Investments in Renewables: A Green Lining in Market Meltdown?

[jpdm]

A US group believe that the financial crisis happening right now will compel investors to seek new investments notably in green technology...


In the Philippines, the proponents of the recently passed Philippine law on Renewable Energy (Zubiri et al) believe that in the long run the Philippines though expensive initially will benefit immensely with the development of renewable energy in the country...


I believe, investments in renewable energy (geothermal ,hydro electric, wind farms, solar, enthanol, biodiesel) is better right now that investing in fossil fuel ...because its more socially and environmentally responsive and beneficial to our economy in the long run...


The public can then invest in the upstream (plant) or downstream (stations) that sell renewable energy (i.e. ethanol, biodiesel, solar panels etc..)


What do you think?

Business Mirror
October 25, 2008


[SIZE=3]A Green Lining in a Market meltdown?[/SIZE]
by Stephen Leahy/ Intel press service
October 17, 2008


UXBRIDGE, Canada—Clean and green technologies may end up a big winner in the current global financial crisis, say investment professionals.


Billions of dollars in new investments have been made in clean/green tech such as renewable energy and energy efficiency in recent years. And, despite fears of a major recession in the US, nearly all investment professionals and institutions reported plans to introduce new investment opportunities before the end of 2009, according to a new survey of the 500-member Social Investment Forum (SIF), an association for socially and environmentally responsible investment firms.


It turns out the near collapse of the US financial system has a silver lining for the long-cash-starved alternative energy sector.
“The new Congress will regulate carbon emissions. The costs of fossil fuel will finally begin to reflect the costs of climate change,”


“Despite the credit crisis, the fundamentals of clean energy are so strong, they will find financing,” Seitchik said in an interview.


Companies producing solar products have seen their revenues grow 60 percent to 140 percent this year and expect to reach 45 percent to 200 percent in 2009. One company, SunPower Corp., will see $2 billion in sales in 2009, he said.

Even the falling price of oil won’t take the bloom off the rising green economy, experts say. Alternative energy is more cost-competitive than it once was and when combined with long-term government support incentives, oil would have to be below $50 a barrel to have an impact. It should also be remembered that the oil-and-gas industry receives government subsidies ranging from $20 billion to $40 billion annually.


Large institutional investors like pension funds are also worried about the risks of climate change on their investments and are shying away from putting money into the fossil fuel industry, said Seitchik. Green technologies are far more attractive, particularly over the longer term.

“As energy prices continue to fluctuate and the need to address climate change becomes ever more urgent, many investors want to blaze a trail for clean energy solutions that meet demand and respond to the impacts of climate change,” said Lisa Woll, chief executive officer of the Washington, D.C.-based SIF.


“Our new survey confirms that Social Investment Forum members are at the forefront of ‘green technology’ and clean energy investing, which is rapidly becoming a major element of the mainstream American investment marketplace.”

[True Faith]

Agree here.

For instance geothermal energy plants and hydro electric plants are now being privatized by the government with big companies such as First Gas and Aboitiz are buying formerly government properties..

If these companies will start there IPOs, I think they are a very attractive investment

The country for instance is the 2nd largest user of geothermal energy through PNOC-EC. Now with Red Vulcan, the new owners what new investors...

On the other hand, by 2010 more and more biodiesel and ethanol plants will come on stream in time for the mandated use of more blended fuel in the country.....

[safeorigin]

if only the government invested on alternative energy research. seriously though, we need something renewable with a big bang for the buck(idiom so not to be taken literally)

[normanenoza]

if only the government invested on alternative energy research. seriously though, we need something renewable with a big bang for the buck(idiom so not to be taken literally)

even the richest countries in the world cannot find a practical alternative energy resource. no such thing at the moment come s close to the flexibility of petroleum when it comes to producing fuel and other industrial products. just imagine, plastic will be not even be so common today without the discovery of oil.

[jpdm]

even the richest countries in the world cannot find a practical alternative energy resource. no such thing at the moment come s close to the flexibility of petroleum when it comes to producing fuel and other industrial products. just imagine, plastic will be not even be so common today without the discovery of oil.

Sabagay..

But still, there is a need to limit the use of fossil fuel especially in the area of power generation....

...like what we can do in the philippines...

...as we develop our geothermal plants--we can use these to power our train system...especially the soon to be built Northrail....

[CVT]

Agree here. In our industry for example, makers of solar cells are the ones with brisk production these times....

6909:seehearspeak:

[jpdm]

Agree here. In our industry for example, makers of solar cells are the ones with brisk production these times....

6909:seehearspeak:

Right!

That's the reason why this US solar company (is it Sun power? subsidiary of Cypress)is contemplating of expanding here.

Actually its solar cell plant is the country is the first in the Philippines...

The cells made by Sun power were used by DLSU solar power car project.

Then, I have read , that indeed North rail is contemplating of using electric trains rather than diesel powered ones...(they can used a combination of geothermal plant for the elctric power and solar panels for airconditioning)

Hopefully, malls and factories and hotels will start using solar power too!

[True Faith]

From manila times
October 26, 2008


Can we consider this as an alternative?

Are we ready for a nuclear power plant?

[safeorigin]

yep. a friend of mine who works in a US nuclear sub drinks reactor water

[jpdm]

yep. a friend of mine who works in a US nuclear sub drinks reactor water

really?

-Anyway, the government is reviewing its nuclear program (if there is indeed an existing one)

-Another notable green energy source is windpower. The Northwind Wind farm in Ilocos is just one of the planned windpower projects...

--I hope the government will seriously look at this alternative energy source.

[safeorigin]

seriously, middle easterns would be out of business when their juice gets dry. well, you gotta admit their progressive commercial transition is very wise though(talking about dubai). anyway, there'll always be alternatives. who knows, we might build a perpetual machine or something close to that with minimal human effort(something like a spring mechanism only this time it powers a car). besides, it may be a good exercise

[jpdm]

How about those windmills in the Netherlands?

i think it can be used by household to power water pumps or a small generator...

[True Faith]

Yup, I think it works in the Netherlands..

I used to see these small windmills before in the provinces. Used to power small water pumps for irrigation purposes...

[jpdm]

This a good step on the right direction....

Business Mirror
October 29, 2008



30 billion pesos Geothermal Plant Expansion To Cut Power Cost

By Manly Ugalde




LEGAZPI CITY—The provinces of Albay and Sorsogon are expected to enjoy lower power rates when the P30-billion geothermal expansion programs under the Bacon-Manito (BacMan) geothermal power plant is completed within the next five years.


The power-plant expansion site straddles the boundaries of Albay and Sorsogon.


Mayor Noel Rosal of Legazpi City said the P30-billion BacMan expansion project is hoped to make Bicolanos’ dream from the Marcos era to the present a reality through getting a share of the benefits from geothermal power through lower power rates.




Government contention that geothermal power is nature’s bounty that should be equally enjoyed by every Filipino should not be a major consideration as the Bicol region is a depressed area. Rosal said the retention of at least 30 MW of power from the Tiwi and BacMan plants for use in Bicol would help uplift the region, instead of distributing all of the power output in the Luzon grid, with Bicol in the end having to pay higher power cost.

[jpdm]

Business Mirror
October 29, 2008


Jennifer A. Ng, reporter


[SIZE=3]Moratorium Urged on Agro-fuel Development[/SIZE]


AN expert from Brazil and a Philippine-based nongovernment organization (NGO) urged a moratorium on agrofuel development in light of the food and climate crises.

“Thousands of hectares of traditional ecosystems, arable lands, and local livelihoods are being irreversibly affected by the expansion of agrofuel crops. Urban industrialized lives and ever-increasing energy demands are buying into the alleged greening of the energy sector and paving the way for corporate takeover in natural resources, such as land, water, forests, biodiversity, oil and gas,” explained Moreno.


Moreno cited the experience of Brazil, which is now the global leader in ethanol exports, providing 70 percent of the world’s supply in 2006.


She said a drive through Brazil’s countryside reveals the expansion of agribusiness, turning millions of hectares of formerly natural ecosystems, including the Cerrado (grasslands) and the Amazon, into one major monoculture.


“If global warming is a result of the industrial urban way of life and its ever-increasing demand for energy, promoting monoculture in agriculture and deepening the use of an oil-intensive agroindustrial model to produce biofuels can never be a solution,” she said.

Well, a more rational program on biofuel development should be installed so that its negative effects will be minimized...

[True Faith]

I got see this one. I will ask again jpdm about ehnriko. I think he has this device.

Well, if it really works, Pinoys should support and patronize this.

It seems its a very simple gadget that works....

A HHo device made by Ehnriko
[SIZE=2]HHO Fuel Enhancement Device [/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]HHydro Super7 [/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]RUN YOUR CAR WITH WATER!
[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Increase Power and Torque!
Increase Mileage by 20% to 50% or MORE!
Reduce Harmful Toxic Emissions by 90% or MORE!
Enjoy guilt-free driving by 100%!
[/SIZE]
The cores of this cell is made of high quality stainless steel which do not corrode and are pre-conditioned... it is designed to work well with distilled or tap water alone and is a maintenance free system.

MATIPID SA TUBIG! 1 liter of water is the compressed state of about 18,000 Liters volume of Hydrogen and Oxygen gas. Since only about .01cc of Hydroxy gas is needed to enhance or enrich a 95cc of fuel and air mixture volume, the 1 Liter of water can go a long way.

With our realistic stochiometric Air Fuel Mixtures.. we need only 1 part of hydrogen gas to mix with 95 parts of our Fuel and Air Mixture in order to achieve this efficiency. This is the reason why Hydrogen on Demand will definitely work with your engine.

RODUCT FEATURE:

1. minimalistic / compact
2. easy to install
3. easy to uninstall
4. non intrusive
5. non invasive
6. low maintenance
7. just add water

BENEFITS:

1. increases power
2. increases mileage
3. reduces harmful emissions significantly!
4. increases burning rate and octane when mixed with normal hydrocarbon based fuel
5. cleans engine combustion chambers
6. lowers engine temperature
7. increases vehicle acceleration response and raises top speed smoothly

Here is the link:

hyper7*operamail.com

[jpdm]

Just like my previous post in another thread, I have one in my car. This HHO really works!

[niky]

Are you willing to put it up to the test? I have a GPS box that will help us do measured fuel economy tests on the SLEX, and we have access to the dyno at Speedlab, where a lot of the "fuel saver" inventors go to test their devices.

[True Faith]

Just like my previous post in another thread, I have one in my car. This HHO really works!

i hope I can see how it works too, sir jpdm! PM kita!

[jpdm]

If US president elect OBAMA will be true to his word and send back US forces in Iraq, tension in the Middle east will ease and Iraqi oil will be available again in the market.

This might push oil prices lower again...

But i hope it will not slowdown the quest to search and develop alternative fuel and energy....