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First Solar Plays 3-card Monte (FSLR, GE)

Prior to its earnings release after markets close today, First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has issued two press releases touting the current and future performance of its thin-film cells and ...
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Stimulus Effect On Green Energy & Green Jobs

All told, the $789 billion economic stimulus bill contains about $50 billion for renewable energy projects, electric utilities, and other green companies. It's possible to look at this sum in ...
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Advanced Batteries: The Next Ethanol? (ALTI, ACPW, BCON, XIDE, ENS, CHP, AXPW)

There's a fair amount of interest from green energy market watchers in the battery market. Many see this as the next big thing for energy investors.  There are allowances for ...
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Solar Power Maker Not So Bright (ENER, SPWRA, FSLR)

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENER) reported its second quarter earnings before the market opened this morning. The company has  net income of $14.2 million (EPS of $0.33) on revenue of ...
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Barclays Initiates Solar Power Stocks (YGE, SOLF, CSUN, LDK, SOL, TSL)

Barclays Capital initiated coverage of several stocks in the solar energy sector this morning.  Most of these ratings are cautious, although there was at least one positive call in the ...
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The Business Day In Global Warming (CLNE, GE, YGE, ASYS, GFET, LDK, ACPW, MS)

Today, energy industry sage T. Boone Pickens was opening his new facilities for LNG conversion to fuel in California for his Clean Energy Fuels Inc. (NASDAQ: CLNE).  He came on ...
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IPO Filing: Gushan Environmental, Biodeiesel & In China (GU)

After yesterday's close, there was quite an interesting IPO filing with the buzz that may ring in many ears: enter Gushan Environmental Energy Limited..... Gushan Environmental is biodiesel player for ...
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Ethanol Downgrades Keep Coming (AVR, PEIX, VSE)

If you watch our daily hits on stocks that are hitting 52-week lows, then you know by now that ethanol stocks get kicked almost daily.  Today is no different as ...
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The Business Day In Global Warming (WMI, AMSC, BP, RDS, COST, ENCS)

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) announced a major national initiative to expand its roster of landfill gas to energy (LFGTE) facilities. The program will result in the creation of an ...
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Green Private Equity Fund, With a Hockey Twist

Michael Richter, former All-Star goalie for the New York Rangers, has announced the formation of Environmental Capital Partners, LLC as a private equity firm focused exclusively on the environmental industry.  ...
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CMGI Earnings Expectations (CMGI, SFE, ICGE)

CMGI (NASDAQ:CMGI) is set to report earnings after the market close on Tuesday, September 25, 2007.  As a reminder, one of the recent quarter earnings did actually come out ahead ...
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The Business Day In Global Warming (AEP, ARSC, SPLS, AKNS, JNPR, PWER, MCEL, YGE)

We noted ourselves today how some of these ethanol stocks are trading at new 52-week lows again.  Some of these are hitting new stock lows each day.  Some Ethanol Names ...
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Ethanol Stocks Get Another Downgrade (AVR, PEIX, VSE)

If you have been following our posts for 52-week lows at the end of the day, one of the groups that keeps having some of its components hitting this list ...
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T. Boone Pickens Still Bullish on Oil, AND on Alternative Energy (CLNE)

T. Boone  Pickens was just a guest on CNBC this morning, but this was after he featured his alternative energy company called Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ:CLNE).  This stock is ...
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The Business Day in Global Warming (SWY, BRK-A,TM, SPWR)

Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) has announced a new environmental project to power 23 California stores with renewable solar energy. The company installed solar panels atop a newly renovated Safeway Lifestyle store ...
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