That Was The Week That Was ... In Alternative Power And Fuels

Downgrades are the name of the game in alternative energy markets as 2009 opens and analysts rush to lower prices for biodiesel, ethanol and especially for the US$100 billion carbon market. Plunging output means factories and

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Obama Picks A Dream “All -Green” Team

Picks to oversee the Obama administration’s energy policy won green plaudits – Nobel Price winner Steven Chu will be Secretary of Energy, heading a team that includes former Environmental Protection Agency chief Carol Browner,

Recession Will Unveil Cracks In The Quasi-Religion Of Global Warming

It was ironic that that the European Union’s 27 leaders met in Poznan, Poland, to endorse a 20 per cent cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 as Poland generates most of its energy from coal and has not a cat’s chance in hell

The Shine Comes Off Solar Power

Solar power is set to continue its slump, say the analysts. The miserable close to 2008 is going to be followed by more of the same in 2009 for many alternative energy markets, it seems. Equally depressing, much of 2008’s bad

Will The New Chief Of The USDA Be A Friend To Farmers?

A towering in-tray is already piling even higher on the empty Secretary’s desk at the US Department of Agriculture. Awaiting decisions on the US mammoth agriculture subsidies are not just US corn farmers, ethanol producers and

Solar Integrated Technologies Slides On Lower Earnings Guidance

There are many hopes pinned on Barack Obama’s victory and his election pledge to spend US$150 billion over the next ten years on clean energy and green jobs. Mr Obama wants to increase renewable energy generation from the current

Commodity Watch Radio: Roger Ballentine of China Energy Recovery

Roger Ballentine of China Energy Recovery (US:CGYV)

That Was The Week That Was … In Alternative Fuels And Power

Annual forecast time is here again, and more gloom is promised… With New Year only days away, analysts are peering into their crystal balls working out how to spook the rest of us! One of those looking out into 2009 is

First Solar Delivers On Promises And Signs 625MW Of New Contracts

US solar module manufacturer First Solar recently released robust third quarter results accompanied by a series of fresh contracts totalling more than 625MW. Revenue for the September quarter was up more than 30 per cent on the

The Suspension Of DNV As A Carbon Credit Project Verifier Damages Sentiment Towards Carbon Traders

The suspension on 1st December of the accreditation of Norway’s Det Norske Veritas (DNV) to validate carbon trading credits came as an unpleasant surprise to the carbon markets. The project auditor has been responsible for

That Was The Week That Was … In Alternative Power And Fuel

There’s no end to the bad news in sight yet! There will be yet more forced liquidations and redemptions according both to Australia’s Macquarie bank and to US asset manager and research group Bernstein. So the heavy pressure on

A Month On And Ceramic Fuel Cells Massive Impairment Charge Looks No Prettier

The credit crunch is wreaking havoc in many sectors, not least in the alternative energy sector from where investors have been withdrawing in droves as they seek to minimize the risk in their portfolios. But an unexpected blow

That Was The Week That Was … In Alternative Fuel and Power

Alternative energy markets benefited, for a change, from the latest momentous events in financial markets. Most commodities rose after the People’s Bank of China lowered its one-year lending rate to follow on from its US$590

Regulatory Momentum Should Support Clean Diesel Technologies Through The Downturn

Share prices in renewable energy stocks have suffered heavily in recent weeks on concerns that funding will dry up, given the current restricted access to capital. Investor sentiment in the alternative fuel space has also been