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Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) is going harder after the solar market in North America.  The Chinese PV Manufacturer is opening two coastal U.S. headquarters offices in New...
One piece of news no one ever expected to hear is that Exxon (XOM) will put $600 million into a project that seeks to convert algae into liquid fuel for transportation. The huge oil company says that...
Reuters:   Riots in China show the nation is in flux. Reuters:   The US is considering mortgage aid for the unemployed. Reuters:   The June budget gap was $94 billion. Reuters:   Rattner...
Fresh support among Republican senators for a massive expansion of nuclear projects is unlikely as proposed, but it’s an indication of the concessions needed for Democrats to pass their energy...
Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOKU – News) has been looking for additional finding for its wholly-owned unit Hoku Materials, Inc.  This was established to manufacture and sell polysilicon for the...
Reuters:   Pandit bought time at Citigroup (C) with a management reshuffle. Reuters:   Obama’s healthcare and climate plans are running into resistance. Reuters:   AIG (AIG) will pay more...
Shares of First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) are rising this morning for a change.  ThinkEquity raised the rating on the solar leader to a BUY rating from an already somewhat positive Accumulate...
T Boone Pickens is old and tired. He made his billions of dollars in the oil business. He planned to build his legacy on alternative energy. Pickens  has worked to build huge wind farms, using...
Today marked the one-year anniversary of the launch of The Pickens Plan.  Oil magnate T. Boone Pickens was giving a large update and gave his oil targets for 2009 and 2010 in a CNBC interview early...
Solar stocks are again trading no differently than a leveraged bet on oil prices.  This is something we have noted on many occasions and with oil down by another -$2.59 at $64.14 per barrel in NYMEX...
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) is seeing shares get clipped a bit this morning.  Some may be on weak energy prices taking the hot air out of alternative energy and some may...
Reuters:   Small banks are worried that new regulations will hurt their earnings. Reuters:   A judge approved the sale of GM assets. Reuters:   Rio Tinto (RTP) sold its food packaging assets...
There is still some conversation about the federal government restricting short-selling activity in certain stocks. The counterargument to these restrictions is that short selling plays an important...
It seems that venture capital has started to reappear in clean energy and clean technology.  A report this week from The Cleantech Group with contributions from Deloitte saw a resumption to growth...
This morning we caught an alert for volume and trading activity at VSInvestor.com in Beacon Power Corporation because of a government award of a loan commitment.  This has now been confirmed. ...