All Posts Tagged With: "Alternative Energy"
Investing in India — What They Didn’t Teach Them at Harvard!
When the UPA Government first came in, great hopes were placed on a well educated, sensible, triumvirate of Finance Minister, P Chidambaram, educated at Harvard, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, (Cambridge and Oxford) and Planning Commission Chairman, Montek Singh, (Oxford).
Soaring Oil Means Solar ‘Holy Grail’ Near
Soaring oil prices have led to such a boom for solar power that the industry could operate without subsidies in just a few years.
According to The Guardian newspaper, there’s growing confidence that so-called “grid parity”, the holy grail of the industry — whereby solar power can be produced as cheaply as it bought from the grid — is close at hand.
“The [US] government recently incentivized production of ethanol, biofuel, and solar technology,” says Charles Delvalle in Investor’s Daily Edge.
Wind Energy Stocks Get Boost from Brits
The British government gave a huge boost to wind energy stocks this week, opening bidding for offers to build up to 25 gigawatts of offshore wind turbines by 2020 — triple the amount previously planned.
The European Union has set a target date of 2020 for 20% of its energy to come from renewable sources. The British Wind Energy Association said Britain will contribute 15%, meaning up to 40% of the country’s power will come from wind energy by the target date.
“The richest investment opportunities can be found in the fast-emerging alternative energy sector,” says Mike Burnick in The Offshore A-Letter.
The Great Green Debate
Last week I promised that I’d go over some promising sectors in the green market. But the past two articles on the topic generated some important feedback that I’d like to go over with you today.
Time to Consider Alternative Energy Investments?
Has there been a better time to consider alternative energy investments? Today, crude oil prices jumped $6 to reach $134 after the Israeli transport minister said an attack on Iranian nuclear sites looked “unavoidable.”
Thomson Reuters reports that, according to the National Venture Capital Association, the alternative energy investments sector boasts the highest growth in venture capital investments in the last five years.
Big bucks are also flowing in from US pension funds into an array of alternative energy investments, stoking concerns of a possible bubble.
Uranium Stocks: Ready To Rebound?
Nuclear energy is back on the agenda in Britain – and uranium stocks will feel the benefit. The BBC reports that up to 14 new power plants could be commissioned, while 23 existing plants are to be replaced.
In Taipan Daily, Irwin Greenstein examines another country looking to uranium as a source of clean energy, with potentially significant implications for the market:
Solar Stock Ersol Rises on Bosch Deal
Solar stock Ersol rose to a new record after German engineering giant Bosch said it paid $157 a share, a premium of more than 60%, for a controlling stake in the company. This from The Guardian:
Shares in leading German solar stocks rose substantially on expectations that other big players, including oil groups, are on the prowl in a market that grew to €6.6bn last year and is forecast to top €18bn by 2020.
Energy Industry Must Change or Die
Companies specializing in centralized fossil fuel fired generation need to move towards energy efficiency and diversity of generation, Scottish and Southern Energy, Britain’s second largest energy supplier, said today.
“The days of meeting an unchecked demand for energy through monolithic carbon intensive power stations are coming to an end. Increasingly the emphasis will be on energy efficiency, renewables, cleaned up fossil fuel plant and micro generation,” the company said in a statement accompanying its full-year results, according to Britain’s The Guardian newspaper.
How These Two German Scientists Are Solving Our Energy Crisis
Nearly 90 years ago, German researchers Franz Fischer and Hans Tropsch developed a process that will solve our energy crisis. Today the term “Fischer-Tropsch” is seen frequently in articles about synthetic fuels.
Crisis Trader Is Always Ahead of the Game…
On May 20, 2008, I put out a buy on this alternative energy company. Today, this company got its first Wall Street analysts’ upgrade in more than two years with a $3 price target.
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