Maine

If there’s one thing that the state of Maine and the province of Nova Scotia share, it’s lots of coastline. So, in a positive demonstration of international renewable energy cooperation, the two governments will be working together to develop tidal energy and offshore wind power.

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).

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that five more states have reached a significant milestone—completing weatherization work for more than 30% of the homes they have planned.

This is part I of my three-part interview with Mark McLanahan, senior vice-president at Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV).

In this segment McLanahan talks about the future of solar power, financing, and operating commercial large-scale solar projects.

Experts often tout government policies as an important component of implementing energy efficiency. But, critics argue that such issues should not be subject to government regulation and should instead evolve out of the capitalistic market. Clean energy is spreading rapidly across the county, but what encourages such improvements?

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