Category: Biofuel

The Hillary Step: 7 Biofuels Contenders, 7 Routes to Scale, Who’s Near the Summit, Who Will Plant the Flag?

The Hillary Step. It’s the last big technical obstacle between a mountaineer and the summit of Mount Everest. Every biofuels contender has its own route to the top – with unique advantages and technical challenges. Who is nearing the Summit, what’s t…

Posted: October 11, 2012 in Biofuel

Analysts Say Solar Power Company Suntech’s Debt May Be Insurmountable

Suntech Power Holdings Co., the biggest solar-panel maker in the world, may have few options as it seeks to renegotiate its debt, according to Pavel Molchanov, an analyst at Raymond James & Associates Inc.

Posted: October 10, 2012 in Solar

Salazar Announces Approval of 3-GW Wind Farm in Wyoming

For a state so often associated with cowboys and so evocative of “old west” imagery, Wyoming has a surprisingly progressive record. In 1869, Wyoming became the first state to grant women the right to vote. And on October 9 of this year, Wyoming became …

Posted: October 10, 2012 in Wind

NLP Solar Sales Training | 2 New Residential Loan Programs | Live Webinar October 17th & 18th

Posted: October 8, 2012 in Solar

Wind Developers For Sale: 11 Clean Energy Stocks for 2012, October Update

September was another quiet month for my Clean Energy model portfolio and the stock market in general, with the exception of Finavera Wind Energy (TSX:FVR, OTC:FNVRF), which put itself up for sale last Monday (see below.)

Posted: October 8, 2012 in Wind

First Solar Falls on Concerns About Panel-Reliability Issues

First Solar Inc., the world’s biggest maker of thin-film panels, fell the most in five weeks after the company said as many as 232,000 panels in the field may need to be replaced.

Posted: October 8, 2012 in Solar

Powering Half the World with Wind by 2030

Last year, nearly 200,000 wind turbines met 2.5 percent of global energy needs. These numbers are impressive, but wind energy has the potential to pack an even bigger punch — according to a new study, wind could power half the world with clean energy…

Posted: October 8, 2012 in Wind

Energy Storage: Q4 2012 Winners and Losers

In late June I wrote a forward looking article that identified several companies in my energy storage and vehicle electrification group that I expected to perform well or perform poorly during the third quarter. Since short-term market changes are noto…

Posted: October 5, 2012 in Storage

Puerto Rico Manufacturer Installs 100% Solar Power

Master Paints & Chemical Corporation of Puerto Rico is the first business of its kind to power itself with 100% renewable electricity.

Posted: September 30, 2012 in Solar

Google Signs 20-Year Agreement for Oklahoma Wind

To power its Oklahoma data center with renewable energy, Google has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for 48 megawatts of generation capacity of the Grand River Dam Authority’s Canadian Hills Wind Project.

Posted: September 30, 2012 in Wind