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.

Energy Winners & Losers: Sunpower (TheStreet.com)

Alternative energy sector slides on weak demand, dried-up credit markets.

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...

Octillion Boosts Engineering to Harness Energy from Moving Vehicles (The Auto Channel)

WASHINGTON January 6, 2009: Octillion Corp. (OTCBB: OCTL), a next-generation alternative and renewable energy technology developer, today announced the appointment of energy-capture experts and engineers, Mr. Stuart Brown, PhD, MBA, and Mr. Brian S. Hendrickson, to the Company’s Advisory Board.