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Net Zero Electricity for less than $700
A few months ago, I wrote a blog comparing the number of negawatts you could produce by giving away Compact fluorescent Light bulbs (CFLs) to the amount of electricity you can produce with a rooftop...
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Five minutes with Xcel’s Dick Kelley
Dick Kelley, the President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Xcel Energy spoke to the board and invited guests of Western Resource Advocates last Friday. I was invited as a supporter of WRA. His...
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They do it with Mirrors: Concentrating Solar Power
Note 5/3/09 Some more recent CSP articles are here. I’ve just spent some time reviewing a pile of reports on concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies for Ratepayers United Colorado (RUC), so here...
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Other Peoples’ Clean Tech Investment Ideas
Just ran across this article on investing in renewable energy in the New York Times. The author Norm Alster thinks that the new Democratic Congress will be good for renewable energy (I agree.) For...
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A Solar Business Model that Makes Sense
Joel Makower wrote today about Wal-Mart’s RFP (Request for Proposals) for solar panels on their roofs. This got me thinking about two things: I’ve sure been writing a lot about Wal-Mart’s...
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No Fun at Solarfun (except for the insiders)
Here’s an excellent aritcle on TheStreet.com by Kevin Kelleher comparing two recent Chinese solar IPOs: Trina Solar and Solarfun Holdings. The only investors having fun at SolarFun were the insiders...
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Canadian RE picks
There’s a good rundown of public Candian Renewable energy companies in the Globe and Mail today by Richard Blackwell. They mention all of my favorite Canadian companies, and even one I had not yet...
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CitizenRE:REvisited
There is an excellently researched article on CitizenRE (also see my previous blog entry which has been in my top posts constantly since January) on Renewable Energy Access by Jeffery Wolfe of...
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Visual Comparison of Electricity Generation Technologies
I just put together a couple graphs for a talk I’m giving on Monday to give people a visual feel of the various technologies for generating electricity. These come with a gigantic caveat: the numbers...
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CitizenRE leaked memo
Looks like I’ve been out of the CitizenRE loop. According to this leaked memo it looks likely that they’ll pull their whole MLM (multi-level marketing) scheme because they won’t be able to build...
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Colorado News: Doubling of Colorado’s RPS
Colorado House Bill 1281, which doubles Colorado’s Renewable Portfolio standard (RPS) (as well as the solar set-aside) passed the state Senate on Friday, and is certain to be signed into law by state...
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Inverter Stocks: A Backdoor to Solar and Wind
My column on AltEnergyStocks.com this week is about the companies that make the inverters which transform the DC or wild AC current produced by solar panels and wind turbines (respectively) into the...
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Wal-Mart completes first stage of Solar RFP
Today Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced a major purchase of solar power from three solar power providers, BP Solar (NYSE:BP), SunEdison LLC, and PowerLight, a subsidiary of SunPower Corporation...
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Denver Tour of Solar Homes Sneak Peak; links to National Tour
Preview the Denver Tour of Solar Homes Online The Denver area Tour of Solar Homes takes place in less than a month, and this year you can preview some of the buildings involved online. Check out the...
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Transport Fuels and Solar Technologies: Bird’s Eye View
For my last couple AltEnergyStocks Columns, I’ve been taking a step back and looking at how we can get an understanding of the broad trends of energy technologies. Last week, I added to the Visual...
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Investing in Obama’s Stimulus Plan
Since Obama’s election, my partent Charles and I have been looking at what Obama’s refreshing attitude towards Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, combined with the credit crunch, will do for some...
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ARRA Symposium notes, March 10 2009
I’ll be referencing these notes in an article to be published on AltEnergyStocks.com as What the ARRA Means for Clean Energy: One State’s Example on March 15th. The Energy Part of the ARRA Process in...
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Solar Stocks
In May, I went to Solar 2009. One panel I attended led to a series of articles on Solar stocks: The outlook for solar stocks Why First Solar (FSLR) is a risky bet. Why Solar Millenium may have what it...
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Community Solar Gardens
A new bill being considered in the Colorado legislature would create "Solar Gardens." Solar Gardens allow people to participate financially in owning part of a solar array even if they do not have a...
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Can the Poor Afford a Community Solar Garden Subscription?
Yesterday, I wrote about Community Solar Gardens (CSGs) and their uses from an investment perspective. One of the goals of CSG legislation is to allow people without access to large amounts of credit...
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