Category: Renewables Alternative Energy

Intel Computer Processor Runs On Solar-Power

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted September 14, 2011

Justin Rattner, Intel's chief technology officer, said the experimental processor was 5 times more energy-efficient than today's processors.

$10 Billion Sasol Plant to be Built In U.S.

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted September 13, 2011

The plant would employ 850 people when operational and the construction of the plant would be able to employ up to 5,500 people.

North Dakota's Legacy Fund Receives $34.3 Million

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted September 13, 2011

The first deposit into the fund was made earlier this month and totaled $34.3 million. The fund is expected to grow to $300 million by the end of the year.

Oil Spill: Not Just BP's Fault

Written by Brianna Panzica
Posted September 13, 2011

17 months after the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf, a report is released naming the companies responsible, and BP isn't the only name.

Solar: Downgraded

Written by Brianna Panzica
Posted September 13, 2011

Solar companies are hurting amid global economic conditions, and Jefferies has demonstrated this through three downgrades.

Duke Energy Building 69-megawatt Windpower Project

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted September 12, 2011

Duke Energy has invested more than $1.75 billion in the growth of their commercial wind and solar power businesses.

Nissan Electric Car Going to China

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted September 12, 2011

China offers subsidies to those who buy an electric car, and China just happens to be Nissan's largest market.

Cheap Energy Stocks

Written by unknown
Posted September 11, 2011

Editor Jeff Siegel discusses a new technology that could potentially provide 130,000 times our annual energy consumption.

Thorium Powered Cars

Written by Nick Hodge
Posted September 8, 2011

The key to true wealth is being more insightful and faster than your neighbor. The ideas within aim to help you be just that.

Keystone Pipeline Still Waiting On US Approval

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted September 7, 2011

Even the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu released a letter on Wednesday encouraging President Obama to deny the permit because it could bring harm to farms, water supplies, and wildlife.

Aquion Energy Closes $30 Million In Venture Financing

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted September 7, 2011

Thanks to the large financing Aquion received, the company plans to ship prototypes out this fall to its partners and expects production models to arrive starting in 2013.

Obama Jobs Speech

Written by Christian DeHaemer
Posted September 7, 2011

Our current president has set the Democratic Party back sixty years. We haven't had as bad a president since Kennedy brought the world to the brink of nuclear war and then started the Vietnam War as...