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Posts related to ‘Nuclear’

Uranium Processor Still Waiting Federal Loan (USU, ARVCY)

Posted: November 25, 2011 at 10:18 am

Ever since the Energy Act of 2005 was passed and signed by President Bush, USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) has been working on a loan guarantee of $2 billion to build ...
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Rising Protests Unsettle India’s Nuclear Energy Expansion Plans

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 5:15 am

International nuclear energy firms have fanned out across the globe since the 11 March Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan to drum up new business, with two of their most lucrative ...
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Expected Price Gains in Uranium Mining and Nuclear Energy (CCJ, DNN, URRE, URZ, UEC, URG, USU, GE, SHAW, ARVCF, TOSBF)

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 1:34 pm

The outlook for uranium miners and nuclear power plant builders has dimmed considerably following the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power plant last spring. The Japanese government is considering building ...
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USEC Shares Collapse on Loan Worries (USEC, URRE, UEC, URG, URZ, URA)

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 12:02 pm

The sole US provider of low-enriched uranium fuel for nuclear power plants is in serious trouble. USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) shares have fallen more than -12% this morning and posted ...
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USEC Wins on Nuclear Extension Terms, Deadline Still Looms (USU)

Posted: June 30, 2011 at 10:23 am

USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) is soaring on news that it may have a bit of a reprieve on its capital needs for the construction of the American Centrifuge Plant in ...
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Alt-Energy Watch: Areva Dumps CEO as Utility Sector Preps for Big Changes (ARVCY, GE, EXC, DUK)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 10:09 am

France's government-controlled nuclear power behemoth, Areva SA (OTC: ARVCY), will not renew the contract of CEO Anne Lauvergeon, aka "Atomic Anne," when it expires at the end of June. Her ...
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Alt-Energy Watch: Germany to Replace Nukes with Fossil Fuels, Build Smart Grid (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, STP, GE, VWSYF, ABB, SI, SBGSY, ALSMY, AMSC, BGC, QCLN, GRID, PWR)

Posted: June 9, 2011 at 10:47 am

The German government's decision to abandon nuclear power generation by 2022 briefly put a little wind in the sails of alt energy sources like solar and wind. Now, however, Chancellor ...
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Opportunities & Risks In Clean Energy Funds (PBW, TSLA, SOLR, SQM, PPO, TAN, FSLR, MYBUF, TSL, SPWRA, GEX, CREE, ICLN, OEZVF, EOC, KWT, WFR)

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Clean energy funds first sprung up in about 2005, with the PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Fund (NYSE: PBW). Others have followed, but for the most part these funds have fairly ...
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Germany Rethinks Cuts to Solar Subsidies (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, YGE, STP)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 12:30 pm

Today's alt-energy news focuses on a change to Germany's plans to cut back on subsidies for solar projects.  Germany has had the most liberal incentive program of any country for ...
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Alt-Energy Watch: Germany Phases Out Nukes Versus Solar PV Prices Falling (UEC, URG, URZ, URRE, GE, ARVCY, JASO, FSLR, LDK, STP, YGE, TSL, TAN)

Posted: May 31, 2011 at 12:11 pm

Today's alternative energy news is dominated by the German government's decision to phase out nuclear power generation in the country. If the decision holds up, it could be very good ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Swiss Nix Nuclear Energy; Chinese Renewables Firm Withdraws IPO Again; Northeast Utility Sells Last Wind Farm (CHG, DUK, DATE, RENN)

Posted: May 27, 2011 at 12:35 pm

Today's alt energy news begins with a decision in Switzerland to phase out nuclear power generation. A Chinese renewables firm has withdrawn its IPO for a second time and CH ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: European Headwinds for Solar; New Rules for Biomass Generation in Massachusetts; Bill Gates Pushes Nukes (STP, TSL, YGE, FSLR, MSFT, USU)

Posted: May 4, 2011 at 11:48 am

Today's alternative energy news includes recent changes to Italian solar subsidies, restrictions on biomass electricity generation, and comments by Bill Gates on energy innovation. After 10 years of booming growth, ...
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Japan’s Oil Demand Could Rise — or Fall

Posted: April 20, 2011 at 9:11 am

There are seriously diverging views on the demand for oil in Japan as the country works to recover from the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami that struck the ...
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Shaw Group Confession, Trouble for Nuclear Power Players (SHAW, URS, BWC, FLR, ES)

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 11:20 am

It's not likely that earnings and revenues for The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SHAW) took too great a hit from the nuclear disaster in Japan, but what happens for the ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: US Nukes Safe Americans Tell Gallup; Wind Installations Lag in 2010 (ARVCF, EXC, DE, AMAT, ASML, WFR, SPWRA, STP, YGE, XEL, GE, PCG)

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 11:18 am

It is time for our daily review of the alternative energy sector. The pollsters at Gallup asked US citizens in the last week of March if they thought US nuclear ...
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