The German Bosch group acquires ersol, photovoltaic cell company based in Erfurt, Germany.  In the future, the company will be known as Bosch Solar Energy AG.  The remaining minority shareholders will receive 102.77 EUR for a share. Links: Bosch übernimmt ersol komplett (in German) If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for [...]

The securities industry has created several interesting water ETFs for green investors, who are convinced that water will be one of the most important resources in the 21st century. People living in the developed countries too easily forget the fact that fresh water is a scarce resource that is needed for both agriculture and industrial [...]

In the future, it could be possible to provide almost free clean energy for everyone, suggests Joel Makover in an article  published by the BusinessWeek. This would become possible, as the homes and businesses become smarter and more self-sufficient regarding energy as we install solar and other renewable energy systems to generate power.  The energy [...]

Merrill Lynch analyst Steve Milunovich has published a report an the state of cleantech sectors in 2009.  For most of the green investors, the summary given by Jay Yarow in Cleantech Collapse: The Horrible Outlook For Alternative Energy in 2009 will give an idea of the views presented by the star analyst.

Many green investors look only at the green ETFs and green stocks quoted on the New York Stock Exchange. In addition, most of the web sites dedicated to ETFs only collect information about the ETFs quoted on NYSE. Today I'll take a short look at the green ETFs quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Tom Konrad has published an interesting article about his favorite solar stocks to buy - if the prices come down to an acceptable level. His favorites are Solar Millennium AG, SatCon Technology, Power-One Inc., Sustainable Energy Technologies and Advanced Energy Industries.

Too green investors miss some of the best opportunities, claims an article about Desertec solar project published in Seeking Alpha: Desertec Solar Project: Investors Can't Afford to Be Too Green if They Want to Make Money.

The finance industry provides green investors with a wide sortiment of green ETFs (exchange traded funds).  Today I will take a look at the Market Vectors Environmental Services ETF (NYSE:EVX). Market Vectors Environmental Services ETF seeks to replicate the performance of the NYSE Arca Environmental Services Indes (AXENV). The index includs companies that engage in business activites of [...]

Crude oil will collapse to $20 a barrel this year as the recession takes a deep toll on fuel demand, predicted Philip Verleger yesterday in an telephone interview  to Bloomberg.  According to the article written by Grant Smith,  a crude oil surplus of 100 million barrels will accumulate by the end of the year. This would send the oil [...]

The PowerShares Global Progressive Transportation Portfolio (PTRP) is an exchange traded fund (ETF) investing in companies believed to benefit substantially from a transition toward using cleaner, less costly and more efficient means of transportation. The fund seeks to replicate the performance of the Wilder NASDAQ OMX Global Energy Efficient Transport Index (HAUL). The companies included in [...]