Electric Vehicles should be a more common sight on your local streets in the next few years as consulting firm predicts the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery market will grow 125 percent from 2010 to 2016 according to consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.The ... [more]

MIT's Test Cell Patrick Gillooly, MIT Solar cells are intended to mimic the photosynthesis of plants -- converting light into energy in the most efficient manner possible. But what other characteristics of plants could be handy for the renewable en... [more]

Grist has a new series of interviews up on people who are working to change America's food system in inspiring ways. Yesterday they posted an interview with Gene Fredericks that is worth a read; it introduces Fredericks's new venture: Big Green Boxes... [more]

Over the past few weeks, I've had a number of meetings with engineers, executives and investors and such, and I keep coming away with the same conclusion.The fastest-growing and arguably most attractive segment in alternative energy and energy effici... [more]

Join the forum discussion on this postThis week a study on peak oil by a German military think tank was leaked on the Internet. The document shows that the German government is closely studying the issue of peak oil, and is aware of the potential fo... [more]

Two Colorado companies were chosen to develop a solar power system on the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. NextGen Energy, a project developer and owner based in Boulder, and solar integrator Bella Systems, bas... [more]

Two Colorado companies were chosen to develop a solar power system on the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. NextGen Energy, a project developer and owner based in Boulder, and solar integrator Bella Systems, bas... [more]

photo: Martin Abegglen via flickrAll the regulatory paper shuffling required to get the 240 MW Cape Wind project started is finally coming to an end. As Renewable Energy World reports, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that the state... [more]

The Energy Report submits:Wellington West Analyst Sean Peasgood covers the geothermal, plasma gasification and Smart Grid subsectors of the alternative energy (AE) market. He believes there's room to make some dough in each of them but believes inv... [more]

Kevin Grewal submits: Recently, the State of California proposed a decision to adopt to a renewable auction mechanism (RAM) which enables rates to be set my market-pricing, which could lead to a new avenue of growth for ETFs like the Claymore/MAC Glo... [more]