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Will Higher Heat Content in Trash Help Waste-to-Energy Stocks?

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently published an article describing an increase in the energy content of municipal solid waste (MSW). The reason for this increase is an increase in the percentage of waste from "non-biogenic" sources...

The Chinese Key to Electric Vehicle Adoption

The Chinese State Council Development Research Center Enterprise Institute, "a leading policy research and consulting institution directly under" China's State Council, just released a policy whitepaper endorsing business model innovation as the key to...

Wind Developers For Sale: 11 Clean Energy Stocks for 2012, October Update

September was another quiet month for my Clean Energy model portfolio and the stock market in general, with the exception of Finavera Wind Energy (TSX:FVR, OTC:FNVRF), which put itself up for sale last Monday (see below.)

Brookfield Renewable Energy Likely To Vote Against Western Wind Management in Proxy Battle

When it emerged that Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners ("Brookfield", TSX:BRP.UN, OTC: BRPFF) had acquired approximately one sixth of Western Wind Energy's (TSXV:WND, OTC:WNDEF) stock last Thursday from Western Wind's largest institutional shareholder,...

A123's Deal With China's Wanxiang Would Value the Stock at $0.55 a Share

It was no secret that A123 Systems (NASD:AONE) was desperate for money. It's also no secret that Chinese companies are interested in buying Western companies, especially when they can acquire useful technology in the deal. So the announcement that Wanxiang...

11 Clean Energy Stocks for 2012: August Update

July was a good month for my Clean Energy model portfolio. Since the last update, these 11 stocks are up an average of 3.3%, with a year to date return total return a tiny loss of -0.5%. While it's never pleasant to be down for the year, it's helpful...

Western Wind Energy: A Matter of Trust and Value

I recently wrote about Western Wind Energy's (TSXV:WND, OTC:WNDEF) plans to increase the 1603 cash grant for their Windstar wind farm. But that was not the only thing discussed in the conference call.

Lime Energy or Lemon Energy?

Last week, when Lime Energy (NASD:LIME) announced that an internal investigation by its audit committee had revealed up to $15 million in misreported revenue, my first instinct was to sell, especially because the misreported revenue included not only...

The Efficiency Tango: A Deeper Look at Geothermal Heat Pump Efficiency

A couple weeks ago, I compared the efficiency of the two most advanced geothermal heat pumps (GHPs) recently launched by Waterfurnace Renewable Energy (TSX:WFI, OTC:WFIFF) and Climatemaster, as division of LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU). Like most things in...

Geothermal Heat Pumps: The Best of the Best

Waterfurnace Renewable Energy (TSX:WFI, OTC:WFIFF) launched its new highly efficient 7 Series geothermal heat pumps (GHP) today. The 7 Series commercial release beats Climatemaster's (a division of LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU)) Trilogy 40 as the first commercially...

Tom Konrad

Tom Konrad

Tom Konrad is a financial analyst, freelance writer, and policy wonk specializing in renewable energy and energy efficiency. He manages green stock market portfolios. He writes articles about investing in clean energy for Forbes.com AltEnergyStocks.com....

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