Wind Turbine Art
My sister, who is a linocut artist, just finished some wind turbine prints for me. One is below, you can check out the others at facebook.com/SarahKonradArt
Eneti: The New Offshore Wind Installation Leader
By Tom Konrad, Ph.D., CFA
With its purchase of Seajacks, Eneti (NYSE:NETI) has become the world’s largest owner of offshore wind installation vessels. The two articles were shared with my followers on Patreon as the news came out.
Valuing the Eneti/Seajacks Combination (First published August 5th)
Eneti (NETI) just announced it is buying offshore wind turbine installation firm Seajacks. The purchase will be with a combination of shares, cash, and assumed debt: 8.13 million shares, $299 million of assumed net debt, $74 million of newly-issued redeemable notes, and $12 million of cash. Current Eneti shareholders will own 58% of the combined firm.
After...
Eneti and the Jones Act
By Tom Konrad, Ph.D., CFA
About a month ago, an astute reader asked me if Eneti's (NETI) contracted Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) would be able to operate in US waters since it will not be compliant with the Jones Act. For those not familiar, the Jones Act requires that all transport of goods between US ports must be done by vessels built in the US, and owned and operated by US citizens.
I looked into it, and concluded that it probably could, since installing wind turbines is not transport, but rather lifting (jack-up, in the parlance), an exemption which is...
Buying Innergex – Texas Was Bad, But Not That Bad
By Tom Konrad, Ph.D., CFA
Last week, I published this call to buy Innergex (INGXF, INE.TO) because investors had been overreacting to the losses from the February cold snap in Texas. The stock is up since then, but still seems a decent value.
Canadian Yieldco Innergex Renewable Energy (INGXF, INE.TO) took a big financial hit from the power disruptions in Texas in March.
It's complex, but their financial hedges on power prices for three of its wind farms ended up creating enormous liabilities - more, in fact, than two of their wind farms are worth. Two of their facilities also had benefits...
Eneti and Brookfield Renewable Earnings
By Tom Konrad, Ph.D. CFA
Here are a couple earnings notes I shared last week with my Patreon followers.
Eneti, Inc. (NETI) - formerly Scorpio Bulkers (SALT)
Eneti completed its name and ticker change on February 8th. New ticker is NETI (formerly Scorpio Bulkers (SALT), which I recently wrote about here.
Highlights from February 2nd earnings report:
37 of the 47 vessels owned at the 3rd quarter have been sold or have completed sale agreements.
Net asset value is $23.94/share. Since most assets are cash or vessels held for sale, this number is basically accurate.
The stock is still a good buy...
SALT: Buying the Balitc Dry Dips
by Tom Konrad, Ph.D. CFA
The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is a shipping and trade index created by the London-based Baltic Exchange. It measures changes in the cost of transporting various raw materials, such as coal and steel.
Since the BDI is a measure of the income which firms that own dry bulk cargo ships can earn, changes in the BDI tend to drive changes in the stock prices of such companies.
Stock Price Correlation
Until recently, one such company was Scorpio Bulkers (SALT), one of my Ten Clean Energy Stocks for 2021 picks. The chart below shows the last 5 years, with...
Warm Wind For Vestas
by Debra Fiakas, CFA
A stream of impressive news has been delivered by wind turbine producer Vesta Wind Systems AS (Copenhagen: VWS.CO, US OTC: VWSYF, US ADR: VWDRY) over the last few weeks. Over the last two months the company has received orders for wind power turbines totaling 3,781 megawatts. Customers in the U.S. appear to be quite shy, withholding their names and the final destination of the power projects. Nonetheless, the more transparent European, Chinese and Brazilian customers provide a good view on how well regarded Vestas has become.
Business has been so good Vestas is opening a new nacelle and hub assembly factory in...
Investing in in Prairie Winds
Last week NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE: NYSE) broke ground on its newest wind power project. The company plans to build 71 wind towers in Wayne County, northeastern Nebraska, outfitting each with General Electric (GE: NYSE)turbines. Called the Sholes Wind Energy Center, the wind farm will have a collective generating capacity near 160 megawatts and require $200 million in to build. Construction is expected to begin in March 2019, to meet a December 2019 planned operational start.
The Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) has already signed a twenty-year power purchase agreement with NextEra, making return on the Sholes project close to guaranteed. OPPD is the twelfth largest public power utility in the...
How Weather Risk Transfer Can Help Wind & Solar Development
by Daryl Roberts
The Need To Accelerate Renewables Adoption
Renewables are growing rapidly as a percentage of new electric generation, but are still being assimilated too slowly and still constitute too small of a fraction of total generation, to be able to transition quickly enough to scale into a low carbon economy in time to mitigate climate change.
The issue of providing public support, with subsidies and other reallocation methods, is a politically charged subject. High carbon advocates, for example American Petroleum Institute, argues that support for renewables distorts the market. On the other hand, it has been argued, for example by...
List of Wind Farm Owner and Developer Stocks
Wind farm owner and developer stocks are publicly traded companies that site, permit, develop, construct, own, or operate wind farms for producing electricity.
This list was last updated on 3/22/2022
Acciona, S.A. (ANA.MC, ACXIF)
Adani Green Energy (ADANIGREEN.NSE)
Algonquin Power and Utilities (AQN, AQN.TO)
Atlantica Yield PLC (AY)
Atlantic Power Corporation (AT)
Avangrid, Inc. (AGR)
Boralex (BLX.TO, BRLXF)
Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners (BEP)
China Longyuan Power Group Corporation Limited (0916.HK, CLPXF)
China Ruifeng Renewable Energy Holdings Limited (0527.HK)
Orsted (ORSTED.CO, formerly DENERG.CO)
E.ON AG (EONGY)
Enel SpA (ENEL.MI, ESOCF)
Greencoat UK Wind (UKW.L)
Infigen Energy Limited (IFN.AX, IFGNF)
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. (INE.TO, INGXF)
Neoen S.A (NEOEN.PA)
NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NEP)
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE)
Nordex AG (NRDXF, NDX1.DE)
Northland Power Inc....
List of Wind Power Manufacturing Stocks
Wind power manufacturing stocks are publicly traded companies whose business is involved in the development or manufacture of wind power equipment.
AB SKF (SKF-B.ST, SKFRY)
Broadwind Energy (BWEN)
China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co., Ltd. (0658.HK, CHSTF)
General Electric (GE)
Helix Wind, Corp. (HLXW)
Inox Wind Limited (INOXWIND.BO)
Nordex AG (NRDXF, NDX1.DE)
Sauer Energy, Inc. (SENY)
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (GCTAF, SGRE.MC)
Sif Holding NV (SIFG.AS)
Suzlon Energy Limited (SUZLON.BO)
Toray Industries, Inc (TRYIF, 3402.T)
TPI Composites, Inc. (TPIC)
Trinity Industries (TRN)
Vestas (VWS.CO, VWSYF, VWDRY)
Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (2208.HK)
If you know of any wind power manufacturing stock that is not listed here, but which should be, please let us...
List of Offshore Wind Stocks
Offshore wind stocks are publicly traded companies whose business is involved in the construction or ownership of offshore wind farms and turbines.
General Electric (GE)
Equinor ASA (EQNR)
NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. (NKW.V, NKWFF)
Northland Power Inc. (NPI.TO, NPIFF)
Orsted (ORSTED.CO, formerly DENERG.CO)
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (GCTAF, SGRE.MC)
Sif Holding NV (SIFG.AS)
Vestas (VWS.CO, VWSYF, VWDRY)
If you know of any nuclear energy stock that is not listed here, but which should be, please let us know in the comments. Also for stocks in the list that you think should be removed.
Rapidly Growing Alternative Energy Companies
The last post highlighted several companies in the alternative energy, conservation and environment technology fields that have delivered exceptional price performance over the last year. Prospects for growth in sales or earnings appeared to be key drivers of the price movement. It makes sense to seek indicators of growth as cues for those companies that may become tomorrow’s price movers.
Crystal Equity Research’s novel alternative energy indices were a good place to go on a ‘quest for growth.’
Beach Boys Index - Biodiesel
The two analysts who publish estimates for Renewable Energy Group (REGI: Nasdaq)apparently expect a surge in growth in the current year followed by a leveling...
Alternative Energy Companies Posting Large Returns
Alternative energy companies delivered compelling returns for investors. A look at Crystal Equity Research’s ‘indices’ of renewable energy, conservation and environmentally-friendly technology companies found some exceptional price moves. We review five companies here that have experienced top price moves from 52-week lows.
Codexis, Inc. (CDXS: Nasdaq) has gained 257% from its 52-week low. The company won a place in our Beach Boys group through development of proteins for a mix of applications from biocatalysts for industrial enzymes, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. While the company has started generating revenue from its technology, it has yet to post a profit. Codexis delivered a smaller than expected loss in the...
Is AMSC Ready to Get Back to the Future?
Last week a jury found in favor of the United States government in a suit brought in 2013 by the Obama Administration against the Chinese wind turbine producer, Sinovel Wind Group (601558: Shanghai). Sinovel was found guilty of stealing technology from American Superconductor (AMSC: Nasdaq) that had supplied Sinovel with converter hardware and software solutions. Sinovel may have to pay hefty fines when the final sentencing step is completed in June 2018.
American Superconductor (now called AMSC) had already brought a private suit against Sinovel in China two years before the Justice Department filed its case. The China court dismissed the case for lack of...
Companies Helping New York Take the Lead in Offshore Wind
by Debra Fiakas
The Lieutenant Governor of New York, Linda Hochul, has predicted that the state will be a world leader in off-shore wind power - a bold assertion for a state that still derives three-quarters of its electric power from fossil fuels. Natural gas has become the most important fossil fuel source. Yet in 2016, for the first time, over one million megawatt hours of electricity were sources from solar power and 24% of electricity is generated by renewable sources. This is remarkable given that just a few years ago even that accomplishment was given very low odds. There...
