There are few industry sectors in the world today with more potential than renewable and hydrogen energy. Clean, green and renewable energy technologies are receiving immense emphasis from investors, environmentalists, governments and major corporations. Today's high price environment for crude oil, coal and natural gas will increase the demand for renewables of all types. A wide variety of technologies are being researched, developed and implemented on a global basis, from Stirling engines to wind power, from advanced nuclear plants to geothermal and fuel cells.

The hybrid automobile has become so popular that Honda, Ford and Toyota have added hybrid manufacturing capability, and Toyota projects that its hybrid sales will account for 25% of its global automobile sales over the mid-term. Meanwhile, photovoltaic technologies are evolving quickly to the extent that the day may soon come with solar power is reasonable competitive. Wind power farms are building at a rapid clip in the U.S. and in Europe, capitalizing on government subsidies and the latest in wind turbine technology from General Electric and other manufacturers. An immense step forward in renewable energy production was announced in August 2005 when Stirling Energy Systems, Inc. said that it will develop a massive 4,500 acre solar generating station in Southern California, utilizing Stirling's solar capture technology.

This carefully-researched book (which includes a database of leading companies on CD-ROM) is a complete alternative and renewable energy market research and business intelligence tool-- everything you need to know about the business of clean energy, including:

1. Government incentives and investment
2. Corporate investment, research and development
3. Venture capital and other types of private sector investments
4. Alternative energy technologies, including wind, photovoltaic, nuclear, clean coal, tidal, hydrogen power, and more
5. Profiles of hundreds of leading alternative and renewable energy companies
6. Superconductivity
7. Advanced electricity storage devices, Stirling engines, distributed power, micro turbines
8. Investment by traditional utilities companies
9. Industry associations
10. Government agencies
11. An alternative and renewable energy industry glossary
12. Nanotechnology and polymer photovoltaics
13. PBNR - pebble bed nuclear reactors
14. Biomass, waste-to-energy, methane gas
15. Geothermal power and hydroelectric power
16. Automotive technology, hybrid cars, hydrogen power, clean diesel and fuel cells

You’ll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package. It contains thousands of contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites and other resources. This book also includes statistical tables, an industry glossary and thorough indexes. The corporate profiles section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of the 250 leading companies in all facets of the alternative, renewable and hydrogen energy business. Here you'll find complete profiles of the hot companies that are making news today, the largest, most successful corporations in the business. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled.

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