Happy Thanksgiving
I hope everyone is having a happy Thanksgiving, and, more importantly, staying safe by keeping your gatherings small and staying close to home. Next year, it looks like we will have multiple, highly effective vaccines.
Just like in the market, this holiday season, the waiting is the hardest part.
Tom Konrad, Editor
North American Outlook on Biofuels Challenges and Opportunities
Challenges and Opportunities in Biofuels
By Steve Hartig, Former VP of Technology Development at ICM
The North American biofuels market can be split into three main segments all of which have major dynamics. What I would like to do is give a high-level overview of what I see as some of both the challenges and opportunities across these.
Ethanol which is a produced from corn and sorghum in about 200 plants mainly across the Midwest and blended at about 10% with gas. Majors such as POET, Green Plains, Flint Hills, Valero, ADM and Cargill do a bit more than half of the 16...
Gevo’s Soil Amendment
by Debra Fiakas, CFA
In a series that began in March 2019, with the article titled “Vagants on the Earth,” we looked companies offering products that address the building problem of top soil degradation and loss. In the four articles that followed we explored forestation technology, environmentally-friendly timber harvesting, and modern soil fallowing programs. Unfortunately, we found few companies where investors could get involved quickly as minority investors. Another company has joined the movement to build topsoil. This one has publicly traded stock!
Last week Gevo Corporation (GEVO: Nasdaq) announced commencement of a trial for a soil treatment at its Luverne, Minnesota facility. The treatment developed by Locus Agriculture Solutions (Locus...
First Solar and SunPower Lobby Shareholders to Sell 8point3 YieldCo
by Tom Konrad Ph.D., CFA
Will shareholders accept the deal?
On Monday, 8point3 Energy Partners, the joint YieldCo from First Solar and SunPower, entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Capital Dynamics.
When public companies are sold, it's almost always at a premium to the market price. It's that price premium that persuades shareholders to sell. So why would 8point3 (NASD: CAFD) shareholders accept a deal that offers them only $12.35, or 15 to 20 percent below the roughly $15 price CAFD has been trading around for the past three months?
To answer this question, we need a little history.
Jan Schalkwijk, founder...
Quick Take: Albemarle
Tom Konrad, Ph.D., CFA Albemarle Corp. (NYSE:ALB) has come up twice in recent conversations with investment advisors in the last couple weeks. I'm not sure why the recent surge of interest, but I thought I'd share my email in response to the most recent query. An investment advisor friend: Any thoughts ? A mining company corners about 35% of the raw material for the manufacture of lithium batteries for electric cars. My response: I like it better than most Lithium plays, because they are vertically integrated. That said, I don't like Lithium...
The Week in Cleantech: Apr. 2 to Apr. 6
The Week in Cleantech is a weekly roundup of our favorite cleantech and alt energy blog posts and stories from across the web. If you know of a good piece that you think should be included here, don't hesitate to let us know! This week, we particularly liked... On Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change issued its Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). Here's an overview by the Green Car Congress. On Tuesday, Himanshu Pandya at Financial Nirvana informed us that certain Chinese solar companies believe that the silicon shortage is easing up. He shorted MEMC...
Trade Stocks With Zero Commissions?
Yes, the heading is right, zero commissions on trading stocks, not just low commissions. Zecco, a start-up allows consumers to trade stocks for zero commissions, versus $10 to $20 that many online brokers charge today. Morten Lund, on of the guys behind Skype, believes he can offer zero commission trading and recover costs from advertising on the site. Let's hope he is right. The launch of this appears to be in about 18 days. Full Story on Zero Commission Stock Trading at Zecco
Magnetek Announces Vanadium Redox Energy Storage System for Wireless Cell Sites
Magnetek Inc. (MAG) and VRB Power Systems Inc. have announced the unveiling of a revolutionary 5kW Energy Storage System (ESS). Co-developed by Magnetek with VRB Power, the 5kW energy storage system is an alternative to traditional lead-acid battery backup systems. It provides cost effective, reliable, environmentally friendly, virtually maintenance-free backup power for wireless cell sites and other telecommunications facilities. Based on VRB Power's patented Vanadium Redox Battery Energy Storage System ("VRB-ESS"), the 5kW system is comprised of an electrolyte storage tank containing a vanadium-based electrolyte supplied to a regenerative cell stack that converts chemical energy into electrical energy....
Ormat Technologies Signs Contract to Supply a Bottoming Cycle Power Unit to Geothermal Power...
Ormat Technologies (ORA) has signed a contract to supply a 10 MW Ormat Energy Converter (OEC) power unit. The contract is in the amount of $11,500,000. Since beginning operations in Nevada with the supply of a 760 kW geothermal plant in Lyon County, Ormat has supplied or installed approximately 800 MW of geothermal and recovered energy power plants in 23 countries, and has grown to own six U.S. geothermal facilities with a total of approximately 300 MW of generating capacity. The existing plant, to which an additional OEC will be added, uses single- flash technology to produce approximately...
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Inflation Adjusted Gas Prices
Chartoftheday.com always has some interesting charts and information. This was today's. You will see that on an inflation adjusted basis, we are near the all time high for gas prices.
Stuart Energy Systems Corporation: Hydrogen Station Opens at DTE Energy Hydrogen Technology Park
Stuart Energy Systems Corp (SRNYF) announced that its customer, DTE Energy has officially opened a hydrogen fueling station in Southfield, Michigan as part of the Hydrogen Technology Park. The Stuart Energy Station (SES) was opened today by Anthony F. Earley Jr., Chairman and CEO of DTE Energy. The SES-f provides high-purity hydrogen fuel to vehicles as well as fuel cells that utilize hydrogen to generate electricity. The project is intended to provide critical insight into the role of hydrogen in the world's energy system and illustrates the environmental and energy security benefits derived from using hydrogen as a...
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