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6 Reasons Tight Credit Markets Won't Stop the Wind Industry
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: The Wind Power industry is gaining momentum in the U.S., with more wind power produced here than in any other country last year.   My own Colorado is quickly becoming a wind manufacturing and R&D hub, with three Vestas (VWSYF.PK) plants, a...
Tags: Energy, Manufacturing, Seeking Alpha, Tom Konrad, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Wind Energy
External links 2008-11-02
Is There Life After the Incandescent Bulb?
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: When incandescent light bulbs are phased out in the United States between 2012 to 2014, managers of utility Demand Side Management [DSM] programs will be between a rock and a hard place. At the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project's 5th annual...
Tags: Energy, Utility, Tom Konrad, Sierra Pacific Resources
External links 2008-11-24
2 Dividend Paying Energy Efficiency Picks
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: Charles Morand recently recommended a few dividend paying alternative energy companies as safe havens in the current turmoil. Since I've been thinking along the same lines, I thought I'd add my own picks. I currently like energy efficiency companies with...
Tags: Energy, Tom Konrad
External links 2008-12-05
2 Geothermal Heat Pump Stocks to Consider
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: Geothermal heat pumps [GHP], also know as Geoexchange, or ground-source heat pumps have been recognized by both the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy as the most efficient and environmentally friendly way available to heat and cool a...
Tags: Energy, Tom Konrad, LSB Industries Inc.
External links 2008-12-22
Algonquin Power: A Promising Renewable Energy Income Investment
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: The Pendulum Swings to Cash Over the long term, market cycles are characterized by swings of sentiment, and changes in investor preferences. The recent cycle was characterized by an emphasis on growth and capital gains. In the current financial...
Tags: Energy, Tom Konrad
External links 2009-01-06
Dipping a Toe into the Tempting Black Stuff
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: I was tempted by greed, and I succumbed. Last week, I bought the iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return Index ETN OIL, at $19.75 a share. by Tom Konrad
Tags: Energy, Tom Konrad
External links 2009-01-25
Clean Energy ETF Options
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: In my recent article about Green Energy Exchange Traded Funds [ETFs], I said that there were two main criteria investors should consider when choosing one (the fund's expense ratio, and its investment universe.) This is true for investors who are looking...
Tags: ETF, Energy, Tom Konrad
External links 2009-01-27
Life After Coal: Coming Sooner than You Think
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: A couple of years ago, I began to see reports that coal supplies might not last the 200+ years we've all been led to believe, so I wrote an article about what you could do to prepare your portfolio for Peak Coal....
Tags: Energy, Tom Konrad
External links 2009-02-16
Comparing Costs of Green Stocks vs. Costs of Green Funds
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: The intense and growing investor interest in Clean Energy Investing can be seen in the recent growth of new clean energy mutual fund and Exchange traded fund issues. Although competition for investors' money is heating up, and I've noticed a...
Tags: ETF, Energy, Tom Konrad
External links 2009-03-05
Flir: The Image of a Stimulus Stock
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: I highlighted FLIR Systems (NASD:FLIR) as a way to participate in the growth of the energy auditing industry in late 2007. I was ambivalent about it at the time: I very much liked the potential growth story, but felt the stock was overvalued. ...
Tags: Energy, Materials/Industrials, Tom Konrad, FLIR Systems Inc.
External links 2009-03-28
The Future Shape of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: Parabolic Troughs have dominated Concentrating Solar Power [CSP] until recently, but several companies are vying to replace them. Will the upstarts succeed, or will incumbency and improvements to trough technology ward off the competition? Dr. Arnold Leitner, CEO of Skyfuel, Inc., thinks the...
Tags: Energy, Tom Konrad, United Technologies Corp.
External links 2009-04-16
Solar Development and Strategic Shifts in Solar Stocks
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: When Solaren announced they are seeking PUC approval for a power purchase agreement (PPA) with PG&E PCG for solar power from outer space, I wasn't too surprised. California utilities signing deals for large solar projects which quite likely may never be built is...
Tags: Energy, Tom Konrad, PG&E Corp., United Technologies Corp.
External links 2009-04-20
Wind: A Gust of Hope
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: Wind advocates like to say "The wind's always blowing somewhere" to counter concerns about the variability of wind power. This is true, and it means that wind can always be relied on to produce some power, but that does not mean that wind can...
Tags: Energy, Tom Konrad, Xcel Energy Inc.
External links 2009-04-29
Solar 2009: Investment Opportunities in Solar Stocks- Part I
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: The last panel I attended at Solar 2009 focused on investment opportunities in Solar. This is the first of several entries with ideas from the speakers. They were: Allen Goodman, of ECG Consulting GroupJames Groelinger, of Bellegrove...
Tags: Energy, Tom Konrad
External links 2009-05-16
Solar Millennium: A Rare Opportunity
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: This is the third in a series of entries on opportunities in solar stocks, based on a panel at Solar 2009. The the first article introduced the panelists, and took a look at the solar sector as a whole. The second was about...
Tags: Energy, Tom Konrad
External links 2009-05-26
What Does Clean Energy Cost? Investing in AECOM, Covanta
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: Renewable Electricity cost estimates from a California transmission study and the investment implications. The seemingly simple question, "How much does wind / solar / geothermal / etc. cost per kWh?" can be surprisingly difficult to answer. Advocates often cite particularly low figures, but they...
Tags: Energy, Tom Konrad, Aecom Technology Corp., Covanta Holding Corp.
External links 2009-06-08
Ways to Play Cellulosic Ethanol and Advanced Biofuels
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: There's much excitement about second generation biofuels made from cellulosic feedstocks and algae, be they cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel, biocrude, or electricity from biomass. There will be winners, but they may not be the technology companies. At the 2009 Advanced Biofuels...
Tags: Energy, Tom Konrad
External links 2009-06-23
Raser Technologies' Short Term Prospects Weaken on Failed Attempts at Funding
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: Raser Technologies (NYSE:RZ) did not get the hoped-for DOE loan guarantee. The company still has good long term prospects, but the short term upside chances are much weaker, prompting me to sell in the hope of buying back in after a general market sell-off....
Tags: Energy, Tom Konrad, Raser Technologies Inc.
External links 2009-09-03
Dyadic: A Stock to Avoid
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: Dyadic International hopes to use proprietary gene discovery to revolutionize cellulosic biofuel and pharmaceuticals. Investors should stay away. Dyadic International (DYAI.PK) says they are applying their "proprietary enabling biotechnologies for multi-billion dollar markets in industrial enzymes, biofuels and biotherapeutics." A very...
Tags: Biotech, Energy, Tom Konrad
External links 2009-10-06
Is Ruggedcom as Solid as Its Networks?
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: Our recent article on Ruggedcom's (RUGGF.PK, RMC.TO) technology for a smart grid that's also robust against a number of threats such as cyberterrorism and electromagnetic pulses prompted a long-time reader to ask if we also think it's a good investment at these prices. ...
Tags: Energy, Tom Konrad
External links 2009-11-16
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