Cheetah Spotlight on Projects of Health, Abundance, and Sustainability
FORCES DRIVING DEMAND FOR
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Investors are growing more interested in alternative energy. Venture capitalists see value in innovative meters and carbon calculators that help us see what can be measured and reduced, and ultimately replaced with an alternative source.
Some consumers will pay more for energy that comes from a renewable source. Paying $30 for an LED light bulb or installing solar air conditioning is trendy. Everybody’s asking “what’s the payback?”
The USA loves good competition. It’s challenging to keep up with Germany, Italy, and Spain in solar electric power, but universal access to the sun makes Solar Energy the most viable alternative energy source. No money down solar panel leases can put you with the in-crowd.
Training and support for jobs in alternative energy was 0.3% in 2007, according to Pew Charitable Trusts' research. By 2009, training increased to 6.8%. An example of a new responsibility is the role of an "energy auditor.”
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If it’s economically viable, businesses will go with the energy alternative resource. Calculating proficiency and strong business cases are in demand. Starting small is the key; buy a small wind turbine.
According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), of all the energy produced in the USA in 2009, 10.6% of it was from alternative energy sources: hydroelectric, geothermal, solar, wind, and biomass. Spikes in oil and our economy’s wellbeing directly affect this upward trend. We’ve limited our list to just six trends in alternative energy that will surely make you hip.
Today’s farming is more to the liking of Green Acre’s Eva Gabor. Increasing oil prices leads to biomass demands, and that makes algae oil farming a lucrative renewable energy business.
CHEETAH SPOTLIGHT
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