GE invests in ESolar to build hybrid power plants
Tue, 07/06/2011 - 15:13 by Jamie Anderson
The General Electric Co. (GE) is surely betting big on the renewable energy industry. |
CO2 emissions soar to record levels, IEA says
Tue, 31/05/2011 - 17:37 by NeelamGoswami
After a dip in 2009 caused by the global financial crisis, energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions reached a record high in 2010, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Monday. |
Saudi prince wants crude oil prices to come down
Mon, 30/05/2011 - 16:57 by Anter Prakash Singh
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal from the royal family of Saudi Arab said during an interview to CNN that his country would like to see the oil prices between $70 and $80 so that the US and the European nations do not accelerate their search for alternate sources of energy. |
Power restored to Texas City after major blackout
Sat, 28/05/2011 - 15:14 by Neka Sehgal
A massive blackout plunged Texas City and La Marque into darkness early Friday morning, affecting thousands of people and businesses in the neighboring cities. |
Shell to go ahead with floating LNG project
Sun, 22/05/2011 - 15:02 by Jamie Anderson
It will surely be extremely large, approximately the size of four football fields put together. That’s what Royal Dutch Shell intends to build, as it bets big time on liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Asia. |
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Toyota and Microsoft shake hands for energy efficient electric cars
Thu, 07/04/2011 - 12:46 by Anter Prakash Singh
Toyota President Akio Toyoda and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced through a joint webcast about the creation of Toyota Media Service to provide data services initially to the Toyota Prius drivers. The companies will be investing $ 12 million in this joint venture. |
BP loses personal data of oil spill claimants
Wed, 30/03/2011 - 15:09 by Cooshalle Wilson
Just when things could not get any worse for BP, they actually have. Barely had the company recovered from the international outburst over its April 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, it is again in the news for all the wrong reasons. |
Is Allegheny Energy's Management Creating Value?
Thu, 30/12/2010 - 10:42 by Dan Dzombak
Warren Buffett's partner, Charlie Munger, once said, "I think I've been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my life in understanding the power of incentives, and all my life I've underestimated it. And never a year passes but I get some surprise that pushes my limit a little farther." |
This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades
Thu, 23/12/2010 - 07:20 by Rich Smith
At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and "initiating coverage at neutral." So you might think we'd be the last people to give virtual ink to such "news." And we would be -- if that were all we were doing. |
Solar Costs Getting Harder to Cut
Wed, 15/12/2010 - 06:26 by Travis Hoium
The fight for lower costs in solar is a never-ending battle. Those who can lower costs will survive; those who can't are headed to the scrap heap. So every quarter we watch to see where costs are trending and who is moving into a better position in the industry. Where do we stand right now? |
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