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U.S. utilities, which are under pressure to use more environmentally friendly fuel sources, are increasingly betting their future of natural gas at the expense of coal. As Bloomberg News notes, the...
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PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG), the owner of Pacific Gas & Electric, often has to deal with unpleasant situations as it is a utility in the troubled West. There are some man-made fires which...
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Wind power is supposed to be one of the cleanest sources of power out there. Unfortunately, at least for now, it is not one of the most profitable sources of power. Deere & Company (NYSE: DE)...
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Investors are looking for safe haven stocks that won’t get killed if we are into another bear market. In this case, investors usually flock to defensive stock names during a bear market or when...
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An international policy network called the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, or REN21, has released its global status report for 2010. Made up of representatives of industry,...
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The Blackstone Group, L.P. (NYSE: BX) has agreed to purchase electricity generator Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN). Blackstone will pay $4.50/share in cash, for a total of about $543 million, and assume...
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Investors usually flock to defensive stock names during a bear market or when they are concerned that the market may not run much more. Whether this is becoming a bear market or a bull market at...
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Solar power is great, unless you make the equipment behind all the solar power. The insatiable and endless growth in demand for solar panels and materials used to make them has posed an investor...
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Of the $787 billion federal stimulus bill passed in 2009, more than $3.4 billion was targeted at modernizing the US electricity transmission and distribution systems and promoting investments in...
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General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is touting its new initiative for smarter power usage, which is from the power grid to plug-in electric vehicles, and a home energy command center. More importantly,...
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The government-owned China Development Bank has just made its third massive loan to one of the country’s solar energy makers, bringing its total commitment to about $17 billion. The combined size...
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FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) is doing its holders a real disservice after announcing a proposed share sale offering last night. The company makes high-efficiency, ultra-clean power plants...
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FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) is not the biggest household name in alternative energy stocks, but is up this morning on a contract win. The maker of ultra-clean power plants using renewable...
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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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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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