Obama: prospects for alternative energy

FEW EXPECTED AN UNKNOWN FIRST-TERM SENATOR TO BECOME A US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, MUCH LESS BE ELECTED IN NOVEMBER 2008. DESPITE THIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT, MANY WONDER WHETHER WINNING WAS THE EASY PART. DON C SMITH, US POLICY CORRESPONDENT FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY FOCUS, CONSIDERS BARACK OBAMA'S ELECTION AND LOOKS IN DEPTH AT WHAT THE NEW ADMINISTRATION MAY MEAN FOR THE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SECTOR.