It is true, some renewable energy projects are failing to receive the same degree of support from the financial community and the government that nuclear does. In my opinion, I believe this is because we can generate much more electricity from nuclear than we can from any other renewable energy resource. With higher capital costs, it is much more expensive to build a nuclear facility and financial backing essential for this industry. With nuclear power generation, it can be built anywhere and relies on two of the most abundant substances of Earth, Water and Uranium, which are not hard to get. While as for other renewables like solar and wind, they rely on radiation and air currents which are best in only specific locations. We have learned in this lesson that no new nuclear power facilities have been built for over 35 years. Yet nuclear power still generates 19% of the nation’s electricity while other renewables generate 10% according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. I can also imagine a lot of government intervention in and lobbying from this industry which could also have an effect on this degree of support.

     Some niche opportunities I see for entrepreneurs in the global development of renewable energy sources are hydro-kinetic energy, or off shore wind generation, expanded bio-gas generation technology around the world to agricultural areas, and in the near future I see a new renewable source of energy using infrared emissions from the sun. I have included a link about that down below:

http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2014/03/infrared-new-renewable-energy-source

Bibliography from EIA:

http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=92&t=4

http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=104&t=3