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Graphic_rating_buy ACM   ESLR   5 Alternative Energy Stocks Worth Researching 08/26/08   —  I have more ideas than I have time to explore them, and it's getting out of hand.  I still need to write the promised articles on Evergreen Solar (ESLR) and Lithium Technology Corp (LTHU), but there are many others that have caught my attention over the last six months or so.  Since the lis...
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Graphic_rating_buy HTM   ORA   U.S. Geothermal, Inc: A Solid Geothermal Pure Play 08/18/08   —   US Geothermal, Inc. (HTM)  is one of only two pure-play geothermal power companies traded on US exchanges.  The other is Ormat (ORA), a vertically integrated company widely considered to be the industry leader.  As baseload, extremely reliable power, Geothermal fits easily into uti...
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MTL   IDA   Hydropower: The Renewable Energy Elephant in the Room 08/11/08   —  There is a form of renewable energy which accounts for approximately one sixth of world electrical generation, and unlike wind and solar has a natural form of storage which costs a fraction of any other form of electricity storage, and has black start capability.  Given all these positive char...
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Graphic_rating_buy GEX   Graphic_rating_buy PBD   Alternate Ways to Invest in Clean Energy 07/21/08   —  For new investors looking to green their portfolios with clean energy, the first thought is usually mutual funds.  The following three are available in North America: 
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Graphic_rating_sell F   Graphic_rating_sell GM   Sell and Short Recommendations for a Bearish Market 07/09/08   —  Investors are getting bearish these days, which comes as a surprise to me, since I'm used to being in the minority.  I was a bear when I first took the leap from mutual funds and started trading stocks in 1999, and am a bear still.  I wish I'd turned bullish for a couple of years at what I cons...
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Graphic_rating_buy BCON   Graphic_rating_buy MXWL   Investment Ideas With Potential From the One-House Grid 07/07/08   —  In June, I wrote how intermittent power sources such as photovoltaics and wind would have to compete with baseload technologies such as IGCC "Clean Coal" and nuclear for capacity on the grid.  The key problem is that neither baseload technologies nor intermittent technologies are able to match thems...
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TAN   FAN   New Wind ETF Cools Off Sunburned Portfolios 06/30/08   —  Since I last covered clean energy mutual funds and ETFs, the sector has seen the launch of two solar ETFs: (KWT), the Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF from VanEck,  and (TAN), the Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy ETF.   Continuing in the tradition of cute ticker symbols, First Trust's new glob...
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Graphic_rating_sell FSLR   Graphic_rating_buy NGLPF   10 Alternative Energy Stock Speculations for 2008: Performance Update 06/11/08   —  This is the first of a short series of articles where I plan on reviewing how my stock recommendations have been doing this year.  I started the year bringing you 10 Alternative Energy Stocks I thought were worth speculating on for 2008, and I'll start this review with those articles, and also g...
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Graphic_rating_sell GM   Graphic_rating_sell TSN   Five Short Ideas for the Committed Environmentalist 04/21/08   —  Investing in clean energy is both an economic and a moral decision.<!--more--> From an economic perspective, I believe that constrained supplies of fossil fuels (not just Peak Oil, but also Peak Coal and Natural Gas) are leading to a permanent rise in the value of all forms of energy. From a mo...
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Graphic_rating_buy NFYIF   Graphic_rating_buy CPST   New Flyer Inds: A Clean Way to Play Extreme Peak Oil Scenarios 04/07/08   —  I'm more than a little obsessed with finding investments which will increase with the price of oil, but not contribute to global warming. This is quite tricky, because most forms of renewable energy produce electricity, which we cannot use in our current fleet of cars. Biofuels (even cellulosic...
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