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How does a renewable energy company’s IPO relate to possibly rekindling interest in the tiny sector of nanotechnology?  Actually, there is a deep tie now.  Solazyme, Inc. (NASDAQ: SZYM) is a...
Today’s alternative energy news is dominated by the German government’s decision to phase out nuclear power generation in the country. If the decision holds up, it could be very good news for the...
Today’s alt energy news begins with a decision in Switzerland to phase out nuclear power generation. A Chinese renewables firm has withdrawn its IPO for a second time and CH Energy Group, Inc....
Alt-energy news today looks at some coming IPOs in biofuels, some comments from a hedge fund manager on clean energy, and a new design for a natural gas-fire power plant.  Biofuel maker Solazyme,...
Today’s alternative energy news leads off with the exceedingly lackluster earnings report from the world’s largest producer of solar modules. We’ve also got more items on solar and wind power,...
Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) is bucking a trend.  The company has just announced a follow-on offering of 5.3 million shares of common stock.  Amazingly, the shares rallied on the news because...
The alternative energy news for today leads off with (finally) a good quarterly earnings report and a new record conversion rate for flexible thin-film solar PV cells. Wind energy growth in China...
Today’s alt energy news focuses on wind generation shutdowns in the US and Scotland. The US Department of Energy has approved a $737 million loan guarantee for construction of a 110-megawatt solar...
Last week’s action in the solar sector was not just a reaction to a poor earnings reports from Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) and Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YGE). For these and...
We have another initial public offering most likely coming this way.  Ceres, Inc. has filed to come public in an IPO and will trade under the “CERE” ticker on NASDAQ.  No financial terms were...
Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) put a hurt on the solar sector today.  The company reported that its first quarter earnings were under street estimates but within range of its freshly issued soft...
No US politician ever lost an election by opposing a nuclear waste dump. That’s why the latest report on from a US Department of Energy commission will end up in the same garbage can as the...
Today’s alternative energy news leads off with a warning from Evergreen Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESLR) that it may not be able to continue as a “going concern.” The state of Connecticut has...
Today’s alternative energy news starts off with more lukewarm news from solar panel makers and follows with the latest on pricing for ethanol. We also take a look at how smartphones may have an...
Today’s alternative energy news compares earnings results at two solar PV makers, notes the end of US loan guarantees for alternative energy projects, and looks at another investment in alt energy...