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There may be more M&A headed to the solar sector. Solar wafer maker MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE:WFR) has announced its second deal in as many days as it seeks to bulk up for a...
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MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) has not gone without its own problems, despite having migrated from a semiconductor stock to being thought of as a PV materials manufacturer for the solar...
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Generating electricity from wind is growing fast enough that as more wind farms are brought online, more are being built. Depending on your point of view, that is either a good or a bad thing. In...
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After initiating coverage on eight solar stocks just over a month ago, Auriga Securities has now adjusted its estimates as a result of the falling euro. The eight companies it is covering include...
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In the past, securing Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) as a partner and investor would have been a score for Tesla Motors. The reality is that it still probably is. The problem is that Toyota...
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Oil has fallen off the proverbial cliff into the roll date and as the concerns that the eurozone’s weakness is going to spread enough to really hurt the recovery of the global oil demand. And...
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200,000 jobs… That is the new ‘independent study’ estimate on how many jobs can be created by the solar industry by the year 2016. The Solar Energy Industries Association is touting this...
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Penn West Energy Trust (NYSE:PWE) is the latest beneficiary of Chinese interest in the Canadian oil sands. China Investment Corp., a state-owned sovereign wealth fund, has agreed to invest about...
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There’s nothing like impending doom to focus the mind. And we may be seeing some of that as the efforts to clean-up the spewing oil from the explosion at the Macondo well owned and operated by BP...
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ProLogis (NYSE: PLD) is already very well known as a REIT in commercial space for warehouse-type of projects for storage, warehousing, distribution, and office parks. Now, it is going to be known...
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Solar is back, partly, or at least the news indicates this on some of the players. Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:ENER) is a US maker of a flexible, thin-film solar PV panel that hit its...
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The US Energy Information Administration has just released its review of CO2 emissions in the US for 2009. That year’s report shows the largest ever absolute drop and percentage drop in CO2...
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The recovering US economy is fueling demand for crude oil, and the demand for crude oil is boosting demand for ethanol. Corn prices, which had been low for months, have recently risen sharply on...
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The American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 included plans on how to pay for the cost of electricity transmission from projected wind farms in remote parts of the US to consumers who would...
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Shares in First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) are soaring this morning, following its first quarter earnings report. The PV solar panel maker posted EPS of $2.00, a penny more than a year ago, on revenue...
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