That's the thought behind two new alternative-energy projects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where It's Always a Windy Day] Reference

And alternative-energy companies in the U.S. are stuck in limbo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Power] Reference

We will double our alternative-energy capacity over the next three years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pulling The Plug On Oil] Reference

And find out about tax breaks and incentives for alternative-energy systems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy efficiency and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009] Reference

Like other alternative-energy brainstorms, the economics aren't wildly compelling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where It's Always a Windy Day] Reference

The oil shortages of the 1970s prompted the development of alternative-energy sources.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: A New Iran Emerges] Reference

Launch a national alternative-energy program to end U.S. dependence on imported fossil fuel.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Tepper Marlin: Green Cure for Fiscal Red Ink] Reference

VCs have plenty of reasons to mix wariness with curiosity about alternative-energy companies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entrepeneurs] Reference

They have a new alternative-energy curriculum, where they're training people to do energy audits.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2009] Reference

Veteran observers of the alternative-energy industry probably think they've heard this song before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entrepeneurs] Reference

And while they do create jobs, many alternative-energy projects aren't particularly labor-intensive.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Recession Is Over] Reference

For my part, I would like to see fewer shopping malls and more schools and alternative-energy plants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charles Alexander: Heads Still in the Sand on Global Warming] Reference

We should focus on greening the economy through jobs that are focused on alternative-energy development.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judy Patrick and Surina Khan: Economic Recovery: Fairness for Low-Income Families] Reference

America is now "on a threshold for major investment in renewables," says alternative-energy expert V. John White.    From Wordnik.com.  [PERISCOPE] Reference

They try to use current alternative-energy technologies: for example, the MPP manufactures its own photovoltaic panels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crossover Dreams: Fifteen minutes of undeserved fame in Port-au-Prince] Reference

He said that the core of BP was petroleum, and that alternative-energy projects would have to prove they could be profitable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chief executive of BP expected to step down] Reference

But what I noticed most about Israelis 'alternative-energy efforts were the rooftop solar water heaters all over the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Solar water heaters are hot in Israel] Reference

As gas prices and energy concerns have risen, the presidential candidates have all jumped on the alternative-energy bandwagon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Susan Grant: The Butterfly Effect: From McCain's Lips To The New Mexico Desert] Reference

The Abu Dhabi government has proposed a project similar to ARPA-E, hoping to make itself a hub for alternative-energy research.    From Wordnik.com.  [Best and the Brightest] Reference

Senator Obama seems to put the biggest emphasis on alternative-energy research, but I think Senator McCain also understands the need.    From Wordnik.com.  [Best and the Brightest] Reference

Raitt, through her Green Highway program and Web site, sets up tents at her concerts to educate fans about alternative-energy solutions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Portraits of Ecological Heroes] Reference

Earlier this month, she claimed that "alternative-energy solutions are far from imminent and would require more than 10 years to develop.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Art Levine: Obama's Counter-Attack Leaves Palin's "Reformer" Image Intact] Reference

And as a bonus, private investment dollars will likely follow public ones into the newly lucrative markets for alternative-energy products.    From Wordnik.com.  [Doug Schoen: Why Obama Needs to Emphasize Innovation] Reference

But, using technologies readily available today, we can take a massive step towards the diversified, Plan B, alternative-energy economy of tomorrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lester Brown: Davos Day 2: The Future Depends on Increasing Our Energy Efficiency] Reference

A major chunk of the book, along with much of the work we do at the Earth Policy Institute, focuses on describing a viable alternative-energy economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lester Brown: Davos Day 2: The Future Depends on Increasing Our Energy Efficiency] Reference

Their creation — the BeauSoleil Home — was among 20 solar houses on display last week in Washington, DC, as part of a rollicking-fun alternative-energy event.    From Wordnik.com.  [Katherine Gustafson: Screw the FEMA Trailer: Will Green Houses Save The Gulf?] Reference

Michael Wood is helping Swedish environmental firms and researchers with promising alternative-energy ideas to get the capital they need to put innovation into practice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Green Diplomacy] Reference

Palin said that "Congress needs to lift the ban on drilling" because "alternative-energy solutions are far from imminent and would require more than 10 years to develop.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Art Levine: Obama's Counter-Attack Leaves Palin's "Reformer" Image Intact] Reference

Granholm said in Stockholm last year, after announcing her plan to host a Michigan-Sweden alternative-energy summit in 2008 to speed up investment and job creation in Michigan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Green Diplomacy] Reference

Power Struggle: As the world moves into the post-oil era, conflicts have broken out between differing alternative-energy sources as oil-producing countries descend into chaos.    From Wordnik.com.  [RJ Eskow: It's 2019 And Humanity's In Danger. Meet Me There.] Reference