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Today’s alternative energy news leads off with a rather dim outlook for solar PV for the rest of this year and then looks at results from a US battery manufacturer. There’s also a comment on new...
The Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, a program supported by the UN, has released its new forecast for the use of renewal energy in 2050. It has hardly worth reading except that it shows the...
Today’s alternative energy news reports on a prediction that the cost of solar power generation will reach parity with other fuels by 2013. A nuclear power plant in Japan will close while two new...
Nearly a dozen alternative energy companies will be reporting quarterly earnings this week, and the following preview might be useful as you try to wade through what’s happening. The companies...
Today’s alternative energy news looks at a new joint venture for biodiesel in Brazil, a country that already has much more capacity than it uses. Solar and wind energy are fighting cuts to...
The Italian government has made official its new regime for solar generation installations in the country. While the new program does scale back government subsidies, it does so over a longer period...
Today’s alternative energy news leads off with a downgrade to First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), then looks at a new bill to cut ethanol subsidies, and wraps up with profit news from Spain’s...
Today’s alternative energy news includes recent changes to Italian solar subsidies, restrictions on biomass electricity generation, and comments by Bill Gates on energy innovation. After 10 years...
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is getting snubbed in the after-hours after the solar leader reported disappointing earnings.  The company reported $1.33 EPS and said sales were $567.3 million. ...
Alternative energy news today ponders electric vehicles and the batteries that power them, takes a look at solar installation in India and the risks still involved with solar plants generally, and...
Today’s roundup of alternative energy news covers a potential stumbling block for BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah solar thermal plant, the expected bankruptcy of a geothermal company, a shortfall...
Today’s alternative energy review includes more than the offer by France’s Total SA (NYSE: TOT) to acquire a controlling interest in SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA). There’s also a new biofuels...
Solar stocks have been wickedly punishing for many shareholders after the oil bubble of 2008 popped and then again during the recession.  A new dal may have just reset the value as a deal came that...
Alternative energy news for today takes a look at the merger of Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) and Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE: CEG), the piling up of new woes at Evergreen Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:...
Alternative energy news today begins with a new order for sapphire crystallization furnaces and ends with a story on development in China’s national electricity grid. We recently noted that a...