Profiting from clean energy : a complete guide to trading green in solar, wind, ethanol, fuel cell, power efficiency, carbon credit industries, and more /

Looking at the entire field of clean energy, this investment guide shows individual and professional investors how to profit from this fast-growing sector. Investment opportunities are analyzed in detail and investment analyst Richard Asplund discusses the best areas to invest in now, which to wait...

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Main Author: Asplund, Richard W., 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. c2008.
Series:Wiley trading.
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Table of Contents:
  • Clean energy investments and performance: the show has just begun
  • Catalysts for the clean energy industry
  • The government push: strong enough to get clean energy to fossil fuel parity?
  • Clean energy potential: double-digit growth for decades
  • Solar power: the sky is the limit
  • Wind power: the Dutch windmill gets a technology makeover
  • Fuel cells: present and accounted for in some applications already
  • Geothermal power: Dante's contribution to clean energy
  • Cleaner utilities: teaching an old dog new tricks
  • Power efficiency: "The cheapest and most available source of energy is the energy we waste'
  • Smart meters: getting smart on grid efficiency and reliability
  • Power storage and backup systems: when the grid just won't do
  • Clean transportation: electric hybrids are charged up and ready to go
  • Ethanol and biofuels: long-term transportation solution or flash in the pan until more environmentally friendly vehicle technologies take over?
  • Trading biofuel markets: feedstock frenzy
  • Big coal - meet your new partners: cleaner coal technology and carbon capture
  • Carbon trading: poised to become the world's largest commodity market?
  • Investment conclusions.