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After 30 years of payments to farmers and blenders, the federal subsidy on corn-based ethanol expired when Congress adjourned last week without taking any action to renew the payments. A cynic might...
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In 2007, the U.S. Congress established mandates for the amount of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels to be used in the nation’s transportation fuel supply. Cellulosic ethanol and fuels based on...
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In September 2010, BP plc (NYSE: BP) fired 320 workers at its solar panel-making operation in Maryland because it could not compete with manufacturers like First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), SunPower...
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If you have been watching the share prices of the solar stocks, you will understand the joke (and perhaps not even laugh) that investing in these has turned many 401-K retirement funds into 201-K...
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There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include Marshall Edwards Inc. (NASDAQ: MSHL), Canadian Solar...
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Thin-film solar panel maker First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has conceded the inevitable. The company this morning lowered its sales and profit outlook for this year, announced it would cut 100 jobs,...
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2011 has not been kind to the alternative energy and cleantech sector. Perhaps 2012 will be nicer. It seems hardly possible that the percentage drop could be repeated in 2012 seen at many solar...
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Keating Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: KIPO) is debuting in trading today. The closed-end fund is a pre-IPO fund and it had approximately $77 million in assets as of September 30, 2011. If you recall, we...
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Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN) was on a CNBC video this morning on the heels of news that the November sales figures were up 21% from a year earlier. The overall tone was positive...
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At the triennial World Petroleum Congress in Qatar, a handful of representatives from Middle Eastern OPEC nations have indicated that their countries are beginning to take steps to reduce their own...
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Solar stocks can use all the help available, and news is out today that may help the ailing U.S.-based solar sector. The industry has complained of China’s solar firms dumping solar cheap panels...
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In just four weeks, the target prices of three of world’s leading makers of solar PV modules have fallen by at least -30%. The drops have coincided with falling forecasts from the manufacturers...
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Following the terrible earnings reports just out from a half-dozen of China’s largest solar PV makers, it is mathematically possible that at least one of these companies is at the edge of the...
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The solar PV sector has been struggling for the last two or three quarters as manufacturing over-capacity has driven down module pricing by around 40% since the beginning of the year. China’s top...
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International nuclear energy firms have fanned out across the globe since the 11 March Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan to drum up new business, with two of their most lucrative potential markets...
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