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Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog Tis the season for Top 10 stories, and here are what I think were the Top 10 energy stories of the year. 1. Unprecedented volatility in the energy markets Oil prices raced to nearly $150 a barrel, and then fell to the $30’s by year end. This marks the highest ever prices for oil, followed by the lowest …

Submitted by New Energy News Blog Synergy: A combination that produces more than the sum of its parts. Doctoral candidate Eric Stoutenburg of Stanford University has done data collection and calculations demonstrating that combined offshore wind and wave power projects make a New Energy synergy. Building a hybrid wind/wave ocean installation increases the amount of energy captured, the value of the …

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com Get ready to make some notes on which energy investments should do well in 2009 and beyond based on what leading experts forecast in 2008 – predictions that have gone largely unnoticed by the rest of the media in the crush of the global credit crisis. #1 – President-elect Obama, in a cable TV interview on MSNBC on the …

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com Get ready to make some notes on which energy investments should do well in 2009 and beyond based on what leading experts forecast in 2008 – predictions that have gone largely unnoticed by the rest of the media in the crush of the global credit crisis. #3 – Toyota’s coordinator for alternatively fueled vehicles forecast there could be a “liquid peak” …

Submitted by New Energy News Blog More good advice for President-elect Obama. This brief comes from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and SEIA plans to send copies to everybody on the transition team and in the Congressional leadership. What does solar want the President-elect to know? First, it wants him to know it wants the new administration’s ambitious undertakings in …

Submitted by New Energy News Blog An attack on cap-and-trade from the Right is that it doesn’t work as well as a “carbon tax.” An attack on cap-and-trade from the Left is that it isn’t as fair as a revenue neutral “carbon tax.” An attack on cap-and-trade from the Center is that it is more easily “gamed” by power companies than …

Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog It seems that President-elect Obama has had a change of heart on enacting a windfall profits tax on oil companies. That, among other things, is angering the liberal wing of the Democratic Party: Liberals voice concerns about Obama Here are the excerpts from the article specific to this issue: “Liberals are growing increasingly nervous – and …

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com Former Uranium One CEO Neal Froneman believes that thorium may in time surpass uranium as a nuclear fuel. www.miningweekly.com While that obviously sounds like very good news for thorium investors, the fact remains the future of nuclear power is anything but certain. Until tomorrow.

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com Although it’s commonly believed that coal-to-liquids (CTL) isn’t viable when crude is below $100 a barrel, the Ohio EPA just issued a final permit for a new CTL plant. www.greencarcongress.com By using biomass with the coal, the plant won’t be as damaging to the environment as a straight CTL plant. The plant is expected to produce jet fuel or …

Submitted by New Energy News Blog Algae-derived biofuels have a wide variety of appeals but there is one that is promising beyond all the others: Unlike biofuels from most other “grown” sources, the algal substances derived from algae can be refined into airplane fuels. In fact, algae-derived algal oils can be refined into anything petroleum-derived oil can be refined into. Algal-based …