Clean and safe water is a scarce commodity throughout the world. It is especially important in the developing countries where the poor might not be able to get drinkable water for a price they can pay. In the long run, safe water is important for economic growth and development of these countries. Thus it...
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Single sector alternative energy ETFs are always volatile
Most investors consider index funds and ETFs as great tools for cost effective diversification of investment portfolio. This is certainly true for ETFs based on broad indices. Single sector indices and ETFs are considerably more volatile and riskier investments. Alternative energy ETFs are a good example for this. Usually they track rather narrow indices...
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Do the solar energy ETFs still have future?
My investment portfolio is 100 % long only — I don’t have short positions, nor do I aim at short term speculative gains. Because of this, I have been interested in green ETFs for a few years. During the last year, my green ETF investments have not been very successfull. On the other hand,...
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Green investing in Africa: Desertec
In the last year, I have been thinking about adding some more risk into my very own portfolio in the form of African companies. Investing in Africa could very well be considered as socially responsible investments in itself. It would be even more interesting, if I could bet on both alternative energies and Africa...
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FSLR insiders on the selling side
During the last months, First Solar (FSLR) has not done especially well on the stock market. It seems that even the insiders have lost some of their faith in FSLR as Michael J. Ahearn has sold a substantial amount of FSLR shares. During the last week of February, he sold FSLR shares for about...
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FSLR to Build 550 MW Solar Power in California
First Solar (FSLR) and Southern California Edison have announced they are planning to build two solar power projects in South California. The solar power plants in Riverside and San Bernardino are expected to generate 550 megawatts of photovoltaic solar electricity which is enough to power 170,000 homes. The construction of the projects should start...
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Wind Power Capacity Grows in Missouri
Wind power capacity grows in Missouri faster than in any other US state. In the second quarter, the capacity grew as much as 90 % which is explainable by the low base of the capacity. Furthermore, the growth comes essentially from only one project operated by Iberdrola Renewables. (Read more: NY Times, Treehugger)
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IBM interested in water management
Fresh water is a scarce natural resource that is extremely important for humans, agriculture and industrial processes. Thus it is not at all surprising that corporations outside the water sector are interested in the huge opportunities provided by the sector. For example, IBM sees big opportunities in the water management. At the moment, the...
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China Wind Power Starts Trading
Yesterday the trading of the common shares of China Wind Power International Corp. began on the TSX Venture Exchange (ticker: CNW). China Wind Power International Corp. is a Ontario company that indirectly holds exclusive rights to wind energy in Du Mon county in Heilongjiang, China. This wind energy company’s stocks might be a good...
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Solar Energy Stocks in News
Chinese solar manufacturer Trina Solar (NYSE:TSL) sold 4.5 million American depositary shares. The company nets $124 million ro reducing its debt and financing the expansion in the fast growing solartechnology market in China. Read more in Trina Solar nets $124M for debt, expansion (Cleantech Group). During the last trading days, the First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR)...
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