Renewable-Energy Revitalization

As we prepare to jump into the second decade of the 21st Century, investors should be thinking about what the future of our economy will look like, and what companies will help to shape it.  This requires forward thinking, especially when we consider the rapid pace of government intervention in business over the last year.  Several sectors of our economy – the financial and auto industry included – have survived thanks to Uncle Sam.

There is another sector that has the backing of the government, but it's not a bailout.  The sector is renewable energy infrastructure, and it is critical to the future health of our country.  Electricity has been delivered by brute force over outdated transmission lines for the past century.  However, in the not so distant future, a smart grid that can adjust power output and rates charged based on supply and demand will become a reality.

The rollout of a smart grid will make renewable energy sources much more viable.  Currently, energy from sources such as wind and solar is not economical to store and transport.  But that's where the smart grid comes in, and I believe in the coming years companies that build it will be great investments - similar to those that built the railroads, highways, telephone lines, and internet infrastructure in previous decades...

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