http://info5000.com//ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/index.html No Description en-us Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT Lawrence Roulston: Challenges and Enormous Opportunities in ... International Business Times In this exclusive interview, Roulston gives us his thoughts on developments that are happening in the alternative energy field, and ideas for profiting in a ...Lawrence Roulston: Challenges and Enormous Opportunities in ...Seeking Alphaall 12 news articles raquo; http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/index.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT Medvedev highlights energy saving, alternative energyBarents ObserverNow, President Dmitry Medvedev calls for the implementation of major energy saving measures and alternative energy generation. -We should no longer burn our ...and more raquo; http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/index.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT New York TimesALTERNAT IVE ENERGY PUSH: Nevada on renewable fast trackLas Vegas Review - JournalNextLight Renewable Power, a California developer of alternative energy, has applied for permits to build two photovoltaic plants on public lands near Primm ...Six western states named solar-energy hotbedsChristian Science MonitorOrder targets federal land for solar energy projectsThe Herald-Times (subscription)all 296 news articles raquo; http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/index.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT Alternative Energy Wind Water SolarPRLog.Org (press release)Non-renewable sources being great alternative energy are about to get extinct. Renewable energy solutions refer to those energy solutions that can keep ...and more raquo; http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/index.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT The US military knows that its branches must revamp their thinking about how to engage in the theater of war in the new, post-Cold War world of the 21st century. One thing that the military leaders stress is the desire for the forces deployed in the theater to be able to be more energy-independent. Currently the US military has policies and procedures in place to interact with allies or sympathetic local populaces to help its forces in the field get their needed energy and clean water when engaged in a foreign military campaign. However, this is not wholly reliable, as the US might well find itself facing unilateral military activities, or have itself in a situation where its allies cannot help it with the resources it needs to conduct its military actions successfully. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/The-Ways-that-the-Military-is-Using-Alternative-Energy.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT The alternative energy consultants tell us that the transition from the petroleum-driven economy and society will not be a smooth one, on the whole. The amount of new technologies and infrastructures that need to be developed and built is staggeringeven as Germany achieves powering 10 of the entire nation through the use of wind turbines and solar arrays, even as corporation after corporation is springing up, helped by various governments' tax breaks and rebate incentives, to drive forward the alternative energy mission. We have lain dormant on alternative energy on the grand scale for so long that we now have to scramble to play catch-up as access to cheap oil lurks ever closer to being a thing of the past. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Consultants-on-Alternative-Energy.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT The Irish are currently pursuing energy independence and the further development of their robust economy through the implementation of research and development into alternative energy sources. At the time of this writing, nearly 90 of Ireland's energy needs are met through importationthe highest level of foreign product dependence in the nation's entire history. This is a very precarious situation to be in, and the need for developing alternative energy sources in Ireland is sharply perceived. Ireland also seeks to conserve and rejuvenate its naturally beautiful environment and to clean up its atmosphere through the implementation of alternative energy supplies. The European Union has mandated a reduction in sulphuric and nitric oxide emissions for all member nations. Green energy is needed to meet these objectives. Hydroelectric power has been utilized in Ireland in some areas since the 1930s and has been very effective; however, more of it needs to be installed. Ireland also needs to harness the wave power of the Atlantic Ocean, which on its west coast is a potential energy supply that the nation has in great store. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Alternative-Energy-in-Ireland.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT In his State of the Union Address for 2007, President George W. Bush called for a 22 increase in federal grants for research and development of alternative energy. However, in a speech he gave soon after, he said to those assembled, I recognize that there has been some interesting mixed signals when it comes to funding. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Government-Grants-for-Alternative-Energy.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT If you are someone who wishes to begin researching and developing alternative energy technologies and you would want to be set up as a not-for-profit organization or entity, you will want to look into getting government grants, on both the state and the federal levels. Government grants for alternative energy research and development have been highly touted by politicians on local, state, and federal levels in recent years, all the way up to the President himself. This is due to the fact that we now recognize as a society that we need to seek out and develop alternative energy sources to those of the fossil fuels that we presently depend upon, as these fuels are not only slowly but surely running out (at least cheap access to digging them up is running out), but also damaging to the environment and air quality. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/How-to-Seek-Grants-for-Alternative-Energy-R-and-D.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT Although it is much less expensive to initially get hooked into the local electric company's grid than it is to set up and hook into wind turbines, in the long run one saves money by utilizing the wind for one's energy needswhile also becoming more independent. Not receiving an electric bill while enjoying the advantages of the modern electrically-driven lifestyle is a wondrous feeling. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Wind-Power-as-a-Viable-Solution-to-Meeting-Alternative-Energy-Needs.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT The best method of educating young people about alternative energy production that this writer has ever witnessed is the use of the PicoTurbine Company's kits, books, and projects. The PicoTurbine Company produces these things for the purpose of advancing the cause of renewable (alternative) energy and getting young people to look into the future and see that the environment that's being seeded now is the one they will inherit then. As the late, great Gerry Ford said, Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before. If we are to change the future world for the better, then it starts right here and now with the advent of green energy systems. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/An-Alternative-Energy-Education-Method.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT The US government must continue to back the expansion of the role of alternative energy research and development and its implementation by companies and homeowners. Although this writer believes in the reign of the free market and that that government is best which governs least, our current system has companies and people expecting federal backing of major initiative with direct investment, in the form of tax breaks, rebate incentives, and even direct central bank investment into the alternative energy industry. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Investment-into-Alternative-Energy-Research-and-Development.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT The trend toward homes that are powered by alternative energy sources, ranging from wind turbines and solar collection cells to hydrogen fuel cells and biomass gases, is one that needs to continue into the 21st century and beyond. We have great need of becoming more energy independent, and not having to rely on the supplying of fossil fuels from unstable nations who are often hostile to us and our interests. But even beyond this factor, we as individuals need to get off the grid and also stop having to be so reliant on government-lobbying giant oil corporations who, while they are not really involved in any covert conspiracy, nevertheless have a stranglehold on people when it comes to heating their homes (and if not through oil, then heat usually supplied by grid-driven electricity, another stranglehold). http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Alternative-Energy-for-the-Home.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT If you are someone who wishes to begin researching and developing alternative energy technologies and you would want to be set up as a not-for-profit organization or entity, you will want to look into getting government grants, on both the state and the federal levels. Government grants for alternative energy research and development have been highly touted by politicians on local, state, and federal levels in recent years, all the way up to the President himself. This is due to the fact that we now recognize as a society that we need to seek out and develop alternative energy sources to those of the fossil fuels that we presently depend upon, as these fuels are not only slowly but surely running out (at least cheap access to digging them up is running out), but also damaging to the environment and air quality. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/How-to-Seek-Grants-for-Alternative-Energy-R-&-D.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT There has been much debate about what is often called free energyenergy that can supposedly, with the right technology, be drawn straight out of the atmosphere, and in very abundant supply. The debates are about whether the stuff actually exists or not, what it would actually cost were it to be harnessed, and if it does exist is it truly as abundant and efficient as it's being made out to be by proponents of research and development into this potential alternative energy source. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/An-Energy-Alternative-Free-Energy.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT Biofuels are produced by converting organic matter into fuel for powering our society. These biofuels are an alternative energy source to the fossil fuels that we currently depend upon. The biofuels umbrella includes under its aegis ethanol and derivatives of plants such as sugar cane, as well aS vegetable and corn oils. However, not all ethanol products are designed to be used as a kind of gasoline. The International Energy Agency (IEA) tells us that ethanol could comprise up to 10 percent of the world's usable gasoline by 2025, and up to 30 percent by 2050. Today, the percentage figure is two percent. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Biofuels-as-Alternative-Sources-of-Energy.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT Many people who take jobs in the alternative energies research and development sector have to, at least in the beginning, take relatively low pay. Taking a job in this industry is thus not aboutor, not predominantly aboutmaking money, although that is needless to say important, as one who is not well-fed soon becomes one who is not productive at work, especially when we are considering the brain-work involved in the work of researching and developing technologies in the alternative energies sector. There are those who take a job just because they find it is a fulfilling task that they have undertakensomething that is going to help mankind, or their society, or the Earth herself. But in truth, what most people dream of in terms of work is a position that they at once enjoy immensely while they also are receiving good money for their time and energy. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Jobs-in-Alternative-Energy-Fields.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT The Germans have really taken off when it comes to renewable fuel sources, and have become one of the major players in the alternative energy game. Under the aegis of the nation's electricity feed laws, the German people set a world record in 2006 by investing over 10 billion (US) in research, development, and implementation of wind turbines, biogas power plants, and solar collection cells. Germany's feed laws permit the German homeowners to connect to an electrical grid through some source of renewable energy and then sell back to the power company any excess energy produced at retail prices. This economic incentive has catapulted Germany into the number-one position among all nations with regards to the number of operational solar arrays, biogas plants, and wind turbines. The 50-terawatt hours of electricity produced by these renewable energy sources account for 10 of all of Germany's energy production per year. In 2006 alone, Germany installed 100,000 solar energy collection systems. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Renewable-Fuels-for-Alternative-Energy.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT Amelot Holdings is a company which presently specializes in the development of biodiesel and ethanol plants throughout the US. Amelot's objective is to establish relationships between various suppliers of alternative energy who are biodiesel and ethanol researchers or producers to further their ends with long-term profitability and growth in mind. Amelot furthers the cause of these alternative energy suppliers through the formulation of joint ventures, mergers, and construction contracts. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Some-Suppliers-of-Alternative-Energy.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT Alternative energy stock portfolios are a great part of a modern investor's financial plan, due to the fac that there is so much upward potential. These make excellent long term growth investment vehicles, and the money put into them by you, the investor, serves to further the cause of implementing the alternative energy power sources that we need as we sail into the 21st century and beyond. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Investing-in-Alternative-Energy-Stocks.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT Decades of tree and biomass research jointly conducted by Florida Statue University and Shell Energy have resulted in the planting of the largest single Energy Crop Plantation in the entire United States. This Plantation spans approximately 130 acres and is home to over 250,000 planted trees including cottonwoods (native to the area) and eucalyptus (which are non-invasive) along with various row crops such as soybeans. This organization of super trees was brought into being as a result of the University's joint research with other agencies including Shell, the US Department of Energy, the Common Purpose Institute, and groups of various individuals who are working to develop alternative energy sources (those not dependent on fossil fuels) for the future. This research is focused on the planting and processing of biomass energy supplies from fast-growing crops known as closed loop biomass or simply energy crops. The project seeks to develop power plants such as wood-pulp or wood-fiber providing plants; clean biogas to be used by industries; plants such as surgarcane which can be used for ethanol development; and crops such as soybeans for biodiesel fuel production. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/University-Research-into-Alternative-Energy.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT There is a lot of energy that we can harness if we only seek to research and develop the technologies needed to do so. We can get away from the fossil fuels and the old electrical grids by turning to alternatives to these energy sources. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/What-is-Alternative-Energy.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT Japan is a densely populated country, and that makes the Japanese market more difficult compared with other markets. If we utilize the possibilities of near-shore installations or even offshore installations in the future, that will give us the possibility of continued use of wind energy. If we go offshore, it's more expensive because the construction of foundations is expensive. But often the wind is stronger offshore, and that can offset the higher costs. We're getting more and more competitive with our equipment. The priceif you measure it per kilowatt-hour producedis going lower, due to the fact that turbines are getting more efficient. So we're creating increased interest in wind energy. If you compare it to other renewable energy sources, wind is by far the most competitive today. If we're able to utilize sites close to the sea or at sea with good wind machines, then the price per kilowatt-hour is competitive against other sources of energy, go the words of Svend Sigaard, who happens to be president and CEO of the world's largest wind turbine maker, Vestas wind systems out of Denmark. Vestas is heavily involved in investments of capital into helping Japan expand its wind turbine power generating capacity. It is seeking to get offshore installations put into place in a nation that it says is ready for the fruits of investment into alternative energy research and development. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Alternative-Energy-Development-in-Japan.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) was conceived of by the French engineer Jacques D'Arsonval in 1881. However, at the time of this writing the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii is home to the only operating experimental OTEC plant on the face of the earth. OTEC is a potential alternative energy source that needs to be funded and explored much more than it presently is. The great hurdle to get over with OTEC implementation on a wide and practically useful level is cost. It is difficult to get the costs down to a reasonable level because of the processes presently utilized to drive OTEC. Ocean thermal energy would be very clean burning and not add pollutants into the air. However, as it presently would need to be set up with our current technologies, OTEC plants would have the capacity for disrupting and perhaps damaging the local environment. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Alternative-Energy-from-the-Ocean.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT Record high prices at American gas pumps and continued trouble-brewing in the Middle East, Nigeria, and other areas of importance to the oil-driven economy have made it clear to Americans that we are in need of developing many new avenues of energy supply and production. In short, we need to reduce our dependency on oil, for it is ultimately finite and, frankly, the cheap sources of oil (not all oiljust the stuff that is cheap to remove from the earth) are running out. Energy consultants and analysts are insistent that cheap oil has peaked or is very soon going to peak. What this means for us is an expensive futureunless we can find new sources of powering our mechanized and electronic civilization, new sources which are alternatives to oil. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Pursuing-Alternative-Forms-of-Energy.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT Photovoltaic cellsthose black squares an array of which comprises a solar panelare getting more efficient, and gradually less expensive, all the time, thanks to ever-better designs which all them to focus the gathered sunlight on a more and more concentrated point. The size of the cells is decreasing as their efficiency rises, meaning that each cell becomes cheaper to produce and at once more productive. As far as the aforementioned cost, the price of producing solar-generated energy per watt hour has come down to 4.00 at the time of this writing. Just 17 years ago, it was nearly double that cost. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Solar-Energy-Collecting-as-Alternative-Energy-Source.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT We should be doing everything possible to develop geothermal energy technologies. This is a largely untapped area of tremendous alternative energy potential, as it simply taps the energy being naturally produced by the Earth herself. Vast amounts of power are present below the surface crust on which we move and have our being. All we need do is tap into it and harness it. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Geothermal-Power-as-Alternative-Energy.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT It is possible to have a portfolio which profitably (that's the key word, is it not?) invests in alternative energy funds. Green energy production is expected to be a multi-billion (in today's dollars) industry by 2013. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Investments-in-Alternative-Energy.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT Many researchers believe that harnessing the power of the atom in fission reactions is the most significant alternative energy resource that we have, for the fact of the immense power that it can generate. http://info5000.com/ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY/Developing-Nuclear-Power-as-Alternative-Energy.html info5000@info5000.com (Carson Danfield) Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:40 PDT