Top 50 Alternative Energy Blogs
Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 10:26am by admin
With increasing frustration towards fossil fuels and a looming threat of global warming, alternative energy solutions are popular now more than ever. We have a number of options, including water, solar, and bioenergy power. These blogs discuss these solutions, and they’re some of the best.
CleanTech
Clean technologies improve efficiency while reducing energy consumption, and they represent a variety of energy types. Learn all about them on these blogs.
- Clean Break: Read clean break to find out about what’s going on in the clean technology market.
- Joel Makower: Read this blog from cleantech authority Joel Makower for information about sustainable business and green marketplaces.
- Cleantech Collective: Find cleantech blog posts from a variety of bloggers here.
- Cleantech Blog: Get commentary on new technologies, news and issues in the world of clean energy.
- Cleanergy: Cleanergy collects contributions from experts around the world for topics in renewable energy and clean tech.
Alternative Energy Investment
Alternative energy can’t get far without monetary support. Check out these blogs that cater to investors who support alternative energy.
- Alternative Energy Stocks: Keep an eye on how alternative energy stocks are performing by reading this site.
- Alt Energy Investor: Find resources like stocks, prices, news and commentary on alternative energy investment here.
- Cleantech Investing: Read news and views from cleantech venture capitalist Rob Day on this blog.
- Biodiesel Investing: Learn about biodiesel stocks, headlines, and more on Biodiesel Investing.
Politics & Business
Political and business support is nearly as important as monetary support, as policies and business practices determine whether or not alternative energy solutions are actually implemented. Read these blogs to see how these arenas are reacting to alternative energy.
- Green Car Congress: Get the latest on green energy policies from this blog.
- Eco-Advantage: Find out how businesses are going green and enjoying profits from doing so.
- Hill Heat: Get the lowdown on science policy on Capitol Hill.
- Energize America: Energize America’s goal is to free America from fossil fuels with the help of the US government.
- Environmental Leader: This blog offers corporate decision makers a source for information on green energy.
Renewable & Sustainable Energy
One of the things that makes fossil fuels such a huge problem is the fact that it’s a depleting resource. Find out about resources and energy creation that can sustain itself indefinitely on these blogs.
- Renewable Energy: Renewable Energy is a source for energy news from around the globe.
- Heliotropic: Read Heliotropic to learn about renewable energy from Carl Lenox, an industry insider.
- WattHead: Get news and commentary on the transition into sustainable energy.
- Sustainablog: Read Sustainablog for news about sustainable energy and more.
- Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition: Learn about developments in ocean energy on this blog.
- Renew Energy Blog: Find news and commentary on anything and everything related to renewable energy here.
- Sustainable Research: Find out about new developments in research for sustainable energy with Sustainable Research.
Wind & Solar Energy
Wind and solar energy create power by harnessing resources that we take for granted: the sun and the wind. Learn how they work and about their increase in popularity on these blogs.
- Wind Energy Works!: Get the facts about wind energy development with this blog.
- Solar Buzz: Find solar energy news headlines on Solar Buzz.
- National Wind Watch: Visit National Wind Watch for the latest news in wind powered energy.
- Off-Grid: Get information about living off the grid on solar, wind, and hydro power here.
Biofuel
Biofuels use energy created from sources like corn, sugar cane and other biomasses. Learn about these ethanol and diesel solutions here.
- B100 Fuel: B100 asks the question, “What if the world replaced all diesel with B100 biodiesel?”
- Bioconversion: On Bioconversion, find out about biomass feedstock service providers and biomass-to-energy conversion technology R&D.
- Biopact: Biopact advocates a green energy pact between Europe and Africa.
- Big Biofuels Blog: Simon Robinson’s Big Biofuels Blog discusses the carbon footprint of biofuels, sugar cane ethanol, and lots of other topics.
- Deep Green Crystals: Read this blog to learn about biodiesel and check out a really cool duel fuel renewable vehicle.
- Unplugged Living: Visit Unplugged Living for a lifestyle that “freeload[s] off mother nature.”
- Ethablog: For news from the Brazilian ethanol industry, visit Ethablog.
Pure Alternative Energy
These bloggers go beyond specific solutions and industries, reporting on the alternative energy movement in its entirety.
- The Energy Blog: On The Energy Blog, you’ll find information about the energy revolution.
- It’s The Only One We Have: Learn about hydro-electric power, hydrogen, efficiency, solar energy, wind power, and lots more at Robin Nixon’s blog.
- Energy Refuge: This team of bloggers stays on top of alternative energy trends and other environmental news.
- Ecotality: Ecotality has loads of information about new energy solutions.
- IfEnergy: Check out IfEnergy for topics like solar cell phones, hydrogen fuel cell toy cars, and spray-on oil cells.
- Alternative Energy Blog: Get news and opinions on alternative energy souces like solar, wind, wave, geothermal, and more from this blog.
- TerraPass: Read Terra Pass for popular articles that focus on topics like cow power, nuclear power, and more.
- It’s Getting Hot In Here: See what youth leaders have to say about alternative energy and global warming.
- The Oil Drum: The Oil Drum asks questions about the future of energy, taking a look at issues like suburbia and the Marie Antoinette Syndrome.
- Alternative Energy HQ: Check out this source for information on biodiesel, solar power, wind power, and more.
- Energy Bulletin: Energy Bulletin reports on peak energy and related news.
- Celsias: Celsias offers topics on biofuels, the carbon market, and even poop power.
- One Alternative: One Alternative reports on renewable energy and the steps we need to take to adapt to it.
- Groovy Green: Groovy Green is a resource for information on how we can find cleaner alternatives to power our lives.
- Juice: Juice reports on alternative fuels as they relate to developments, markets, and politics.
- AltEng: AltEng believes that peak oil will be a non-event because its increasing expense will naturally spur new technologies.
- Alternative Energy Today: Get the latest news on alternative energy here.
- Alternative Energy Info: This blog covers the latest trends and products in alternative energy.
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