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Renewable Energy Investments Go Down with Oil Prices

Annika Tostengard — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 20:15:43 +0000

How does this make sense? With oil prices dropping, renewable energy investments should increase. Unfortunately, reality is not lining up with expectations. Investors are dropping green energy investments quickly, after a promising start in 2015. During the first half of the year, renewable energy production and installation costs dropped dramatically as capacity grew. So how […]

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Solar and Wind Will Grow Fast, Say Investment Bankers

Annika Tostengard — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:32:44 +0000

Renewable energy like solar and wind power can only truly replace coal power plants when it saves money for people who are not personally concerned about the environment. Fortunately, investment bankers from Citigroup believe that the solar and wind industries will grow much faster than previously thought. According to a new report, fossil fuels may only […]

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Donald Trump Invests in Wind Power, Despite Politics

Annika Tostengard — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 06:16:51 +0000

Donald Trump has a history of speaking out against wind power. The businessman, whose mother was a Scottish immigrant, had previously complained about wind turbines ruining the Scottish countryside. He also took legal action against an offshore wind farm near the golf resort he owns in Aberdeenshire. Despite all of this public denouncement, it has been […]

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Cost of Nuclear Power Too High Compared to Renewables

Annika Tostengard — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 06:14:34 +0000

While many expected to see a reemergence of nuclear power, the cost of building and maintaining reactors is less financially efficient than simply switching to clean energy technologies. Global investments in nuclear are now an order of magnitude less than those put into renewable technologies, and at least eight countries derive more energy from renewable sources […]

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Alternative Energy Investments Higher Than Reported

Annika Tostengard — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 06:32:53 +0000

The alternative energy investments by a Bloomberg investment group are much higher than previously released. The Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) group has made a correction to their initial investment numbers for the second quarter of 2015, indicating that they spent more money on clean energy than previously thought. While 2015’s numbers were looking disheartening when compared to […]

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President Obama Allocates $2 Billion for Solar Energy

Mike Sandru — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:07:57 +0000

The money promised by Obama will come from government stimulus funds designed to boost the economy during the recession. According to the president, about 5,000 new jobs will be created due to these investments.

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