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Why Black Is The Real Green In Energy Production
Ian Wyatt • Fri, May 17 • 8 Comments
Clean Energy Stocks To Rebound In 2013
Richard Cox • Mon, Apr 22 • 11 Comments
Time To Look Into Energy
Robert Taylor • Thu, Apr 18 • 2 Comments
Trends In The Cost Of Energy
Zoltan Kiss • Fri, Apr 5 • 135 Comments
Alternative Energy Investing For 2013
Harris Roen • Sun, Jan 27 • 23 Comments
Commodities From Heaven, Commodities From Hell: Finding Value In 2013
Mark Scheffler • Thu, Jan 3 • 5 Comments
Cleantech Investing: 2013 Predictions
Greentech Media • Thu, Dec 27, 2012
Looking Back On 2012 Cleantech Investing Predictions
Greentech Media • Tue, Dec 25, 2012 • 3 Comments
Wind's Top 10 Stories For 2012: The Best And Worst Of Times
Greentech Media • Tue, Dec 11, 2012
Is Wind Power Facing The Incentive Cliff?
Greentech Media • Wed, Nov 14, 2012 • 12 Comments
Presidential Election: ETFs For An Obama Or Romney Victory
Tom Lydon • Fri, Nov 2, 2012
Which Wind Energy ETF Is Right For You? FAN Vs. PWND
CommodityHQ • Wed, Oct 10, 2012
The Cheapest ETF For Every Commodity
CommodityHQ • Wed, Oct 10, 2012 • 3 Comments
Investing In Wind Power: The Definitive Guide
CommodityHQ • Mon, Oct 8, 2012
Sidestep Portfolio Meltdown As Global Warming Bubbles Burst
Tom Winnifrith • Thu, Sep 6, 2012 • 104 Comments
Why Alternative Energy Will Never Achieve Widespread Use In Our Lifetime
CommodityHQ • Mon, Aug 13, 2012 • 90 Comments
IEA Covers Renewables, Points To Where The Profits Are
Dana Blankenhorn • Tue, Jul 17, 2012
ETF Deathwatch for July 2012: 24 New Names
Ron Rowland • Tue, Jul 10, 2012 • 1 Comment
Spanish ETFs That Provide Good Value On Discounted Spanish Companies
Max G • Tue, Jun 19, 2012 • 1 Comment
Opposite Day Blows Wind Tower Stocks Offshore
Tom Konrad • Sun, Jun 17, 2012 • 8 Comments

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Is Wind Power Facing The Incentive Cliff?
Greentech Media • Wed, Nov 14, 2012 • 12 Comments
Catastrophe Could Make World Change Its Energy Ways
Sudden Debt • Fri, Mar 18, 2011 • 3 Comments
Thoughts on Wind Turbines and Manufacturing
The Operations Room • Wed, Sep 8, 2010 • 10 Comments
Wind Energy: Freedom From Fossil Fuels or Tempest in a Teapot? Part I
Joseph L. Shaefer • Sun, Aug 22, 2010 • 28 Comments
Wind Is Strong, But Natural Gas, Transmission Line Issues Loom
Greentech Media • Tue, Aug 10, 2010 • 14 Comments
Wind Companies: Adapt or Die
Green Chip Stocks • Wed, Jun 9, 2010 • 13 Comments
Tom Lydon's Earth Day Guide to Green ETFs
Tom Lydon • Thu, Apr 22, 2010 • 1 Comment
ETFdb's Definitive Guide to Clean Energy ETFs
Eric Dutram • Thu, Apr 22, 2010 • 1 Comment
Could Offshore Grid Linking Wind Generators Power U.S. East Coast?
Oilprice • Wed, Apr 7, 2010 • 39 Comments
Wind Surpasses 2% of U.S. Electricity Production
David Gross • Thu, Mar 11, 2010 • 6 Comments
Balancing California's Energy Needs and Its Environmental Goals
James Hamilton • Fri, Oct 17, 2008 • 6 Comments
Wind Power Is Blowing Strong Right Now
Hard Assets Investor • Tue, Jul 1, 2008 • 3 Comments
New Wind Energy ETF Is Not Just Hot Air
Jeffrey McLarty • Mon, Jun 23, 2008 • 6 Comments
New Global Wind Energy ETF: Investing is a Breeze
Etf Planet • Fri, Jun 20, 2008
Expecting to Fly: First Trust Launches First Wind ETF
IndexUniverse • Wed, Jun 18, 2008 • 1 Comment

Why Black Is The Real Green In Energy Production
Ian Wyatt • Fri, May 17 • 8 Comments
Clean Energy Stocks To Rebound In 2013
Richard Cox • Mon, Apr 22 • 11 Comments
Time To Look Into Energy
Robert Taylor • Thu, Apr 18 • 2 Comments
Trends In The Cost Of Energy
Zoltan Kiss • Fri, Apr 5 • 135 Comments
Alternative Energy Investing For 2013
Harris Roen • Sun, Jan 27 • 23 Comments
Commodities From Heaven, Commodities From Hell: Finding Value In 2013
Mark Scheffler • Thu, Jan 3 • 5 Comments
Cleantech Investing: 2013 Predictions
Greentech Media • Thu, Dec 27, 2012
Looking Back On 2012 Cleantech Investing Predictions
Greentech Media • Tue, Dec 25, 2012 • 3 Comments
Wind's Top 10 Stories For 2012: The Best And Worst Of Times
Greentech Media • Tue, Dec 11, 2012
Presidential Election: ETFs For An Obama Or Romney Victory
Tom Lydon • Fri, Nov 2, 2012
Which Wind Energy ETF Is Right For You? FAN Vs. PWND
CommodityHQ • Wed, Oct 10, 2012
The Cheapest ETF For Every Commodity
CommodityHQ • Wed, Oct 10, 2012 • 3 Comments
Investing In Wind Power: The Definitive Guide
CommodityHQ • Mon, Oct 8, 2012
Sidestep Portfolio Meltdown As Global Warming Bubbles Burst
Tom Winnifrith • Thu, Sep 6, 2012 • 104 Comments
Why Alternative Energy Will Never Achieve Widespread Use In Our Lifetime
CommodityHQ • Mon, Aug 13, 2012 • 90 Comments
IEA Covers Renewables, Points To Where The Profits Are
Dana Blankenhorn • Tue, Jul 17, 2012
ETF Deathwatch for July 2012: 24 New Names
Ron Rowland • Tue, Jul 10, 2012 • 1 Comment
Spanish ETFs That Provide Good Value On Discounted Spanish Companies
Max G • Tue, Jun 19, 2012 • 1 Comment
Opposite Day Blows Wind Tower Stocks Offshore
Tom Konrad • Sun, Jun 17, 2012 • 8 Comments
Timing Is Everything Vs. Seductive Hype
David Fry • Wed, May 23, 2012 • 1 Comment

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Friday, April 5, 2:30 PM Top German utilities EON and RWE are set to significantly pare back their alternative energy spending, actions bound to further weaken demand in a top solar market that has already been hurt by subsidy cuts. EON plans to lower its clean-energy investments to less than €1B in 2015 from €1.79B in 2012, and RWE plans to cut its annual renewable energy spending by roughly half over the next two years to €500M. Comment! [Tech]
Tuesday, February 26, 3:57 PM PowerShares has shuttered 13 ETFs, representing less than 1% of the issuer's AUM, as of today's close. Affected funds follow (with competing funds in parentheses): PIC (KIE, IAK, KBWP, KBWI), PYH, PJB (IAT, KBE, KRE, RKH, QABA, KRU, KRS, KBWR), PSTL (SLX), PLK, PWND (FAN), PMA, PKOL (KOL), PKN (NLR, NUCL, URA), PTO, PAO, PCA and CVRT. (pdf) Comment!
Thursday, January 10, 2:18 PM Shares of China Ming Yang Wind Power (MY +35.2%) soar as China reportedly plans to double its 2013 wind power capacity from last year and is aiming for 10 GW of installed power, up from 7 GW at year-end 2012. Also: BWEN +3.8%, FAN +2.9%, OPTT +1.4%, TRN +0.3%, MTZ +0.2%, KDN +0.1%. Comment! [Energy, On the Move]
Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 9:50 AM Wind power generation topped 10K MW in the Midwest electrical grid on Friday, the first time it has surpassed the milestone. The amount represented 25% of the electricity being used at the time. Wind capacity has ballooned in the area, which is covered by the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, since 2006. 7 Comments [Energy]
Friday, September 28, 2012, 3:01 PM The President blocks Chinese-owned Ralls Corp. (subsidiary of Sany Group) from ownership of 4 wind farms near a U.S. Navy base in Oregon, the first time in 2 decades such an action has been taken on national security grounds. An earlier committee ruling had also blocked the transaction, but - until the President's action - it was thought some sort of accommodation would be reached. Comment! [Energy]
Friday, September 28, 2012, 9:41 AM The U.S. wind turbine market could blow away without continuation of a politically charged tax credit, a top official of Danish turbine maker Vestas (VWDRY.PK) tells FT, warning of 75%-95% shrinkage in the U.S. market for wind power if the tax credit for wind power is allowed to expire at the end of the year. 7 Comments [Energy]
Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 9:47 AM Siemens (SI), GE and start-up backed by Bill Gates are among those developing different methods for storing surplus energy. It's not just about batteries, with one technique using excess electricity to pump compressed air into caves and then releasing that air to generate power when needed. The storage is needed to cope with the vagaries of solar and wind energy. 16 Comments [Energy]
Thursday, August 9, 2012, 8:09 AM Another coal-fired power plant is set to go dark, the Rochester, MN utilities board voting to retire its Silver Lake facility. Cheap natural gas and wind power is making it cheaper to buy power off the regional grid, and there's also the whole clean air thing. (see also) 5 Comments [Energy]
Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 10:01 AM Data for the construction of power generation facilities in H1 paints a stark picture of the ascendance of natural gas, with 3,708 MW gas-fired plants built, 2,367 MW of wind farms developed, and 1,608 MW of coal stations constructed. Gas provides 41.8% of U.S. electricity, coal 29.7%, nuclear 9.2%, water 8.7%, wind 4.3%, geothermal 0.3%, and solar 0.3%. Comment! [Energy]
Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 1:11 PM First Solar (FSLR +6%) jumps after the White House announces it will expedite seven solar and wind projects, including First Solar's Silver State South Nevada project. Wind turbine component maker American Superconductor (AMSC +7.6%) is also among the day's big winners. FSLR is now up 36% since it delivered a huge Q2 beat, but remains down sharply on the year. 6 Comments [Tech, On the Move]
Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 12:26 PM Just one unconditional order was made for offshore wind turbines in H1, three less than the same period in 2011. The financial crisis has curbed lending, while delays in connecting existing farms to the grid have prompted utilities to hold off on new projects. Those losing out include Siemens (SI), which has suffered writedowns on offshore projects, and GE. 2 Comments [Energy]
Thursday, July 12, 2012, 6:39 PM Global clean energy investments totaled $59.6B in Q2, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance - up 24% Q/Q but down 18% Y/Y. Chinese investments soared 92% Q/Q, as the government does whatever it can to support the industry, while U.S. and Euro investments respectively rose 18% and 11%. Solar investments rose 19%, and wind investments 47%. The higher solar spending hasn't yet managed to create a bottom for struggling manufacturers, though some think one will soon arrive. 3 Comments [Tech, Energy]
Monday, June 11, 2012, 12:10 PM Vestas (VWDRY.PK) CEO Ditlev Engel yesterday said the U.S. wind turbine market is expected to fall 80% in 2013, due to the looming expiry of the production tax credit (PTC) at the end of 2012. That could endanger the jobs of Vestas' 3,500 U.S. employees. Still, the prospect of the expiry has led to increased business this year. 1 Comment [Energy]
Thursday, May 31, 2012, 8:48 AM The U.S. Commerce Department slaps tariffs of 13%-26% on Chinese wind turbine towers, citing unfair government support including grants, preferential tax treatment and cheaper prices for raw materials. A Chinese industry group says the U.S. decision would have a "negative effect" on related U.S. industries. The U.S. recently imposed tariffs of 31% on Chinese solar panel makers. 1 Comment [Energy, Global & FX]
Thursday, March 22, 2012, 1:15 PM Ontario says it will reduce the rates it pays for new projects for solar power by more than 20% and wind power by close to 15% amid falling prices for equipment. The province will keep rates for clean energy projects utilizing water, biogas, biomass and landfill gas at current prices. 1 Comment [Energy, Global & FX]
Thursday, March 15, 2012, 7:10 AM Alstom SA (ALSMY.PK) CEO Patrick Kon says that the French engineering concern won't pursue acquisitions that will harm shareholder value after reports tipped off that the company planned to make takeovers in the wind energy sector. Comment! [Global & FX]

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FSSIF.PK UEC URRE URA and LIT and some ETFs and individual stocks that CCJ may look to acquire for alternative energy PWND KWT KOL FAN GLD X
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Alt energies discharging: This space is still deflating. New lows today--Solar ($TAN, $KWT), Wind ($FAN, $PWND), Coal ($KOL), Nuclear ($NLR)
5/17/12
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Bob de'Long: :-) If you don't have an oil well, get one. There is no alterative to oil.
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mun2000: Smart people load here on great name in oil BOB I remember on last august everybody sold you were a big buyer .NICE
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Is the sun setting on alternative energies? Solar etfs ($TAN, $KWT) & wind etfs ($FAN, $PWND) at alltime lows. Very ugly.
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Dr. Kris: I like alt energies on the micro-scale: solar panels to heat the pool, wind to grind the grain, Mr. Fusion to power the DeLorean, etc.
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1980XLS-2.0: In the context you describe, it can be useful and viable. I agree.
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Made a nice profit on BWEN this year. Wind related stock MY and etf FAN are now moving up.
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Stone Fox Capital: Nice bounce on MY. Hadn't followed in awhile.
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FAN... rising from the dead!
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High volume for FAN today.
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Funkengruven: ... and also MY!
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FAN seeing higher volume than usual... what's up?
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Funkengruven: Just saw this... ":Shanghai Electric and Siemens (SI) plan to invest €169M ($226M) in two wind energy joint ventures..."
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Eco-awful: Alternative energy sector in downward spiral. At new lows: Solar ($KWT, $TAN), Wind ($FAN, $PWND), Alt.Energy ($GEX, $PBD, $ICLN)
9/12/11
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Possible pairs trade?: Wind energy (FAN, PWND) breaking out as solar energy (TAN, KWT) slides.
3/18/11
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Alt energies discharging: This space is still deflating. New lows today--Solar ($TAN, $KWT), Wind ($FAN, $PWND), Coal ($KOL), Nuclear ($NLR)
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Bob de'Long: :-) If you don't have an oil well, get one. There is no alterative to oil.
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mun2000: Smart people load here on great name in oil BOB I remember on last august everybody sold you were a big buyer .NICE
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Is the sun setting on alternative energies? Solar etfs ($TAN, $KWT) & wind etfs ($FAN, $PWND) at alltime lows. Very ugly.
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Dr. Kris: I like alt energies on the micro-scale: solar panels to heat the pool, wind to grind the grain, Mr. Fusion to power the DeLorean, etc.
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1980XLS-2.0: In the context you describe, it can be useful and viable. I agree.
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Made a nice profit on BWEN this year. Wind related stock MY and etf FAN are now moving up.
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High volume for FAN today.
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Funkengruven: ... and also MY!
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FAN seeing higher volume than usual... what's up?
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Funkengruven: Just saw this... ":Shanghai Electric and Siemens (SI) plan to invest €169M ($226M) in two wind energy joint ventures..."
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