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E•BOOM CAPITAL: No Utility-Scale Vanadium Redox Battery Projects in Sight

By Terry McDonald on March 24, 2011

Although vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) have the potential to be “the next big thing” that would enable economical storage of wind and solar energy, there are no existing or planned utility-scale installations after more than 25 years of development. One small venture capital-funded private company, Prudent Energy Corporation, is leading development.

Regional Renewable Energy Center Opens in West Africa

By Shannon Roxborough on July 15, 2010

The United Nations, which supports everything from global climate change policy to unconventional greenhouse gas initiatives, has opened

EBOOM CAPITAL: Water Sector ETF Leads Clean ETFs Over The Past 4 Quarters

By Terry McDonald on July 2, 2010

Tags: Aqua America Inc., Aqua Pennsylvania Inc., Clean ETFs Exchange Traded Funds, Danaher Corporation, EBoom Capital, Geberit AG, Its Technical Products Group, Its Water Group, Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy, Pennon Group Plc, Pentair Inc., Sea-Bird Electronics Inc., Severn Trent Plc, Severn Trent Services, Wet Labs, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Finland, France, Japan, United States, Wales, Aqua America Inc., Claymore S&P Global Water Index (ETF), Claymore/MAC Global Solar Index (ETF), clean RTFs, Danaher Corporation, DJIA, Euro, First Trust Global Wind Energy (ETF), First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green (ETF), Geberit AG, Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy (ETF), Market Vectors gold, NASDAQ, NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Global Wind Energy Index, NYMEX gold, NYMEX light sweet crude, NYMEX natural gas, NYSE ARCA natural gas index, NYSE ARCA oil index, Pennon Group PLC, Pentair Inc., PowerShares Global Clean Energy (ETF), S&P 500, Severn Trent PLC, stock markets, U.S. dollar, water companies, PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy (ETF), electronics, energy, ETF, Florida, Georgia, Gulf of Mexico, Illinois, Indiana, infrastructure, Maine, manufacturing, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, oil, oil and gas, Pennsylvania, S&P 500, solutions, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia

The only bright spot in four quarters of darkness for alternative energy and clean tech stocks came from the global water sector as mirrored by the Claymore S&P Global Water Index exchanged traded fund (ETF) (NYSE: CGW).

A Blank Check Powers Up for the Future

By Shannon Roxborough on February 17, 2010

Investing in so-called "blank check" companies is a risky proposition, to say the least. After all, these startups have no operating assets (and no guarantee they will find any), no products, no services, no staff.

IRENA: US Joins and Abu Dhabi Awarded Headquarters

By Jace Shoemaker-... on July 3, 2009

Tags: Austria, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, USD, Abu Dhabi Headquarters, IRENA, US Joins IRENA, energy, Middle East, Reno Harnish, Sigmar Gabriel, United Nations

After much debate, Abu Dhabi has been selected to host the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Touted as the “world’s first carbon-neutral, zero-waste city powered entirely by renewable energy,” IRENA will be headquartered in Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City.