Investing in Renewable Energy

JEFF SIEGEL is the Managing Editor of Green Chip Stocks, an investment advisory service that focuses exclusively on renewable energy and organic and natural food markets. He is often cited in the media, and has been a featured guest on Fox, CNBC, and Bloomberg Asia. Siegel also works as a consultant, and is a frequent speaker at investment and renewable energy conferences and seminars. CHRIS NELDER is a self-taught energy expert who has intensively studied peak oil for five years and written hundreds of articles on peak oil and energy in general. He also founded and published an online magazine called Better World in the mid-1990s, as part of his lifelong interest in fostering environmental and social responsibility. Nelder is a frequent contributor to Green Chip Stocks, among other publications, and is an active investor in energy. NICK HODGE is the Managing Editor of the Alternative Energy Speculator, an investment advisory service that focuses primarily on clean energy and emission-reduction technologies. Hodge has also written extensively on water and infrastructure investing, and has been featured on Canada's Business News Network (BNN).

• Preface viiPart I: Transitioning to the New Energy EconomyChapter 1: The Global Energy Meltdown 3Chapter 2: The Solar Solution 27Chapter 3: Global Winds 53Chapter 4: The Heat Below 79Chapter 5: What May Wash Up in the Tide 95Chapter 6: What’s That Smell? 109Chapter 7: The Efficiency Advantage 119Part II: The End of OilChapter 8: Foreign Oil: The Path to Suicide 133Chapter 9: Biofuels: More Than Just Corn 155Chapter 10: Plugged-In Profits 173Part III: The Science and Profitability of Climate ChangeChapter 11: Global Warming: The Not-So-Great Debate 189Chapter 12: Profiting from Pollution 205Conclusion: The Greatest Investment Opportunity of the Twenty-First Century 215Notes 221About the Authors 245Index 247