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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Tags: · biofuel, bp, cellulose, chevron, exxon, investment, nedpower, nuon, shell, solar, wind
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 [...]
Tags: · alternative energy, barack obama, biofuel, cap and trade, elections, geothermal, government, john mccain, november 2008, nuclear, renewable, solar, vote, wind
Think nobody else is paying attention to the alternative energy future? Here’s a short list of some recent investments that have been made in the field of alternative energy:
Duke Energy is planning to invest over $100 million in solar panels in North Carolina
Masdar, the “clean-energy arm of the government of Abu Dhabi” will invest $2 [...]
Tags: · abu dhabi, biofuel, california, coaligna, duke energy, geothermal, iberdrola, lehman brothers, martifer renewables, masdar, morgan stanley, Nevada, new york, north carolina, ormat technologies, PG&E, Reno, solar thermal, statoilhydro, thin-film solar, wind