they're looking for breakthrough technology. The black swan . The grid parity . The unicorns . (Okay, I made that last one up, but it wouldn't surprise you to see some VCs talking like that, woul... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:31:12 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1382400?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382354?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 ClipperCreek, manufacturer of the only UL-listed electric vehicle charging products, is taking orders for May delivery of its US made CS-40 product. This is the first product available with the SAE-J1772, UL-listed connector which will be compatible ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:54:42 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382354?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1382243?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 COLLEGE STATION - - Using green algae to produce hydrocarbon oil for biofuel production is nothing new; nature has been doing so for hundreds of millions of years, according a Texas AgriLife Research... ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:05:11 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1382243?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382167?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 LG Chem Ltd. will build its new $303 million lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Holland, Michigan. Scheduled for groundbreaking this summer, the 650,000 square-foot facility will be financed in part from a $151.4 million grant the company ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:25:38 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382167?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1382092?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Terra Venture Partners is not high profile, but it s got an intriguing portfolio.... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:05:58 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1382092?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/1381722?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Sensata Technologies' shares were up as much as 5.6% on its IPO day. The stock closed up 2.78% at $18.50 on Thursday. The company sold 31.6M shares for $18 each on Wednesday, raising about $568.8M. Half of Sensata's revenues come from auto makers, wh... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:06:26 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/1381722?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1381763?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 To meet renewable goals, California utilities can buy power from Arizona households. It s a new ball game.... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:19:57 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1381763?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1381847?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Startup electric car company Aurica Motors announced a plan to keep the NUMMI plant, which employs 4,700 people, from shutting down when Toyota leaves on 31 March. Under the proposed plan, the NUMMI plant in Fremont, California would be converted int... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:47:06 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1381847?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1381848?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 RWE Effizienz GmbH; Renault Deutschland AG; the automotive engineering research company Forschungsgesellschaft Kraftfahrwesen mbH Aachen (fka); and the Institut f r Hochspannungstechnik (High-Voltage Engineering Institute) of RWTH Aachen University ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:55:01 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1381848?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1381926?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 If a person were to listen to Energy Secretary Steven Chu or National Geographic's Aftermath: World Without Oil, one might think that our energy problems are fairly minor and distant. We can easily add sufficiently renewable energy to substitute for ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:42:22 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1381926?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1381787?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 It s not just hot air. Wind energy representatives are calling on lawmakers to pass legislation on an initiative that would help provide stable growth in the wind-energy industry and provide a strong tailwind for related ETFs.Wind power industry ex... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:03:21 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1381787?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1381590?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Under the hood of the F-150 REEP. Click to enlarge.Michigan-based electric powertrain company ALTe LLC (earlier post) revealed its demonstrator Ford F-150 range-extended electric vehicle conversion at the 2010 National Truck Equipment Association (... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:30:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1381590?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1381591?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Sketch of the Sn/C/CGPE/ Li2S/C polymer battery. The battery is formed by a Sn/C composite anode, a PEO-based gel polymer electrolyte, and a Li2S/C cathode. PEO=poly(ethylene oxide). Credit: Hassoun and Scrosati. Click to enlarge. Researchers at th... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1381591?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1381566?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 If you are looking for a green utility, you need look no further than Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. (HE), which gets its electricity from a wide range of green and environmentally conscious sources, including wind, solar, photovoltaic, geothermal... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:29:06 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1381566?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1381593?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Chemists from Emory University and the Paris Institute of Molecular Chemistry have developed a stable and fast homogeneous water oxidation catalyst (WOC), considered a crucial component for generating hydrogen using only water and sunlight, that is e... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:17:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1381593?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1381594?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 R.W. Beck, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Golden Field Office to support The Office of Energy Efficiency and ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:05:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1381594?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1381551?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 by Michael KanellosChinese companies know technology -- and the U.S. political system, too.... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:21:31 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1381551?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1381552?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 In May 2007, I published a competitive analysis of the corn Ethanol industry based on Michael Porter's classic Five Competitive Forces model. At the time, Ethanol stocks were flying high, but my conclusion was that the prospective ethanol investor ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:08:25 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1381552?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1381414?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 The official Foursquare account just sent out a tweet letting everyone know that today is already the service s biggest day ever. This is interesting since it s actually the day before the SXSW conference kicks off in Austin, Texas.According to t... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:17:22 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1381414?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1381261?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 We all know the world famous Victoria's Secret model Gisele Bundchen - wife of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Brazil's hottest export to date. Gisele has brought much attention to her homeland of Brazil, however I would like to focus on a lesser ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:11:31 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1381261?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-trends/1381496?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 It s not just hot air. Wind energy representatives are calling on lawmakers to pass legislation on an initiative that would help provide stable growth in the wind-energy industry and provide a strong tailwind for related exchange traded funds (ETFs... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:12 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-trends/1381496?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/1381143?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 As solar companies from around talk about growing sales in Italy, SunEdison (WFR:NYSE) announced today that it will soon begin construction on the largest photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant in Italy because they have received final approval from the... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:55:23 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/1381143?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1381231?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 SunEdison, a division of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (WFR), received final approval from the Italian government to develop and construct a 72 megawatts (MW) photovoltaic solar power plant in Northeastern Italy, near the town of Rovigo.When comple... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:09:07 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1381231?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1381232?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Yesterday, we had a nice day with our Short Sale of the Day on Harbin Electric Inc. (HRBN), which was a short sale good for 2.8%. We got into Harbin in the morning at 25.60. We watched the stock sit at 25.75 for the majority of the day, but at 2 PM, ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:50:44 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1381232?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1381170?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 The power plant will be in Texas but the wind turbine factory will be in the Silver State.... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:48:59 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1381170?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1381172?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 Is the Gribble worm the future of cellulosic ethanol?... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:05:18 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1381172?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1380920?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 POET plans to decrease water use in the production of ethanol by 22% over the next five years in the first goal of its sustainability initiative, Ingreenuity. If successful, it will cut the company s water used per gallon of ethanol from an average... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:13 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1380920?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1380921?rsstype=populararticles&cid=18 A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has developed a chemical process for the hydrolysis of biomass into sugars for subsequent processing into fuels and chemicals that delivers sugar yields approaching those of enzymatic hydrolysis. In an ... 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