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Learning From The Past: Three Generations Of Wave Energy Development
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - 8:35am | 1583Read More...When observing wave energy’s past, it could reasonably be argued that there have been three generations of modern development in this sector. From the 1970s to the present day, there have been many ups and downs in our efforts to make wave energy commercially successful. Wave energy...
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Investing In Wave Energy: Oscilla Power Announces Crowdfunding Campaign
Monday, July 27, 2020 - 10:50am | 976Read More...Engineers and scientists have been working on harnessing the power of ocean waves for hundreds of years. Yet, no commercial wave energy projects greater than 50 MW have been deployed worldwide yet. Much of the challenge stems from the constantly changing energy fluctuations of the ocean’s...
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Waves Are Surging To The Forefront Of Sustainable Energy
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - 8:58am | 1075Read More...In 2019, wind and solar energy contributed over 10% of U.S. power and has shown a strong average annual growth of 11.6% YOY. However, if the 2030 renewable portfolio standards are to be met, substantial additional clean energy generation is needed. While solar and wind energy can provide many...
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The Economic Tide Of This Renewable Resource Is Rising
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 8:55am | 960Read More...In the early 1970s, various types of wave energy converters were proposed as concerns surrounding the 1973 oil crisis began to rise. Since then, R&D of wave energy has been growing as more and more investors and engineers have acknowledged the resource’s environmental and economic...
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COVID-19 Continues to Wreak Havoc but Solar Innovations Cannot Be Stopped
Friday, May 15, 2020 - 11:11am | 882Read More...Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 600,000 U.S. clean energy workers have lost their jobs, according to Environmental Entrepreneurships and other renewable energy associates. In April alone, 447,208 new workers filed unemployment claims which have tripled the claims that were...
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The Factors Pushing To Renewable Energy Sources
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 11:10am | 940Read More...Lately, there have been some big decisions in the circle of traditional fossil fuel producers, all related to their long-term plans and investment direction switch to renewable energy. And it may be said that those are some significant amounts of capital. The final plan is a carbon-free future. In...
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Is It A Good Time For Investment Into Alternative Energy Companies?
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 10:59am | 897Read More...Companies directly connected to alternative energy sources had some great results lately, stock wise, and reached some of their highest values. Tesla Inc's (NASDAQ: TSLA) share price rose more than 100% only since the beginning of the year, breaking the barrier of $900 on February 19th. Next to...
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Why This Solar ETF Could Shine Again This Year
Friday, January 10, 2020 - 9:15am | 487Read More...Last year was a great time to be involved with alternative energy equities and the related exchange traded funds. While plenty of diversified funds in the space rallied in considerable fashion, solar was particularly strong as highlighted by an annual gain of almost 67% for the Invesco Solar ETF (...
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Maersk Looks At Plant Fiber Fuel To Cut Shipping's Carbon Output
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 - 3:37pm | 432Read More...Maersk is teaming up with big shippers to test a new marine fuel made from plant fibers that aims to mitigate ocean freight's contribution to climate change. The Copenhagen-based company said the pilot project will include automotive logistics company Wallenius Wilhelmsen, Copenhagen University,...
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A Closer Look At The New Clean Energy ETF
Thursday, August 15, 2019 - 9:00am | 557Read More...The NYSE Pickens Oil Response ETF, the once scuffling energy exchange traded fund that was built by Boone Pickens Capital Fund Advisors, the investing firm founded by the legendary oilman, is no longer. As was previously reported, the ETF once known by the ticker “BOON,” is converting...
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What's Happening In Ocean Power Shares?
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 1:35pm | 421Read More...Ocean Power Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: OPTT) stock has caught fire this week after the company was granted a patent for a wave energy converter buoy on Tuesday. Ocean Power is an alternative energy company that specializes in harnessing the power of ocean waves via floating storage systems. The...
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Why Industrial Hemp Could Prove A Larger Economic Driver Than Marijuana
Thursday, August 10, 2017 - 10:28am | 1929Read More...Industrial hemp is set to be a huge economic driver in the not-so-distant future, even more so than medical cannabis or even recreational marijuana, Cynthia Salarizadeh told Benzinga during a recent conversation – while discussing Salar Media Group and Civilized Media Group’s recent...
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Gordon Johnson On 8Point3: There Are A Lot Of Similar Characteristics To SunEdison, SolarCity
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - 12:55pm | 584Read More...Gordon Johnson, Axiom's noted alternative energy analyst, said in an e-mail response to Benzinga that he sees a lot of similar characteristics among 8Point3 Energy Partners LP (NASDAQ: CAFD), the now bankrupt Sunedison Inc (OTC: SUNEQ) and SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ: SCTY), which would have gone...
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Chowdhry Says Tesla Is The Poster Child Of Trump's Presidency: 'Making American Manufacturing Sexy Again'
Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - 12:21pm | 303Read More...Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares are down 5.1 percent since Election Day as the market weighs what could be an unpredictable Trump presidency for alternative energy stocks. However, according to Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry, Donald Trump is actually the perfect U.S....
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2 IPOs Hit Wall Street Wednesday: Extraction Oil & Gas, Azure Power
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 11:33am | 296Read More...It is a contrasting performance of the two companies that made debut on the two stock exchanges on Wednesday. While Azure Power Global Ltd (NYSE: AZRE) traded down below the IPO price, Extraction Oil & Gas, LLC (NASDAQ: XOG) traded well above the IPO price. Azure Power is a solar power seller...
