Only a few years ago most of us associated biodiesel with recycling of used cooking oil to produce a transportation fuel that Willie Nelson used on his tour bus. The exhaust smelled an awful…
The story on solar energy in 2011 is manufacturing capacity. Or, more accurately, over-capacity. The termination of incentives in Germany and Italy are expected to slow solar installations in those countries, and higher demand…
Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO), a developer and manufacturer of renewable chemicals and biofuels, is coming public today. The initial public offering was for 7.15 million shares at $15.00 per share, making this one price…
Today’s announcement of a definitive merger agreement between Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) and Pride International Inc. (NYSE: PDE) is the first major deal among offshore drillers since the Macondo well explosion last April. The…
The oil minister of Venezuela, Rafael Ramirez, said a shutdown of the Suez Canal could push oil prices above $200. “There is sufficient oil (in the market) and there have been no interruptions, but if they…
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) is leading solar related shares higher after its earnings. The irony is that MEMC is perhaps one of the larger disappointments in the world of solar investing for…
FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) is running higher this morning on news that Southern California Edison Company has ordered a 1.4 megawatt DFC1500 fuel cell power plant to install as a utility-owned fuel cell…
Oil was hitting highs earlier today despite a recovery in the markets that fell the most on Friday. The situation in Egypt is not exactly getting better, but it has not yet erupted into…
coutesy of Exxon Mobile Corp.Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) is helping to stabilize stocks this morning after Big Oil reported its 2010 and fourth quarter earnings. The largest fully integrated oil and gas giant…
Americans are used to being No.1 in nearly all the world’s businesses, and athletic endeavors. The foundation of that certainly began to erode in the 1970’s, when much of America’s manufacturing industry started to…
ICE March Brent, the primary world measure of oil prices, rose to $99.63 which is an increase of over 2% for last week. Trouble in Egypt and expectations for a continued recovery in the…
Whether or not the 1,700-mile Keystone XL that would transport crude oil from Canada’s oil sands to the US Gulf coast is necessary all depends on one’s point of view. Some, mostly in the…
Yesterday came more news in the solar sector regarding a loan guarantee for another giant solar project. NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) announced this week that its 290-megawatt Agua Caliente solar project has received…
OPEC recently released its January Monthly Oil Report. The analysis by the economists for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is that the need for crude this year has risen compared to their…
Oil ministers from both Venezuela and Libya said they did not believe $100 oil prices would do any damage to the world economy. Libya’s minister believes that crude at $120 a barrel would not…