Research Catalog

Title

Profiting from clean energy : a complete guide to trading green in solar, wind, ethanol, fuel cell, power efficiency, carbon credit industries, and more / Richard W. Asplund.

Author

Asplund, Richard W., 1956-

Publication

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2008], ©2008.

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• Publisher description
• Contributor biographical information

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Description

xiii, 370 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Wiley trading

Uniform Title

Wiley trading.

Alternative Title

• Guide to trading green in solar, wind, ethanol, fuel cell, power efficiency, carbon credit industries, and more
• Trading green in solar, wind, ethanol, fuel cell, power efficiency, carbon credit industries, and more

Subjects

• Clean energy industries
• Exchange traded funds > United States
• Clean energy investment > United States

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Chapter 1. Clean Energy Investments and Performance: The Show Has Just Begun -- Clean Energy Business Startup -- Angel Investing -- Venture Capital -- Publicly Traded Stocks -- Clean Energy Stocks Listed Outside the U.S. -- Large-cap Stocks -- Global Petroleum Companies -- Clean Energy Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) -- Green Mutual Funds -- Global ETFs and Green Mutual Funds -- Futures and Options -- Investment Criteria for Publicly Traded Stocks -- Valuation and Bubbles -- Clean Energy Stock Performance -- Chapter 2. Catalysts for the Clean Energy Industry -- Fossil Fuel Negatives: Pollution, CO[subscript 2] Emissions, Cartels, Price Spikes, and Rising Prices -- Energy Security -- Growing Global Energy Demand -- Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change -- Clean Energy Technology Improvements -- Demand for Distributed Power Solutions Due to Grid Unreliability -- Rising Electricity Prices -- Could the Clean Energy Movement Fizzle if Oil Prices Plunge? -- Clean Energy Catalysts: Investment Conclusion -- Chapter 3. The Government Push: Strong Enough to Get Clean Energy to Fossil Fuel Parity? -- Types of Government Clean Energy Incentives and Mandates -- Renewable Energy Targets Worldwide -- Government Clean Energy Support Initiatives in the United States -- A Post-Kyoto Carbon Emissions Framework -- Chapter 4. Clean Energy Potential: Double-Digit Growth for Decades -- Overview of Global and U.S. Energy Flows -- Overview of U.S. Electricity Generation Sources -- Fossil Fuel Market Size: Even a Nose Under the Tent Is Worth Billions -- Renewable Energy Forecasts -- Chapter 5. Solar Power: The Sky Is the Limit -- Solar Thermal Power -- Solar Photovoltaic Power -- Solar Power Industry Growth Rates -- Demand Generated by Government Incentives and Regulation -- Solar Power Pricing and Competitiveness -- Upstream Solar Players: Polysilicon and Wafer Producers -- Thin Film Threats to Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells -- Upgraded Metallurgical Silicon (uMGS): A Threat to Traditional Polysilicon Producers? -- Solar PV Cell and Module Producers -- The Investment Outlook for Solar Cell/Module Manufacturers -- Chapter 6. Wind Power: The Dutch Windmill Gets a Technology Makeover -- Advantages and Disadvantages of Wind Power -- How Do Wind Turbines Work? -- Technological Developments -- Offshore Wind -- Industry Growth Rates and Prospects for Future Growth -- The Economics of Wind Power -- Government-Sponsored Incentives -- Wind Industry Issue: Component Shortages -- Wind Industry Players -- Chapter 7. Fuel Cells: Present and Accounted for in Some Applications Already -- Advantages and Disadvantages of Fuel Cells -- What is a Fuel Cell? Overview of the Technology -- Fuel Cell Industry Analysis: Industry Players -- Fuel Cell Industry Target Markets -- Commercialization Challenges -- Chapter 8. Geothermal Power: Dante's Contribution to Clean Energy -- Advantages and Disadvantages of Geothermal Power -- Geothermal Resources -- The Extraction of Geothermal Energy -- Geothermal Power Plant Systems Under Development -- Geothermal Heat Pumps -- Economics of Geothermal Power -- The Future of Geothermal Energy -- Chapter 9. Cleaner Utilities: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks -- Green Power Marketing Programs -- Renewable Energy Certificates -- Sources of Renewable Energy -- Methane Gas Extraction -- Companies Operating in Biomass and Biogas -- Wave and Tide Power -- Chapter 10. Power Efficiency: 'The Cheapest and Most Available Source of Energy Is the Energy We Waste' -- Efficient Appliances -- Efficient Lighting -- Efficient Buildings-Green Buildings -- Companies Involved in Building Efficiency -- Chapter 11. Smart Meters: Getting Smart on Grid Efficiency and Reliability -- Smart Grid -- Demand Response as a Power Efficiency Solution -- The Role of Smart Meters -- Demand Response and Advanced Metering -- Benefits of Smart Meters -- Current Smart Meter Usage -- Advanced Metering Costs and Benefits -- Southern California Edison's Business Case Experience for Advanced Metering -- Interoperability and Industry Standards -- Global Demand Response -- U.S. Regulators-Generally Positive Toward Advanced Metering -- What is Ahead for the Smart Meter Industry? -- Industry Meter Penetration Rates and Upgrade Opportunities -- Smart Meter Industry Growth Rates -- Electricity Meter Market Shares -- Chapter 12. Power Storage and Backup Systems: When the Grid Just Won't Do -- Types of Direct Electricity Storage Systems -- Types of Power Storage Systems -- Target Market Sizes -- Chapter 13. Clean Transportation: Electric Hybrids Are Charged Up and Ready to Go -- The Internal Combustion Engine: Can It Be Saved? -- Alternative Fuels for the Internal Combustion Engine -- Eliminating the Internal Combustion Engine -- Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Vehicles -- Plug-in Electric Hybrid Vehicles (PHEVs) -- Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Players -- All-Electric Vehicles -- Clean Transportation Investment Conclusions -- Chapter 14. Ethanol and Biofuels: Long-Term Transportation Solution or Flash in the Pan until More Environmentally Friendly Vehicle Technologies Take Over? -- Biofuels: What Are They? -- Advantages and Disadvantages -- U.S. Government Support for Ethanol -- Obstacles for the U.S. Ethanol Industry -- Brazilian Competition -- How Far Can Ethanol Go to Replace Gasoline in the U.S. Transportation Fuel Supply? -- The Future of Ethanol: Cellulosic-Based Ethanol -- Ethanol Company Investment Analysis -- U.S. Ethanol Industry Market Shares -- Ethanol Investment Conclusions -- Companies Supporting the U.S. Ethanol Industry -- Chapter 15. Trading Biofuel Markets: Feedstock Frenzy -- Ethanol -- Corn -- Sugar -- Soybean Oil -- Palm Oil -- Chapter 16. Big Coal-Meet Your New Partners: Cleaner Coal Technology and Carbon Capture -- Global Coal Usage -- U.S. Coal Companies -- Cleaner Coal Technologies -- Cleaner Burning Coal -- Coal-Fired Power Plant Pollution Controls -- Coal Gasification and CO[subscript 2] Sequestration -- Algae-Based CO[subscript 2] Absorption -- Coal-to-Liquid Transportation Fuel -- Clean Coal Investment Conclusions -- Chapter 17. Carbon Trading: Poised to Become the World's Largest Commodity Market? -- Trading European CO[subscript 2] Allowances -- Causes of Price Movements -- European Cap-and-Trade CO[subscript 2] Emissions Background Explanation -- Chicago Climate Exchange -- Chapter 18. Investment Conclusions.

ISBN

• 9780470117996 (cloth)
• 0470117990 (cloth)

LCCN

• 2007038107
• 99819648638

OCLC

• 173299057
• SCSB-9210489

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries