If you’ve put a bunch of cash in renewable energy, word on the street is that even during these dire economic times, you shouldn’t sell. Last year was a rough one as investors lost their asses when several prominent alternative energy stocks fell by 70% or more. However, with the change in administration, investors are [...]

Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm announced Wednesday that two wind sector firms are among ten Michigan businesses receiving support from the MEDC, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Great Lakes Towers, a start-up wind turbine tower manufacturing company, hopes to produce over 500 wind towers annually and is planning to spend $19 million to locate its first [...]

The West Virginia Gazette is reporting that 14 people were given tickets today while protesting Massey Energy’s  plans to blast apart Coal River Mountain in Southern West Virginia. Massey Energy has plans to mine at least 6,000 acres of the mountain, almost 10 square miles. This morning, five activists chained themselves to bulldozers at a [...]

We have a hard time maintaining our impartiality in the face of Barack Obama’s wonderful focus on renewable energy. And he’s been making it even harder with his economic stimulus plan. The plan has plenty of funds set aside to assist the wind power industry including approximately $8 billion for power transmission. Investment in the [...]