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Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Clean Energy Investments and Performance: The Show Has Just Begun 5
Clean Energy Business Startup 5
Angel Investing 7
Venture Capital 7
Publicly Traded Stocks 8
Clean Energy Stocks Listed Outside the U.S. 10
Large-cap Stocks 11
Global Petroleum Companies 12
Clean Energy Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) 14
Green Mutual Funds 15
Global ETFs and Green Mutual Funds 20
Futures and Options 21
Investment Criteria for Publicly Traded Stocks 21
Valuation and Bubbles 22
Clean Energy Stock Performance 23
Catalysts for the Clean Energy Industry 27
Fossil Fuel Negatives: Pollution, CO[subscript 2] Emissions, Cartels, Price Spikes, and Rising Prices 27
Energy Security 31
Growing Global Energy Demand 33
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change 36
Clean Energy Technology Improvements 39
Demand for Distributed Power Solutions Due to Grid Unreliability 40
Rising Electricity Prices 41
Couldthe Clean Energy Movement Fizzle if Oil Prices Plunge? 43
Clean Energy Catalysts: Investment Conclusion 46
The Government Push: Strong Enough to Get Clean Energy to Fossil Fuel Parity? 47
Types of Government Clean Energy Incentives and Mandates 48
Renewable Energy Targets Worldwide 50
Government Clean Energy Support Initiatives in the United States 53
A Post-Kyoto Carbon Emissions Framework 57
Clean Energy Potential: Double-Digit Growth for Decades 61
Overview of Global and U.S. Energy Flows 62
Overview of U.S. Electricity Generation Sources 65
Fossil Fuel Market Size: Even a Nose Under the Tent Is Worth Billions 69
Renewable Energy Forecasts 70
Solar Power: The Sky Is the Limit 75
Solar Thermal Power 75
Solar Photovoltaic Power 81
Solar Power Industry Growth Rates 89
Demand Generated by Government Incentives and Regulation 91
Solar Power Pricing and Competitiveness 99
Upstream Solar Players: Polysilicon and Wafer Producers 103
Thin Film Threats to Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells 112
Upgraded Metallurgical Silicon (uMGS): A Threat to Traditional Polysilicon Producers? 116
Solar PV Cell and Module Producers 118
The Investment Outlook for Solar Cell/Module Manufacturers 122
Wind Power: The Dutch Windmill Gets a Technology Makeover 125
Advantages and Disadvantages of Wind Power 126
How Do Wind Turbines Work? 128
Technological Developments 129
Offshore Wind 130
Industry Growth Rates and Prospects for Future Growth 131
The Economics of Wind Power 133
Government-Sponsored Incentives 135
Wind Industry Issue: Component Shortages 137
Wind Industry Players 137
Fuel Cells: Present and Accounted for in Some Applications Already 147
Advantages and Disadvantages of Fuel Cells 148
What is a Fuel Cell? Overview of the Technology 149
Fuel Cell Industry Analysis: Industry Players 154
Fuel Cell Industry Target Markets 158
Commercialization Challenges 158
Geothermal Power: Dante's Contribution to Clean Energy 163
Advantages and Disadvantages of Geothermal Power 163
Geothermal Resources 165
The Extraction of Geothermal Energy 167
Geothermal Power Plant Systems Under Development 169
Geothermal Heat Pumps 170
Economics of Geothermal Power 171
The Future of Geothermal Energy 172
Cleaner Utilities: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks 177
Green Power Marketing Programs 178
Renewable Energy Certificates 180
Sources of Renewable Energy 181
Methane Gas Extraction 183
Companies Operating in Biomass and Biogas 184
Wave and Tide Power 185
Power Efficiency: 'The Cheapest and Most Available Source of Energy Is the Energy We Waste' 187
Efficient Appliances 189
Efficient Lighting 190
Efficient Buildings-Green Buildings 197
Companies Involved in Building Efficiency 198
Smart Meters: Getting Smart on Grid Efficiency and Reliability 201
Smart Grid 201
Demand Response as a Power Efficiency Solution 203
The Role of Smart Meters 206
Demand Response and Advanced Metering 210
Benefits of Smart Meters 210
Current Smart Meter Usage 211
Advanced Metering Costs and Benefits 212
Southern California Edison's Business Case Experience for Advanced Metering 214
Interoperability and Industry Standards 214
Global Demand Response 215
U.S. Regulators-Generally Positive Toward Advanced Metering 216
What is Ahead for the Smart Meter Industry? 216
Industry Meter Penetration Rates and Upgrade Opportunities 217
Smart Meter Industry Growth Rates 218
Electricity Meter Market Shares 219
Power Storage and Backup Systems: When the Grid Just Won't Do 225
Types of Direct Electricity Storage Systems 227
Types of Power Storage Systems 231
Target Market Sizes 233
Clean Transportation: Electric Hybrids Are Charged Up and Ready to Go 237
The Internal Combustion Engine: Can It Be Saved? 238
Alternative Fuels for the Internal Combustion Engine 239
Eliminating the Internal Combustion Engine 241
Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Vehicles 242
Plug-in Electric Hybrid Vehicles (PHEVs) 244
Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Players 246
All-Electric Vehicles 247
Clean Transportation Investment Conclusions 249
Ethanol and Biofuels: Long-Term Transportation Solution or Flash in the Pan until More Environmentally Friendly Vehicle Technologies Take Over? 253
Biofuels: What Are They? 253
Advantages and Disadvantages 254
U.S. Government Support for Ethanol 257
Obstacles for the U.S. Ethanol Industry 258
Brazilian Competition 260
How Far Can Ethanol Go to Replace Gasoline in the U.S. Transportation Fuel Supply? 263
The Future of Ethanol: Cellulosic-Based Ethanol 265
Ethanol Company Investment Analysis 266
U.S. Ethanol Industry Market Shares 269
Ethanol Investment Conclusions 271
Companies Supporting the U.S. Ethanol Industry 272
Trading Biofuel Markets: Feedstock Frenzy 275
Ethanol 275
Corn 278
Sugar 280
Soybean Oil 281
Palm Oil 283
Big Coal-Meet Your New Partners: Cleaner Coal Technology and Carbon Capture 285
Global Coal Usage 286
U.S. Coal Companies 287
Cleaner Coal Technologies 289
Cleaner Burning Coal 289
Coal-Fired Power Plant Pollution Controls 290
Coal Gasification and CO[subscript 2] Sequestration 291
Algae-Based CO[subscript 2] Absorption 293
Coal-to-Liquid Transportation Fuel 294
Clean Coal Investment Conclusions 295
Carbon Trading: Poised to Become the World's Largest Commodity Market? 297
Trading European CO[subscript 2] Allowances 297
Causes of Price Movements 300
European Cap-and-Trade CO[subscript 2] Emissions Background Explanation 302
Chicago Climate Exchange 303
Investment Conclusions 307
Appendix 311
Notes 319
Index 351
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