Greentech Media submits: By Michael Kanellos The nuclear plant might be one of the most advanced technologies ever invented, but their underlying budgets sound like something straight from the age of the pyramids. “Sixty percent of the costs of building a plant in the U.S. come from labor,” said Lucas Davis, a professor at the [...]
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Martin Peter Roth submits: Two-and-a-half years ago, I wrote a commentary in which I suggested that Vestas Wind Systems (VWSYF.PK) was not only the best wind energy stock, but possibly the best green technology stock of them all. As I pointed out, it was heavily represented in various green funds – it was the largest [...]
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Tom Konrad (AltEnergyStocks) submits: Power and automation giant ABB, Ltd. (ABB) was named Cleantech Corporation of the Year at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco. The company has been focused on acquiring start ups in the cleantech space for the last couple of years, with two significant ones in 2010: Ventyx, a provider of IT [...]
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Greentech Media submits: By Michael Kanellos 2010 was in many ways a tough year for solar thermal power plants. Federal and state agencies approved a number of plants and some companies such as BrightSource Energy managed to land capital, power purchase agreements and loan guarantees, but the mammoth nature of the projects continued to prevent [...]
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Michael Bryant submits: As China continues tightening exports of rare earths, these metals’ prices, along with shares of rare earth miners, have been surging. Since these elements vital to smartphones, nuclear shields, windmills, solar panels, and defense systems, the trend higher will likely continue as long as supply stays tight. The smartphone industry has ballooned [...]
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