AltEnToday

The Obama administration today moved to rescind a 2007 decision by the EPA to not allow individual states the opportunity to set their own emissions standards. Under the previous state of EPA control, states couldn’t create emissions standards that were greater than federal ones - the argument being that automakers might be forced to build [...]

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Just wanted to share a quick note about an article found at Forbes: Solar Energy’s Sunny Side… Some pretty good thoughts included in both the future of the industry as well as the investment opportunities that might present themselves.
And to Jim Cramer, you’re great “booyah!” but frankly, this industry is anything but “done.” Stay tuned…

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In perhaps one of the bleaker stories I’ve read on the solar industry in recent months, Hayward, CA-based OptiSolar has announced that it will layoff 290 workers, according to a report on SFGate. This comes even as the Obama administration has come in to the executive office with promises for new spending and investment in [...]

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One of the aspects of the alternative energy future that has caught my attention in recent weeks is the electricity grid. On one hand, it’s such an ubiquitous feature of modern life that it’s hardly worth paying attention to… On the other, it’s a product of an era of the previous century. Even during the [...]

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Congrats again to President Obama and Vice President Biden on their ascent to the highest powers in the lands. It appears that with Steven Chu, new Secretary of Energy at the helm, we may see a powerful ally to the alternative energy sector in the executive branch of government today. One thing I did want [...]

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I’d like to offer my congratulations to the new President of the United States, Barack Obama. Change is an exciting platform to run on, and I hope that as he begins performing his duties in the coming weeks and months, alternative energy becomes a beacon of opportunity in this country. 
We are at an exciting precipice [...]

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Just wanted to share a few links to some sites that I’m finding interesting. They’re not exclusively about alternative energy, but considering how interconnected alt-en is with everything else; I find each of these worth reading to become well versed in a portion of the equation:
Thomas Friedman : Author of the latest book I’ve read, [...]

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As I’m reading through Thomas Friedman’s Hot, Flat, and Crowded, I’m caught by the fact that he’s uttering the same arguments that I’ve heard from many that support the next green energy revolution - it’s time we recognize that pollution and the “common space” is not just a freebie that doesn’t have to be accounted [...]

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Howdy alternative energy seekers, and welcome to 2009! I’ve had a great run so far, after graduating (finally) from San Jose State University with my Bachelors of Business Management, and am now in the hunt for that illusive alt-en job. So far the prospects look good but I have to believe in this bleak economic [...]

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