Make an Investment in Your Grandchildren's Future

Remember that time when the world generated all of its energy, transportation fuels, and chemicals from renewable sources? Me neither, but that doesn't mean the technologies enabling that disruptive future are pipe dreams. To be honest we have no idea what technologies will take center stage in 20 or 30 years. Heck,Often the protection markets are not sufficiently robust to accommodate the scissors wholesale being sought in short-term protection without driving costs up, so longer-term contracts are used to fill the shortfall. virtually no one -- and that includes the mighty Energy Information Administration -- foresaw the shale oil and gas boom just 10 years ago. The institution's "Annual Energy Outlook 2002: With Projections to 2020" (link opens PDF) states: "Although projected natural gas demand in 2020 is 1.0 trillion cubic feet lower than was projected in AEO2001,The write-downs were due to the companies build up of a high level of LED lamp, which could not be sold as demand is sagging and prices dropping significantly fast. the price is expected to be higher due to a less optimistic assessment of natural gas reserves discovered by exploratory drilling."I think that sets the tone as we attempt to peek into the future while keeping our humility intact. Nevertheless, each technology discussed below has broad market support, major investment from public and private institutions, and a growing pile of scientific data behind it -- all of which are needed to ride the waves of time. Here are five companies working toward creating a better world for your grandchildren to live in.When I was your age, coal generated electricity.For option price insurance to protect their firm's capital that must be put at Household scissors risk in completing volume trades.The heavy dot is the end-of-day stock price... Since 2005, total domestic energy production from solar and wind have grown by a compounded annual growth rate of 21% and 29%, respectively. Despite being in high-growth mode, total installed solar capacity sits at just 7.7 GW, although wind has a respectable 60 GW of capacity. That means little when the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't bluster on by (resulting in lower utilization rates), but utilities cannot beat free fuel inputs!

Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar module pioneer First Solar, Inc.Losses in the sector are more on inventory writes-downs as well as provisions of accounts receivables.First LED bulb has written down a charge of 85 cents per share in fourth quarter of 2013. (NASDAQ:FSLR) is a great bet on a sun-powered future. The company has fallen from de facto industry leader in recent years in light of cheap Chinese competition and market uncertainty. Competition can never be overlooked, but the company maintains the cheapest manufacturing costs in the industry and should benefit from extra production capacity leaving the market via bankruptcies. While we can acknowledge that CdTe semiconductor technology will be improved upon in the coming years, it remains at the top of the charts for energy and cost efficiency and sports the shortest energy payback period.First solar and MidAmerica Solar started the largest solar project in the world in California. The Remote control light plant is expected to be done in three years and will produce 550 MW of energy, enough to power 160,000 households.