Posts Tagged alternative energy

Shell & Cosan JV Highlights Ethanol (RDS-A, CZZ, CDXS, ADM, VLO, PEIX)

Last February, Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS-A) and Brazil’s Cosan Ltd. (NYSE:CZZ) signed an agreement to create a joint venture to distribute and sell cane ethanol in Brazil.

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Yingli, A Solar Beat (YGE)

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd.

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GM’s IPO Hurdle: Investors Don’t Want Shares (GM, F)

GM’s largest problem for the IPO seems to be investor skepticism.  Late yesterday came the SEC filing paperwork from General Motors for its long awaited initial public offering.  There has been a debate real debate over how the investment bankers should handle the IPO process for the public considering that it was the common taxpayer [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Solar Merger-Venture Shenanigans (SOLF, SHCAY, STM, AMAT, JKS, CDXS)

The ever-entertaining solar PV sector provides more than its share of fun today. First, Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd

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Will Ethanol Continue to Get Taxpayer Support? (ADM, ANDE, VLO, PEIX)

The corn ethanol industry in the US has received some $41 billion in federal subsidies since 1980. This year alone, federal subsidies are expected to total about $7.6 billion. As the federal budget goes, these are not huge amounts, but they are worth fighting over and that fight surely will heat up when Congress returns [[ This is a content summary only

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Who Will Replace NBCU’s Jeff Zucker?

Jeff Zucker’s departure as GE’s (NYSE: GE) NBC Universal CEO is among the worst kept secrets in the history of Hollywood.  What remains a mystery, however, is who would want the job and what they will do with the media conglomerate once the takeover by Comcast Corp (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is finished. Chief Executive Brian Roberts [[ This is a content summary only

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Smart Grid and Energy Efficient Technologies Boost Earnings for Established Companies (JCI, HON, XIDE, WMT)

While there are a lot of small companies vying for market share in the rapidly-growing alternative energy sphere, they’re not the only players in the game. Two established players reported earnings this morning that testify to the growth that is just beginning for companies that don’t build windmills or solar panels

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Making Solar Modules is Not for Everyone (AMAT, FSLR, SWPRA, WFR, TSL, YGE)

There was a time, not so long ago, when thin-film solar PV makers like Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) and First Solar, Inc.

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BP Clean-Up Now Faces Tropical Depression Three (BP)

BP plc (NYSE: BP) may have a real “test” ahead of itself for the cap on the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.  Yesterday a “tropical wave” was a cause for concern, but NOAA has now alerted that this wave has become Tropical Depression Three for the 2010 Hurricane Season.  Fox Business News has reported that [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Investing in Lithium Gets Easier, Finally an ETF (LIT, SQM, FMC, ROC, AONE, XIDE, ABAT, HEV, ULBI, CBAK, VLNC)

Investing in global Lithium demand trends just became much easier. An ETF is coming out this week called the Global X Lithium ETF.  It is not a commodity fund but it does track the components of the Solactive Global Lithium Index.  The index tracks the performance of the lithium industry, which is companies that mine [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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