JA Solar, Another Big Solar Miss (JASO, SOLR, SPWRA)
JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ:JASO) reported first quarter 2009 results this morning, and the news was not so hot. The company posted an EPS loss of -$0.18 on revenue of $33.9 million. In…
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Oil is back up to $60 and it does not show any signs of retreating. Most experts say that crude prices cannot hold their gains. The economy is too weak and supplies are abundant.…
Italy’s ENI Grows In Texas, Via Quicksilver (E, KWK, UNG)
Italian energy giant Eni SpA (NYSE:E) has acquired a 27.5% interest in the leases of Quicksilver Resources Inc. (NYSE:KWK) in Quicksilver’s Alliance properties in the Fort Worth basin. Quicksilver will receive $280 million in…
The Environment And The Recession: Why Al Gore Cannot Get Himself Arrested
Al Gore was able to get most people to forget the money he took from the tobacco industry and Buddhist monks by winning both the Nobel Prize and an Oscar for his work on…
T. Boone Pickens & BP Updated Stock Holdings (ANR, APC, COG, CHK, CNX, DVN, FLR, FWLT, HAL, MEE, OXY, STR, SLB, SU, RIG, WFT)
This morning we got to see the new equity holdings of T. Boone Pickens, via his BP Capital Management, L.P., as of March 31, 2009. Some of the higher stakes look to be in…
Yingli Deal Brings Some Attention To Solar (YGE, AES, CSIQ, JASO)
Photovoltaic solar maker Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) has announced a framework agreement with a subsidiary of AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) to supply PV solar modules to AES Solar Energy Ltd.…
If Oil Demand Is Falling, Why Are Prices Going Up?
The International Energy Agency, the gold standard for forecasting global supply and demand for crude oil, says that the world will need 2.56 million barrels per day less than it did in 2008. CNBC…
PG&E Bringing Solar Power For 530,000 Homes (PCG, CVX, MS, BP, STO)
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG), has entered into a series of contracts with BrightSource Energy, Inc. While we consider most individual projects essentially as footnotes at large…
Oil Inventories Starting To Back Off (USO)
Oil has just seen its first drop in inventories from the DOE in what feels like many weeks. The DOE reported that weekly inventories fell by -4.7 million barrels in crude oil to 370.6…
GT Solar Misses By a Mile (SOLR, SPWRA, WFR, AMAT)
GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOLR) makes the equipment that other companies use to manufacture photovoltaic solar panels. Thus, when the solar panel makers are suffering, so is GT Solar. The company is suffering and…
Pacific Ethanol, Another Ethanol Play Near Bankruptcy (PEIX)
Pacific Ethanol Inc. (PEIX) is still alive. That is more than many ethanol companies can say. The question is how long it can manage to survive. After the open this morning, Pacific Ethanol filed…
Geothermal Could Be on the Way Up, along with Hybrid Hummers (RZ, ORA, HTM)
Raser Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:RZ) reported no revenue for the first quarter of 2009. But it also reported no cost of sales. The company’s total loss was $6.67 million, EPS of -$0.10. That’s better than…
As Oil Prices Get Ugly, Trade Deficit Grows
The US trade deficit rose in March, and the price of oil was a significant contributor. Since oil is up substantially since then, figures for April and May should be affected even more profoundly.…
Zoltek Stumbles As Prospects Remain (ZOLT)
Zoltek Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZOLT) posted some disappointing numbers last night and it is being reflected in the shares this morning. So much for wind power staying up there as the next major wave,…
Anadarko Raising Cash (APC)
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) has announced that it will be raising cash via a public secondary of its common stock. The exploration and production company in the oil and gas sector is selling…