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.

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.

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...