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CPN: Bull or Bear?

Utility stock Graphic_rating_buy CPN
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61%
 -13.39%
in 277 days
Strictly a buy and sell holding. Calpine Corporation engages in the generation and sale of electricity and related products and services to wholesale and industrial customers in North America. It offers electricity generated from natural gas-fired combustion and renewable geothermal facilities. The company also operates power plants, geothermal steam fields, wells and well pumps, and gas pipelines. It sells its thermal energy produced by the gas-fired power cogeneration facilities primarily to industrial users. The company markets electricity produced from its generating facilities to util...
By  Locationh   (+0.56%  risk: aggressive)  09/29/08 Comment


Portfolio heat: Three plays on geothermal Graphic_rating_buy CPN
16%
 -30.60%
in 324 days

'Geothermal energy, or heat generated from the earth, is largely non-polluting, and is renewable and reliable," says Ashley Winters and John Parke.

In Stephen Leeb's The Complete Investor, the contributing editors look at a trio of diverse plays on geothermal energy:  Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Calpine (NYSE: CPN), and Ormat Technologies (NYSE: ORA). 

"Throughout the globe, heat is continually produced in a layer far below the earth’s crust. Large power plants can capture and use this steam to provide electricity on a fairly large scale.

<>"In Iceland, by some estimates, 50% of all ene...
By  The Stock Advisors   (-28.91%  risk: moderate)  08/13/08 Comment


Triple play on geothermal energy: Portfolio heat Graphic_rating_buy CPN
-28.79%
in 324 days

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"Geothermal energy, or heat from the earth, is largely non-polluting, and is renewable and reliable," says Ashley Winters and John Parke.

In Stephen Leeb's The Complete Investor, they look at a trio of plays on geothermal energy: Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Calpine (NYSE: CPN), and Ormat Technologies (NYSE: ORA).

"Throughout the globe, heat is continually produced in a layer far below the earth's crust. Large power plants can capture and use this steam to provide electricity on a fairly large scale.

<>"In I...
By  Steven Halpern   (-6.55%  risk: moderate)  08/13/08 Comment


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-52.27%
in 382 days

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With the economy facing soaring crude oil prices for the past year, consumers and drivers have seen a major impact on their savings. It could seem as though the good old times are over. Gasoline at $4 a gallon is not something we can ignore, and if we take into account that Americans consume nearly 40% of the world's gasoline, you can see where the problems begin. So the surge in oil prices came with an imminent effect on consumers, who had to cut back on their spending.

But since we are already in th...
By  Eliza Popescu   (-45.72%  risk: moderate)  06/16/08 Comment


Calpine Corp is a buy Graphic_rating_buy CPN
15%
 -52.66%
in 403 days
NRG’s current market capitalization is about $10B and its proposal values CPN at approximately $11B. <> NRG and CPN have roughly the same power generating capacity but CPN is superior to NRG in terms of its asset portfolio. The average age of CPN’s plants is under 10 years while NRG plants are over 35 years old. CPN uses clean NG and even cleaner geothermal for its power while NRG relies on a mix of sources including nearly 40% from coal. In the face of greater scrutiny in regards to emissions control, coal power generation could face costlier emission controls that NRG would have to allo<><><><>< /><>< />...
By  prince0427   (-20.90%  risk: moderate)  05/26/08 4 comments


Fast Money Recap, 3/13/08: A Trader's Market Graphic_rating_buy CPN
-35.74%
in 476 days

Recap of Fast Money, Thursday March 13. Click on a stock ticker for more analysis.

By  John Terranova   (-35.74%  risk: moderate)  03/14/08 Comment





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