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The Ten Countries That Rule The World’s Wind Energy

The biggest producers of wind power are racing to add capacity to meet growing energy demands. Last year alone, the world’s wind energy capacity increased by 17.3%. But the growth ...
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Enerkem IPO Filing: Waste to Biofuel… Back to the Future!

Enerkem Inc. has filed its paperwork with the SEC for an initial public offering.  The company did not list any terms of the IPO but its filing is for up ...
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U.S. Energy Picture in 2035?

It takes a fair amount of arrogance to predict anything that will happen two decades from now. That has not stopped that U.S. Energy Administration from issuing an early version ...
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Solar Tries For Significant 2012 Comeback (FSLR, WFR, TAN, KWT, SPWR, STP, YGE, LDK, ENER, XLU)

So far we are seeing a continued rotation. What worked great in 2011 is being sold and the worst performing groups are being bought.  No sector with as many names ...
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Chinese Solar Firms Will Die Before Being Acquired (JKS, STP, LDK)

A disastrous supply glut of solar PV panels could lead to the shuttering of many of the weaker Chinese competitors, according to the CFO of Jinko Solar Holding Co. Ltd. ...
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A Solar Comeback Predicted in 2012 (YGE, FSLR, SPWR, STP)

Battered solar PV stocks could be setting the stage for a comeback in 2012. One thing’s for sure though -- solar PV prices can’t drop another 50% this year.  Solar ...
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US Ethanol Subsidy is History (ADM, VLO, PEIX, GPRE, CZZ, RDS-A)

After 30 years of payments to farmers and blenders, the federal subsidy on corn-based ethanol expired when Congress adjourned last week without taking any action to renew the payments. A ...
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New Biofuels Fail to Meet Government-Mandated Quantities (CDXS, AMYR, GEVO, SZYM, KIOR, ADM, VLO, PEIX)

Back in the heady days of 2007, the U.S. Congress established mandates for the amount of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels to be used in the nation’s transportation fuel supply. ...
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BP Will Exit Solar Panel-Making Business (BP, FSLR, SPWR, JASO, LDK, TSL, STP)

In September 2010, BP plc (NYSE: BP) fired 320 workers at its solar panel-making operation in Maryland because it could not compete with manufacturers like First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), ...
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At Least Someone Still Loves Solar (GOOG, KKR, BRK-A, FSLR, TAN, KWT)

If you have been watching the share prices of the solar stocks, you will understand the joke (and perhaps not even laugh) that investing in these has turned many 401-K ...
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Morning Movers (MSHL, CSIQ, TRGT,PGNX, CIE)

There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include Marshall Edwards Inc. (NASDAQ: MSHL), Canadian Solar ...
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First Solar Lowers Outlook, Cuts Jobs (FSLR, TSL, YGE, LDK, JASO)

Thin-film solar panel maker First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has conceded the inevitable. The company this morning lowered its sales and profit outlook for this year, announced it would cut ...
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Top Sustainability & Cleantech Best Ideas for 2012 (ITRI, AYI)

2011 has not been kind to the alternative energy and cleantech sector.  Perhaps 2012 will be nicer.  It seems hardly possible that the percentage drop could be repeated in 2012 ...
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Pre-IPO Fund Debuts In Listing From Keating (KIPO, NPTN, SZYM, GSVC)

Keating Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: KIPO) is debuting in trading today.  The closed-end fund is a pre-IPO fund and it had approximately $77 million in assets as of September 30, 2011.  ...
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When Car Sellers Pan Electric & Hybrid Cars (AN, GM)

Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN) was on a CNBC video this morning on the heels of news that the November sales figures were up 21% from a year ...
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