alternative energien

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USA-Energiepolitik: http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/energy/
http://www.energy.gov/engine/content.do?BT_CODE=AD_AP

Zielsetzung ist sicherheitsstrategischer - und nicht klimaschützender - Natur!

President Bush Discussed Plans To Reduce Our Dependence On Foreign Sources Of Energy

Die Wege dahin:

1. New Technologies Will Promote Conservation And Reduce Gas Consumption.

Tax Incentives For Hybrid Vehicle Owners. Some of these cars can travel twice as far as conventional vehicles on one gallon of fuel, and they produce lower emissions. The President's FY 2006 Budget includes $2.5 billion over 10 years in tax incentives to consumers for the purchase of hybrid cars and trucks that will reduce U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources.
Extending Tax Credits To Clean-Diesel Vehicles. Clean-diesel technology will allow consumers to travel much farther on each gallon of fuel without the harmful pollution of older diesel engines, and the President has proposed to make a new generation of energy-efficient vehicles - clean-diesel cars - eligible for the same tax credits he has proposed for hybrid vehicles.

2. Producing And Refining More Crude Oil Here At Home Will Help Offset Growing Demand For Foreign Oil.

Increase Domestic Energy Production In Environmentally Responsible Ways. Technology now makes it possible to reach energy resources in places like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Drilling on less than 1 percent of ANWR's total area could eventually yield up to one million barrels of oil per day.
Simplify Rules So Existing Refineries Can Expand Their Capacity. The President has directed the Environmental Protection Agency to simplify existing regulations and make it easier for refineries to expand their capacity, while maintaining strict environmental safeguards.
Build New Refineries To Meet Growing Demand. There have been no new oil refineries built in the United States since 1976. The President has proposed the construction of new refineries on closed military sites, which will create jobs in these communities.

3. Developing Alternative Fuel Sources To Reduce America's Need For Foreign Energy Sources.

President Bush Is Leading The Way On Hydrogen Fuel. President Bush has dedicated $1.2 billion over five years towards developing hydrogen-powered fuel cells, zero-emissions vehicles that could run without gasoline, and the infrastructure to support them. As hydrogen production becomes more cost competitive, this new energy source will offer an environmentally friendly alternative to gasoline.
Ethanol Is An American-Grown Alternative To Foreign Crude Oil. Ethanol is a renewable resource derived from corn grown in America that offers the opportunity to reduce U.S. demand for foreign crude oil. With minor modifications by automobile manufacturers, vehicles can run on a fuel blend that is 85 percent ethanol and only 15 percent gasoline.
Biodiesel Delivers Critical Benefits Without Oil. Made from a variety of waste products and producing substantially less air pollution than gasoline or regular diesel, biodiesel also reduces engine wear. Moreover, the use of biodiesel supports American farmers and manufacturers - not foreign oil producers.

4. By Urging Other Nations To Increase Production And Helping Them Become More Efficient Users Of Energy , The United States Can Help Address Increased Demand For Energy Worldwide.

Working With Foreign Leaders To Increase Production. The United States is encouraging oil-producing countries to maximize their production, so that more crude oil is on the market to meet high demand.
Rising Oil Consumption In Asia Is Growing Faster Than Global Supply. Helping rapidly developing countries like India and China become more efficient users of energy will take pressure off the global oil supply and reduce gas prices in America.
The Administration Is Working With World Leaders To Join Our Efforts. At the G-8 meeting later this month, President Bush will ask other world leaders to help encourage developing countries to find practical, cost-efficient ways to use clean-energy technologies and reduce global demand for oil.
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President Bush Is Addressing Climate Change
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...050630-16.html

In February 2002, President Bush committed to cut our nation's greenhouse gas intensity -- how much we emit per unit of economic activity -- by 18 percent through 2012. The President's goal amounts to an annual 1.95-percent cut in emissions intensity. In 2003 alone, U.S. intensity declined by 2.3 percent. Preliminary figures for 2004 suggest even greater reductions in emissions intensity during a period of robust economic growth.

The Bush Administration will have spent over $20 billion by the end of 2005, more than any other nation. $5.5 billion is proposed for climate change activities in 2006. The President has also proposed $3.6 billion in tax incentives over 5 years to spur use of clean, renewable, and energy-efficient technologies. These Federal programs are only part of the effort, as they are also leveraging billions of dollars in private investments.

Bush's Wind Energy Programe: Völlig unterfinanziert!http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget...windenergy.pdf

Sehr gut aufbereiteter Bericht an den Präsidenten Bush:
Report of the National Energy Policy Development Group
http://www.whitehouse.gov/energy/index.html
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Senate approves far-reaching energy bill

Bill looks to boost domestic oil production and offer incentives for using alternative fuels.
June 28, 2005

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a wide-ranging energy bill that doubles use of corn-blended ethanol, shores up electricity-grid reliability and offers $16 billion in tax breaks and incentives to boost domestic production.
The 1,250-page bill, which passed 85-12, must still be reconciled with an $8 billion energy package passed by the House in April before a final version is sent to President Bush.

Even as industry leaders and the White House offered kudos, knotty problems like the bill's price tag and lawsuit protection for makers of a water-polluting fuel additive must be solved before Congress can deliver a bill for Bush to sign into law.

"I urge the House and Senate to resolve their differences quickly and get a good bill to my desk before the August recess," Bush said in a statement.

As crude oil prices hit record highs, rising above $60 a barrel earlier this week, Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said the bill would do little in the near term to ease the pain for consumers .

"This is the first step on what will be a long road" toward more domestic-energy supplies, Bodman said.

The White House has called for $6.7 billion in tax incentives over a decade and criticized incentives in the House bill that provided tax breaks for long-established techniques for oil and gas production.

The Senate bill extends billions of dollars in tax incentives to build new nuclear and cleaner coal-fired plants , and to derive energy from solar, wind and other renewable sources.

It also encourages electric-grid investment and sets higher reliability standards for utilities in a bid to avoid a repeat of the 2003 blackout that left 50 million people in the dark.

In a boon to Midwest farmers, the Senate bill requires refiners to double use of corn-blended ethanol in gasoline to 8 billion gallons by 2012, versus 5 billion gallons in the House version.

Missing from the Senate plan are several contentious issues approved by the House.

Chief among them are a ban on product-defect lawsuits against makers of a water-polluting fuel additive called MTBE, and a provision allowing oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which is a top White House priority.

House-Senate negotiations could go easier if congressional leaders place the lawsuit ban in a highway-funding bill that Congress could consider this week. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay left the door open on Tuesday for that approach.

"We'll look at what the solution is. When we figure out where to put it, that's where we'll put it," DeLay told reporters.

Although Energy Committee Chairman Joe Barton has declined to comment, Democratic aides say Barton was eyeing the highway bill as the home for the MTBE provision.

Formally named methyl tertiary butyl ether, MTBE is a fuel additive like ethanol. For years, MTBE defenders have demanded liability protection for MTBE as the price for greater use of ethanol, a politically popular fuel.

The Senate bill doesn't give MTBE makers lawsuit protection but grants them $1 billion in transition assistance to make other fuel additives.

U.S. refiners began adding MTBE to gasoline in 1979 as an antiknock agent that replaced lead, but MTBE has seeped into water supplies in all 50 states through leaky storage tanks, rendering the water undrinkable.

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Kommentar zum Energierecht in Deutschland:

Mit der Preisknute
Von Andreas Mihm


16. Juni 2005


http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaf...e-1228356.html

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Windenergie in den USA:

Percentage wind generated vs. total energy production:

Denmark: 19%
Germany: 5.5%
United States: 0.4%

Total installed wind power capacity: 39,292 MW:

Germany: 14,609 MW
United States: 6,374 MW
Denmark: 3,110 MW
Canada: 312 MW

Auszug aus http://www.westernwindenergy.com/strategy.php über die Economics der US-Windenergie-Betreiber: At a robust wind location, each one megawatt installed, or US $1 million capital invested, $166,000 is generated annually in revenues, plus $55,000 in “federal tax credits” (PTC) and $600,000 in first year write-offs.
Wind developers have three revenue sources:
Electrical sales: 3 – 7.5 cents per kw/h
Renewable Energy Credits: 1 – 3 cents per kw/h
Production tax credits: 1.8 cents per kw/h
Operations and maintenance costs are well defined, easily controlled, based on manufacturer’s warranties.
Natural gas fuel costs are US 5 cents kw/h compared to total cost of 1/2 – 1-cent kw/h for wind energy.



California Energy Commission, Draft Final Report, California Historical Energy Statistics, p300-98-001 (January 1998). 1990- 2003: Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 2003, DOE/ EIA- 0384(2003) (Washington, DC, September 2004), Table 8.7a.
Quelle:
Annual Energy Outlook 2005 with Projections to 2025
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/index.html

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New Energy Zertifikat
DE0005583603 / 558360
Fälligkeit 30.09.05
Währung EUR
Geld-Brief-Spanne in % 2,5%



Enthaltene Werte
Repsol YPF S.A. 15,4%
BP plc 13,4%
Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. 12,3%
Linde AG 11,7%
Thermo Electron Corp. 9,2%
Honeywell International Inc. 8,7%
Tetra Tech Inc. 8,1%
Sulzer AG (N) 6,3%
Vestas Wind Systems A/S 5,9%
FuelCell Energy Inc. 3,4%

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Hydrogen powered-car seeks efficiency record - 5th July 2005

A new hydrogen car has been unveiled that is set to try and break the world's fuel efficiency record.

British gas company BOC has co-created the BOC Ech2o, which would need just 25 watts of electricity for a 25,000-mile world trip.

The only drawback of the new super-efficient car is that it has a top speed of just 30mph.

An attempt to break the world record on fuel efficiency, which currently stands at just over 15,000mpg, is to be undertaken by go-kart driver Jack Dex, 13, at the Shell Eco Marathon in Northamptonshire this Thursday.

The Ech2o's hydrogen storage system was designed by BOC, while its body, chassis and steering system was designed by OSCar Automotive and its electric powertrain was developed by Oxford University.

BOC's director of sustainable energy, John Carolin, told the Press Association: "The lessons from this and other projects will show that hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles could be a practical, attractive and a viable economic alternative to diesel- or petrol-fuelled vehicles."
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2005-06-23 11:47 GMT:
BOC wins hydrogen supply contracts with Chevron, Holly
LONDON (AFX) - UK industrial gas producer BOC Group PLC said it secured hydrogen
supply contracts with US oil refiners Chevron Corp and Holly Corp.

The hydrogen will be sourced from BOC's planned 50 mln usd plant in Salt Lake
City and delivered to the companies' refineries in Utah.

BOC will begin the construction of the plant early next month, with production
set to start by mid-2006.

BOC in 2006 will be producing a total of 175 mln standard cubic feet of hydrogen
per day at its various US facilities.



BOC GROUP, WKN 850516
Marktkapital. 7,52 Mrd. EUR
Founded in 1886, BOC is a worldwide industrial gases, semiconductor equipment and distribution services company. We manufacture and distribute over 20,000 gases and gas mixtures, as well as a range of related equipment and services to industrial, medical and scientific users.
Homepage: http://www.boc.com/index.asp
News:
http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nach.../boc-group.asp
http://www.newratings.com/companies/...n=GB0001081206

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Electric City Corp
Marktkapital. 46,15 Mio. USD
Symbol ELC.ASE
ISIN US2848681068
WKN 634820
Börse: AMEX
News:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix....58&p=irol-news
http://www.finanznachrichten.de/such...Electric+City+
price target to $1.80 per share gemäß dem hier: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix....029&highlight=
Electric City(R) is a leading developer, manufacturer and integrator of energy savings technologies and building automation systems. The Company currently markets the EnergySaver(TM), the GlobalCommander(R) and a full line of energy retrofit technologies, as well as its independent development of scalable, negative power systems under the trade name Virtual "Negawatt" Power Plan "VNPP"(R). The Company is developing its first VNPP(R) development -- a 50-Megawatt negative power system for ComEd in Northern Illinois, a second system in the Denver area for Xcel Energy, an initial program in Ontario, Canada with Enersource and a 27-Megawatt fourth system with PacifiCorp in the St. Lake City area. Electric City(R) is based in Elk Grove Village, Illinois and is traded on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol ELC. Additional information is available at the Company's website at http://www.elccorp.com/ or by calling 847-437-1666.
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Electric City Corp. Reports Second Quarter 2005 Results

Revenue up 222% Over Same Period in 2004

Aug. 15 / 2005
(Auszug)
The net loss available to common shareholders for the second quarter of 2005 was $2,163,634 or $0.05 per share as compared to a loss of $1,768,032 or $0.04 per share for the same period in 2004. The Company reported a net loss available to common shareholders for the first six months of 2005 of $3,173,692 or $0.07 per share versus a net loss available to common shareholders of $6,289,781 or $0.16 per share for the first six months of 2004. The net loss available to common shareholders for the three-month period ended June 30, 2004 included $289,784 of non-cash deemed dividends, or $0.01 per share and the six-month period ended June 30, 2004 included $3.2 million of non-cash, deemed dividends or $0.08 per share, of which $1.8 million was related to the redemption and exchange transaction which the company successfully closed in March 2004, thereby reducing future dividend requirements.

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13.07.2005
China richtet Renewables-Folgekonferenz in Peking aus

Berlin - Die chinesische Regierung hat offiziell angekündigt, vom 7. bis 8. November 2005 eine internationale Konferenz zu Erneuerbaren Energien auszurichten. Die Konferenz ist konzipiert als Folgekonferenz zur renewables2004, die vergangenes Jahr von Deutschland in Bonn ausgerichtet wurde, teilte das Bundesumweltministerium mit.

Bundesumweltminister Jürgen Trittin und Bundesentwicklungsministerin Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul haben die chinesische Initiative begrüßt. Bundesumweltminister Jürgen Trittin: „Mit der Umsetzung seines 2004 in Bonn angekündigten Aktionsprogrammes und mit der Ausrichtung dieser Konferenz unterstreicht China seine aktive Rolle bei der Förderung Erneuerbarer Energien.“ Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul: „Die Ankündigung zeigt, wie wichtig Erneuerbare Energien nicht nur für Industrieländer, sondern auch für Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländer geworden sind.“

Beide Bundesministerien wollen China bei der Organisation der Konferenz in Peking unterstützen. Die Konferenz in Peking wird sich vor allem mit dem Stand des globalen Ausbaus Erneuerbarer Energien, mit den Optionen eines Überprüfungsmechanismus und Berichtswesens für das Internationale Aktionsprogramm sowie mit dem Thema Technologietransfer befassen. Der Teilnehmerkreis soll alle UN-Staaten unter Beteiligung von internationalen Organisationen, Nichtregierungsorganisationen und privatem Sektor umfassen.

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RAETIA ENERGIE PS
WKN: 814025, ISIN CH0016405844, Börse: Zürich
Marktkapital. 200,00 Mio. CHF

Rätia Energie (RE) ist im Jahr 2000 aus dem Zusammenschluss der Kraftwerke Brusio AG in Poschiavo, der AG Bündner Kraftwerke in Klosters und der Rhätische Werke für Elektrizität AG in Thusis entstanden.

RE ist ein integriertes Unternehmen, deren Kerntätigkeiten der nationale und internationale Stromhandel sowie die regionale Stromversorgung sind. Dabei stützt sie sich auf den eigenen, durch Speicherkraftwerke modulierbaren Produktionspark, auf das strategisch günstig gelegene Übertragungsnetz und über das eigene Versorgungsnetz.

Mit ihren Strommarken PurePower St. Moritz, PurePower Graubünden und Swisshydro ist RE ein bedeutender Anbieter von zertifiziertem Ökostrom.

Der Energieumsatz der RE betrug im Jahr 2003 ca. 5'300 GWh; davon fliessen ca. 500 GWh in die regionale Versorgung, der Rest auf Verbundebene in den nationalen und internationalen Stromhandel.
http://www.repower.ch/


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OESTERR. EL.-AG (VERBUNDGES.) Inhaber-Aktien A o.N.
WKN: 877738 Börse: Wien
Nicht nachhaltig, nur sehr eindrücklicher Chart!

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NOVERA ENERGY LIMITED
WKN: 257103
Novera Energy Limited (ASX & AIM: NVE) is an international renewable energy company, developing and owning renewable and low emission electricity generators, suppling mainstream power grids.
Founded in 1998 and first listed on the Australian Stock Exchange during 2002, Novera Energy is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The Company is also listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market.
http://www.noveraenergy.com/index.php
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Wärtsilä Corporation

Marktkapital. 1,68 Mrd. EUR
Wärtsilä Corporation ist ein führender Anbieter von Energie-, Antriebslösungen und Servicedienstleistungen für die Schiffsindustrie und die dezentrale Energieerzeugung.
Vertretungen in über 50 Ländern der Welt
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http://www.wartsila.com/english/index.jsp
WKN: 881050, ISIN FI0009003727
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SHB Raises Wartsila Fair Value To EUR30

Monday, August 08, 2005 5:07:50 AM ET
Dow Jones Newswires

Handelsbanken ups Wartsila (WRTBV.HE) six-month fair trading value to EUR30 from EUR27, following 2Q. Says order intake beat its forecast by 24%, driven by booming Marine orders, and that given the six-month lag between a ship order and the engine order for the ship, 2H prospects look great. Also takes notice of management's bullish outlook for Power Plants business, and says it will upgrade estimates if the order to Azerbaijan is secured in 3Q. Keeps at accumulate . Shares +0.8% at EUR25.10. (MKR)

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Five Energy Bill Winners

By Jim Jubak
MSN Money Markets Editor
8/3/2005

Today I'm going to give you five stock winners from the energy bill that's likely to pass Congress this summer:
Peabody Energy (BTU:NYSE - commentary - research),
Deere (DE:NYSE - commentary - research),
Chicago Bridge and Iron (CBI:NYSE - commentary - research),
TransCanada (TRP:NYSE - commentary - research) and
Buckeye Partners (BPL:NYSE - commentary - research).

You'll notice that there's only one "pure" energy producer on the list. That's because, as an energy bill, the current legislation is a sham. But it's not bad as a farm-subsidy bill, a construction-industry jobs bill or a pipeline-company guarantee bill. So four of my five winners come from those sectors.


Let's start by looking at what the energy bill doesn't do.

It doesn't do anything to cut U.S. oil consumption. According to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, the final bill that was hammered out between the House and Senate would see U.S. oil demand rise from 20.5 million barrels a day today to 26 million barrels a day by 2020. Several provisions that would have kept consumption to 25 million barrels a day by 2020 died in the joint conference.

Getting more miles per gallon is the fastest way to get a big reduction in oil use. But Congress, by a big margin, rejected attempts to significantly raise automobile fuel-efficiency standards.

A Widening Gap
The bill doesn't do much to cut U.S. reliance on imported oil and gas. Yes, there are tax breaks and subsidies galore for domestic oil and gas production. But absent some reduction in the growth of consumption, the gap between what we pump out of the ground from aging oil and gas fields and what we consume will just get wider. Last year, 58% of the oil consumed in the U.S. had to be imported, up from 34% in 1973. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that by 2025, the U.S. will import 68% of its oil.

The situation is only marginally better for natural gas. The U.S. is becoming more dependent on imports of liquefied natural gas: LNG is projected, again by the Energy Information Administration, to account for 21% of our natural gas supply by 2025.

The bill does nothing to tax carbon emissions. This amounts to a huge subsidy to oil, gas and coal-based energy production, since power plants and vehicles burning those fuels can dispose of much of their waste for free by putting it into the air. (Yes, some specific pollutants are regulated, but carbon emissions aren't.)


The big losers here are nuclear power and alternative technologies such as solar and wind. Nuclear gets slammed especially hard, because the government taxes nuclear plants to pay for waste disposal.

Clean Coal?
Congress rejected a carbon tax despite arguments that this was the best way to reduce U.S. contributions to global warming and that it would lead to a free market in the trading of carbon pollution "rights." Instead, Congress created a bucket of subsidies for nuclear and alternative technologies.
Then, in typical congressional fashion, it added subsidies for "clean coal" technologies. (A provision to require that 10% of our electricity comes from alternative sources by 2020 appeared to die in committee.)

The subsidies and regulatory changes the bill does throw at nuclear power aren't enough to offset the bias toward fossil fuels.

I have my doubts about the wisdom of building more nuclear power plants when we've done so little to secure the ones we have against terrorist attack. And we still haven't solved the problem of how to secure the nuclear waste these plants produce. But I understand the current attraction of nuclear power.

The U.S. sits on large domestic deposits of uranium, so nuclear power is a domestic replacement for foreign oil. Nuclear power doesn't add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, a plus for anyone worried about global warming. And once a nuclear power plant is up and running, it produces cheap electricity -- about 1.7 cents per kilowatt hour vs. 1.8 cents for coal and 5.7 cents for gas.

But the big costs for nuclear power are in plant construction and waste disposal. Add those and nuclear power costs 6.5 cents per kilowatt hour vs. 5 cents for coal. The bill attempts to fill some of that gap with loan guarantees for nuclear-plant construction and rules to speed construction.

But, absent a carbon tax, nuclear isn't competitive with coal. That's certainly a problem if Congress really intends to get utilities investing in a new generation of nuclear-power plants, since claims of improved safety haven't yet been tested in real-world operations.

What It's About
So what does the bill do?

It gives federal officials the power to site liquefied natural gas terminals, overriding state and local rules if necessary. Currently, the U.S. has only four LNG terminals. If we're going to rely on imports for 21% of our natural gas needs, we're going to need a lot more terminals.

It puts more ethanol into our gasoline. The final bill could call for as much as 7.5 billion gallons of ethanol to be added to the nation's gas by 2012. That's about double the current level of ethanol production. That is, of course, good news for farmers who grow the corn that's used in ethanol.

And it keeps us firmly committed to the big-infrastructure model of energy production. Whether our energy comes from massive coal plants or nuclear reactors, imported natural gas or imported LNG, domestic coal or imported oil, we're going to need the infrastructure to move these commodities or the energy itself from production to consumption. That means lots more pipelines, transmission lines, port facilities and railroads.

My five energy bill winners play into those trends, both in what Congress didn't do and in what Congress did.

Coal is even more firmly king of domestic energy after this bill. My preferred coal stock is Peabody. But owning just about anything in the sector -- such as Penn Virginia Resources (PVR:NYSE - commentary - research) or Arch Coal (ACI:NYSE - commentary - research) -- should be a good investment, even from current price levels.

More boom times are ahead in the farm belt, at least if you grow corn. Think of the doubling of ethanol production over the next seven years as a huge guarantee that current good times for farmers have much longer to run. My preference is Deere, a pure play on the farm equipment market. (One play on ethanol to check out, if you can find the information -- this isn't a purchase recommendation -- is Novozymes, a Danish company developing enzymes to convert agricultural products into sugar for ethanol.)

Build we must, if we're going to import all that LNG. And as this bill makes clear, Congress is committed to building these ports no matter how local residents feel about them. My pick here is Chicago Bridge and Iron, a construction company with extensive overseas experience in designing and building these terminals.

We must get it from here to there, by pipe or rail. My sector picks are TransCanada, a pipeline-industry leader well placed for increasing oil and gas traffic between the U.S. and Canada, and Buckeye Partners.
Don't Count on Progress
I can't say I think much of the energy bill Congress has produced. It's a long way from what our country needs at this moment. It'll dig us deeper into an energy hole. The best thing that can be said is that maybe its passage will clear the decks for more creative approaches to our dependence on imported energy.
I'm not counting on it, however.

And in the meantime, I don't see any reason not to make some money by investing in the world as it is, imperfect as it as.

[Benjamin]

President Signs Energy Bill
August 8, 2005

Albuquerque, New Mexico [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] President Bush has signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 into law at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The signing of this bill represents the culmination of years of Congressional stalemate over a vast energy policy package, and a central policy goal of the Bush Administration since the president's first term in office.

"It is fitting that it will be signed in New Mexico where energy of all types is so important to our state."

- Senator Pete V. Domenici (R. NM) "This bipartisan bill contains numerous provisions that will make energy cleaner, more efficient, and more widely available in the future," said New Mexico's Republican Senator Pete V. Domenici who, as Chairman of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, was the leading lawmaker on the policy package.

"It is fitting that it will be signed New Mexico, where energy of all types is so important to our state," Domenici said.

Although most of bill's 14 billion price tag level incentives and tax breaks to the traditional fossil fuel industries, a number of supportive policy wins for renewable energy could usher in a new business cycle for the clean energy industries.

The package includes a two-year extension of the wind power industry's coveted Production Tax Credit (PTC), which will also be extended to a wide array of other renewable energy technologies.
The solar industry receives an unprecedented two-year investment tax credit for solar PV, thermal and Concentrating Solar Power (CSP). The first such legislation in decades, the national tax credit would be capped at $2000 per residential project and have no limit on commercial projects.

With their strong farm-belt constituencies, biofuels, and particularly ethanol, made out well through the inclusion of an expanded renewable fuels standard that will effectively double the amount of biofuels being produced.

Ocean energy , a particularly undeveloped technology in the U.S. received a host of policy items to help propel new projects. Geothermal and hydropower also received helpful policy items, as did hydrogen and fuel cells.

In short, all the renewable energy technologies, except small wind, received something to help promote their development and businesses.

There are also tax breaks for homeowners to use energy efficiency appliances and make energy efficiency improvements and tax breaks for the purchase of hybrid-electric cars like the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight.

Dropped was the Senate's passage of a 10 percent national Renewable Portfolio Standard, along with attempts to curb the nation's use of oil or to increase overall vehicle efficiency standards.

With the bill's signing today, the bill's many policy items go into effect beginning next year.

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Quarterly U.S. Wind Energy Market Outlook
August 15, 2005

Washington, D.C. [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] The American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) quarterly market outlook for the end of the second quarter of 2005 remains the same as at the end of the first quarter: i.e., that up to 2,500 MW of new wind generating capacity will be installed in the U.S. during 2005 .

AWEA's initial rough estimate is that 2,000 MW or more of new capacity will be installed per year in 2006 and 2007. With the official extension of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) through the end of 2007, AWEA's initial rough estimate is that 2,000 MW or more of new capacity will be installed per year in 2006 and 2007 .

AWEA provided a sampling of some of the more notable projects to be completed by year's end (a complete listing is available at www.awea.org/projects).

Hopkins Ridge Wind Power Project, Columbia County, Washington
- 149.4 MW
- Developed by RES America & Puget Sound Energy
- Using 83 Vestas 1.8-MW turbines

Kumeyaay Wind Power Project, San Diego County, California
- 50-MW
- Largest wind project on Native American land in the U.S.
- Developed by Superior Renewable Energy
- Using 25 Gamesa 2-MW turbines

Trimont Area Wind Farm, Martin & Jackson Counties, Minnesota
- 100.5 MW
- Largest project with local farmer ownership in the U.S.
- Under construction, developed by PPM Energy
- Using 67 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines

Weatherford Wind Energy Center, near Weatherford, Oklahoma
- 106.5 MW completed, 40.5 MW to be added by the end of the year
- Developed by FPL Energy
- 98 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines

Texas - 703.1 MW of new wind power capacity to be added in 2005
- Sweetwater phase II, near Sweetwater, 128-MW project developed by DKRW, Babcock & Brown, and Catamount Energy Corp., 61 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines
- Community-owned projects, a total of 30 MW being financed by John Deere, 24 Suzlon 1.25-MW turbines
- Callahan Divide Wind Energy Center in Taylor County, 114-MW project developed by FPL Energy, 76 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines
- Cottonwood Creek, west of Abilene, 100.5-MW project developed by DKRW, Babcock & Brown, and Catamount Energy Corp., 67 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines
- Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center in Taylor County, 210-MW project developed by FPL Energy, 140 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines
- Buffalo Gap, near Abilene 120.6-MW project developed by AES, 67 Vestas 1.8-MW turbines

Maple Ridge wind farm in Lewis County, New York
- 198-MW
- Under construction, developed jointly PPM Energy & Zilkha Renewable Energy
- 120 Vestas 1.65-MW turbines

Ainsworth Wind Energy facility near Ainsworth, Nebraska
- 59.4 MW
- Developed by the Nebraska Public Power District and RES America
- 36 Vestas 1.65-MW turbines

San Juan Mesa Wind Power Project, near Elida, New Mexico
- 120 MW
- Developed by Padoma Wind Power
- 120 Mitsubishi 1-MW turbines

For the full text of the first quarter market outlook release, see the following link.

Wind Energy Projects
Throughout the United States of America
Interessant, um einmal die Verteilung der Herdstellerfirmen zu sehen. Zumeist GE Energy. Danach Vestas und Gamesa, danach Mitsubishi, danach US-Kleinfirmen
http://www.awea.org/projects/

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Impacts & Implications of the
2005 U.S. Energy Policy Act
http://www.icfconsulting.com/markets....asp#renewable

Auszug:

The Impacts of Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA) Repeal
The repeal of PUHCA in the Energy Act will facilitate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the electric utility industry. More companies will soon propose to combine with other utilities, in addition to three such proposals currently under consideration. Strong European companies and nontraditional investors may use this opportunity to purchase or co-invest in U.S. utilities. The U.S. Security and Exchange Commission's (SEC) traditional role in reviewing such proposals is gone, as is the requirement for utility combinations to be contiguous or interconnected. However, M&A approval or success is not assured, as state approval for M&A will still be required, and both the states and the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) are granted additional authority to review utilities’ books and records to ensure financial integrity and nonabuse of market power. How that authority is implemented will be critical.

Development of Petroleum Resources
Whether there will be more refineries and domestic oil production depends on industry’s response to the Energy Act’s incentives. In addition to financial incentives, the Act requires an inventory of offshore resources, which signals the starting point for future offshore oil and gas leasing, exploration and production in areas currently off limits to leasing and drilling. The Act also enhances the ability to site new offshore pipelines in the Gulf region. ICF Consulting projects that the United States will become substantially more dependent on the import of petroleum products in the coming decades—with imports more than doubling.

Energy Project Siting and Infrastructure Development
Major energy facilities will be easier to site. The Energy Act encourages the siting and development of energy facilities and resources by providing financial incentives and granting new authority to the U.S. Federal Government. In light of these incentives and the current level of oil and gas prices, efforts are likely to accelerate to find and produce marginal domestic resources. Federal authority for liquefied natural gas (LNG) siting could be a key factor in encouraging such projects. Those with pending LNG and oil and gas opportunities should maximize the development and production of resources that qualify for the new investment incentives.

The Impacts on Nuclear Power
Nuclear energy is encouraged in the Energy Act. Tax credits and loan guarantees are provided for thousands of megawatts and could substantially lower the cost of those plants to consumers. Provisions for nuclear energy research and development demonstrate a renewed commitment from the U.S. Federal Government to next-generation facilities. Public opposition will inevitably accompany any proposal to build new nuclear facilities, but those concerns will be handled through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) streamlined licensing process. As with all power plants—especially nuclear ones—security issues will loom large.

Provisions for Electric Transmission
Transmission receives a strong push in the Energy Act. The Act allows the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to designate transmission corridors of 'national interest' to upgrade or add transmission for reliability or economic purposes. The "economic" aspect of this authority will be controversial. If states do not act, FERC could then require the development of transmission in those corridors. This authority will also make it harder for public interest and environmental groups to delay the approval of power lines. The Act also promotes transmission by requiring the setting of common nationwide standards for electric reliability, the setting of incentive rates for transmission, and the creation of a national organization that will monitor the status of the grid. All these measures imply a shift of authority from the states either to the federal government or in the case of siting, to multi-state compacts.

The Impacts on Renewable Energy
Renewables are strongly encouraged, and there is a window of opportunity to pursue them. The Act provides for substantial production tax credits (1.8 cents per kWh) for many renewable energy options for nine years, if they are on-line by the end of 2007. On the other hand, the Act does not provide for a national renewable portfolio standard (RPS)—which would have had significant impacts, particularly on the development of new wind projects.

The Impacts on Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency (EE) is given a strong push. The EE provisions in the Energy Act will establish new efficiency standards for a wide range of appliances. It also will make it easier for the U.S. Federal Government to run voluntary EE programs. Hybrid vehicle tax credits will enhance awareness of and interest in hybrid vehicles. New home builder tax credits will enhance a builder's ability to manufacture more efficient homes. Appliance manufacturer tax credits may encourage those that build such devices to push the envelope of energy savings potential. Such measures could save 1.5 percent of U.S. energy consumption.

The Impacts of Clean Coal and Gasification Incentives
As a result of the incentives in the Act, the first few clean-coal and gasification projects will be in a strong position to come to fruition, and those pursuing such projects should accelerate their development efforts. The Act provides substantial amounts in direct grants, loan guarantees and accelerated depreciation, divided among different technologies and types of fuel, to make this option a reality. By encouraging reductions in the level of emissions, these incentives (and the target emission reductions in the Act) will provide part of the response the U.S. can give to critics of its position on global warming.

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Ein Vergleich der langfristigen Ertragsaussichten bis 2010 für den Aktieninvestor
zwischen
- dem ölunternehmen BP und
- dem Windenergieanlagenhersteller Vestas
kann hier gefunden werden:
http://www.traderboersenboard.de/sho...597#post208597
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Tagesänderungen diverser Aktien im Bereich erneuerbare Energien: http://www.iwr.de/erneuerbare-energien/aktien.html