First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) and Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) announced today that the Antelope Valley Solar Ranch One project has received the first installment on a federal loan that could eventually total $646…
Last year the Greek and German governments proposed a solar PV project to be built in Greece that would generate up to 10,000 megawatts of electricity that could then be sold to other European…
Natural gas producer Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (NYSE: COG) said today that it has restarted a Pennsylvania compressor station that was damaged last week by a fire. The station is operated by Williams…
The US Energy Information Administration today reported the US natural gas stocks rose by a total of 42 billion cubic feet, above the 33-37 billion cubic feet increase that analysts had expected. Natural gas…
T. Boone Pickens is no stranger when it comes to high oil price predictions. He used to say “$80 before I am 80” and that turned out to be correct and then some as…
In what has to be one of the dumbest notions ever, Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) is reported to be considering buying an oil refinery. There are plenty for sale in the US,…
Williams Pipeline Partners LP (NYSE: WPZ), a pipeline master limited partnership, announced a secondary offering of 10 million common units this morning at a price of $54.56/unit. The company’s common units closed last night…
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report this morning. US commercial crude inventories jumped by 9 million barrels last week, bringing the total US commercial crude inventory to 362.4…
American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) has entered into a securities purchase agreement with an institutional investor whereby the company will raise about $25 million in gross funds. This compares to a pre-funding market capitalization…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is the king of U.S. solar companies. Despite a monstrous rally in the stock market year-to-date, First Solar shares hit a new 52-week low today. In fact, if you look…
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appears to have extracted a commitment from Saudi Arabia to continue the Kingdom’s crude oil production at its current level of around 9.9 million barrels/day even if the…
When Solyndra filed for bankruptcy forcing US taxpayers to swallow a $500 million loss, the public outcry caused some real problems for the solar industry and its champion, the Obama administration. The noise could…
Solazyme, Inc. (NASDAQ: SZYM) is surging on news this morning that the renewable oil and bioproducts outfit has formed a joint venture with a unit of Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) to build, own and operate…
The US Environmental Protection Agency yesterday released a list of 20 companies that have been approved to manufacture ethanol for use in blending the 15% ethanol-gasoline blend known as E15. Among the 20 companies…
As gas prices reach record highs across many parts of the country, Americans have been blaming oil companies. But as much as they are disliked, the oil and gas industry is also an indispensable…