Solar PV makers had a good first quarter in the US. A report from GTM Research for the Solar Energy Industry Association concludes the US solar PV installation grew by 66% over the first…
Deals are aplenty when it comes to the natural gas sector. It is as if the future has been seen and natural gas is going to be in it even if the energy policy…
The risks posed by global climate change is still uncertain. What is known is that the polar ice caps have melted quickly over the last decade, the hole in the ozone layer has grown,…
Solar equipment maker GT Solar International Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR) has raised the forecast for its first fiscal quarter on the strength of more than $700 million in new orders. SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA), which…
When yesterday’s news about a dividend hike surfaced from Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK), our first thought was that the hike was too much at a time when natural gas is still somewhat less…
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP) is currently halted after the close. The L.P. has filed plans with the SEC fot an underwritten public secondary offering of some 6,700,000 common units representing limited…
Last week we noted that parity pricing for solar PV generation was approaching much more quickly than anticipated. Usually called “grid parity,” the term refers to the day when the unsubsidized cost of solar…
Late Wednesday night, natural gas prices inexplicably dropped by about 8% on the NYMEX, well after the exchange had closed for the day. It took only a few seconds for the price to bounce…
Joining Germany and Italy in their efforts to slow down government spending, the United Kingdom has lowered its subsidies for solar power installations, both large and small. Large, utility-scale projects got the worst of…
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 Angela Merkel has proclaimed…
OPEC decided not to change its production targets after bickering among its members. Crude prices rose above $100 on the news. There are worries that any sign of increased global consumption tied with the…
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 low assets under management…
Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) has announced two oil discoveries in the US Gulf of Mexico, totaling more than 700 million barrels of oil equivalent. The finds are the company’s first since the end…
Lower guidance is supposed to be bad, right? While that is normally the case, it seems as though guidance from SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRA) is acceptable enough despite the margin and profit pressure persisting…
In a continuing quest to poke its nose into all things alternative, General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has made an investment in solar thermal developer eSolar, Inc. The amount of the investment was not…