AltEnToday

I’m going to start doing a lot more company spotlights in the near future. These will be simple summaries of the companies and people that are currently involved in the alternative energy industries.
Company Name
SunPower Corporation
Headquarters
3939 N. 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95134
Snapshot
SunPower Corporation is a publicly traded (NASDAQ: SPWR) company that specializes in the “…design, [...]

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Hawaii is an ideal candidate for alternative energy solutions. It’s an island, meaning any outside fuels must be shipped directly to the state (and each various island). Furthermore, it has an abundance of natural energy gifts - active geothermal energy, powerful wind cycles, easy access to tidal, and a whole lotta’ sun.

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The New York times published an article yesterday stating that public land solar projects will undergo a two year moratorium while environmental effects are studied. According to the article, the Bureau for Land Management has received over 130 proposals in the last 3 years, and the Bureau simply can’t keep pace with the growth in [...]

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The Reno, Nevada based geothermal company Ormat announced today that it’s received a $16 million contract to build a geothermal plant in Turkey. The plant’s output specifics aren’t provided, but the Forbes article does note that the plant can “produce electrical power with virtually no environmental impact”.

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CNet reported today that San Francisco-based SunRun has secured a $12 million venture round from Menlo Park venture capital firm Foundation Capital. In terms of energy finance deals, this is a drop in the bucket - but perhaps SunRun’s aspirations of becoming an economical energy provider for potentially millions of customers in California (and beyond) [...]

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“C’mon guys, you know you want a little more of the good stuff. One more hit, baby. Just one more toke on the ole oil pipe. I promise, next year, we’ll all go straight. I’ll even put a wind turbine on my presidential library. But for now, give me one more pop from that drill, [...]

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Just wanted to share the milestone! It’s amazing how much material and information, and frankly - debate! - exists in the field of alternative energy. Between the various sources of energy (sunlight, wind power, tidal power, earth power (geothermal), etc.) there exist numerous pro- and con- arguments, not to mention exciting innovations that seem to [...]

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In my previous post, I broke down some of the financial facts of big oil - specifically their market capitalization, revenues, and of importance - their profits. This second part will take a much closer look at what these companies are doing to invest in the alternative energy technologies of tomorrow.

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Some of you may have noticed to softer, gentler, renew-ier side of big oil. Just a quick look at a few TV ads and you’d think that petroleum companies are neck deep in the race for renewable energy investment opportunities. So just how much are these companies really investing in the future energy options for [...]

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You can barely turn on the news today without realizing two things:

There are a lot of energy commercials on TV right now… I’ll cover that more in the future.
The news media really can’t get enough of the upcoming November presidential election.

In the context of our forthcoming political showdown, I wanted to take a moment to [...]

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