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Alt Energy Watch: US Lends Funds for Cellulosic Ethanol Plant (FSLR, SPWRA, USU, ADM, VLO)
The US Department of Energy has announced that it will offer a loan guarantee for $105 million to expand an Iowa plant that makes ethanol from the cellulosic waste matter, called stover, of corn...
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Alt-Energy Watch: Are Biofuel IPOs The Next Ethanol? (CDXS, AMRS, GEVO, SZYM, PALG, PEIXD)
For about six months in 2010, Codexis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDXS) had the publicly traded biofuels market to itself. Then Amyris, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMRS) and Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) jumped in, and in May...
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Alt-Energy Watch: UN Report Recommends Eliminating Biofuels Subsidies
Hardly a day goes by without another report from another government agency arguing that everybody’s doing it wrong and if only we’d take this agency’s advice, everything would get better....
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Alternative Energy Watch: Biofuel IPOs; Hedge Fund Manager Short on Wind, Solar; GE Offers New Gas-Fired Design (CDXS, AMRS, GEVO, MON, FSLR, VWDRY, TAN, FAN, GE)
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,...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Solar Woes; Killing Ethanol; Smartphones Invade Smart Grid (CSIQ, YGE, QCLSF, ADM, VLO, PEIX, AVRW, GOOG, AAPL, CSCO, INTC)
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...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Hot and Not Solar Earnings; US Ends Loan Guarantee Programs for Alt Energy; BP Invests in Biofuel Maker (JASO, TSL, ENER, FSLR, SPWRA, ASTI, BP, VRNM)
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...
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Alternative Energy Earnings Coming in Droves, Full Previews on All (LDK, ABAT, RSOL, AONE, CLNE, CSIQ, JASO, HEV, ENER, SPWRA, VRNM)
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...
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Alternative Energy Watch: More Biodiesel Planned in Brazil; Solar Struggles on Two Continents; So Does Wind (ADM, BG, LNT)
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...
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Alternative Energy Watch: First Solar Downgraded; New Ethanol Bill in the US Senate; Spain's Iberdrola Gets Boost from US Wind Projects (FSLR, IBDRY, STP, SPWRA, YGE, TSL, CSIQ)
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...
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Alternative Energy Watch: All is Not Bright for BrightSource; A Geothermal Bankruptcy; Mexican Biofuels; First Quarter Venture Capital Funding (GOOG, RZTI, FSLR)
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...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Total to Acquire SunPower; Amyris Opens Plant in Brazil; Wind Power Installations Rise (TOT, SPWRA, AMRS, GEVO, WMT)
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...
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Alternative Energy Watch: BrightSource Files for IPO; IEA Publishes Roadmap for Biofuels; Chinese Battery Maker De-listed (CRTP, GOOG, PCG, EIX, GS, C, DB)
Today’s alternative energy watch begins with a look at the IPO filing by solar thermal maker BrightSource and then examines a new roadmap for biofuels offered up by the International Energy Agency....
Douglas A. McIntyre
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Alternative Energy Watch: Google Invests in More Wind; Another Federal Loan Guarantee; Clean Energy Acquisitions (GOOG, EIX, GE, FSYS, RTK, AMRS, CDXS, FTFL, AMAT, LCRX)
Today’s wrap-up of alt energy news includes a look at the latest investment by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) in wind energy, another federal loan guarantee for a solar farm, and two acquisitions in...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Another Biofuel IPO; Batteries Make Headlines; SunPower Gets Federal Loan Guarantee (AMRS, GEVO, ADM, VLO, DD, CVX, BP, AONE, HEV, SPWRA, NRG, FSLR)
Today’s round-up of alternative energy news includes a new IPO filing from a well-known entrepreneur, some developments in batteries, and another federal loan guarantee for a large solar PV...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Senate Boost to Ethanol Not the Answer; Wind Energy May Not Be Meeting Its Hype (ADM, VLO, PEIX)
Today’s alternative energy watch looks at a new effort to increase domestic use of ethanol and a report from the UK on the efficiency of wind generation. A bill called the “Biofuels Market...
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