Natural Gas: The Alternative Clean Energy Investment From Seeking Alpha These non-DITD alternatives would be: 1) Wind power 2) Solar power 3) Geothermal 4) Bio-fuels While I am very excited about all these energy sources, I firmly believe they are not yet ready for investors. Without a per unit tax on polluting source of energy, alternative sources of energy will never be economically viable. The US and ROW will start to reduce the practice of using pulverized coal power plants and move to much cleaner NG plants. Also NG powered cars will rise in use with both...

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For some, survival requires alternative energy From USA Today Three arrays of solar panels on the roof and ground reveal the extreme effort required to live off the power grid, in the desert. Briggs' solar panels and small wind turbines spinning their 2-foot blades charge 12 golf-cart batteries that he says can store power to keep his 800 square feet of space lit for three days if necessary. Bringing public power to the area is much more difficult than with master-planned housing and commercial development, considering there are hundreds of five-acre...

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Ohio plan would spur alternative energy From Forbes COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Electric companies would have a strict timetable to increase production from alternative sources with less pollution and would be fined for failure to meet benchmarks, under a plan outlined Thursday by House Republicans. The proposal would require that alternative energy sources, such as wind and solar energy, reach 12 1/2 percent of all power sources by 2024, which is the same ultimate goal supported by Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and Republicans who control the Senate.

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Microsoft To Announce, Zale’s Zapped, Alternative Energy From Barron's CMS Energy Corp. ( CMS ) this morning announced sales that were in line with analysts' projections and said it plans to spend $6 billion over the next five years on developing alternative energy and other sources of energy efficiency. Chief executive David Joos said the investment in alternative energy will help the company to to meet changes to Michigan's state energy policy that are under consideration by lawmakers.

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Alternative energy top goal From HollandSentinel.com The Holland Board of Public Works is discussing involvement in a wind energy project in Wyandotte, creating a similar project in Holland, buying biomass energy from northern Michigan or hydroelectric power from Ohio and Kentucky, board Chairwoman Maryam Komejan said. For wind energy to make up 10 percent of the board's energy production, it would take 31 turbines producing 100,000 megawatt hours per year at an initial cost of $116 million, BPW General Manager Loren Howard said.

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