Investment bank HSBC says wind and solar sectors offer best opportunity for green investors, while industrial efficiency looks the least attractive. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1gJjOkq
Ethane production: The prospects and possibilities in the market
Ethane is a hydrocarbon with a molecular structure C2H6, and belongs to the group of natural gas liquids (or NGLs). NGLs include ethane, propane (C4H8), n-butane (C4H10), iso-butane (C4H10), and natural gasoline […]
Are Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles Dead On Arrival?
The national vision by politicians, economists, industrialists and environmentalists to transition to hydrogen economy by 2030 seems deadlocked, with hydrogen fuel cells projected to represent a $3 billion market of about 5.9 […]
DISCUSSION: How will the fracking wars end?
Fracking is not a new technology, but the technological advances that have expanded its application to vast, previously unrecoverable reserves, have exposed it to significant new scrutiny. Since 2005, shale gas production […]
DISCUSSION: Pipelines or Rail? Implications of the new Keystone Report
The pending decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline is perceived as a precedent-setter for defining the US government’s commitment to balancing the environment with economic development. Anti-Keystone protests at the White House […]
New EU rules on energy funding phase out subsidies for renewables
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Funding green energy will become harder under EU rules published on Wednesday designed to replace subsidies with market-based schemes, just when the Ukraine crisis has heightened the need for […]
Why buying a corporate jet pays for itself
Lots of American companies have private jets, and the government gives them a pretty good reason to buy one: They can pay for themselves in just a few years. The reason is […]
Sunlight generates hydrogen in new porous silicon
Philadelphia PA(SPX) Apr 11, 2014 Porous silicon manufactured in a bottom up procedure using solar energy can be used to generate hydrogen from water, according to a team of Penn State mechanical […]
Solar Energy Cheaper than LNG in Asia Regions, Bernstein Says
Solar power is cheaper in many parts of Asia than electricity from liquefied natural gas, meaning photovoltaics don’t need subsidies to compete with fossil fuels. via Solar Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com http://ift.tt/1q0Oj6f
Recurrent CEO downplays threat of PV energy to utilities
Arno Harris, the chief executive officer of Recurrent Energy, the US-based PV manufacturing subdivision of Japanese electronics developer Sharp, has said the growing PV sector in the US will not cut into […]
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