We've been hearing about how the Saginaw Valley region has been shifting its attention to alternative energy industries.

Sector Snap: Alternative energy sector advances (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Shares of solar and other alternative energy companies jumped Monday as investors proved optimistic about President-elect Barack Obama's clean-energy proposals and oil prices rose.

Hunterdon alternative energy pioneer builds second home (Hunterdon County Democrat)

An engineer in Hunterdon County is building up a small business that saves big money on energy costs for his customers. The one catch is, there's a big upfront investment. For one of Mike Strizki's New Jersey customers, that means...

Low-cost alternative brings happiness (Traverse City Record-Eagle)

It seems that not so long ago everyone was worried about rising gas prices as the prices gradually approached $4 a gallon. So the government started looking into alternative fuel like ethanol. I have my own idea for an alternative energy source to run vehicles, which is not only very cheap but very environmentally friendly as well. I'm sure most of you know what a hamster wheel is, right?

Tight credit stings alternative energy (The Durango Herald)

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Alternative energy stocks were battered on Wall Street in 2008 as volatile commodity prices, a continuing global recession and tightening credit markets drove one ethanol company into bankruptcy protection and sent shares of others down more than 90 percent.