CarbonSunset,May 2011
Starting a new monthly news summary in the energy sector.The main focus is on alternative energy developments.
Solazyme Prices IPO Up at $18, Raising $198M
...with Sapphire Energy, Craig Venter’s Synthetic Genomics, and a handful of other companies looking to scale up algae oil production. While Solazyme isn’t currently selling its algae in large volumes as fuel, it is currently selling algae-based specialty biochemicals, cosmetics and food supplements.
Suntech Q1 Earnings: Flat Results in a Difficult Quarter for the Industry
...Yingli Green Energy (NYSE: YGE), SunPower, and even the mighty First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR). Shares of First Solar, SunPower (Nasdaq:SPWRA), Trina, and Yingli Green have taken a hit. JA Solar, the second-largest maker of solar cells, expects the second quarter to be soft.
More Spying on Elite Funds - Part 2
...energy and one of my favorites, alternative energy. But lately alternative energy has been getting pounded. Just check out this chart of one of my holdings, LDK Solar:Yuck! But I know the big hedgies are accumulating positions in this and other solars which is why I tell investors to do the same: use these insane selloffs in solar shares to
CFTC Charges Traders Controlled By World's Largest Tanker Company With Oil Price Manipulation After Making "Shitload" Of Money
...wrongdoing in energy markets, said the scheme yielded more than $50 million in unlawful profits." The two traders, currently working at Arcadia and Pernon Energy, are controlled by Cyprus-based Farahead Holdings, a company controlled by Norwegian shipping magnate John Fredriksen who runs the Frontline, the world's largest tanker company.
New solar product captures up to 95 percent of light energy
...of Solar Energy Engineering - Theory and Manufacturing Processes of Solar Nanoantenna Electromagnetic Collectors Patrick Pinhero, an associate professor in the MU Chemical Engineering Department, says energy generated using traditional photovoltaic (PV) methods of solar collection is inefficient and neglects much of the available
Why The Future of Greentech Needs to Sound Awesome
...array of energy technologies, from clean power, to energy efficient data centers, to smart grid tech to greener transportation.
The Art of Economic Complexity – New York Times Magazine
...or green energy. Strip away the mathematical language of economists, and conventional theories of economic growth are rather crude. Economies produce “stuff,” and if you want more stuff to come out of the process, put more stuff in (like human capital, say). Yet economies do not produce stuff so much as billions of distinct types of goods