Solar Energy Is Up - But Wind Power Also Surging by Paul Carton.

In a recent survey of the alternative energy industry shows Solar has experienced the most rapid economic growth over the past 12 months - but Wind Power is also surging and has the most momentum going forward.

The survey - which focused on industry trends and opportunities - was completed August 4, 2008, and a total of 196 respondents working in alternative energy sectors participated.

Video (5min 18sec): How the Green Energy Movement Benefits America. Billionaire investor, philanthropist and energy reform activist T. Boone Pickens discusses ways America could benefit from the current "green energy" movement, both economically and spiritually.

T. Boone Pickens is currently the chairman and CEO of BP Capital, which operates energy focused commodity and equity funds.

The Hydrogen Economy by Euan Blauvelt

The energy sectors in both the United States and Europe are on the cusp of immense change. New technologies are being developed and opportunities for entrepreneurial ideas and innovative approaches are ripening at a time when capital-intensive, aging energy infrastructure is in need of improvement.

The world currently exists in a carbon economy. 80% of the primary energy which drives the world is derived from hydrocarbon fossil fuels; oil 35%, coal 24% and natural gas 21% and 11% is contributed by renewables, almost all renewable biomass. In the last two centuries the volume of carbon consumption has increased exponentially with the world’s industrialisation.

Part 2 - The Ethanol & Bio-fuels Market Impact Video (10min 35sec) - People & Power investigate the ethanol fever currently gripping America, and the impact it is having on developing countries, such as Mexico.

"Because of the Ethanol boom taking place in the US, corn prices have shot up. The US exports more corn than any other country in the world. In fact, 70% of the world corn exports come from America. Bob Abeshouse continues his investigation into what impact this will have on a developing country such as Mexico."

"Last January, tens of thousands took to the streets in Mexico City to protest the rise in tortilla prices." "The price more than doubled in three months. This profoundly effected those people in the lower sectors of the economies."