Energy and Capital Archives

Solar Shingles: The Built-In Clean Energy System

Written by Brianna Panzica
Posted October 4, 2011

Dow Chemical Company moves into the clean electricity sector with the debut of their solar industry-revolutionizing product.

Natural Gas Profit Opportunities

Written by Jeff Siegel
Posted October 4, 2011

Editor Jeff Siegel discusses how the United States can cut its OPEC reliance by 42 percent.

Westinghouse Solar Files Patent-Infringement Complaint Against Rival Companies

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted October 4, 2011

Westinghouse aims to block imports of solar power systems made by Canadian Solar Inc. and Zep Solar Inc.

Talvivaara Mining Company

Written by Brianna Panzica
Posted October 4, 2011

Talvivaara Mining is a Finnish mining company experiencing great success with a polymetallic deposit because of their choice of extraction process.

Alberta Black Shale

Written by Nick Hodge
Posted October 3, 2011

Over 120,000 acres of Northern Alberta is currently undergoing surface mining. It's precisely this reason that I took five different flights to get to and from this remote part of the world last week.

Solar-Thermal Oil Extraction

Written by Brianna Panzica
Posted October 2, 2011

Heavy crude oil is difficult to extract and requires a lot of energy consumption. But BrightSource and Chevron have teamed up to try and change that.

Tesla's Model S: Competing with Sports Cars

Written by Brianna Panzica
Posted October 2, 2011

It's getting closer to the release date of Tesla Motors' Model S sedan, and new capabilities are being revealed.

Agriculture a Safe Investment

Written by Jeff Siegel
Posted October 2, 2011

Editor Jeff Siegel discusses the advantages of farmland investing.

Secret Drone Bases

Written by Nick Hodge
Posted September 30, 2011

Smartphones, smart cars, cloud computing, increased processor speeds, etc., are all becoming par for the course... not to mention the Third World's thirst for it all. And raw materials (resources,...

Boosting Bakken Reserves

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted September 29, 2011

Energy and Capital editor Keith Kohl explains why the government is heading back to the Bakken

Another Fall in Oil Prices

Written by Brianna Panzica
Posted September 29, 2011

As incoming U.S. economic data and information on the European debt crisis remains consistently negative, the price of oil continues to drop to threatening lows.

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and China: The Axis of Pain

Written by Christian DeHaemer
Posted September 28, 2011

On Tuesday, the United States demanded that Pakistan stop sending terrorist to attack U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, or we would think about not paying the $4.5 billion in military funding we give...