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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Looking to increase production and take advantage of high oil prices, analysts expect significant new capital investments from the ‘Big Oil’ companies in the coming year. Spending from the world’s top publicly traded oil companies; ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Royal Dutch … Continue reading
More than 100 executives, including national presidents, gathered at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, yesterday to discuss water. “Water is going to shape the path of economic growth in the countries in which we work,” says … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Water
Tagged Agriculture, Anric Blatt, Davos, investing in water, Water - Energy Conundrum, Water crisis, World Economic Forum
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A study that relates global energy use to economic growth, published in the January issue of BioScience, finds strong correlations between these two measures both among countries and within countries over time. The research leads the study’s authors to infer … Continue reading
President Obama’s State of the Union Address challenged Americans to “win the future” by stepping up in a world of increasing global competition. “We need to out-innovate, outeducate and outbuild the rest of the world,” to create new jobs and … Continue reading
Posted in * Global Fund Exchange, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Oil, Policy, Solar, Wind
Tagged * Global Fund Exchange, Alternative Energy Investing, Anric Blatt, Clean Energy, Earth Wind & Fire Fund, Electric Vehicles, Investing in Alternative Energy, President Obama, State of the Union, Transportation, United States
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RIYADH (AFP) – With vast oil reserves that are far from exhausted, Saudi Arabia, facing rising domestic energy demand that could cut into its oil exports, has decided to explore nuclear and renewable energy, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi has said. … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Energy, Nuclear, Policy, Solar
Tagged Ali al-Naimi, Anric Blatt, Saudi Arabia
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Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Washington culminated this week with both President Hu and President Obama reaffirming commitments to cooperate on energy, climate and social issues. Both leaders seek to strengthen U.S.-Chinese partnerships in clean technology, and have pledged … Continue reading
New data release by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) shows a 51% increase in offshore wind installations in Europe during 2010. This year, €2.6 billion was invested in 308 new offshore turbines, representing 883MW of new power capacity. Europe … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Energy, Wind
Tagged Alternative Energy Investing, Clean Energy, Energy, Europe, Wind
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Over the next 20 years, emerging economies will drive a 40% growth in primary energy use, says BP in its annual Energy Outlook 2030 report. The total use of fossil fuels will decline as renewables such as solar, wind and … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Energy, Nuclear, Oil, Traditional Energy
Tagged Asia, China, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Geothermal, India, natural gas, Nuclear, Oil, OPEC
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new analysis of the Northern Hemisphere’s “albedo feedback” over a 30-year period concludes that the region’s loss of reflectivity due to snow and sea ice decline is more than double what state-of-the-art climate models estimate. The … Continue reading
