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Popular Mechanics
October 15, 2009
Jennifer Bogo |
Lone Star Energy: Why Texas Will Resist the Call for a Unified Grid A recent proposal to link the eastern, western and Texas grids together to create a national, energy-friendly supergrid has sparked the interest of utilities and energy insiders, but Texas doesn't want to participate.   |
CFO
July 1, 2006
John Goff |
Power Source How a fresh crop of CFOs is propelling the alternative-fuels industry. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2012
Vaclav Smil |
A Skeptic Looks at Alternative Energy It takes several lifetimes to put a new energy system into place, and wishful thinking can't speed things along |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
Robert F. Keane |
Energy Is in the Air In spite of Washington's inaction, wind farms could go a long way toward reducing carbon emissions |
Popular Mechanics
May 17, 2007
Tyghe Trimble |
Turbine Turbulence: How to Fix U.S. Wind Power On the outskirts of Abilene, Texas, if you get close enough, the whoosh of giant, energy-pumping blades might convince you that wind power is destined to grow. |
Fast Company
February 2009
Melanie Warner |
Can Wind Power a Rural Renaissance? In some small towns, wind power is spawning new jobs, middle-class affluence, and carbon-free energy independence. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2005
Peter Fairley |
The Greening of GE Alternative energy, once the province of do-it-yourselfers and scrappy technology developers, is suddenly Big Business. |
Fast Company
December 2008
Chris Turner |
The Solar Industry Gains Ground -- And Goes Global At a time of economic pain and planetary peril, a renewable global powerhouse takes shape. Just when we need it most. |
Wired
May 2002
Alex Markels |
Sea Change The next wave of renewable power is bigger, cheaper, and multi-megawatts stronger than ever before. And it's about to go online in the North Sea... |
Fast Company
September 2013
Jon Gertner |
FloDesign's Jet-Engine Turbine Will Change The Way You Think About Wind Power If FloDesign's business plan falls short in the next few years, the company's fate would be all the more bitter, since the potential seems so large. People love the idea of a radical new clean-energy technology. |
BusinessWeek
November 13, 2006
Adrienne Carter |
Harvesting Green Power Farmers are sowing the seeds of an alternative energy future. But how much of the country can we fuel on corn? |
Financial Advisor
March 2008
Jeff Schlegel |
The Next Biggest Thing The next gold rush might already be here -- green technologies, a vast sector running the gamut from renewable energy sources to clean technologies that enables businesses to boost performance while minimizing their environmental impact. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009
Joe P. Hasler |
Are Green Jobs For Real?: Special Report The first step in cutting through the hype surrounding green jobs is simply to define them. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 6, 2010
Sarah Jane Gilbert |
Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back? The United States is rapidly falling behind other developed countries such as Denmark, Germany, Japan, and China, all of which use government policy to develop their renewables industries. |
Reason
June 2009
Ronald Bailey |
Energy Futures A quick guide to alternative energy sources we may see in the not-too-distant future. |
Food Engineering
November 1, 2008
Kevin T. Higgins |
Cover Story: How Green Was My Factory Renewable energy is becoming a factor in all types of food facilities, though it's only one part of a wider drive toward green building design. |
Fast Company
July 2009
Anya Kamenetz |
Why the Microgrid Could Be the Answer to Our Energy Crisis Why small-scale, local power -- the microgrid -- could be the answer to our energy crisis. And why the big utilities are fighting it with all they've got. |
IndustryWeek
May 19, 2010
Peter Alpern |
Is Green the New Gold? Despite the recession, solar and wind energy markets continue to show compelling growth. Manufacturers have taken notice. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2005
John Teresko |
Powerful Opportunities As global manufacturing faces conflicting energy challenges new answers are being found. The winning opportunities are in power management, renewable resources and distributed power generation. |
Wired
February 2007
John Geoghegan |
Inherit the Wind The Gulf Coast is littered with the carcasses of unused oil equipment. Now those structures are being re-purposed to build the first offshore wind farm in the United States. |
Reason
June 2009
Ronald Bailey |
It's Alive! Alternative energy subsidies make their biggest comeback since Jimmy Carter. |
Entrepreneur
April 2010
Julie Bennett |
Are We Headed Toward a Green Bubble? Billions of dollars are pouring into clean-tech companies - with little results. Is this an intelligent investment or the beginning of another bubble? |
BusinessWeek
June 26, 2008
Adam Aston |
The War Over Offshore Wind Is Almost Over It's no longer if, but when, where, and how many wind farms will go up along the U.S. coast. |
Food Processing
January 2008
Marty Weil |
Consider Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources Solar and wind power, biogas and biodiesel may solve your manufacturing company's energy problems as well as its green initiatives. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2007
Sandra Upson |
The Greening of Google In the U.S., corporate rooftops are the latest frontier in solar energy generation. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2008
Brad Reagan |
America @ $100/Barrel: How Long Will the Oil Last? Major discoveries of oil within our own borders could help reduce foreign imports. |
Mother Jones
Jul/Aug 2002
Alex Markels |
Prevailing Winds For decades, Big Energy blew off renewable energy as insignificant. Now the industry's biggest players are racing to build wind farms -- and cash in on the latest energy boom. |
BusinessWeek
October 26, 2009
John Carey |
Wiring America Up to Green Power Should the U.S. subsidize vast high-voltage lines to transport wind and solar electricity to the big cities? |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
BP Headed for Greener Pastures With over 8% of its revenues now being generated from renewable energy, BP does offer traditional energy investors a legitimate way to dip their toe into the renewable energy market. |
Fast Company
December 2004
Scott Kirsner |
Green Power Thanks to soaring fuel prices, lots of creative energy is being applied to alternative energy. The time may finally have come for these three champions of on-the-verge technologies. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Robert F. Keane |
Alternative Energy Twisting in the Wind The Pickens plan was not the only one to cut back on ambitious alternative energy plans. |
Fast Company
June 2008
David Case |
Texas Oil Tycoon Tackles Renewable Energy Texas tycoon T. Boone Pickens has been dubbed the "Oracle of Oil." So why is he building the world's largest wind farm? |
Outside
February 2007
Florence Williams |
A Mighty Wind With a muscular combination of new technologies, capitalist smarts, and old-school stewardship, the tiny Danish island of Samso has become the greenest, cleanest, most energy-independent place on earth. |
BusinessWeek
October 8, 2009
LeVine & Aston |
Betting Big on a Boom in Natural Gas With prices low and the promise of vast new supplies, businesses are making the switch from oil-based fuels and coal. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2009
Toby Shute |
An In-Depth Look at A-Power The wind is really at this turbine manufacturer's back lately. |
National Defense
June 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Pragmatism Driving New Energy Programs On U.S. Military Bases The Defense Department has set lofty goals for its facilities when it comes to renewable energies. It wants to produce 3 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2025, with each service branch kicking in one more gigawatt. |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2010
Michael Kanellos |
Steel Union, Chinese Companies Link up for Texas Wind Project It's Chinese know-how and U.S. labor and steel. Sort of a reverse situation, eh. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2009
Toby Shute |
Is the Pickens Plan Losing Wind? It's been one year since T. Boone Pickens presented his plan to cure America's dependence on foreign oil. If nothing else, it got the conversation moving in the right direction. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
GE Cleans Up Investors looking for a safe play in "clean tech" should consider this giant conglomerate. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Energize Your Portfolio Oil hovers near $50 a barrel. Fossil fuels are becoming scarcer. Do you wonder where fuel will come from in 20 years, or even in 10 years? Ponder the investment possibilities in renewable energy sources. |
Outside
June 2009
Elizabeth Hightower |
Earth Is Hiring The next great employment wave? Enviro jobs. Now all I gotta do is land one. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2008
Alex Hutchinson |
Solar Thermal Power May Make Sun-Powered Grid a Reality For five decades solar technologies have delivered more promises than power. Now, new innovations are exiting the lab and plugging into the grid -- turning sunlight into serious energy. |
Searcher
May 2001
Irene E. McDermott |
The Internet Express - I got the power: alternative energy resources on the web... |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2010
Pienkos et al. |
Betting on Algal Biofuels Algae could make the perfect renewable fuel. Major oil companies, including Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Royal Dutch Shell, are studying this idea. |
Outside
May 2010
Tim Dickinson |
Electric Bugaboo The conservationists fighting renewable-energy development need to wake up and smell the wind and solar power. Now. |
Outside
May 2008
Elizabeth Hightower |
The Slime Solution Ethanol is so 2007. The future of biofuels is all about chocolate, chicken litter, and, yes, algae. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
What's in the Wind? Investing in wind power isn't all that easy, especially for Americans. |
Geotimes
August 2005
David Pimentel |
Weighing in on Renewable Energy Efficiency With our supply of fossil fuels running out, the author tells us about alternative energy sources: biomass, biodiesel, hydroelectric, wind, hydrogen and photovoltaics. He ends with comments on the European lifestyle. |
Chemistry World
February 2011 |
What proportion of the world's energy supply will be sustainable by 2020? Three experts from different fields provide insights into scientific and political problems that impact energy stability. |
Chemistry World
November 18, 2008
Matt Wilkinson |
The promise of algae As the hype surrounding corn-derived ethanol fades, interest in liquid fuels harvested from an alternative biological source - algae - is rapidly increasing. Several companies' efforts are detailed. |
