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Global Investment in Clean Energy Sets New Record in 2011

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 1:50 pm

The US has taken back the honor of leading the world in investments in clean energy technology. China has led world investment since 2008. The total amount invested in clean ...
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OPEC Going Green

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 9:05 am

At the triennial World Petroleum Congress in Qatar, a handful of representatives from Middle Eastern OPEC nations have indicated that their countries are beginning to take steps to reduce their ...
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New US Push into Geothermal Energy Possible, But Not Likely (CVX, CPN, GOOG, ORA, GE, OGFGF)

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 11:54 am

The first large-scale geothermal electricity generating plant in the US was developed in the 1960s in northern California. Unocal, now part of Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), did the initial ...
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Expected Price Gains in Solar Stocks Are Strictly Illusions (AMAT, FSLR, WFR, GTAT, SPWRA, STP, TSL, LDK, JASO)

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 1:09 pm

About a month and a half ago, we looked at several solar stocks to try to determine if there happened to be a good value play in the sector. Given ...
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GE Challenges First Solar (GE, FSLR, STP, JASO)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 1:27 pm

Last April General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) announced that it would build a thin-film solar plant with a capacity of 400 megawatts of annual production, but it did not specify where the ...
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Solar Stocks: Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? (FSLR, SPWRA, STP, JASO, TSL, LDK, TAN)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 11:52 am

Stock prices for the solar PV makers have fallen by -40% to -80% in the past 12 months, with the bulk of the crash occurring since May. The collapse is ...
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Big Banks Invest in Renewable Energy (BAC, C, WFC, GE, SPWRA, WFR)

Posted: September 30, 2011 at 2:25 pm

For several years, investing in large alt energy projects depended on large commercial banks being able to profit from the tax equity generated by a project's developer. That investment strategy ...
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Beyond Solar Death… More Federal Loan Guarantees For Solar (UTX, SRE, STP, FSLR, NVE, PLD, BAC)

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 12:02 pm

Despite the debacle with a $535 million loan guarantee to now-bankrupt Solyndra, the US Department of Energy is pressing ahead with loan guarantees to solar projects ahead of tomorrow's deadline. ...
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Google’s Solar Investments Could Be Real Winners (GOOG, FSLR, TSL, JASO, STP)

Posted: September 28, 2011 at 12:19 pm

Last June Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) created a $280 million fund with SolarCity to finance residential solar projects. Yesterday the world's search engine giant created a $75 million fund with ...
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First Solar Loses $1.9 Billion Federal Loan (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, JASO, LDK, ENB, TOT)

Posted: September 23, 2011 at 9:15 am

Solar PV maker First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) failed to meet a deadline in its application for a federal loan guarantee amounting to $1.9 billion for its Topaz solar farm ...
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Wind Power… Blowing Again (AMSC, ED, GE)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 10:51 am

The wind power industry has taken something of a back seat to the solar PV makers in the last few months. News of bankruptcies, missed earnings targets, and collapsing prices ...
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Some Key Solar Stocks Are Now Value Stocks (AMAT, FSLR, WFR, GTAT, SPWRA)

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 9:29 am

The solar PV industry has taken a beating since the beginning of the year, when investors finally got the message that manufacturing capacity was outstripping demand. Reductions to government incentives ...
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Is Solar Power Cheaper Than Wind? (FSLR, STP, JASO)

Posted: September 9, 2011 at 11:43 am

As the cost for crystalline solar PV panels falls toward the magic number of $1/watt, the cost of building a utility scale solar plant approaches the cost of building an ...
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US Military Bases Going Solar (FSLR, STP, YGE, WMT, KYO, SHCAY, RSOL, WEST, GOOG, BAC)

Posted: September 8, 2011 at 8:14 am

The US Department of Energy has issued a conditional commitment for a partial guarantee of a $344 million loan for solar PV installer SolarCity. The company will install rooftop solar ...
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China’s Leading Solar Player Gets Big Bank Boost (GCPEF, TSL, STP, JASO, YGE, LDK, FSLR, SPWRA, TAN)

Posted: September 6, 2011 at 10:52 am

The China Development Bank has provided the country's largest polysilicon maker with two new credit facilities totalling $713 million. GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. (OTC: GCPEF) can add that total to ...
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