If you really want to look at the future of a sector - follow the money - that is follow the smart money -
UAE Investing in Greentech -
According to a recent article in Gulfnews.com -
"The evidence is overwhelming that our responsibility must now be balanced by a duty to find new sources of energy, protect the world in which we live and to provide the right legacy for future generations. The Masdar initiative represents the government of Abu Dhabi's commitment to achieve that balance."
full article - read here
Monday, January 21, 2008
SunEdison Simplifies Solar by Pushing Adoption of Utility-Industry Standards
SunEdison Simplifies Solar by Pushing Adoption of Utility-Industry Standards
Implementation of IHS Standards ExpertTM Service, the Leading Information Management Tool for the Utility Industry, is Key Step
BELTSVILLE, Md.--January 18 2008 --SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider, announced today a significant step in simplifying solar across North America by beginning integration of more than 3,300 electric utility-industry standards in the engineering, construction, deployment, and maintenance of photovoltaic systems.
With the IHS Standards Expert solution, a leading information management tool for utility industries, SunEdison engineering, construction and maintenance crews will have real-time access to utility industry standards. The new capabilities and easy-to-use interface of the IHS tool also support SunEdison’s mission to simplify solar. Implementation of broad solar standards will facilitate traditional utility interconnections and drive economies of scale for the solar industry.
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a global provider of critical technical information, decision-support tools and related strategic services for leading companies in the utility industry.
SunEdison will use the IHS standards management tool to fully integrate standards for the solar industry which are used by electricity providers and traditional utilities. More than 300 SunEdison team members globally will have access to IHS Standards Expert during the development, implementation and refinement of photovoltaic energy systems, tapping more than 3,300 utility-adopted standards and specifications from standards developing bodies, such as IEEE, NEMA, UL and IEC.
“Solar is complex. By driving standards, SunEdison is simplifying the solar industry,” said Thomas (Tom) Rainwater, CEO of SunEdison. “Industry standards are key to ensuring a common language, specifications and measurements for development, construction and maintenance of photovoltaic energy systems in order to extract the maximum value from their systems.”
“We are proud to be working with SunEdison, providing the critical standards information they need in their leadership role in the solar energy industry,” said Jeff Tarr, co-president and co-chief operating officer, IHS. “The utilities industry has complex standards and managing that is the key for any energy service provider. SunEdison is helping to establish the benchmark for the industry which will lead to economies of scale in solar.”
About SunEdison
Sun Edison LLC is North America's largest solar energy services provider. SunEdison provides solar-generated energy at or below current retail utility rates to a broad and diverse client base of commercial, municipal and utility customers. For more information about SunEdison, please visit www.sunedison.com. The company headquarters is located in Beltsville, Md.
About IHS (www.ihs.com)
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a leading global source of critical information and insight for customers in a broad range of industries. Our customer product and service solutions span four major areas of information: energy, product lifecycle management, environmental and security. By focusing on our customers first, we deliver data and expertise that enable innovative and successful decision-making. Customers range from governments and multinational companies to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 180 countries. IHS has been in business since 1959 and employs more than 3,000 people in 35 locations around the world.
IHS is a registered trademark of IHS Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2007 IHS Inc. All rights reserved.
Contacts
For SunEdison
Loretta W. Prencipe, 703-941-0277
loretta@m1pr.com
OR
IHS Inc.
Lauren Baker, 303-397-2615
lauren.baker@ihs.com
Implementation of IHS Standards ExpertTM Service, the Leading Information Management Tool for the Utility Industry, is Key Step
BELTSVILLE, Md.--January 18 2008 --SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider, announced today a significant step in simplifying solar across North America by beginning integration of more than 3,300 electric utility-industry standards in the engineering, construction, deployment, and maintenance of photovoltaic systems.
With the IHS Standards Expert solution, a leading information management tool for utility industries, SunEdison engineering, construction and maintenance crews will have real-time access to utility industry standards. The new capabilities and easy-to-use interface of the IHS tool also support SunEdison’s mission to simplify solar. Implementation of broad solar standards will facilitate traditional utility interconnections and drive economies of scale for the solar industry.
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a global provider of critical technical information, decision-support tools and related strategic services for leading companies in the utility industry.
SunEdison will use the IHS standards management tool to fully integrate standards for the solar industry which are used by electricity providers and traditional utilities. More than 300 SunEdison team members globally will have access to IHS Standards Expert during the development, implementation and refinement of photovoltaic energy systems, tapping more than 3,300 utility-adopted standards and specifications from standards developing bodies, such as IEEE, NEMA, UL and IEC.
“Solar is complex. By driving standards, SunEdison is simplifying the solar industry,” said Thomas (Tom) Rainwater, CEO of SunEdison. “Industry standards are key to ensuring a common language, specifications and measurements for development, construction and maintenance of photovoltaic energy systems in order to extract the maximum value from their systems.”
“We are proud to be working with SunEdison, providing the critical standards information they need in their leadership role in the solar energy industry,” said Jeff Tarr, co-president and co-chief operating officer, IHS. “The utilities industry has complex standards and managing that is the key for any energy service provider. SunEdison is helping to establish the benchmark for the industry which will lead to economies of scale in solar.”
About SunEdison
Sun Edison LLC is North America's largest solar energy services provider. SunEdison provides solar-generated energy at or below current retail utility rates to a broad and diverse client base of commercial, municipal and utility customers. For more information about SunEdison, please visit www.sunedison.com. The company headquarters is located in Beltsville, Md.
About IHS (www.ihs.com)
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a leading global source of critical information and insight for customers in a broad range of industries. Our customer product and service solutions span four major areas of information: energy, product lifecycle management, environmental and security. By focusing on our customers first, we deliver data and expertise that enable innovative and successful decision-making. Customers range from governments and multinational companies to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 180 countries. IHS has been in business since 1959 and employs more than 3,000 people in 35 locations around the world.
IHS is a registered trademark of IHS Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2007 IHS Inc. All rights reserved.
Contacts
For SunEdison
Loretta W. Prencipe, 703-941-0277
loretta@m1pr.com
OR
IHS Inc.
Lauren Baker, 303-397-2615
lauren.baker@ihs.com
SunEdison Simplifies Solar by Pushing Adoption of Utility-Industry Standards
SunEdison Simplifies Solar by Pushing Adoption of Utility-Industry Standards
Implementation of IHS Standards ExpertTM Service, the Leading Information Management Tool for the Utility Industry, is Key Step
BELTSVILLE, Md.--January 18 2008 --SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider, announced today a significant step in simplifying solar across North America by beginning integration of more than 3,300 electric utility-industry standards in the engineering, construction, deployment, and maintenance of photovoltaic systems.
With the IHS Standards Expert solution, a leading information management tool for utility industries, SunEdison engineering, construction and maintenance crews will have real-time access to utility industry standards. The new capabilities and easy-to-use interface of the IHS tool also support SunEdison’s mission to simplify solar. Implementation of broad solar standards will facilitate traditional utility interconnections and drive economies of scale for the solar industry.
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a global provider of critical technical information, decision-support tools and related strategic services for leading companies in the utility industry.
SunEdison will use the IHS standards management tool to fully integrate standards for the solar industry which are used by electricity providers and traditional utilities. More than 300 SunEdison team members globally will have access to IHS Standards Expert during the development, implementation and refinement of photovoltaic energy systems, tapping more than 3,300 utility-adopted standards and specifications from standards developing bodies, such as IEEE, NEMA, UL and IEC.
“Solar is complex. By driving standards, SunEdison is simplifying the solar industry,” said Thomas (Tom) Rainwater, CEO of SunEdison. “Industry standards are key to ensuring a common language, specifications and measurements for development, construction and maintenance of photovoltaic energy systems in order to extract the maximum value from their systems.”
“We are proud to be working with SunEdison, providing the critical standards information they need in their leadership role in the solar energy industry,” said Jeff Tarr, co-president and co-chief operating officer, IHS. “The utilities industry has complex standards and managing that is the key for any energy service provider. SunEdison is helping to establish the benchmark for the industry which will lead to economies of scale in solar.”
About SunEdison
Sun Edison LLC is North America's largest solar energy services provider. SunEdison provides solar-generated energy at or below current retail utility rates to a broad and diverse client base of commercial, municipal and utility customers. For more information about SunEdison, please visit www.sunedison.com. The company headquarters is located in Beltsville, Md.
About IHS (www.ihs.com)
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a leading global source of critical information and insight for customers in a broad range of industries. Our customer product and service solutions span four major areas of information: energy, product lifecycle management, environmental and security. By focusing on our customers first, we deliver data and expertise that enable innovative and successful decision-making. Customers range from governments and multinational companies to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 180 countries. IHS has been in business since 1959 and employs more than 3,000 people in 35 locations around the world.
IHS is a registered trademark of IHS Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2007 IHS Inc. All rights reserved.
Contacts
For SunEdison
Loretta W. Prencipe, 703-941-0277
loretta@m1pr.com
OR
IHS Inc.
Lauren Baker, 303-397-2615
lauren.baker@ihs.com
Implementation of IHS Standards ExpertTM Service, the Leading Information Management Tool for the Utility Industry, is Key Step
BELTSVILLE, Md.--January 18 2008 --SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider, announced today a significant step in simplifying solar across North America by beginning integration of more than 3,300 electric utility-industry standards in the engineering, construction, deployment, and maintenance of photovoltaic systems.
With the IHS Standards Expert solution, a leading information management tool for utility industries, SunEdison engineering, construction and maintenance crews will have real-time access to utility industry standards. The new capabilities and easy-to-use interface of the IHS tool also support SunEdison’s mission to simplify solar. Implementation of broad solar standards will facilitate traditional utility interconnections and drive economies of scale for the solar industry.
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a global provider of critical technical information, decision-support tools and related strategic services for leading companies in the utility industry.
SunEdison will use the IHS standards management tool to fully integrate standards for the solar industry which are used by electricity providers and traditional utilities. More than 300 SunEdison team members globally will have access to IHS Standards Expert during the development, implementation and refinement of photovoltaic energy systems, tapping more than 3,300 utility-adopted standards and specifications from standards developing bodies, such as IEEE, NEMA, UL and IEC.
“Solar is complex. By driving standards, SunEdison is simplifying the solar industry,” said Thomas (Tom) Rainwater, CEO of SunEdison. “Industry standards are key to ensuring a common language, specifications and measurements for development, construction and maintenance of photovoltaic energy systems in order to extract the maximum value from their systems.”
“We are proud to be working with SunEdison, providing the critical standards information they need in their leadership role in the solar energy industry,” said Jeff Tarr, co-president and co-chief operating officer, IHS. “The utilities industry has complex standards and managing that is the key for any energy service provider. SunEdison is helping to establish the benchmark for the industry which will lead to economies of scale in solar.”
About SunEdison
Sun Edison LLC is North America's largest solar energy services provider. SunEdison provides solar-generated energy at or below current retail utility rates to a broad and diverse client base of commercial, municipal and utility customers. For more information about SunEdison, please visit www.sunedison.com. The company headquarters is located in Beltsville, Md.
About IHS (www.ihs.com)
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a leading global source of critical information and insight for customers in a broad range of industries. Our customer product and service solutions span four major areas of information: energy, product lifecycle management, environmental and security. By focusing on our customers first, we deliver data and expertise that enable innovative and successful decision-making. Customers range from governments and multinational companies to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 180 countries. IHS has been in business since 1959 and employs more than 3,000 people in 35 locations around the world.
IHS is a registered trademark of IHS Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2007 IHS Inc. All rights reserved.
Contacts
For SunEdison
Loretta W. Prencipe, 703-941-0277
loretta@m1pr.com
OR
IHS Inc.
Lauren Baker, 303-397-2615
lauren.baker@ihs.com
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Cleantech Investments Reach New Apex of $5.18 Billion Over 2007 and Sixth Consecutive Year of Growth
Cleantech Investments Reach New Apex of $5.18 Billion Over 2007 and Sixth Consecutive Year of Growth
Q407 with 100 Percent Year-Over-Year Gain
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17 2008 -- The Cleantech Group, LLC, founders of the cleantech investment category, released today YE2007 and Q407 results for cleantech investments indicating the sixth consecutive year of sustained investment growth. Additional analysis will be released at Cleantech Forum XVI in San Francisco on February 25-27, 2008.
North America (NA) and Europe produced stronger than expected growth in Q407, with total cleantech investment across the regions more than doubling year-over-year, from $676 million in Q406 to $1.38 billion in Q407. This brings the level of venture investment in NA and Europe for 2007 to $5.18 billion and historical results for the cleantech category as:
2007: $5.18 billion
2006: $3.6 billion
2005: $2.5 billion
2004: $1.8 billion
2003: $1.7 billion
2002: $899 million
2001: $714 million
Source: Cleantech Group, LLC (TM)
NA cleantech investing in 2007 grew by 38 percent, from $2.87 billion invested in 2006 to $3.95 billion invested in 2007. The number of deals increased by 15 percent, from 233 in 2006 to 268 in 2007. The average deal size increased by 20 percent, from an average of $12.3 million in 2006 to $14.7 million in 2007.
European cleantech investing grew by 34 percent, from $915 million in 2006 to $1.23 billion in 2007. The number of deals increased by 56 percent, from 67 in 2006 to 105 deals in 2007. Average deal size in Europe increased by 26 percent from $7.8 million in 2006 to $9.8 million in 2007 (excluding the outliers of the $395 million Airtricity financing in 2006 and the $205 million Isofoton financing in 2007).
North American companies continue to receive the lion's share of cleantech venture investing, with North American-based companies receiving over 3x the investment of European-based companies.
"Despite strong headwinds building in the global economy and tightening credit markets, the medium and long-term value propositions for cleantech opportunities sustained the sixth consecutive year with unexpectedly robust growth," said Nicholas Parker, co-founder and Chairman, Cleantech Group. "High carbon-based energy prices, global resource competition and increasingly favorable policy frameworks provide stronger than ever fundamental drivers for cleantech investors, and we foresee continued growth over 2008 as the cleantech market cycle moves from early adoption to mainstream driver of wealth and job creation."
2007 Top 5 Cleantech Investment Sectors
The cleantech investment category is composed of 11 industry segments. (full details and definitions on the cleantech category can be found at http://www.cleantech.com.) Over 2007, the top five categories by total financings were:
Energy Generation: $2.75 billion; 172 deals
Energy Storage: $471 million; 20 deals
Transportation: $445 million; 20 deals
Energy Efficiency: $356 million; 41 deals
Recycling & Waste: $291 million; 17 deals
Source: Cleantech Group, LLC (TM)
Energy Generation remained the forerunner over 2007. Within the NA and European markets, companies based in California received the majority of financing, representing $966 million, a 38 percent increase over 2006 levels. In Energy Storage, the highest percentage of financings went to companies in the Northeastern United States, receiving $208 million, up from $39 million the year before. In Recycling and Waste, companies based in Western Europe received the largest percentage of total financings at $81 million, up from $17 million in 2006.
Five Largest Cleantech Rounds in 2007
Company Country Amount
$(mil)
Isofoton SA Spain 205
Brazilian Renewable Energy Co., Ltd. Brazil 200
Project Better Place US 200
Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. China 118
HelioVolt Corp US 101
Source: Cleantech Group, LLC
The number of $100 million or larger rounds increased over 2006 levels, indicating increased investor confidence in the category, while 8 of the top ten solar financing rounds since 1999 occurred in 2007. Related in the solar market, a significant drop in the price of materials for silicon PV solar could come in 2008 due to increased refining capacity coming on-line over 2008-2010 timeframe.
China, India, Brazil and Australia
With results for China, India, Brazil and Australia to be unveiled at Cleantech Forum XVI in San Francisco, preliminary results show continued and significant investment growth in 2007. In addition to three successful crystalline silicon IPOs, China attracted investor interest for solar companies, including Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd., which received $118 million, and Shunda Holdings Co. Ltd., which received $82 million. In India, the top three cleantech investments included solar company Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Ltd. with $100 million and wind companies Vestas RRB India Ltd at $55.6 million and Regen Powertech Private Ltd. with $25 million. Interest in the Southern Hemisphere is also increasing, with Brazil securing the largest deal with a $200 million round for sugarcane ethanol-producer, Brazilian Renewable Energy Co.
Public Markets and M&As
The Cleantech Index(TM) (CTIUS), composed of 47 leading cleantech public companies across the full range of sectors within the cleantech category (including energy efficiency and renewable energy to advanced materials, air & water purification, water and agriculture), rose 42 percent over 2007.
Top IPOs tracked included Iberdrola Renovables in Spain, Cosan Ltd. in Brazil, Polypore Intl Inc. in the U.S., and LDK Solar, Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. and JA Solar Holdings Co., all Chinese crystalline silicon photovoltaics producers. Unlike prior years, the majority of large IPOs shifted from Europe to US exchanges.
Top cleantech acquisitions closed in 2007 included targets Horizon Wind Energy LLC (US), SULO GmbH (Germany), Actaris Metering Systems Ltd (Germany), Metal Management Inc. (US), and Airtricity North America (US). The combined value of the M&A transactions was $8.76 billion.
Cleantech Forum XVI San Francisco February 25-27 2008
Please join Cleantech Group for its 16th annual Cleantech Forum in San Francisco on February 25-27. "Crossing the Chasm: From Roadmap to Purchase Order" will bring together the industry's most influential cleantech innovators, investors and policymakers. Visit http://www.cleantech.com for information and registration.
About Cleantech Group(TM), LLC
The Cleantech Group(TM) LLC provides insight, opportunities and builds relationships that catalyze and accelerate market adoption and commercialization of clean technologies globally. The Cleantech Group(TM) family of companies founded the cleantech investment category and through its membership services brings together investors, executives, thought leaders, policy makers, and entrepreneurs to facilitate the growth of cleantech globally. Visit http://www.cleantech.com.
Source: The Cleantech Group, LLC
Q407 with 100 Percent Year-Over-Year Gain
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17 2008 -- The Cleantech Group, LLC, founders of the cleantech investment category, released today YE2007 and Q407 results for cleantech investments indicating the sixth consecutive year of sustained investment growth. Additional analysis will be released at Cleantech Forum XVI in San Francisco on February 25-27, 2008.
North America (NA) and Europe produced stronger than expected growth in Q407, with total cleantech investment across the regions more than doubling year-over-year, from $676 million in Q406 to $1.38 billion in Q407. This brings the level of venture investment in NA and Europe for 2007 to $5.18 billion and historical results for the cleantech category as:
2007: $5.18 billion
2006: $3.6 billion
2005: $2.5 billion
2004: $1.8 billion
2003: $1.7 billion
2002: $899 million
2001: $714 million
Source: Cleantech Group, LLC (TM)
NA cleantech investing in 2007 grew by 38 percent, from $2.87 billion invested in 2006 to $3.95 billion invested in 2007. The number of deals increased by 15 percent, from 233 in 2006 to 268 in 2007. The average deal size increased by 20 percent, from an average of $12.3 million in 2006 to $14.7 million in 2007.
European cleantech investing grew by 34 percent, from $915 million in 2006 to $1.23 billion in 2007. The number of deals increased by 56 percent, from 67 in 2006 to 105 deals in 2007. Average deal size in Europe increased by 26 percent from $7.8 million in 2006 to $9.8 million in 2007 (excluding the outliers of the $395 million Airtricity financing in 2006 and the $205 million Isofoton financing in 2007).
North American companies continue to receive the lion's share of cleantech venture investing, with North American-based companies receiving over 3x the investment of European-based companies.
"Despite strong headwinds building in the global economy and tightening credit markets, the medium and long-term value propositions for cleantech opportunities sustained the sixth consecutive year with unexpectedly robust growth," said Nicholas Parker, co-founder and Chairman, Cleantech Group. "High carbon-based energy prices, global resource competition and increasingly favorable policy frameworks provide stronger than ever fundamental drivers for cleantech investors, and we foresee continued growth over 2008 as the cleantech market cycle moves from early adoption to mainstream driver of wealth and job creation."
2007 Top 5 Cleantech Investment Sectors
The cleantech investment category is composed of 11 industry segments. (full details and definitions on the cleantech category can be found at http://www.cleantech.com.) Over 2007, the top five categories by total financings were:
Energy Generation: $2.75 billion; 172 deals
Energy Storage: $471 million; 20 deals
Transportation: $445 million; 20 deals
Energy Efficiency: $356 million; 41 deals
Recycling & Waste: $291 million; 17 deals
Source: Cleantech Group, LLC (TM)
Energy Generation remained the forerunner over 2007. Within the NA and European markets, companies based in California received the majority of financing, representing $966 million, a 38 percent increase over 2006 levels. In Energy Storage, the highest percentage of financings went to companies in the Northeastern United States, receiving $208 million, up from $39 million the year before. In Recycling and Waste, companies based in Western Europe received the largest percentage of total financings at $81 million, up from $17 million in 2006.
Five Largest Cleantech Rounds in 2007
Company Country Amount
$(mil)
Isofoton SA Spain 205
Brazilian Renewable Energy Co., Ltd. Brazil 200
Project Better Place US 200
Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. China 118
HelioVolt Corp US 101
Source: Cleantech Group, LLC
The number of $100 million or larger rounds increased over 2006 levels, indicating increased investor confidence in the category, while 8 of the top ten solar financing rounds since 1999 occurred in 2007. Related in the solar market, a significant drop in the price of materials for silicon PV solar could come in 2008 due to increased refining capacity coming on-line over 2008-2010 timeframe.
China, India, Brazil and Australia
With results for China, India, Brazil and Australia to be unveiled at Cleantech Forum XVI in San Francisco, preliminary results show continued and significant investment growth in 2007. In addition to three successful crystalline silicon IPOs, China attracted investor interest for solar companies, including Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd., which received $118 million, and Shunda Holdings Co. Ltd., which received $82 million. In India, the top three cleantech investments included solar company Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Ltd. with $100 million and wind companies Vestas RRB India Ltd at $55.6 million and Regen Powertech Private Ltd. with $25 million. Interest in the Southern Hemisphere is also increasing, with Brazil securing the largest deal with a $200 million round for sugarcane ethanol-producer, Brazilian Renewable Energy Co.
Public Markets and M&As
The Cleantech Index(TM) (CTIUS), composed of 47 leading cleantech public companies across the full range of sectors within the cleantech category (including energy efficiency and renewable energy to advanced materials, air & water purification, water and agriculture), rose 42 percent over 2007.
Top IPOs tracked included Iberdrola Renovables in Spain, Cosan Ltd. in Brazil, Polypore Intl Inc. in the U.S., and LDK Solar, Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. and JA Solar Holdings Co., all Chinese crystalline silicon photovoltaics producers. Unlike prior years, the majority of large IPOs shifted from Europe to US exchanges.
Top cleantech acquisitions closed in 2007 included targets Horizon Wind Energy LLC (US), SULO GmbH (Germany), Actaris Metering Systems Ltd (Germany), Metal Management Inc. (US), and Airtricity North America (US). The combined value of the M&A transactions was $8.76 billion.
Cleantech Forum XVI San Francisco February 25-27 2008
Please join Cleantech Group for its 16th annual Cleantech Forum in San Francisco on February 25-27. "Crossing the Chasm: From Roadmap to Purchase Order" will bring together the industry's most influential cleantech innovators, investors and policymakers. Visit http://www.cleantech.com for information and registration.
About Cleantech Group(TM), LLC
The Cleantech Group(TM) LLC provides insight, opportunities and builds relationships that catalyze and accelerate market adoption and commercialization of clean technologies globally. The Cleantech Group(TM) family of companies founded the cleantech investment category and through its membership services brings together investors, executives, thought leaders, policy makers, and entrepreneurs to facilitate the growth of cleantech globally. Visit http://www.cleantech.com.
Source: The Cleantech Group, LLC
Investorideas.com Global Greentech Online Investor Conference; Update of Industry Presenters
Investorideas.com Global Greentech Online Investor Conference; Update of Industry Presenters
Analysts, Public Companies, Fund Managers, Venture Capital, Industry Experts, Government
Provide Insight into Global Green Investing Trends and Opportunities in Solar, Wind, Biofuel, Green Transportation and Water
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –January 17, 2008, www.InvestorIdeas.com, and its global investor and industry Greentech portals update the growing list of industry speakers for the Investorideas.com Global Greentech Online Investor Conference, March 21, 2008. The conference theme is: “Insight into Global Green Investing Trends and Opportunities in Solar, Wind, Biofuel, Green Transportation and Water.”
Investors will have the opportunity to hear audio presentations from Analysts, Public Companies, Fund Managers, Venture Capital, Industry Experts and Government Leaders.
The in-depth online conference will be available March 21st, 2008, starting at 9:00 am EDT and archived thereafter for a minimum of three months.
The online conference will include presentations from renewable, environmental, water, clean energy and technology experts providing in-depth perspectives on what is happening in the Greentech sector from some of the most respected industry sources.
http://www.investorideas.com/Forums/Portals/Green2.aspx
The conference format will consist of an audio presentation (average 15 minutes) with images in a slideshow presentation, in flash format.
The conference is free to online visitors with login registration. Click here for early registration
For companies wanting to participate:
Canadian Companies - click here
US and Foreign Companies - click here
Presenting public companies include:
Clear Skies Holdings (OTCBB: CSKH) Clear Skies Holdings ("CSG") delivers turnkey Solar Electricity Installations and Renewable Energy Technology Solutions to commercial and residential customers across the United States. Since its launch, Clear Skies Group has installed solar power systems for municipalities, real estate developers, agricultural locations, office and residential complexes, storage facilities, manufacturing plants, schools, and more. www.ClearSkiesGroup.com
XsunX, Inc. (OTCBB: XSNX). Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., XsunX is developing amorphous silicon thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar cell manufacturing processes to produce TFPV solar modules. To deliver its products the Company has begun to build a multi-megawatt TFPV solar module production facility in the United States to meet the growing demand for solar cell products used in large scale commercial projects, utility power fields, and other on-grid applications. Employing a phased roll out of production capacity, it plans to grow manufacturing capacities to over 100 megawatts by 2010. www.XsunX.com
Current greentech industry speakers include:
Neil D. Berlant
Fund Manager of the PFW Water Fund
Since 1968, Neil has been continuously involved in the investment banking industry, either as a principal, officer, or founder of several firms. He has supervised and initiated the publication of numerous investment research reports on the water industry and conducted conferences directed towards top corporate management, the investment community, and venture capitalists. He has been a speaker at conferences on topics ranging from financing, to business and investment opportunities in the water industry. In addition, he has consulted to Fortune 500 companies and participated in negotiations concerning mergers, acquisitions, and venture capital investments. He is quoted frequently in newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Investor's Business Daily, and is a frequent water expert on CNBC.
Neal M Dikeman
Jane Capital Partners LLC
Neal is one of the founding partners of Jane Capital Partners LLC, an energy and technology merchant bank whose clients have included the technology arms of multinational energy companies. He has launched several startups, including Carbonflow in carbon credit IT. He previously cofounded SC Power Systems, Inc. and its successor Zenergy Power plc (AIM:ZEN) in superconductor technology, helped launch WaiterPad POS Systems, Inc. in wireless hospitality POS solutions, and led the spin-out of Fideris, Inc. in fuel cell test & measurement. He has served as a director of several technology companies, edits the Cleantech Blog, named one of the 50 Best Business Blogs by London Times, and chairs Cleantech.org. Before entering private equity, he began his career in energy investment banking at Bankers Trust, and has a B.A. from Texas A&M University.
Peter C. Fusaro
Chairman, Global Change Associates
Peter C. Fusaro is Chairman of Global Change Associates in New York and is the best selling author of What Went Wrong at Enron and 12 other books on energy and the environment. Peter is an energy industry thought leader noted for his keen insights in emerging energy and environmental financial markets. He has been on the forefront of energy and environmental change for over 30 years focusing on oil, gas, power, coal, emissions, and carbon trading and renewable energy markets. Peter is currently advising on carbon trading and clean energy technology arena to financial services companies. Peter was selected for Who’s Who in America for 2007 and 2008. He coined the term “Green Trading” and holds the Wall Street Green Trading Summit with Reuters in New York each spring. He is also a well known expert on Asia Pacific energy and environmental markets. He co-founded the Energy Hedge Fund Center LLC (www.energyhedgefunds.com) in 2004. Peter graduated with an MA in international relations from Tufts University and a BA from Carnegie-Mellon University.
J. Peter Lynch
Solar Expert
Mr. J. Peter Lynch has worked, for 31 years as a Wall Street security analyst, an independent investment/merchant banker and private investor in small emerging technology companies. He has been actively involved in following developments in the renewable energy area since 1977 and is regarded as a leading expert in this field.
Matthew Sant (Partner, Irell & Manella LLP)
Legal and Intellectual Property Issues Related to "Green" Technologies
Matthew Sant is a partner at Irell & Manella LLP, and practices in the firm's Newport Beach, California office. Mr. Sant represents some of the most exciting and innovative companies in the global economy. Topic- Legal and
Matthew Sant's practice focuses on the structure and negotiation of complex licensing, development and commercial transactions involving intellectual property assets and emerging technologies. His experience also includes debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, and public and private corporate securities. Among his clients are several companies and funds exploring "green" technologies, including the developer of hybrid and electric vehicles, the developer of proprietary "waste to energy" technologies for producing biofuels, and a fund that has invested in solar and other renewable energy technologies.
Robert Wilder, J.D., Ph.D.
WilderHill Clean Energy Index
Dr. Rob Wilder is Founder and the Manager of the WilderHill Clean Energy Index (ECO), the first and leading Index on Wall Street for renewables & clean solutions. The Index is tracked by a PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (symbol PBW) which has grown to over $1.75 billion in assets within its first three years. www.wildershares.com
Jamie Wimberly, CEO
Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG)
Jamie Wimberly founded and currently serves as CEO of the Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG, www.defgllc.com), a holding company with three branded entities, including: DEFG LLC, EcoAlign, DEFG Ventures.
About Our Green Investor Portals:
Investorideas.com has a series of four investor and industry research portals in the renewable energy, water, environment and fuel cells. Investorideas.com was one of the first online investor sites to cover water and renewable energy. The portals feature industry and stock news, articles, leading experts and financial columnists, audio interviews and Podcasts with leaders and innovators in Greentech, investor conferences, blogs, and a comprehensive global directory of publicly traded stocks.
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Analysts, Public Companies, Fund Managers, Venture Capital, Industry Experts, Government
Provide Insight into Global Green Investing Trends and Opportunities in Solar, Wind, Biofuel, Green Transportation and Water
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –January 17, 2008, www.InvestorIdeas.com, and its global investor and industry Greentech portals update the growing list of industry speakers for the Investorideas.com Global Greentech Online Investor Conference, March 21, 2008. The conference theme is: “Insight into Global Green Investing Trends and Opportunities in Solar, Wind, Biofuel, Green Transportation and Water.”
Investors will have the opportunity to hear audio presentations from Analysts, Public Companies, Fund Managers, Venture Capital, Industry Experts and Government Leaders.
The in-depth online conference will be available March 21st, 2008, starting at 9:00 am EDT and archived thereafter for a minimum of three months.
The online conference will include presentations from renewable, environmental, water, clean energy and technology experts providing in-depth perspectives on what is happening in the Greentech sector from some of the most respected industry sources.
http://www.investorideas.com/Forums/Portals/Green2.aspx
The conference format will consist of an audio presentation (average 15 minutes) with images in a slideshow presentation, in flash format.
The conference is free to online visitors with login registration. Click here for early registration
For companies wanting to participate:
Canadian Companies - click here
US and Foreign Companies - click here
Presenting public companies include:
Clear Skies Holdings (OTCBB: CSKH) Clear Skies Holdings ("CSG") delivers turnkey Solar Electricity Installations and Renewable Energy Technology Solutions to commercial and residential customers across the United States. Since its launch, Clear Skies Group has installed solar power systems for municipalities, real estate developers, agricultural locations, office and residential complexes, storage facilities, manufacturing plants, schools, and more. www.ClearSkiesGroup.com
XsunX, Inc. (OTCBB: XSNX). Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., XsunX is developing amorphous silicon thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar cell manufacturing processes to produce TFPV solar modules. To deliver its products the Company has begun to build a multi-megawatt TFPV solar module production facility in the United States to meet the growing demand for solar cell products used in large scale commercial projects, utility power fields, and other on-grid applications. Employing a phased roll out of production capacity, it plans to grow manufacturing capacities to over 100 megawatts by 2010. www.XsunX.com
Current greentech industry speakers include:
Neil D. Berlant
Fund Manager of the PFW Water Fund
Since 1968, Neil has been continuously involved in the investment banking industry, either as a principal, officer, or founder of several firms. He has supervised and initiated the publication of numerous investment research reports on the water industry and conducted conferences directed towards top corporate management, the investment community, and venture capitalists. He has been a speaker at conferences on topics ranging from financing, to business and investment opportunities in the water industry. In addition, he has consulted to Fortune 500 companies and participated in negotiations concerning mergers, acquisitions, and venture capital investments. He is quoted frequently in newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Investor's Business Daily, and is a frequent water expert on CNBC.
Neal M Dikeman
Jane Capital Partners LLC
Neal is one of the founding partners of Jane Capital Partners LLC, an energy and technology merchant bank whose clients have included the technology arms of multinational energy companies. He has launched several startups, including Carbonflow in carbon credit IT. He previously cofounded SC Power Systems, Inc. and its successor Zenergy Power plc (AIM:ZEN) in superconductor technology, helped launch WaiterPad POS Systems, Inc. in wireless hospitality POS solutions, and led the spin-out of Fideris, Inc. in fuel cell test & measurement. He has served as a director of several technology companies, edits the Cleantech Blog, named one of the 50 Best Business Blogs by London Times, and chairs Cleantech.org. Before entering private equity, he began his career in energy investment banking at Bankers Trust, and has a B.A. from Texas A&M University.
Peter C. Fusaro
Chairman, Global Change Associates
Peter C. Fusaro is Chairman of Global Change Associates in New York and is the best selling author of What Went Wrong at Enron and 12 other books on energy and the environment. Peter is an energy industry thought leader noted for his keen insights in emerging energy and environmental financial markets. He has been on the forefront of energy and environmental change for over 30 years focusing on oil, gas, power, coal, emissions, and carbon trading and renewable energy markets. Peter is currently advising on carbon trading and clean energy technology arena to financial services companies. Peter was selected for Who’s Who in America for 2007 and 2008. He coined the term “Green Trading” and holds the Wall Street Green Trading Summit with Reuters in New York each spring. He is also a well known expert on Asia Pacific energy and environmental markets. He co-founded the Energy Hedge Fund Center LLC (www.energyhedgefunds.com) in 2004. Peter graduated with an MA in international relations from Tufts University and a BA from Carnegie-Mellon University.
J. Peter Lynch
Solar Expert
Mr. J. Peter Lynch has worked, for 31 years as a Wall Street security analyst, an independent investment/merchant banker and private investor in small emerging technology companies. He has been actively involved in following developments in the renewable energy area since 1977 and is regarded as a leading expert in this field.
Matthew Sant (Partner, Irell & Manella LLP)
Legal and Intellectual Property Issues Related to "Green" Technologies
Matthew Sant is a partner at Irell & Manella LLP, and practices in the firm's Newport Beach, California office. Mr. Sant represents some of the most exciting and innovative companies in the global economy. Topic- Legal and
Matthew Sant's practice focuses on the structure and negotiation of complex licensing, development and commercial transactions involving intellectual property assets and emerging technologies. His experience also includes debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, and public and private corporate securities. Among his clients are several companies and funds exploring "green" technologies, including the developer of hybrid and electric vehicles, the developer of proprietary "waste to energy" technologies for producing biofuels, and a fund that has invested in solar and other renewable energy technologies.
Robert Wilder, J.D., Ph.D.
WilderHill Clean Energy Index
Dr. Rob Wilder is Founder and the Manager of the WilderHill Clean Energy Index (ECO), the first and leading Index on Wall Street for renewables & clean solutions. The Index is tracked by a PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (symbol PBW) which has grown to over $1.75 billion in assets within its first three years. www.wildershares.com
Jamie Wimberly, CEO
Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG)
Jamie Wimberly founded and currently serves as CEO of the Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG, www.defgllc.com), a holding company with three branded entities, including: DEFG LLC, EcoAlign, DEFG Ventures.
About Our Green Investor Portals:
Investorideas.com has a series of four investor and industry research portals in the renewable energy, water, environment and fuel cells. Investorideas.com was one of the first online investor sites to cover water and renewable energy. The portals feature industry and stock news, articles, leading experts and financial columnists, audio interviews and Podcasts with leaders and innovators in Greentech, investor conferences, blogs, and a comprehensive global directory of publicly traded stocks.
Renewable Energy /Greentech RSS Feed: http://www.investorideas.com/RSS/feeds/RES.xml
About InvestorIdeas.com:
InvestorIdeas.com is a leading global investor and industry research resource portal specialized in sector investing covering over thirty industry sectors and global markets including China, India, the Middle East and Australia.
Disclaimer: Our sites do not make recommendations, but offer information portals to research news, articles, stock lists and recent research. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and is not the opinion of our web sites. This site is currently compensated by featured companies, news submissions and online advertising. Disclosure: Presenting public companies, other than featured companies, pay a one time fee of $1000 to present.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Wal-Mart to Open Second Generation High-Efficiency Store
Wal-Mart to Open Second Generation High-Efficiency Store
Retailer Unveils First of Four Stores That Use 25 Percent Less Energy and Significantly Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Jan. 15, 2008 -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. today announced the opening of its second generation of High-Efficiency stores (HE.2) that will use 25 percent less energy than the baseline Wal-Mart Supercenter. The first store will open in Romeoville, Ill., on January 23. The store combines what the company has learned from its successful first generation High-Efficiency stores (HE.1) with new state-of-the-art technologies. In addition to saving energy, the new stores will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by lowering refrigerant by 90 percent.
Leslie Dach, Wal-Mart's executive vice president of corporate affairs and government relations, made the announcement at the National Retail Federation's 97th Annual Convention & Expo in New York City.
"These stores are another solid step toward achieving our environmental commitments," said Dach. "We will continue to find new ways to build stores that have a reduced impact on the environment and ultimately reach a day when every new store is 25-30 percent more energy efficient than it was in 2005."
The improvement in energy efficiency comes from a new secondary refrigeration loop combined with an advanced water-source heating, cooling and refrigeration system. The technology was tested in Wal-Mart's Experimental Stores and uses a non-refrigerant-based solution to cool refrigerator and freezer cases, resulting in a 90 percent reduction in refrigerant. The HE.2 stores represent the first time secondary loop technology has been paired with a water-source heating, cooling and refrigeration system in the United States.
"We've learned a lot since we opened our first HE.1 store one year ago and we are excited to put what have learned into practice with the HE.2," said Charles Zimmerman, vice president of prototype and new format development at Wal-Mart. "The secondary loop system is ideal because it not only makes the store more efficient, but also allows us to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is a perfect example of how Wal-Mart's culture of encouraging learning and driving innovation often yields additional environmental paybacks that can benefit the entire retail industry."
The HE.2 series will incorporate several learnings from the HE.1 stores and new technological advances, including white roofs, low-flow bathroom faucets, LED lights and an advanced daylight harvesting system. For more detailed, technical information, please visit http://www.walmartfacts.com.
About Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates Wal-Mart discount stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and Sam's Club locations in the United States. The Company operates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. The Company's securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WMT. More information about Wal-Mart can be found by visiting http://www.walmartstores.com and http://www.walmartfacts.com. Online merchandise sales are available at http://www.walmart.com and http://www.samsclub.com.
Source Wal-Mart
Retailer Unveils First of Four Stores That Use 25 Percent Less Energy and Significantly Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Jan. 15, 2008 -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. today announced the opening of its second generation of High-Efficiency stores (HE.2) that will use 25 percent less energy than the baseline Wal-Mart Supercenter. The first store will open in Romeoville, Ill., on January 23. The store combines what the company has learned from its successful first generation High-Efficiency stores (HE.1) with new state-of-the-art technologies. In addition to saving energy, the new stores will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by lowering refrigerant by 90 percent.
Leslie Dach, Wal-Mart's executive vice president of corporate affairs and government relations, made the announcement at the National Retail Federation's 97th Annual Convention & Expo in New York City.
"These stores are another solid step toward achieving our environmental commitments," said Dach. "We will continue to find new ways to build stores that have a reduced impact on the environment and ultimately reach a day when every new store is 25-30 percent more energy efficient than it was in 2005."
The improvement in energy efficiency comes from a new secondary refrigeration loop combined with an advanced water-source heating, cooling and refrigeration system. The technology was tested in Wal-Mart's Experimental Stores and uses a non-refrigerant-based solution to cool refrigerator and freezer cases, resulting in a 90 percent reduction in refrigerant. The HE.2 stores represent the first time secondary loop technology has been paired with a water-source heating, cooling and refrigeration system in the United States.
"We've learned a lot since we opened our first HE.1 store one year ago and we are excited to put what have learned into practice with the HE.2," said Charles Zimmerman, vice president of prototype and new format development at Wal-Mart. "The secondary loop system is ideal because it not only makes the store more efficient, but also allows us to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is a perfect example of how Wal-Mart's culture of encouraging learning and driving innovation often yields additional environmental paybacks that can benefit the entire retail industry."
The HE.2 series will incorporate several learnings from the HE.1 stores and new technological advances, including white roofs, low-flow bathroom faucets, LED lights and an advanced daylight harvesting system. For more detailed, technical information, please visit http://www.walmartfacts.com.
About Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates Wal-Mart discount stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and Sam's Club locations in the United States. The Company operates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. The Company's securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WMT. More information about Wal-Mart can be found by visiting http://www.walmartstores.com and http://www.walmartfacts.com. Online merchandise sales are available at http://www.walmart.com and http://www.samsclub.com.
Source Wal-Mart
Renewable Energy Stocks; Newly Listed Solar Stock, Clear Skies Holdings, Inc (OTCBB: CSKH)
Renewable Energy Stocks; Newly Listed Solar Stock, Clear Skies Holdings, Inc (OTCBB: CSKH)
Full- Service, Solar Developer Announces Installation Agreement Valued at $1,281,800
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC January 16, 2008 www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading investor news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, presents featured showcase solar company Clear Skies Holdings, Inc (OTCBB:CSKH). Clear Skies is a developer of solar energy products and a full-service integration company specializing in the turnkey installation of commercial photovoltaic (PV) solar systems in commercial, industrial, and agricultural markets.
On January 15th, the recently listed OTC Company announced a $1,281,800 agreement with Hawthorne Machinery, to install a solar energy system at their headquarters in Rancho Bernardo, CA. Hawthorne Machinery Co., is an authorized Caterpillar dealer, providing sales, rentals, parts and service to contractors worldwide. Under the terms of the agreement, Clear Skies will install a 159 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system designed to offset the majority of their facility’s current energy usage charges.
Clear Skies reported, “After federal tax credits and a performance-based incentive (PBI) from the California Solar Initiative (CSI), Hawthorne Machinery is expected to incur an effective purchase price of only 20% of the cost of the system.”
Clear Skies has also developed a proprietary low-cost remote monitoring solution, XTRAX, to penetrate the emerging market for remotely measuring the production of renewable energy systems.
According to a recent report by Research and Markets, “Solar is one of the fastest growing energy technologies in the global economy and in the cleantech universe. When compared with other energies like coal and petroleum, solar energy is infinite and inexhaustible. It is also a type of clean energy that causes no environmental pollution. Therefore, it will have an immeasurable impact on the future of human race.” (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c78628)
About Featured Showcase Company: Clear Skies Holdings, Inc. through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Clear Skies Group, Inc. (“CSG”) provides full service renewable energy solutions to commercial, industrial, and agricultural clients across the United States. CSG’s combination of proprietary technology and high-tech solutions with construction expertise has enabled CSG to become one of the nation’s premier solar electric installation companies.
More info can be found on the Investorideas.com Company Showcase, or the company website at www.clearskiesgroup.com.
About Our Green Investor Portals:
www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com® is one of several green investor portals within Investorideas.com and provides investors with stock news, exclusive articles and financial columnists, audio interviews, investor conferences, Blogs, and a directory of global stocks within the renewable energy, clean- tech sector.
About InvestorIdeas.com:
InvestorIdeas.com is a leading global investor and industry research resource portal specialized in sector investing covering over thirty industry sectors and global markets including China, India, the Middle East and Australia.
Disclaimer: Our sites do not make recommendations, but offer information portals to research news, articles, stock lists and recent research. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and is not the opinion of our web sites. This site is currently compensated by featured companies, news submissions and online advertising. Disclosure: Clear Skies Holdings compensates Investorideas.com $5000 per month as a featured showcase company.
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Source: RenewableEnergyStocks.com, Clear Skies Holdings
Full- Service, Solar Developer Announces Installation Agreement Valued at $1,281,800
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC January 16, 2008 www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading investor news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, presents featured showcase solar company Clear Skies Holdings, Inc (OTCBB:CSKH). Clear Skies is a developer of solar energy products and a full-service integration company specializing in the turnkey installation of commercial photovoltaic (PV) solar systems in commercial, industrial, and agricultural markets.
On January 15th, the recently listed OTC Company announced a $1,281,800 agreement with Hawthorne Machinery, to install a solar energy system at their headquarters in Rancho Bernardo, CA. Hawthorne Machinery Co., is an authorized Caterpillar dealer, providing sales, rentals, parts and service to contractors worldwide. Under the terms of the agreement, Clear Skies will install a 159 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system designed to offset the majority of their facility’s current energy usage charges.
Clear Skies reported, “After federal tax credits and a performance-based incentive (PBI) from the California Solar Initiative (CSI), Hawthorne Machinery is expected to incur an effective purchase price of only 20% of the cost of the system.”
Clear Skies has also developed a proprietary low-cost remote monitoring solution, XTRAX, to penetrate the emerging market for remotely measuring the production of renewable energy systems.
According to a recent report by Research and Markets, “Solar is one of the fastest growing energy technologies in the global economy and in the cleantech universe. When compared with other energies like coal and petroleum, solar energy is infinite and inexhaustible. It is also a type of clean energy that causes no environmental pollution. Therefore, it will have an immeasurable impact on the future of human race.” (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c78628)
About Featured Showcase Company: Clear Skies Holdings, Inc. through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Clear Skies Group, Inc. (“CSG”) provides full service renewable energy solutions to commercial, industrial, and agricultural clients across the United States. CSG’s combination of proprietary technology and high-tech solutions with construction expertise has enabled CSG to become one of the nation’s premier solar electric installation companies.
More info can be found on the Investorideas.com Company Showcase, or the company website at www.clearskiesgroup.com.
About Our Green Investor Portals:
www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com® is one of several green investor portals within Investorideas.com and provides investors with stock news, exclusive articles and financial columnists, audio interviews, investor conferences, Blogs, and a directory of global stocks within the renewable energy, clean- tech sector.
About InvestorIdeas.com:
InvestorIdeas.com is a leading global investor and industry research resource portal specialized in sector investing covering over thirty industry sectors and global markets including China, India, the Middle East and Australia.
Disclaimer: Our sites do not make recommendations, but offer information portals to research news, articles, stock lists and recent research. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and is not the opinion of our web sites. This site is currently compensated by featured companies, news submissions and online advertising. Disclosure: Clear Skies Holdings compensates Investorideas.com $5000 per month as a featured showcase company.
www.InvestorIdeas.com/About/Disclaimer.asp
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Source: RenewableEnergyStocks.com, Clear Skies Holdings
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Solar Stocks in 2007 - Photovoltaic Boom Times
Renewable and Solar Energy Perspectives with J. Peter Lynch
Solar Stocks in 2007 - Photovoltaic Boom Times
by Peter Lynch
Exclusively for InvestorIdeas.com
January 15, 2008
In past articles I have tried to apply general descriptions for activity in the years that I feel were, in retrospect, the Dawn of the Solar Age.
2005 was “The Year of Solar Stocks”, solar stocks outperformed the general averages by 20 FOLD, gaining an average of 134% verses the major indexes average gain of 6%.
full article- http://www.renewableenergystocks.com/PL/news/011508a.asp
J. PETER LYNCH has worked, for 30 years as a Wall Street analyst, an independent equity analyst and a private investor in small emerging technology companies. He has been actively involved in following developments in the renewable energy sector since 1977 and is considered to be an expert in this area
Solar Stocks in 2007 - Photovoltaic Boom Times
by Peter Lynch
Exclusively for InvestorIdeas.com
January 15, 2008
In past articles I have tried to apply general descriptions for activity in the years that I feel were, in retrospect, the Dawn of the Solar Age.
2005 was “The Year of Solar Stocks”, solar stocks outperformed the general averages by 20 FOLD, gaining an average of 134% verses the major indexes average gain of 6%.
full article- http://www.renewableenergystocks.com/PL/news/011508a.asp
J. PETER LYNCH has worked, for 30 years as a Wall Street analyst, an independent equity analyst and a private investor in small emerging technology companies. He has been actively involved in following developments in the renewable energy sector since 1977 and is considered to be an expert in this area
Quantum's Fisker Automotive Joint Venture Backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Quantum's Fisker Automotive Joint Venture Backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 15 , 2008 -- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq: QTWW - News) announced today that its Fisker Automotive, Inc. joint venture has received a second round of funding lead by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The multi-million dollar investment builds on the initial capital funding from Palo Alto Investors.
"Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers are committed to investing in innovative companies that make financial and environmental sense," said Ray Lane, Managing Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. "We believe that Fisker Automotive's groundbreaking, forward-thinking design stands to pave the way for a greener and more efficient transportation future."
Fisker Automotive will offer a range of environmentally friendly premium cars, with the first production car making its worldwide debut at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. Initial deliveries are anticipated to commence in the 4th quarter of 2009. Quantum will supply its proprietary "Q-Drive" high-performance plug-in-hybrid electric vehicle architecture for the current Fisker Hybrid sedan as well as all future Fisker models. The Q-Drive plug-in hybrid electric drive system is designed to achieve 50 miles of zero emission, battery-only range while providing combined gasoline-electric hybrid operation to enable uncompromised vehicle range and performance. Benefits of the Q-Drive system include optimized fuel efficiency and superior performance, unchanged gas station infrastructure, and home-based battery recharging with any 110-volt outlet or, as an option, 220/240-volt fast-charging using Quantum's solar energy powered re-charging station.
"We are pleased that our vision for Fisker Automotive as the green American premium car company that provides high efficiency, low emissions, and a no-compromise driving experience resonates with Kleiner Perkins, the leading "Greentech" investor," said Alan Niedzwiecki, the President and CEO of Quantum. "The new Fisker hybrid sports sedan, which incorporates Quantum's proprietary Q-Drive system, will change the way we look at the automotive world."
About Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB):
Since its founding in 1972, KPCB has backed entrepreneurs in 450 ventures, including AOL, Align, Amazon.com, Citrix, Compaq Computer, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Genomic Health, Google, Intuit, Juniper Networks, Netscape, Lotus, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, Verisign and Xilinx. KPCB portfolio companies employ more than 250,000 people. More than 150 of the firm's portfolio companies have gone public. Many other ventures have achieved success through mergers and acquisitions.
KPCB has broadly invested in both life sciences and information technology since its inception in 1972. In the last four years, KPCB has expanded its focus to include Greentech. KPCB's Greentech portfolio has grown to over 30 companies and includes Amyris Biotechnologies, Ausra, Bloom Energy, Great Point Energy, Mascoma, Miasole, and Verdiem. For more information on KPCB, please visit http://www.kpcb.com.
About Quantum:
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., a fully integrated alternative energy company, is a leader in the development and production of advanced propulsion systems, energy storage technologies, and alternative fuel vehicles. Quantum's portfolio of technologies includes advanced lithium-ion battery systems, electronic controls, hybrid electric drive systems, hydrogen storage and metering systems, and alternative fuel technologies that enable fuel efficient, low emission hybrid, plug-in hybrid electric, fuel cell, and alternative fuel vehicles. Quantum's powertrain engineering, system integration, vehicle manufacturing, and assembly capabilities provide fast-to- market solutions to support the production of hybrid and plug-in hybrid, hydrogen-powered hybrid, fuel cell, alternative fuel, and specialty vehicles, as well as modular, transportable hydrogen refueling stations. Quantum's customer base includes automotive OEMs, dealer networks, fleets, aerospace industry, military and other government entities, and other strategic alliance partners.
Quantum has also formed a new company with Fisker Coachbuild, LLC, which is called Fisker Automotive, Inc. Fisker Automotive will offer a range of environmentally friendly premium cars, incorporating Quantum's proprietary high-performance plug-in-hybrid electric vehicle architecture, known as "Q-Drive," into a unique chassis that will enable optimizing the performance and vehicle dynamics.
More information can be found about Quantum's products and services at http://www.qtww.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Except for historical information, the statements, expectations, and assumptions contained in the foregoing press release are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the Company's expectations regarding expected future revenues and operating results; future opportunities for Quantum; the Company's ability to fulfill orders in the future; and other statements about the future expectations, beliefs, goals, plans, or prospects expressed by management. Such statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those discussed in any forward-looking statement. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, among other factors, the Company's ability to successfully incorporate the Quantum Q-Drive system and general economic conditions. Reference should also be made to the risk factors set forth from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including but not limited to those contained in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2007. The Company does not undertake to update or revise any of its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes show that the indicated results or events will not be realized.
For more information regarding Quantum, please contact:
Dale Rasmussen
Investor Relations
Email: DRasmussen@qtww.com
+1-206-315-8242
Source: Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 15 , 2008 -- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq: QTWW - News) announced today that its Fisker Automotive, Inc. joint venture has received a second round of funding lead by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The multi-million dollar investment builds on the initial capital funding from Palo Alto Investors.
"Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers are committed to investing in innovative companies that make financial and environmental sense," said Ray Lane, Managing Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. "We believe that Fisker Automotive's groundbreaking, forward-thinking design stands to pave the way for a greener and more efficient transportation future."
Fisker Automotive will offer a range of environmentally friendly premium cars, with the first production car making its worldwide debut at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. Initial deliveries are anticipated to commence in the 4th quarter of 2009. Quantum will supply its proprietary "Q-Drive" high-performance plug-in-hybrid electric vehicle architecture for the current Fisker Hybrid sedan as well as all future Fisker models. The Q-Drive plug-in hybrid electric drive system is designed to achieve 50 miles of zero emission, battery-only range while providing combined gasoline-electric hybrid operation to enable uncompromised vehicle range and performance. Benefits of the Q-Drive system include optimized fuel efficiency and superior performance, unchanged gas station infrastructure, and home-based battery recharging with any 110-volt outlet or, as an option, 220/240-volt fast-charging using Quantum's solar energy powered re-charging station.
"We are pleased that our vision for Fisker Automotive as the green American premium car company that provides high efficiency, low emissions, and a no-compromise driving experience resonates with Kleiner Perkins, the leading "Greentech" investor," said Alan Niedzwiecki, the President and CEO of Quantum. "The new Fisker hybrid sports sedan, which incorporates Quantum's proprietary Q-Drive system, will change the way we look at the automotive world."
About Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB):
Since its founding in 1972, KPCB has backed entrepreneurs in 450 ventures, including AOL, Align, Amazon.com, Citrix, Compaq Computer, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Genomic Health, Google, Intuit, Juniper Networks, Netscape, Lotus, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, Verisign and Xilinx. KPCB portfolio companies employ more than 250,000 people. More than 150 of the firm's portfolio companies have gone public. Many other ventures have achieved success through mergers and acquisitions.
KPCB has broadly invested in both life sciences and information technology since its inception in 1972. In the last four years, KPCB has expanded its focus to include Greentech. KPCB's Greentech portfolio has grown to over 30 companies and includes Amyris Biotechnologies, Ausra, Bloom Energy, Great Point Energy, Mascoma, Miasole, and Verdiem. For more information on KPCB, please visit http://www.kpcb.com.
About Quantum:
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., a fully integrated alternative energy company, is a leader in the development and production of advanced propulsion systems, energy storage technologies, and alternative fuel vehicles. Quantum's portfolio of technologies includes advanced lithium-ion battery systems, electronic controls, hybrid electric drive systems, hydrogen storage and metering systems, and alternative fuel technologies that enable fuel efficient, low emission hybrid, plug-in hybrid electric, fuel cell, and alternative fuel vehicles. Quantum's powertrain engineering, system integration, vehicle manufacturing, and assembly capabilities provide fast-to- market solutions to support the production of hybrid and plug-in hybrid, hydrogen-powered hybrid, fuel cell, alternative fuel, and specialty vehicles, as well as modular, transportable hydrogen refueling stations. Quantum's customer base includes automotive OEMs, dealer networks, fleets, aerospace industry, military and other government entities, and other strategic alliance partners.
Quantum has also formed a new company with Fisker Coachbuild, LLC, which is called Fisker Automotive, Inc. Fisker Automotive will offer a range of environmentally friendly premium cars, incorporating Quantum's proprietary high-performance plug-in-hybrid electric vehicle architecture, known as "Q-Drive," into a unique chassis that will enable optimizing the performance and vehicle dynamics.
More information can be found about Quantum's products and services at http://www.qtww.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Except for historical information, the statements, expectations, and assumptions contained in the foregoing press release are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the Company's expectations regarding expected future revenues and operating results; future opportunities for Quantum; the Company's ability to fulfill orders in the future; and other statements about the future expectations, beliefs, goals, plans, or prospects expressed by management. Such statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those discussed in any forward-looking statement. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, among other factors, the Company's ability to successfully incorporate the Quantum Q-Drive system and general economic conditions. Reference should also be made to the risk factors set forth from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including but not limited to those contained in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2007. The Company does not undertake to update or revise any of its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes show that the indicated results or events will not be realized.
For more information regarding Quantum, please contact:
Dale Rasmussen
Investor Relations
Email: DRasmussen@qtww.com
+1-206-315-8242
Source: Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.
Monday, January 14, 2008
GE Unit Boosts 2010 Renewable Energy Investing Target to $6 Billion, Announces Its Largest Wind Deal
GE Unit Boosts 2010 Renewable Energy Investing Target to $6 Billion, Announces Its Largest Wind Deal
STAMFORD, Conn.--January 14,2008 - Reinforcing GE’s ecomagination program, GE Energy Financial Services announced today that it has raised its 2010 renewable energy investing target by 50 percent to $6 billion, and has just topped $3 billion. GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE ), crossed the $3 billion mark with its single highest-value wind deal, a $300 million investment in wind projects spanning four states.
GE Energy Financial Services is investing equity in the 600-megawatt portfolio of wind farms in Oregon, Minnesota, Illinois and Texas owned by Houston-based Horizon Wind Energy LLC, a large US wind farm developer that is a subsidiary of EDP – Energias de Portugal SA.
GE Energy Financial Services’ goal of investing $6 billion in renewable energy by 2010 is a major acceleration of a previously announced target of $4 billion.
“Thanks to our strong customer relationships, our expertise, GE’s technical capabilities, high fossil fuel prices and popular support for cleaner power, renewable energy has become our fastest-growing business,” said Alex Urquhart, President and CEO of GE Energy Financial Services. “With our broad capabilities to invest equity and debt within and outside the United States -- not only in wind but in solar, biomass, hydro and geothermal power -- we have become a major player in a $60 billion annual renewable energy market.”
GE Energy Financial Services closed more than $2 billion of renewable energy transactions last year, and by 2010 expects they will comprise 20-25 percent of its overall energy and water portfolio, up from about 10 percent in 2006. Wind energy is GE Energy Financial Services’ most active renewable energy investing area. With the Horizon transaction announced today, it has invested or committed to invest equity in 85 wind farms and increased the total capacity of its global wind equity holdings to more than 3,600 megawatts.
In the portfolio acquisition, a Wachovia Corp. (NYSE: WB - News) subsidiary is also providing equity in the wind farms, which EDP is building and plans to operate and manage. Construction of three of the four wind farms is expected to be completed by the end of this month, with the fourth completed by mid-year 2008. Additional financial details were not disclosed.
The portfolio consists of:
Elkhorn Valley (101 megawatts), in Union County, Oregon. Built with Vestas V82 turbines, Idaho Power is the project’s offtaker.
High Prairie II (101 megawatts), in Mower County, Minnesota, 15 miles southeast of Austin, in Clayton, Bennington, Grand Meadow and Marshall counties. High Prairie uses Vestas V82 turbines and has entered into a power purchase agreement with Great River Energy.
Lone Star II (200 megawatts), in Shackelford County, Texas. J. Aron & Company is the contracted offtaker. The wind farm uses Gamesa G87 turbines.
Twin Groves II (198 megawatts), in eastern McLean County, Illinois. The wind farm uses Vestas V82 turbines, and its output is contracted to Constellation Energy Commodities Group.
The four wind farms will annually produce electricity sufficient to power more than 180,200 average US homes and will avoid nearly 1.4 million tons a year in greenhouse gas emissions, compared to equivalent fossil fuel generation.
“This project attests to the growing appeal of the US wind market among European utilities, and helps us diversify our wind holdings in the United States,” said Kevin Walsh, Managing Director and leader of renewable energy at GE Energy Financial Services.
The Horizon portfolio investment reinforces ecomagination, GE’s program to help its customers meet their environmental challenges while expanding the company’s own portfolio of cleaner energy products.
About GE Energy Financial Services
GE Energy Financial Services’ 350 experts invest globally with a long-term view, backed by the best of GE’s technical know-how and financial strength, across the capital spectrum and the energy and water industries, to help their customers and GE grow. With $16 billion in assets, GE Energy Financial Services, based in Stamford, Connecticut, invests more than $5 billion annually in two of the world’s most capital-intensive industries, energy and water. In renewable energy, GE Energy Financial Services is growing its portfolio of more than $3 billion in assets in wind, solar, biomass, hydro and geothermal power. More information: www.geenergyfinancialservices.com.
About GE
GE (NYSE: GE - News) is Imagination at Work -- a diversified technology, media and financial services company focused on solving some of the world's toughest problems. With products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation, water processing and security technology to medical imaging, business and consumer financing, media content and advanced materials, GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information visit www.ge.com
Editor’s Note: Caption for accompanying map: GE Energy Financial Services has raised its 2010 renewable energy investing target by 50 percent to $6 billion, and has just topped $3 billion by investing in four US wind farms shown on this map.
TV news B-roll of a wind farm, from general archives, is available at http://www.geenergyfinancialservices.com/RenewablesInvestments/
TV news B-roll of a solar power plant is available at: http://www.geenergyfinancialservices.com/SerpaSolarPlant/
MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5584095
Contact:
GE Energy Financial Services
Andy Katell, +1-203-961-5773
Source: GE Energy Financial Services
STAMFORD, Conn.--January 14,2008 - Reinforcing GE’s ecomagination program, GE Energy Financial Services announced today that it has raised its 2010 renewable energy investing target by 50 percent to $6 billion, and has just topped $3 billion. GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE ), crossed the $3 billion mark with its single highest-value wind deal, a $300 million investment in wind projects spanning four states.
GE Energy Financial Services is investing equity in the 600-megawatt portfolio of wind farms in Oregon, Minnesota, Illinois and Texas owned by Houston-based Horizon Wind Energy LLC, a large US wind farm developer that is a subsidiary of EDP – Energias de Portugal SA.
GE Energy Financial Services’ goal of investing $6 billion in renewable energy by 2010 is a major acceleration of a previously announced target of $4 billion.
“Thanks to our strong customer relationships, our expertise, GE’s technical capabilities, high fossil fuel prices and popular support for cleaner power, renewable energy has become our fastest-growing business,” said Alex Urquhart, President and CEO of GE Energy Financial Services. “With our broad capabilities to invest equity and debt within and outside the United States -- not only in wind but in solar, biomass, hydro and geothermal power -- we have become a major player in a $60 billion annual renewable energy market.”
GE Energy Financial Services closed more than $2 billion of renewable energy transactions last year, and by 2010 expects they will comprise 20-25 percent of its overall energy and water portfolio, up from about 10 percent in 2006. Wind energy is GE Energy Financial Services’ most active renewable energy investing area. With the Horizon transaction announced today, it has invested or committed to invest equity in 85 wind farms and increased the total capacity of its global wind equity holdings to more than 3,600 megawatts.
In the portfolio acquisition, a Wachovia Corp. (NYSE: WB - News) subsidiary is also providing equity in the wind farms, which EDP is building and plans to operate and manage. Construction of three of the four wind farms is expected to be completed by the end of this month, with the fourth completed by mid-year 2008. Additional financial details were not disclosed.
The portfolio consists of:
Elkhorn Valley (101 megawatts), in Union County, Oregon. Built with Vestas V82 turbines, Idaho Power is the project’s offtaker.
High Prairie II (101 megawatts), in Mower County, Minnesota, 15 miles southeast of Austin, in Clayton, Bennington, Grand Meadow and Marshall counties. High Prairie uses Vestas V82 turbines and has entered into a power purchase agreement with Great River Energy.
Lone Star II (200 megawatts), in Shackelford County, Texas. J. Aron & Company is the contracted offtaker. The wind farm uses Gamesa G87 turbines.
Twin Groves II (198 megawatts), in eastern McLean County, Illinois. The wind farm uses Vestas V82 turbines, and its output is contracted to Constellation Energy Commodities Group.
The four wind farms will annually produce electricity sufficient to power more than 180,200 average US homes and will avoid nearly 1.4 million tons a year in greenhouse gas emissions, compared to equivalent fossil fuel generation.
“This project attests to the growing appeal of the US wind market among European utilities, and helps us diversify our wind holdings in the United States,” said Kevin Walsh, Managing Director and leader of renewable energy at GE Energy Financial Services.
The Horizon portfolio investment reinforces ecomagination, GE’s program to help its customers meet their environmental challenges while expanding the company’s own portfolio of cleaner energy products.
About GE Energy Financial Services
GE Energy Financial Services’ 350 experts invest globally with a long-term view, backed by the best of GE’s technical know-how and financial strength, across the capital spectrum and the energy and water industries, to help their customers and GE grow. With $16 billion in assets, GE Energy Financial Services, based in Stamford, Connecticut, invests more than $5 billion annually in two of the world’s most capital-intensive industries, energy and water. In renewable energy, GE Energy Financial Services is growing its portfolio of more than $3 billion in assets in wind, solar, biomass, hydro and geothermal power. More information: www.geenergyfinancialservices.com.
About GE
GE (NYSE: GE - News) is Imagination at Work -- a diversified technology, media and financial services company focused on solving some of the world's toughest problems. With products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation, water processing and security technology to medical imaging, business and consumer financing, media content and advanced materials, GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information visit www.ge.com
Editor’s Note: Caption for accompanying map: GE Energy Financial Services has raised its 2010 renewable energy investing target by 50 percent to $6 billion, and has just topped $3 billion by investing in four US wind farms shown on this map.
TV news B-roll of a wind farm, from general archives, is available at http://www.geenergyfinancialservices.com/RenewablesInvestments/
TV news B-roll of a solar power plant is available at: http://www.geenergyfinancialservices.com/SerpaSolarPlant/
MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5584095
Contact:
GE Energy Financial Services
Andy Katell, +1-203-961-5773
Source: GE Energy Financial Services
The Global Drive for Electric Vehicles; How ZAP, Tanfield Group Plc, GM, Zenn, Bolloré and Google are Driving a Global Shift
Renewable Energy Stocks Sector Close-Up on Electric Vehicles and Green Automotive Stocks
The Global Drive for Electric Vehicles; How ZAP, Tanfield Group Plc, GM, Zenn, Bolloré and Google are Driving a Global Shift
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC – January 14, 2008 www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading investor news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close- up on Electric Vehicles and green automotive stocks. From the Consumer Electronics Show, where GM showcased electric vehicles, to the Detroit Auto Show, the color for cars this year is “green” and electric vehicles are getting their share of attention. The market for electric vehicles is going global, with the number of players on the rise.
Venture Beat just published an article looking at " 27 electric cars companies ready to take over the road' including ZAP’s (OTCBB: ZAAP) Xebra Sedan and Zenn Motor’s (News, Quote ) Zenn.
http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/10/27-electric-cars-companies-ready-to-take-over-the-road/
ZENN Motor Company, a Canadian based manufacturer of electric vehicles, announced in November that Transport Canada had confirmed that its 100% electric, “ZENN" vehicle met and/or exceeded all standards of Canada's low-speed vehicle class.
"The interest ZAP (OTCBB: ZAAP) has been receiving for its electric car business has been global," said ZAP CEO Steve Schneider. "In the next two weeks ZAP has meetings with potential partners, technology companies, banks, investors, and distribution partners on four continents. There is so much interest we are discussing branching out of passenger cars into other vehicles like trucking and public transportation."
Schneider noted that he has meetings to further a new joint venture with Youngman Automotive, one of China's largest manufacturers of buses and trucks. He is also traveling to Dubai, where ZAP recently formalized a relationship with Al-Yousuf Automotive, one of the largest automotive distributors in The Middle East.
Dan Jenkins, Media Relations Manager of The Tanfield Group Plc (TAN.L), listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange, provided global insight with the following commentary to Renewableenergystocks.com: “This market is very much demand driven, because major fleet operators are in a win-win situation – our vehicles reduce their carbon footprint and eliminate air pollutants, while also offering a benefit to the bottom line.
“In 2007 we launched the Newton and Edison vehicles, developed the market and sold seed vehicles into blue chip fleets, while internally we moved from effectively bespoke vehicle manufacture, to a volume automotive assembly model.”
“This has laid the groundwork for us to build up to 1,500 vehicles for the UK and Europe in 2008 and up to 1,000 for the North American market. Going forward, management’s vision is to reach 10,000 vehicles per annum by 2010. This jump in production provides the fleets of vehicles required by customers who have either recently completed or are going through the process of assessing our vehicles. “
“Winning repeat business from household names like TNT, DHL and Sainsbury’s Online, has helped move us to the next level, as new customers feel this validates our product and are happy to order fleets without first buying smaller numbers of trial vehicles.”
“The electric vehicle is ideal for the urban commercial fleet operators for a number of reasons. Firstly, fleet managers can achieve significant whole life cost savings over the equivalent diesel vans or trucks, providing a benefit to the bottom line.”
“The diesel-powered truck or van is designed for steady, constant speeds over medium to long distances and performs well in this field. “
“But the stop-start nature of city driving is precisely the worst environment for a diesel engine, both in terms of tailpipe or exhaust emissions and in terms of economic efficiency for miles per gallon.”
“Conversely, the electric van or truck actually benefits from these stop-start conditions, as the regenerative braking puts power back into the batteries every time the vehicle halts. And by being zero emission at the point of use, it also provides a 100% reduction in air pollution. “
Rick Wagoner, General Motors (News, Quote) Chairman and CEO, made headlines at the Consumer Electronics Show, as the first automotive CEO to present a keynote address, discussing their Cadillac fuel-cell concept and the range-extended electric Chevrolet Volt. According to a recent press release from the Company, “GM has a goal of reducing oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions," said Tom Stephens, GM Group Vice President, Global Powertrain and Global Quality. "GM's commitment to improving fuel economy, reducing vehicle emissions, and developing electrically driven vehicles is not a short-term strategy. We're in this game for the long term. We see energy and environmental leadership as a critical element of GM's ongoing turnaround plan and a key part of our business strategy."
Bolloré (News, Quote ) and Pininfarina recently announced they are teaming up to create a 50/50 joint venture to produce a 100% electric vehicle. The vehicle will be marketed under the Pininfarina brand. The total capital investment is estimated at 150 million euros. The vehicle will be manufactured in Italy and will benefit from Pinninfarina?s extensive track record in design and the production of top-of-the range vehicles. It will be equipped with the revolutionary Lithium Metal Polymer battery developed by the Bolloré Group.
Google (News, Quote ) is helping promote interest in electric cars with RechargeIT, (http://www.google.org/recharge/) an initiative within Google.org's Climate Change Program with goals of accelerating the adoption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and vehicle-to-grid applications.
For investors following alternative fuel and fuel efficient technologies, RenewableEnergyStocks.com features a directory of renewable energy stocks including biofuel, and Electric Vehicle (EV), battery technology and related stocks.
About Featured Showcase Company, Electric car pioneer ZAP (OTCBB: ZAAP):
ZAP has been a leader in advanced transportation technologies since 1994, delivering over 100,000 vehicles to consumers in more than 75 countries. At the forefront of fuel-efficient transportation with new technologies including energy efficient gas systems, hydrogen, electric, fuel cell, ethanol, hybrid and other innovative power systems, ZAP has a joint venture to manufacture electric and hybrid vehicles with Youngman Automotive Group, one of China's leading manufacturers of buses and trucks. ZAP is developing a high-performance crossover SUV electric car concept called ZAP-X engineered by Lotus Engineering. ZAP is also developing a new generation of vehicles using advanced nanotech batteries with Advanced Battery Technologies. The Company recently announced a strategic partnership with Dubai-based Al Yousuf Group to expand its international vehicle distribution. ZAP also makes an innovative, new portable energy technology that manages power for mobile electronics from cell phones to laptops.
About Our Green Investor Portals:
www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com® is one of several green investor portals within Investorideas.com. The green investor portals are hosting the upcoming free online investor conference, “Insight into Global Green Investing Trends and Opportunities in Solar, Wind, Biofuel, Green Transportation, Water and More”, March 21, 2008. For more info:
Disclaimer: Our sites do not make recommendations. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and is not the opinion of our web sites. This site is currently compensated by featured companies, news submissions and online advertising. Disclosure: ZAP currently pays the equivalent of two thousand five hundred in 144 shares and has provided promotional EV’s for the Greentech Investor Contest. www.InvestorIdeas.com/About/Disclaimer.asp
For more information contact:
Dawn Van Zant 800.665.0411
Email: dvanzant@investorideas.com,
Source: RenewableEnergyStocks.com, ZAP, Tanfield Group Plc
The Global Drive for Electric Vehicles; How ZAP, Tanfield Group Plc, GM, Zenn, Bolloré and Google are Driving a Global Shift
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC – January 14, 2008 www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading investor news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close- up on Electric Vehicles and green automotive stocks. From the Consumer Electronics Show, where GM showcased electric vehicles, to the Detroit Auto Show, the color for cars this year is “green” and electric vehicles are getting their share of attention. The market for electric vehicles is going global, with the number of players on the rise.
Venture Beat just published an article looking at " 27 electric cars companies ready to take over the road' including ZAP’s (OTCBB: ZAAP) Xebra Sedan and Zenn Motor’s (News, Quote ) Zenn.
http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/10/27-electric-cars-companies-ready-to-take-over-the-road/
ZENN Motor Company, a Canadian based manufacturer of electric vehicles, announced in November that Transport Canada had confirmed that its 100% electric, “ZENN" vehicle met and/or exceeded all standards of Canada's low-speed vehicle class.
"The interest ZAP (OTCBB: ZAAP) has been receiving for its electric car business has been global," said ZAP CEO Steve Schneider. "In the next two weeks ZAP has meetings with potential partners, technology companies, banks, investors, and distribution partners on four continents. There is so much interest we are discussing branching out of passenger cars into other vehicles like trucking and public transportation."
Schneider noted that he has meetings to further a new joint venture with Youngman Automotive, one of China's largest manufacturers of buses and trucks. He is also traveling to Dubai, where ZAP recently formalized a relationship with Al-Yousuf Automotive, one of the largest automotive distributors in The Middle East.
Dan Jenkins, Media Relations Manager of The Tanfield Group Plc (TAN.L), listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange, provided global insight with the following commentary to Renewableenergystocks.com: “This market is very much demand driven, because major fleet operators are in a win-win situation – our vehicles reduce their carbon footprint and eliminate air pollutants, while also offering a benefit to the bottom line.
“In 2007 we launched the Newton and Edison vehicles, developed the market and sold seed vehicles into blue chip fleets, while internally we moved from effectively bespoke vehicle manufacture, to a volume automotive assembly model.”
“This has laid the groundwork for us to build up to 1,500 vehicles for the UK and Europe in 2008 and up to 1,000 for the North American market. Going forward, management’s vision is to reach 10,000 vehicles per annum by 2010. This jump in production provides the fleets of vehicles required by customers who have either recently completed or are going through the process of assessing our vehicles. “
“Winning repeat business from household names like TNT, DHL and Sainsbury’s Online, has helped move us to the next level, as new customers feel this validates our product and are happy to order fleets without first buying smaller numbers of trial vehicles.”
“The electric vehicle is ideal for the urban commercial fleet operators for a number of reasons. Firstly, fleet managers can achieve significant whole life cost savings over the equivalent diesel vans or trucks, providing a benefit to the bottom line.”
“The diesel-powered truck or van is designed for steady, constant speeds over medium to long distances and performs well in this field. “
“But the stop-start nature of city driving is precisely the worst environment for a diesel engine, both in terms of tailpipe or exhaust emissions and in terms of economic efficiency for miles per gallon.”
“Conversely, the electric van or truck actually benefits from these stop-start conditions, as the regenerative braking puts power back into the batteries every time the vehicle halts. And by being zero emission at the point of use, it also provides a 100% reduction in air pollution. “
Rick Wagoner, General Motors (News, Quote) Chairman and CEO, made headlines at the Consumer Electronics Show, as the first automotive CEO to present a keynote address, discussing their Cadillac fuel-cell concept and the range-extended electric Chevrolet Volt. According to a recent press release from the Company, “GM has a goal of reducing oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions," said Tom Stephens, GM Group Vice President, Global Powertrain and Global Quality. "GM's commitment to improving fuel economy, reducing vehicle emissions, and developing electrically driven vehicles is not a short-term strategy. We're in this game for the long term. We see energy and environmental leadership as a critical element of GM's ongoing turnaround plan and a key part of our business strategy."
Bolloré (News, Quote ) and Pininfarina recently announced they are teaming up to create a 50/50 joint venture to produce a 100% electric vehicle. The vehicle will be marketed under the Pininfarina brand. The total capital investment is estimated at 150 million euros. The vehicle will be manufactured in Italy and will benefit from Pinninfarina?s extensive track record in design and the production of top-of-the range vehicles. It will be equipped with the revolutionary Lithium Metal Polymer battery developed by the Bolloré Group.
Google (News, Quote ) is helping promote interest in electric cars with RechargeIT, (http://www.google.org/recharge/) an initiative within Google.org's Climate Change Program with goals of accelerating the adoption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and vehicle-to-grid applications.
For investors following alternative fuel and fuel efficient technologies, RenewableEnergyStocks.com features a directory of renewable energy stocks including biofuel, and Electric Vehicle (EV), battery technology and related stocks.
About Featured Showcase Company, Electric car pioneer ZAP (OTCBB: ZAAP):
ZAP has been a leader in advanced transportation technologies since 1994, delivering over 100,000 vehicles to consumers in more than 75 countries. At the forefront of fuel-efficient transportation with new technologies including energy efficient gas systems, hydrogen, electric, fuel cell, ethanol, hybrid and other innovative power systems, ZAP has a joint venture to manufacture electric and hybrid vehicles with Youngman Automotive Group, one of China's leading manufacturers of buses and trucks. ZAP is developing a high-performance crossover SUV electric car concept called ZAP-X engineered by Lotus Engineering. ZAP is also developing a new generation of vehicles using advanced nanotech batteries with Advanced Battery Technologies. The Company recently announced a strategic partnership with Dubai-based Al Yousuf Group to expand its international vehicle distribution. ZAP also makes an innovative, new portable energy technology that manages power for mobile electronics from cell phones to laptops.
About Our Green Investor Portals:
www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com® is one of several green investor portals within Investorideas.com. The green investor portals are hosting the upcoming free online investor conference, “Insight into Global Green Investing Trends and Opportunities in Solar, Wind, Biofuel, Green Transportation, Water and More”, March 21, 2008. For more info:
Disclaimer: Our sites do not make recommendations. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and is not the opinion of our web sites. This site is currently compensated by featured companies, news submissions and online advertising. Disclosure: ZAP currently pays the equivalent of two thousand five hundred in 144 shares and has provided promotional EV’s for the Greentech Investor Contest. www.InvestorIdeas.com/About/Disclaimer.asp
For more information contact:
Dawn Van Zant 800.665.0411
Email: dvanzant@investorideas.com,
Source: RenewableEnergyStocks.com, ZAP, Tanfield Group Plc
Sunday, January 13, 2008
GM, Coskata Partner In Breakthrough Ethanol Technology
GM, Coskata Partner In Breakthrough Ethanol Technology
Process Makes Ethanol from Renewables Including Trash and Old Tires
DETROIT – 2008-01-13 General Motors (NYSE:GM) announced a partnership Sunday with Coskata Inc. to use the company’s breakthrough technology that affordably and efficiently makes ethanol from practically any renewable source, including garbage, old tires and plant waste.
Coskata, which was formally introduced at GM’s opening press conference at the North American International Auto Show, uses a proprietary process that leverages patented microorganisms and bioreactor designs to produce ethanol for less than $1 a gallon, about half of today’s cost of producing gasoline.
“We are very excited about what this breakthrough will mean to the viability of biofuels and, more importantly, to our ability to reduce dependence on petroleum,” GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner said.
Coskata’s process addresses the issues most often raised about grain-based ethanol production.
According to Argonne National Laboratory, which analyzed Coskata’s process, for every unit of energy used, it generates up to 7.7 times that amount of energy, and it reduces CO2 emissions by up to 84 percent compared with a well-to-wheel analysis of gasoline.
Coskata’s process uses less than a gallon of water to make a gallon of ethanol compared to three gallons or more for other processes.
Coskata, based in Warrenville, Ill., can use its technology practically anywhere in the world where a carbon-based feedstock is available.
For GM, this could lead to joint efforts in markets such as China, where growing energy demand and a new energy research center could jumpstart a significant effort into ethanol made from biomass, Wagoner said.
More immediately, GM will receive the first ethanol from Coskata’s pilot plant in the fourth quarter of 2008. The fuel will be used in testing vehicles at GM’s Milford Proving Grounds.
GM is the auto industry leader in offering consumers a choice of flex-fuel cars and trucks that run on E85 – any blend of ethanol and gasoline up to 85 percent ethanol – or gasoline only. GM produces more than 1 million flex-fuel vehicles a year and has 3.5 million on the road globally.
In the U.S., GM has more than 2.5 million FlexFuel vehicles on the road and is committed to making half its production flex-fuel capable by 2012. GM sells 11 E85-capable models this year and will increase that to more than 15 models for the 2009 model year.
GM has worked in partnerships with businesses, university and non-governmental organizations during the past two years to grow the U.S. infrastructure for E85, helping to open 300 fueling stations in 15 states. Helping make the fuel more readily available was the next logical step.
The timing of the GM-Coskata partnership coincides with President Bush’s signing last month of the Energy Independence and Security Act, which calls for a dramatic increase in biofuels – from 7.5 billion gallons in 2012 to 36 billion gallons in 2022. Corn- and other grain-based ethanol are expected to account for up to 15 billion gallons of that new standard with 21 billion gallons coming from cellulosic and biomass sources.
One of the criticisms of cellulosic ethanol is that its development is several years away. Coskata CEO and President Bill Roe said the next generation ethanol is here today.
“We will have our first commercial-scale plant making 50 to 100 million gallons of ethanol running in 2011, and that includes the two years it will take to build the plant,” Roe said. “Success in delivering on our business plan means that we could account for a significant portion of the biomass ethanol mandated in the new Renewable Fuels Standard within 10 years.”
The partnership includes an undisclosed equity stake for GM, joint research and development into emissions technology and investigation into making ethanol from GM facilities’ waste and non-recyclable vehicle parts.
The Coskata partnership builds on a quarter century of GM research into biofuels and is part of GM’s five-fold approach to providing energy alternatives for automobiles. These include continued efforts in making fuel-efficient engines; E85 ethanol; hybrids; electrically driven vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells.
“There is no question in my mind that making ethanol more widely available is absolutely the most effective and environmentally sound solution,” Wagoner said. “And it’s one that can be acted on immediately.”
About GM
General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), the world’s largest automaker, has been the annual global industry sales leader for 76 years. Founded in 1908, GM today employs about 274,000 people around the world. With global headquarters in Detroit, GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 35 countries. In 2006, nearly 9.1 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Vauxhall and Wuling. GM’s OnStar subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services. More information on GM can be found at www.gm.com
About Coskata
Coskata is a biology-based renewable energy company for economies dependent on oil. Using proprietary microorganisms and transformative bioreactor designs, the company will produce ethanol for under $1 per gallon (USD) almost anywhere in the world, from a wide variety of input materials. Founded in 2006 by leading renewable energy investors and entrepreneurs, including Khosla Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures and Advanced Technology Ventures, Coskata has compiled a strong IP portfolio of patents, trade secrets and know-how and assembled a first-class team for the development and commercialization of its compelling syngas-to-ethanol process
technology. For more information, please visit www.coskata.com
Process Makes Ethanol from Renewables Including Trash and Old Tires
DETROIT – 2008-01-13 General Motors (NYSE:GM) announced a partnership Sunday with Coskata Inc. to use the company’s breakthrough technology that affordably and efficiently makes ethanol from practically any renewable source, including garbage, old tires and plant waste.
Coskata, which was formally introduced at GM’s opening press conference at the North American International Auto Show, uses a proprietary process that leverages patented microorganisms and bioreactor designs to produce ethanol for less than $1 a gallon, about half of today’s cost of producing gasoline.
“We are very excited about what this breakthrough will mean to the viability of biofuels and, more importantly, to our ability to reduce dependence on petroleum,” GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner said.
Coskata’s process addresses the issues most often raised about grain-based ethanol production.
According to Argonne National Laboratory, which analyzed Coskata’s process, for every unit of energy used, it generates up to 7.7 times that amount of energy, and it reduces CO2 emissions by up to 84 percent compared with a well-to-wheel analysis of gasoline.
Coskata’s process uses less than a gallon of water to make a gallon of ethanol compared to three gallons or more for other processes.
Coskata, based in Warrenville, Ill., can use its technology practically anywhere in the world where a carbon-based feedstock is available.
For GM, this could lead to joint efforts in markets such as China, where growing energy demand and a new energy research center could jumpstart a significant effort into ethanol made from biomass, Wagoner said.
More immediately, GM will receive the first ethanol from Coskata’s pilot plant in the fourth quarter of 2008. The fuel will be used in testing vehicles at GM’s Milford Proving Grounds.
GM is the auto industry leader in offering consumers a choice of flex-fuel cars and trucks that run on E85 – any blend of ethanol and gasoline up to 85 percent ethanol – or gasoline only. GM produces more than 1 million flex-fuel vehicles a year and has 3.5 million on the road globally.
In the U.S., GM has more than 2.5 million FlexFuel vehicles on the road and is committed to making half its production flex-fuel capable by 2012. GM sells 11 E85-capable models this year and will increase that to more than 15 models for the 2009 model year.
GM has worked in partnerships with businesses, university and non-governmental organizations during the past two years to grow the U.S. infrastructure for E85, helping to open 300 fueling stations in 15 states. Helping make the fuel more readily available was the next logical step.
The timing of the GM-Coskata partnership coincides with President Bush’s signing last month of the Energy Independence and Security Act, which calls for a dramatic increase in biofuels – from 7.5 billion gallons in 2012 to 36 billion gallons in 2022. Corn- and other grain-based ethanol are expected to account for up to 15 billion gallons of that new standard with 21 billion gallons coming from cellulosic and biomass sources.
One of the criticisms of cellulosic ethanol is that its development is several years away. Coskata CEO and President Bill Roe said the next generation ethanol is here today.
“We will have our first commercial-scale plant making 50 to 100 million gallons of ethanol running in 2011, and that includes the two years it will take to build the plant,” Roe said. “Success in delivering on our business plan means that we could account for a significant portion of the biomass ethanol mandated in the new Renewable Fuels Standard within 10 years.”
The partnership includes an undisclosed equity stake for GM, joint research and development into emissions technology and investigation into making ethanol from GM facilities’ waste and non-recyclable vehicle parts.
The Coskata partnership builds on a quarter century of GM research into biofuels and is part of GM’s five-fold approach to providing energy alternatives for automobiles. These include continued efforts in making fuel-efficient engines; E85 ethanol; hybrids; electrically driven vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells.
“There is no question in my mind that making ethanol more widely available is absolutely the most effective and environmentally sound solution,” Wagoner said. “And it’s one that can be acted on immediately.”
About GM
General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), the world’s largest automaker, has been the annual global industry sales leader for 76 years. Founded in 1908, GM today employs about 274,000 people around the world. With global headquarters in Detroit, GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 35 countries. In 2006, nearly 9.1 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Vauxhall and Wuling. GM’s OnStar subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services. More information on GM can be found at www.gm.com
About Coskata
Coskata is a biology-based renewable energy company for economies dependent on oil. Using proprietary microorganisms and transformative bioreactor designs, the company will produce ethanol for under $1 per gallon (USD) almost anywhere in the world, from a wide variety of input materials. Founded in 2006 by leading renewable energy investors and entrepreneurs, including Khosla Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures and Advanced Technology Ventures, Coskata has compiled a strong IP portfolio of patents, trade secrets and know-how and assembled a first-class team for the development and commercialization of its compelling syngas-to-ethanol process
technology. For more information, please visit www.coskata.com
Friday, January 11, 2008
update on online greentech investor conference - new industry speakers
Online Greentech Investor Conference - Available March 21, 2008The Investorideas.com Global Greentech Online Investor Conference
Insight Into Global Green Investing Trends and Opportunities in Solar, Wind, Biofuel, Green Transportation, Water and More...
Brought to you by our Green Investor Portals -
www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com®, www.FuelCellCarNews.com®, www.EnvironmentStocks.com, www.Water-Stocks.com and www.GreentechInvestor.com
Registration
The conference format will consist of an audio presentation (average 15 minutes) with images in a slideshow presentation, in flash format.
The conference is free to online visitors with login registration. Click here for early registration
For companies wanting to participate, click on the link for the contracts and fax back to 866-735-3518
Canadian Companies - click here
US and Foreign Companies - click here
Contact
Dawn Van Zant
Toll free: 800-665-0411
Email: dvanzant@investorideas.com
InvestorIdeas.com® Online Audio Investor Conferences are Eco - Friendly. Our Online Audio Conferences Featuring CEO's and Industry Experts have minimal carbon footprint with No Travel Required!
Presenting Greentech Industry , Government and Investment Experts - Hear what the experts have to say!Neil D. Berlant
Fund Manager of the PFW Water Fund
Since 1968, Neil has been continuously involved in the investment banking industry, either as a principal, officer, or founder of several firms. He has supervised and initiated the publication of numerous investment research reports on the water industry and conducted conferences directed towards top corporate management, the investment community, and venture capitalists. He has been a speaker at conferences on topics ranging from financing, to business and investment opportunities in the water industry. In addition, he has consulted to Fortune 500 companies and participated in negotiations concerning mergers, acquisitions, and venture capital investments. He is quoted frequently in newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Investor's Business Daily, and is a frequent water expert on CNBC.
click here for more
Neal M Dikeman
Jane Capital Partners LLC
Neal is one of the founding partners of Jane Capital Partners LLC, an energy and technology merchant bank whose clients have included the technology arms of multinational energy companies. He has launched several startups, including Carbonflow in carbon credit IT. He previously cofounded SC Power Systems, Inc. and its successor Zenergy Power plc (AIM:ZEN) in superconductor technology, helped launch WaiterPad POS Systems, Inc. in wireless hospitality POS solutions, and led the spin-out of Fideris, Inc. in fuel cell test & measurement. He has served as a director of several technology companies, edits the Cleantech Blog, named one of the 50 Best Business Blogs by London Times, and chairs Cleantech.org. Before entering private equity, he began his career in energy investment banking at Bankers Trust, and has a B.A. from Texas A&M University.
Peter C. Fusaro
Chairman, Global Change Associates
Peter C. Fusaro is Chairman of Global Change Associates in New York and is the best selling author of What Went Wrong at Enron and 12 other books on energy and the environment. Peter is an energy industry thought leader noted for his keen insights in emerging energy and environmental financial markets. He has been on the forefront of energy and environmental change for over 30 years focusing on oil, gas, power, coal, emissions, carbon trading and renewable energy markets. Peter is currently advising on carbon trading and clean energy technology arena to financial services companies. Peter was selected for Who’s Who in America for 2007 and 2008. He coined the term “Green Trading” and holds the Wall Street Green Trading Summit with Reuters in New York each spring. He is also a well known expert on Asia Pacific energy and environmental markets. He co-founded the Energy Hedge Fund Center LLC (www.energyhedgefunds.com) in 2004. Peter graduated with an MA in international relations from Tufts University and a BA from Carnegie-Mellon University.
J. Peter Lynch
Solar Expert
Mr. J. Peter Lynch has worked, for 31 years as a Wall Street security analyst, an independent investment/merchant banker and private investor in small emerging technology companies. He has been actively involved in following developments in the renewable energy area since 1977 and is regarded as a leading expert in this field.
He is one of the few people with a through understand of each of the critical areas involved: finance, the equity markets and the renewable energy industry. He was the contributing editor for 17 years to the Photovoltaic Insider Report, the leading publication in PV that was directed at industrial subscribers, such as major energy companies, utilities and governments around the world.
He has been a speaker and presenter at numerous financial conferences on a variety of topics, including solar energy and solar energy related stocks. He is currently a private investor and financial/technology consultant to a number of companies. He can be reached via e-mail at: solarjpl@aol.com.
Robert Wilder, J.D., Ph.D.
WilderHill Clean Energy Index
Dr. Rob Wilder is Founder and the Manager of the WilderHill Clean Energy Index (ECO), the first and leading Index on Wall Street for renewables & clean solutions. The Index is tracked by a PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (symbol PBW) which has grown to over $1.75 billion in assets within its first three years. www.wildershares.com
click here for more
Jamie Wimberly, CEO
Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG)
Jamie Wimberly founded and currently serves as CEO of the Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG, www.defgllc.com), a holding company with three branded entities, including: DEFG LLC, EcoAlign, DEFG Ventures.
click here for more
Participating Public CompaniesXsunX, Inc.
(OTCBB: XSNX)
Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., XsunX is developing amorphous silicon thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar cell manufacturing processes to produce TFPV solar modules. To deliver its products the Company has begun to build a multi-megawatt TFPV solar module production facility in the United States to meet the growing demand for solar cell products used in large scale commercial projects, utility power fields, and other on-grid applications. Employing a phased roll out of production capacity, it plans to grow manufacturing capacities to over 100 megawatts by 2010. www.XsunX.com
(If you are interested in participating in our conference please contact Dawn Van Zant
Insight Into Global Green Investing Trends and Opportunities in Solar, Wind, Biofuel, Green Transportation, Water and More...
Brought to you by our Green Investor Portals -
www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com®, www.FuelCellCarNews.com®, www.EnvironmentStocks.com, www.Water-Stocks.com and www.GreentechInvestor.com
Registration
The conference format will consist of an audio presentation (average 15 minutes) with images in a slideshow presentation, in flash format.
The conference is free to online visitors with login registration. Click here for early registration
For companies wanting to participate, click on the link for the contracts and fax back to 866-735-3518
Canadian Companies - click here
US and Foreign Companies - click here
Contact
Dawn Van Zant
Toll free: 800-665-0411
Email: dvanzant@investorideas.com
InvestorIdeas.com® Online Audio Investor Conferences are Eco - Friendly. Our Online Audio Conferences Featuring CEO's and Industry Experts have minimal carbon footprint with No Travel Required!
Presenting Greentech Industry , Government and Investment Experts - Hear what the experts have to say!Neil D. Berlant
Fund Manager of the PFW Water Fund
Since 1968, Neil has been continuously involved in the investment banking industry, either as a principal, officer, or founder of several firms. He has supervised and initiated the publication of numerous investment research reports on the water industry and conducted conferences directed towards top corporate management, the investment community, and venture capitalists. He has been a speaker at conferences on topics ranging from financing, to business and investment opportunities in the water industry. In addition, he has consulted to Fortune 500 companies and participated in negotiations concerning mergers, acquisitions, and venture capital investments. He is quoted frequently in newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Investor's Business Daily, and is a frequent water expert on CNBC.
click here for more
Neal M Dikeman
Jane Capital Partners LLC
Neal is one of the founding partners of Jane Capital Partners LLC, an energy and technology merchant bank whose clients have included the technology arms of multinational energy companies. He has launched several startups, including Carbonflow in carbon credit IT. He previously cofounded SC Power Systems, Inc. and its successor Zenergy Power plc (AIM:ZEN) in superconductor technology, helped launch WaiterPad POS Systems, Inc. in wireless hospitality POS solutions, and led the spin-out of Fideris, Inc. in fuel cell test & measurement. He has served as a director of several technology companies, edits the Cleantech Blog, named one of the 50 Best Business Blogs by London Times, and chairs Cleantech.org. Before entering private equity, he began his career in energy investment banking at Bankers Trust, and has a B.A. from Texas A&M University.
Peter C. Fusaro
Chairman, Global Change Associates
Peter C. Fusaro is Chairman of Global Change Associates in New York and is the best selling author of What Went Wrong at Enron and 12 other books on energy and the environment. Peter is an energy industry thought leader noted for his keen insights in emerging energy and environmental financial markets. He has been on the forefront of energy and environmental change for over 30 years focusing on oil, gas, power, coal, emissions, carbon trading and renewable energy markets. Peter is currently advising on carbon trading and clean energy technology arena to financial services companies. Peter was selected for Who’s Who in America for 2007 and 2008. He coined the term “Green Trading” and holds the Wall Street Green Trading Summit with Reuters in New York each spring. He is also a well known expert on Asia Pacific energy and environmental markets. He co-founded the Energy Hedge Fund Center LLC (www.energyhedgefunds.com) in 2004. Peter graduated with an MA in international relations from Tufts University and a BA from Carnegie-Mellon University.
J. Peter Lynch
Solar Expert
Mr. J. Peter Lynch has worked, for 31 years as a Wall Street security analyst, an independent investment/merchant banker and private investor in small emerging technology companies. He has been actively involved in following developments in the renewable energy area since 1977 and is regarded as a leading expert in this field.
He is one of the few people with a through understand of each of the critical areas involved: finance, the equity markets and the renewable energy industry. He was the contributing editor for 17 years to the Photovoltaic Insider Report, the leading publication in PV that was directed at industrial subscribers, such as major energy companies, utilities and governments around the world.
He has been a speaker and presenter at numerous financial conferences on a variety of topics, including solar energy and solar energy related stocks. He is currently a private investor and financial/technology consultant to a number of companies. He can be reached via e-mail at: solarjpl@aol.com.
Robert Wilder, J.D., Ph.D.
WilderHill Clean Energy Index
Dr. Rob Wilder is Founder and the Manager of the WilderHill Clean Energy Index (ECO), the first and leading Index on Wall Street for renewables & clean solutions. The Index is tracked by a PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (symbol PBW) which has grown to over $1.75 billion in assets within its first three years. www.wildershares.com
click here for more
Jamie Wimberly, CEO
Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG)
Jamie Wimberly founded and currently serves as CEO of the Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG, www.defgllc.com), a holding company with three branded entities, including: DEFG LLC, EcoAlign, DEFG Ventures.
click here for more
Participating Public CompaniesXsunX, Inc.
(OTCBB: XSNX)
Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., XsunX is developing amorphous silicon thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar cell manufacturing processes to produce TFPV solar modules. To deliver its products the Company has begun to build a multi-megawatt TFPV solar module production facility in the United States to meet the growing demand for solar cell products used in large scale commercial projects, utility power fields, and other on-grid applications. Employing a phased roll out of production capacity, it plans to grow manufacturing capacities to over 100 megawatts by 2010. www.XsunX.com
(If you are interested in participating in our conference please contact Dawn Van Zant
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Investorideas.com Announces its 2008 Global Greentech Online Investor Conference
Investorideas.com Announces its 2008 Global Greentech Online Investor Conference
Online Conference Provides Investors Free Access to Trends and Opportunities in Global Green Investment Sector with Industry Experts and Presenting Publicly Traded Green Stocks
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –January 8, 2008, www.InvestorIdeas.com, and its global investor and industry Greentech portals announce the 2008 Investorideas.com Global Greentech Online Investor Conference, March 21, 2008. The conference theme is: “Insight into Global Green Investing Trends and Opportunities in Solar, Wind, Biofuel, Green Transportation, and Water.”
The in-depth online conference will be available March 21st, 2008, starting at 9:00 am EDT and archived thereafter.
The online conference will include presentations from renewable, environmental, water, clean energy and technology experts providing in-depth perspectives on what is happening in the Greentech sector from venture capital, funds, indices and global publicly traded companies. http://www.investorideas.com/Forums/Portals/Green2.aspx
The conference format will consist of an audio presentation (average 15 minutes) with images in a slideshow presentation, in flash format.
The conference is free to online visitors with login registration. Click here for early registration
For companies wanting to participate:
Canadian Companies - click here
US and Foreign Companies - click here
Joining as a presenting public company is XsunX, Inc. (OTCBB: XSNX). Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., XsunX is developing amorphous silicon thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar cell manufacturing processes to produce TFPV solar modules. To deliver its products the Company has begun to build a multi-megawatt TFPV solar module production facility in the United States to meet the growing demand for solar cell products used in large scale commercial projects, utility power fields, and other on-grid applications. Employing a phased roll out of production capacity, it plans to grow manufacturing capacities to over 100 megawatts by 2010. www.XsunX.com
Current industry speakers include:
Robert Wilder, J.D., Ph.D.
WilderHill Clean Energy Index
Dr. Rob Wilder is Founder and the Manager of the WilderHill Clean Energy Index (ECO), the first and leading Index on Wall Street for renewable & clean solutions. The Index is tracked by a PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (symbol PBW) which has grown to over $1.75 billion in assets within its first three years. www.wildershares.com
Neil D. Berlant
Senior Vice President Managing Director – Water Group Crowell, Weedon & Co.
Since 1968, Neil has been continuously involved in the investment banking industry, either as a principal, officer, or founder of several firms. He has supervised and initiated the publication of numerous investment research reports on the water industry and conducted conferences directed towards top corporate management, the investment community, and venture capitalists. He has been a speaker at conferences on topics ranging from financing, to business and investment opportunities in the water industry. In addition, he has consulted to Fortune 500 companies and participated in negotiations concerning mergers, acquisitions, and venture capital investments. He is quoted frequently in newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Investor's Business Daily, and many others. www.CrowellWeedon.com
Peter C. Fusaro
Chairman, Global Change Associates
Peter C. Fusaro is Chairman of Global Change Associates in New York and is the best selling author of What Went Wrong at Enron and 12 other books on energy and the environment. Peter is an energy industry thought leader noted for his keen insights in emerging energy and environmental financial markets. He has been on the forefront of energy and environmental change for over 30 years focusing on oil, gas, power, coal, emissions, and carbon trading and renewable energy markets. Peter is currently advising on carbon trading and clean energy technology arena to financial services companies. Peter was selected for Who’s Who in America for 2007 and 2008. He coined the term “Green Trading” and holds the Wall Street Green Trading Summit with Reuters in New York each spring. He is also a well known expert on Asia Pacific energy and environmental markets. He co-founded the Energy Hedge Fund Center LLC (www.energyhedgefunds.com) in 2004. Peter graduated with an MA in international relations from Tufts University and a BA from Carnegie-Mellon University.
J. Peter Lynch
Solar Expert
Mr. J. Peter Lynch has worked, for 31 years as a Wall Street security analyst, an independent investment/merchant banker and private investor in small emerging technology companies. He has been actively involved in following developments in the renewable energy area since 1977 and is regarded as a leading expert in this field.
He is one of the few people with a through understand of each of the critical areas involved: finance, the equity markets and the renewable energy industry. He was the contributing editor for 17 years to the Photovoltaic Insider Report, the leading publication in PV that was directed at industrial subscribers, such as major energy companies, utilities and governments around the world.
He has been a speaker and presenter at numerous financial conferences on a variety of topics, including solar energy and solar energy related stocks. He is currently a private investor and financial/technology consultant to a number of companies.
About Our Green Investor Portals:
Investorideas.com has a series of four investor and industry research portals in the renewable energy, water, environment and fuel cells. Investorideas.com was one of the first online investor sites to cover water and renewable energy. The portals feature industry and stock news, articles, leading experts and financial columnists, audio interviews and Podcasts with leaders and innovators in Greentech, investor conferences, blogs, and a comprehensive global directory of publicly traded stocks.
Additionally, the portals offer a service for Renewable and Greentech news, research and article submission.
About InvestorIdeas.com:
InvestorIdeas.com is a leading global investor and industry research resource portal specialized in sector investing covering over thirty industry sectors and global markets including China, India, the Middle East and Australia.
Disclaimer: Our sites do not make recommendations, but offer information portals to research news, articles, stock lists and recent research. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and is not the opinion of our web sites. This site is currently compensated by featured companies, news submissions and online advertising. Disclosure: Presenting public companies, other than featured companies, pay a one time fee of $1000 to present. XsunX has entered into an online featured showcase company agreement as of December 2007 and compensates the website $5000 per month.
www.InvestorIdeas.com/About/Disclaimer.asp
For more information contact:
Dawn Van Zant 800.665.0411
Email: dvanzant@investorideas.com,
Source: Investorideas.com, XsunX
Online Conference Provides Investors Free Access to Trends and Opportunities in Global Green Investment Sector with Industry Experts and Presenting Publicly Traded Green Stocks
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –January 8, 2008, www.InvestorIdeas.com, and its global investor and industry Greentech portals announce the 2008 Investorideas.com Global Greentech Online Investor Conference, March 21, 2008. The conference theme is: “Insight into Global Green Investing Trends and Opportunities in Solar, Wind, Biofuel, Green Transportation, and Water.”
The in-depth online conference will be available March 21st, 2008, starting at 9:00 am EDT and archived thereafter.
The online conference will include presentations from renewable, environmental, water, clean energy and technology experts providing in-depth perspectives on what is happening in the Greentech sector from venture capital, funds, indices and global publicly traded companies. http://www.investorideas.com/Forums/Portals/Green2.aspx
The conference format will consist of an audio presentation (average 15 minutes) with images in a slideshow presentation, in flash format.
The conference is free to online visitors with login registration. Click here for early registration
For companies wanting to participate:
Canadian Companies - click here
US and Foreign Companies - click here
Joining as a presenting public company is XsunX, Inc. (OTCBB: XSNX). Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., XsunX is developing amorphous silicon thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar cell manufacturing processes to produce TFPV solar modules. To deliver its products the Company has begun to build a multi-megawatt TFPV solar module production facility in the United States to meet the growing demand for solar cell products used in large scale commercial projects, utility power fields, and other on-grid applications. Employing a phased roll out of production capacity, it plans to grow manufacturing capacities to over 100 megawatts by 2010. www.XsunX.com
Current industry speakers include:
Robert Wilder, J.D., Ph.D.
WilderHill Clean Energy Index
Dr. Rob Wilder is Founder and the Manager of the WilderHill Clean Energy Index (ECO), the first and leading Index on Wall Street for renewable & clean solutions. The Index is tracked by a PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (symbol PBW) which has grown to over $1.75 billion in assets within its first three years. www.wildershares.com
Neil D. Berlant
Senior Vice President Managing Director – Water Group Crowell, Weedon & Co.
Since 1968, Neil has been continuously involved in the investment banking industry, either as a principal, officer, or founder of several firms. He has supervised and initiated the publication of numerous investment research reports on the water industry and conducted conferences directed towards top corporate management, the investment community, and venture capitalists. He has been a speaker at conferences on topics ranging from financing, to business and investment opportunities in the water industry. In addition, he has consulted to Fortune 500 companies and participated in negotiations concerning mergers, acquisitions, and venture capital investments. He is quoted frequently in newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Investor's Business Daily, and many others. www.CrowellWeedon.com
Peter C. Fusaro
Chairman, Global Change Associates
Peter C. Fusaro is Chairman of Global Change Associates in New York and is the best selling author of What Went Wrong at Enron and 12 other books on energy and the environment. Peter is an energy industry thought leader noted for his keen insights in emerging energy and environmental financial markets. He has been on the forefront of energy and environmental change for over 30 years focusing on oil, gas, power, coal, emissions, and carbon trading and renewable energy markets. Peter is currently advising on carbon trading and clean energy technology arena to financial services companies. Peter was selected for Who’s Who in America for 2007 and 2008. He coined the term “Green Trading” and holds the Wall Street Green Trading Summit with Reuters in New York each spring. He is also a well known expert on Asia Pacific energy and environmental markets. He co-founded the Energy Hedge Fund Center LLC (www.energyhedgefunds.com) in 2004. Peter graduated with an MA in international relations from Tufts University and a BA from Carnegie-Mellon University.
J. Peter Lynch
Solar Expert
Mr. J. Peter Lynch has worked, for 31 years as a Wall Street security analyst, an independent investment/merchant banker and private investor in small emerging technology companies. He has been actively involved in following developments in the renewable energy area since 1977 and is regarded as a leading expert in this field.
He is one of the few people with a through understand of each of the critical areas involved: finance, the equity markets and the renewable energy industry. He was the contributing editor for 17 years to the Photovoltaic Insider Report, the leading publication in PV that was directed at industrial subscribers, such as major energy companies, utilities and governments around the world.
He has been a speaker and presenter at numerous financial conferences on a variety of topics, including solar energy and solar energy related stocks. He is currently a private investor and financial/technology consultant to a number of companies.
About Our Green Investor Portals:
Investorideas.com has a series of four investor and industry research portals in the renewable energy, water, environment and fuel cells. Investorideas.com was one of the first online investor sites to cover water and renewable energy. The portals feature industry and stock news, articles, leading experts and financial columnists, audio interviews and Podcasts with leaders and innovators in Greentech, investor conferences, blogs, and a comprehensive global directory of publicly traded stocks.
Additionally, the portals offer a service for Renewable and Greentech news, research and article submission.
About InvestorIdeas.com:
InvestorIdeas.com is a leading global investor and industry research resource portal specialized in sector investing covering over thirty industry sectors and global markets including China, India, the Middle East and Australia.
Disclaimer: Our sites do not make recommendations, but offer information portals to research news, articles, stock lists and recent research. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and is not the opinion of our web sites. This site is currently compensated by featured companies, news submissions and online advertising. Disclosure: Presenting public companies, other than featured companies, pay a one time fee of $1000 to present. XsunX has entered into an online featured showcase company agreement as of December 2007 and compensates the website $5000 per month.
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GE, RES Partner on New Wind Farm, Adding Clean Energy to Texas Oil Drilling Area
GE, RES Partner on New Wind Farm, Adding Clean Energy to Texas Oil Drilling Area
AUSTIN, Texas & STAMFORD, Conn.--January 9, 2008 -GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), is investing in a $350 million, 166-megawatt wind generation project to supply Austin with renewable, clean power from an area traditionally better known for oil, ranching and farming.
The project’s developer, Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc., is beginning construction of the Hackberry wind farm in Shackelford County 30 miles northeast of Abilene this month, and is scheduled to complete it by December. The project will annually produce power sufficient for 39,000 homes and avoid 389,000 tons a year in greenhouse gas emissions, compared to equivalent fossil fuel generation.
The Hackberry wind project will employ 72 Siemens MK II 2.3-megawatt wind turbines. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
The project interconnects with Oncor Electric Delivery Company and includes a 15-year power purchase agreement with the City of Austin through Austin Energy, the 10th largest community-owned electric utility in the United States.
With the Hackberry investment, GE Energy Financial Services holds equity in 79 wind farms worldwide, with a capacity to produce more than 2,870 megawatts of electricity.
“We are delighted to have completed our first investment with RES, deepened our profile in Texas and reinforced our commitment to the wind power and overall renewables sectors,” said Kevin Walsh, Managing Director and leader of renewable energy at GE Energy Financial Services.
Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. is a subsidiary of privately owned UK-based Renewable Energy Systems Ltd., also known as RES Group. The project will be constructed, owned and operated by affiliates of RES Americas, including Austin-based affiliate Hackberry Wind LLC.
RES America has developed more than 1,100 megawatts, with 1,000 megawatts under construction and 11,000 megawatts in development in North America.
“We’re very pleased to have partnered with GE Energy Financial Services on the Hackberry wind project, which will be RES Americas’ second, and largest wind project in which we will retain ownership,” said Craig Mataczyinski, CEO of RES Americas. “GE Energy Financial Services’ willingness to work with us since June underscores its commitment to forging a mutually successful transaction.”
With large tracts of flat open land and the second highest wind energy potential in the United States, Texas leads US states in installed wind power. This investment will help the state meet its requirement to produce 5,880 megawatts of its power from renewable sources by 2015.
The Hackberry Wind investment reinforces GE’s ecomagination initiative, a program to help its customers meet their environmental challenges while expanding its own portfolio of cleaner energy products.
About GE Energy Financial Services
GE Energy Financial Services’ 350 experts invest globally with a long-term view, backed by the best of GE’s technical know-how and financial strength, across the capital spectrum and the energy and water industries, to help their customers and GE grow. With $16 billion in assets, GE Energy Financial Services, based in Stamford, Connecticut, invests more than $5 billion annually in two of the world’s most capital-intensive industries, energy and water. In renewable energy, GE Energy Financial Services is growing its portfolio of more than $2 billion in assets in wind, solar, biomass, hydro and geothermal power. For more information, visit www.geenergyfinancialservices.com.
About GE
GE (NYSE: GE) is Imagination at Work -- a diversified technology, media and financial services company focused on solving some of the world’s toughest problems. With products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation, water processing and security technology to medical imaging, business and consumer financing, media content and advanced materials, GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.ge.com.
RES Group
RES Group is part of the Sir Robert McAlpine group of engineering and construction companies, a British privately-owned family firm. Renewable Energy Systems Holdings Ltd is a subsidiary of Sir Robert McAlpine Enterprises Ltd, and has two direct subsidiaries, RES-Gen Ltd (our wind farm operating business) and Renewable Energy Systems Ltd. These three RES companies are the holding company and the main operating companies respectively of RES Group.
Renewable Energy Systems Ltd has two divisions and a number of subsidiary companies involved in the development, design and construction of wind farms worldwide and renewable heat and power installations in the UK. These include subsidiaries RES UK & Ireland Ltd, Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc, RES Australia Pty Ltd, RES New Zealand Ltd, EOLE-RES SA in France, RES Skandinavien AB, Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. and Renewable Energy Systems Construction Ltd; together with corporate divisions RES TEC (technical), and RES Heat and Power.
Editor’s Note:
TV news B-roll of a wind farm, from general archives, is available at: http://www.geenergyfinancialservices.com/RenewablesInvestments/
Contacts
GE Energy Financial Services
Andy Katell, +1 203-961-5773
AUSTIN, Texas & STAMFORD, Conn.--January 9, 2008 -GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), is investing in a $350 million, 166-megawatt wind generation project to supply Austin with renewable, clean power from an area traditionally better known for oil, ranching and farming.
The project’s developer, Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc., is beginning construction of the Hackberry wind farm in Shackelford County 30 miles northeast of Abilene this month, and is scheduled to complete it by December. The project will annually produce power sufficient for 39,000 homes and avoid 389,000 tons a year in greenhouse gas emissions, compared to equivalent fossil fuel generation.
The Hackberry wind project will employ 72 Siemens MK II 2.3-megawatt wind turbines. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
The project interconnects with Oncor Electric Delivery Company and includes a 15-year power purchase agreement with the City of Austin through Austin Energy, the 10th largest community-owned electric utility in the United States.
With the Hackberry investment, GE Energy Financial Services holds equity in 79 wind farms worldwide, with a capacity to produce more than 2,870 megawatts of electricity.
“We are delighted to have completed our first investment with RES, deepened our profile in Texas and reinforced our commitment to the wind power and overall renewables sectors,” said Kevin Walsh, Managing Director and leader of renewable energy at GE Energy Financial Services.
Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. is a subsidiary of privately owned UK-based Renewable Energy Systems Ltd., also known as RES Group. The project will be constructed, owned and operated by affiliates of RES Americas, including Austin-based affiliate Hackberry Wind LLC.
RES America has developed more than 1,100 megawatts, with 1,000 megawatts under construction and 11,000 megawatts in development in North America.
“We’re very pleased to have partnered with GE Energy Financial Services on the Hackberry wind project, which will be RES Americas’ second, and largest wind project in which we will retain ownership,” said Craig Mataczyinski, CEO of RES Americas. “GE Energy Financial Services’ willingness to work with us since June underscores its commitment to forging a mutually successful transaction.”
With large tracts of flat open land and the second highest wind energy potential in the United States, Texas leads US states in installed wind power. This investment will help the state meet its requirement to produce 5,880 megawatts of its power from renewable sources by 2015.
The Hackberry Wind investment reinforces GE’s ecomagination initiative, a program to help its customers meet their environmental challenges while expanding its own portfolio of cleaner energy products.
About GE Energy Financial Services
GE Energy Financial Services’ 350 experts invest globally with a long-term view, backed by the best of GE’s technical know-how and financial strength, across the capital spectrum and the energy and water industries, to help their customers and GE grow. With $16 billion in assets, GE Energy Financial Services, based in Stamford, Connecticut, invests more than $5 billion annually in two of the world’s most capital-intensive industries, energy and water. In renewable energy, GE Energy Financial Services is growing its portfolio of more than $2 billion in assets in wind, solar, biomass, hydro and geothermal power. For more information, visit www.geenergyfinancialservices.com.
About GE
GE (NYSE: GE) is Imagination at Work -- a diversified technology, media and financial services company focused on solving some of the world’s toughest problems. With products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation, water processing and security technology to medical imaging, business and consumer financing, media content and advanced materials, GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.ge.com.
RES Group
RES Group is part of the Sir Robert McAlpine group of engineering and construction companies, a British privately-owned family firm. Renewable Energy Systems Holdings Ltd is a subsidiary of Sir Robert McAlpine Enterprises Ltd, and has two direct subsidiaries, RES-Gen Ltd (our wind farm operating business) and Renewable Energy Systems Ltd. These three RES companies are the holding company and the main operating companies respectively of RES Group.
Renewable Energy Systems Ltd has two divisions and a number of subsidiary companies involved in the development, design and construction of wind farms worldwide and renewable heat and power installations in the UK. These include subsidiaries RES UK & Ireland Ltd, Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc, RES Australia Pty Ltd, RES New Zealand Ltd, EOLE-RES SA in France, RES Skandinavien AB, Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. and Renewable Energy Systems Construction Ltd; together with corporate divisions RES TEC (technical), and RES Heat and Power.
Editor’s Note:
TV news B-roll of a wind farm, from general archives, is available at: http://www.geenergyfinancialservices.com/RenewablesInvestments/
Contacts
GE Energy Financial Services
Andy Katell, +1 203-961-5773
Monday, January 07, 2008
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J. Peter Lynch
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Mr. J. Peter Lynch has worked, for 31 years as a Wall Street security analyst, an independent investment/merchant banker and private investor in small emerging technology companies. He has been actively involved in following developments in the renewable energy area since 1977 and is regarded as a leading expert in this field.
He is one of the few people with a through understand of each of the critical areas involved: finance, the equity markets and the renewable energy industry. He was the contributing editor for 17 years to the Photovoltaic Insider Report, the leading publication in PV that was directed at industrial subscribers, such as major energy companies, utilities and governments around the world.
He has been a speaker and presenter at numerous financial conferences on a variety of topics, including solar energy and solar energy related stocks. He is currently a private investor and financial/technology consultant to a number of companies. He can be reached via e-mail at: solarjpl@aol.com.
Robert Wilder, J.D., Ph.D.
WilderHill Clean Energy Index
Dr. Rob Wilder is Founder and the Manager of the WilderHill Clean Energy Index (ECO), the first and leading Index on Wall Street for renewables & clean solutions. The Index is tracked by a PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (symbol PBW) which has grown to over $1.75 billion in assets within its first three years. www.wildershares.com
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Industry and Investment ExpertsNeil D. Berlant
Senior Vice President Managing Director – Water Group Crowell, Weedon & Co.
Since 1968, Neil has been continuously involved in the investment banking industry, either as a principal, officer, or founder of several firms. He has supervised and initiated the publication of numerous investment research reports on the water industry and conducted conferences directed towards top corporate management, the investment community, and venture capitalists. He has been a speaker at conferences on topics ranging from financing, to business and investment opportunities in the water industry. In addition, he has consulted to Fortune 500 companies and participated in negotiations concerning mergers, acquisitions, and venture capital investments. He is quoted frequently in newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Investor's Business Daily, and many others. www.CrowellWeedon.com
click here for more
Peter C. Fusaro
Chairman, Global Change Associates
Peter C. Fusaro is Chairman of Global Change Associates in New York and is the best selling author of What Went Wrong at Enron and 12 other books on energy and the environment. Peter is an energy industry thought leader noted for his keen insights in emerging energy and environmental financial markets. He has been on the forefront of energy and environmental change for over 30 years focusing on oil, gas, power, coal, emissions, carbon trading and renewable energy markets. Peter is currently advising on carbon trading and clean energy technology arena to financial services companies. Peter was selected for Who’s Who in America for 2007 and 2008. He coined the term “Green Trading” and holds the Wall Street Green Trading Summit with Reuters in New York each spring. He is also a well known expert on Asia Pacific energy and environmental markets. He co-founded the Energy Hedge Fund Center LLC (www.energyhedgefunds.com) in 2004. Peter graduated with an MA in international relations from Tufts University and a BA from Carnegie-Mellon University.
J. Peter Lynch
Solar Expert
Mr. J. Peter Lynch has worked, for 31 years as a Wall Street security analyst, an independent investment/merchant banker and private investor in small emerging technology companies. He has been actively involved in following developments in the renewable energy area since 1977 and is regarded as a leading expert in this field.
He is one of the few people with a through understand of each of the critical areas involved: finance, the equity markets and the renewable energy industry. He was the contributing editor for 17 years to the Photovoltaic Insider Report, the leading publication in PV that was directed at industrial subscribers, such as major energy companies, utilities and governments around the world.
He has been a speaker and presenter at numerous financial conferences on a variety of topics, including solar energy and solar energy related stocks. He is currently a private investor and financial/technology consultant to a number of companies. He can be reached via e-mail at: solarjpl@aol.com.
Robert Wilder, J.D., Ph.D.
WilderHill Clean Energy Index
Dr. Rob Wilder is Founder and the Manager of the WilderHill Clean Energy Index (ECO), the first and leading Index on Wall Street for renewables & clean solutions. The Index is tracked by a PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (symbol PBW) which has grown to over $1.75 billion in assets within its first three years. www.wildershares.com
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Thursday, January 03, 2008
Clean energy investment breaks the $100bn barrier in 2007
Clean energy investment breaks the $100bn barrier in 2007
Press Release – for immediate use
02 January 2008 The clean energy sector powered ahead in 2007, according to analysts New Energy
Finance. In spite of difficult conditions on the credit markets, the amount of new money
invested in the sector grew to $117.2bn, up 41% from 2006’s $83.0bn*, and more than
$20bn ahead of predictions.
The clean energy sector weathered last summer’s credit crunch well, partly because nonfinancial
drivers such as regulation, political will and fears over energy supplies remain strong. It
was also helped by a shift in focus from more mature wind and biofuels markets in Western
Europe and the US towards Asia, Brazil and other developing countries. Wind power continued
to lead the way, but the year also saw strong growth in solar power and energy efficiency.
Investments in biofuels fell back from 2006’s record year, hampered by surging feedstock costs.
• The biggest portion of investment funds went to asset financing, up 40% on 2006, at
$54.5bn.
• The highest growth rate was in public markets, where investment was 80% higher than
in 2006, at $18.9bn, the biggest portion being the $6.6bn flotation of Iberdrola
Renovables (Iberenova). If this IPO is excluded, public market new investment grew by
a more sedate 17%.
• Venture capital and private equity new investment grew by 27% to $8.5bn. Investors
retreated from later stage investments and returned to early stage deals, as their
familiarity with the sector and technologies grew and the pipeline of commercialisationready
opportunities dried up.
• The year was marked by the launch of clean energy funds by several high street asset
management companies, including HSBC, F&C, Schroeders, Virgin and DWS.
Michael Liebreich, Chairman and CEO of New Energy Finance commented: “At the start of
2007 we said that the clean energy industry had to deliver clean, cost-effective power and fuels
in large volume in order to justify investors’ enthusiasm. That remains just as true today:
investors’ enthusiasm still outstrips the industry’s current contribution to solving the world’s
environmental and energy security problems. However, progress is being made on scaling up a
number of sectors, particularly wind, solar, biomass and energy efficiency. The wave of liquidity
washing through the sector shows no signs of abating and, despite the dark clouds still massed
over the world’s credit markets, 2008 looks set to be another banner year “.
Asset financing
Clean energy asset financing was resilient in 2007 in the face of turmoil on the world’s debt
markets, with a record $54.5bn invested. Investors were forced to shift their emphasis from
project finance deals to on-balance-sheet financings, which made up 64% of total asset
financing activity, up from 44% in 2006. Much of this came from the South American biofuels
industry and wind, biomass and waste-to-energy deals in China.
Wind investment accounted for nearly half of the total new investment in projects, or $24.8bn.
Much of the growth in wind investment in 2007 took place in Asia and Oceania, whose $8.4bn
of deals outstripped the Americas ($6.6bn) while investment in the EMEA region grew to $9.8bn
after falling by $1.5bn in 2006. The remaining $29.7bn investment was largely in biofuels
projects ($14.5bn); biomass & waste ($7.1bn); and solar ($5.9bn).
The 30% increase in investment in biofuel assets contrasted with 2006’s 171% growth, which
was driven by the US’s love affair with corn-based ethanol. In 2007, much of the activity took
place in South America, chiefly in Brazil, while the US ethanol industry stalled under difficult
market conditions, with many producers shelving plans for capacity expansion. The ratification
in December of the US energy bill, with its ambitious renewable fuels standard that calls for
* Note: The previously reported figures of $71bn to $75bn for 2006 excluded certain categories of investment such as
solar water heating, which are now included – hence the restated 2006 figure of $83.0bn.
36bn gallons of alternative fuels by 2022, should considerably improve the outlook for US
ethanol. New investment in biomass & waste grew by 51% from $4.7bn in 2006. As with wind,
most of the surge took place in China, where the government has great hopes for biomass.
Solar project investment of $5.9bn was 82% higher than 2006, as Spain and Italy continued
their drive for larger photovoltaic projects. Spain has seen a great rush as investors tried to
pushed their projects to qualify for the a 400MW subsidy cap. Greece and France are largely
markets-in-waiting, constrained by bureaucracy and the lack of mature building-integrated
photovoltaic products.
Public markets
In 2007, $18.9bn of new money was raised by clean energy companies on the public markets,
up 80% from $10.5bn last year. Much of the increase was driven by one deal: the landmark
flotation of Iberdrola Renovables, which raised $6.6bn, six times more than the previous record
deal, REC of Norway’s $1.1bn IPO last May. Although the IPO was priced at the bottom end of
its lead coordinators’ price range at €5.30 per share, it represented a hefty market capitalisation
of €22.4bn ($33bn) at the start of trading on 13 December.
Solar companies raised $5.8bn of new equity on the public markets during 2007, once again
chiefly Chinese cell and module makers listing on US markets. Biofuels groups managed to
raise $1.0bn, almost $2bn less than in 2006, and energy efficiency groups caused excitement,
by raising $0.8bn, led by EnerNOC and Comverge, as policy makers and investors realised the
potential of the sector.
The WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index (NEX), which tracks the fortunes of 88 clean
energy companies worldwide, rose nearly 60% in 2007, taking its increase over the past two
years to over 110%.
Venture Capital / Private Equity
In 2007, venture capital and private equity investment increased to $8.5bn, up 27% from 2006.
Early-stage VC made strong gains, increasing to $1.8bn from $0.8bn in 2006 as investors found
it harder to find value in later stage deals due to greater competition and were driven to make
earlier-stage bets. Late stage VC was the only investment stage to attract less money than last
year, falling by a little over $100m to $1.1bn. Solar became the leading sector for VC and PE,
attracting $3.0bn of new equity, and biofuels decreased slightly on last year to $2.0bn. The two
other leading sectors were wind ($1.8bn) and energy efficiency companies ($1.2bn).
Much of the increase in solar investment was down to young US solar companies attracting
early-stage VC investment. In 2006, just $181m was invested in such firms, in 2007 this
increased to $702m. In Europe, where the solar industry is more mature, a meagre $59m of
early-stage VC found its way to solar companies. Some of bigger solar investments worldwide
were in thin-film technology, which offers a way around the currently limited supply of solar
silicon. HelioVolt raised $101m, while Solyndra raised $80m and SoloPower attracted $30m.
Solar installation companies also featured prominently, pushed into the spotlight by Arnold
Schwarzenegger’s California Solar Initiative. Early stage venture investment in energy efficiency
companies more than doubled in both North America and Europe, to $316m and $96m
respectively.
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(ticker symbol NEX). The company also undertakes bespoke research and consultancy, and
runs senior-level networking events.
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Press Release – for immediate use
02 January 2008 The clean energy sector powered ahead in 2007, according to analysts New Energy
Finance. In spite of difficult conditions on the credit markets, the amount of new money
invested in the sector grew to $117.2bn, up 41% from 2006’s $83.0bn*, and more than
$20bn ahead of predictions.
The clean energy sector weathered last summer’s credit crunch well, partly because nonfinancial
drivers such as regulation, political will and fears over energy supplies remain strong. It
was also helped by a shift in focus from more mature wind and biofuels markets in Western
Europe and the US towards Asia, Brazil and other developing countries. Wind power continued
to lead the way, but the year also saw strong growth in solar power and energy efficiency.
Investments in biofuels fell back from 2006’s record year, hampered by surging feedstock costs.
• The biggest portion of investment funds went to asset financing, up 40% on 2006, at
$54.5bn.
• The highest growth rate was in public markets, where investment was 80% higher than
in 2006, at $18.9bn, the biggest portion being the $6.6bn flotation of Iberdrola
Renovables (Iberenova). If this IPO is excluded, public market new investment grew by
a more sedate 17%.
• Venture capital and private equity new investment grew by 27% to $8.5bn. Investors
retreated from later stage investments and returned to early stage deals, as their
familiarity with the sector and technologies grew and the pipeline of commercialisationready
opportunities dried up.
• The year was marked by the launch of clean energy funds by several high street asset
management companies, including HSBC, F&C, Schroeders, Virgin and DWS.
Michael Liebreich, Chairman and CEO of New Energy Finance commented: “At the start of
2007 we said that the clean energy industry had to deliver clean, cost-effective power and fuels
in large volume in order to justify investors’ enthusiasm. That remains just as true today:
investors’ enthusiasm still outstrips the industry’s current contribution to solving the world’s
environmental and energy security problems. However, progress is being made on scaling up a
number of sectors, particularly wind, solar, biomass and energy efficiency. The wave of liquidity
washing through the sector shows no signs of abating and, despite the dark clouds still massed
over the world’s credit markets, 2008 looks set to be another banner year “.
Asset financing
Clean energy asset financing was resilient in 2007 in the face of turmoil on the world’s debt
markets, with a record $54.5bn invested. Investors were forced to shift their emphasis from
project finance deals to on-balance-sheet financings, which made up 64% of total asset
financing activity, up from 44% in 2006. Much of this came from the South American biofuels
industry and wind, biomass and waste-to-energy deals in China.
Wind investment accounted for nearly half of the total new investment in projects, or $24.8bn.
Much of the growth in wind investment in 2007 took place in Asia and Oceania, whose $8.4bn
of deals outstripped the Americas ($6.6bn) while investment in the EMEA region grew to $9.8bn
after falling by $1.5bn in 2006. The remaining $29.7bn investment was largely in biofuels
projects ($14.5bn); biomass & waste ($7.1bn); and solar ($5.9bn).
The 30% increase in investment in biofuel assets contrasted with 2006’s 171% growth, which
was driven by the US’s love affair with corn-based ethanol. In 2007, much of the activity took
place in South America, chiefly in Brazil, while the US ethanol industry stalled under difficult
market conditions, with many producers shelving plans for capacity expansion. The ratification
in December of the US energy bill, with its ambitious renewable fuels standard that calls for
* Note: The previously reported figures of $71bn to $75bn for 2006 excluded certain categories of investment such as
solar water heating, which are now included – hence the restated 2006 figure of $83.0bn.
36bn gallons of alternative fuels by 2022, should considerably improve the outlook for US
ethanol. New investment in biomass & waste grew by 51% from $4.7bn in 2006. As with wind,
most of the surge took place in China, where the government has great hopes for biomass.
Solar project investment of $5.9bn was 82% higher than 2006, as Spain and Italy continued
their drive for larger photovoltaic projects. Spain has seen a great rush as investors tried to
pushed their projects to qualify for the a 400MW subsidy cap. Greece and France are largely
markets-in-waiting, constrained by bureaucracy and the lack of mature building-integrated
photovoltaic products.
Public markets
In 2007, $18.9bn of new money was raised by clean energy companies on the public markets,
up 80% from $10.5bn last year. Much of the increase was driven by one deal: the landmark
flotation of Iberdrola Renovables, which raised $6.6bn, six times more than the previous record
deal, REC of Norway’s $1.1bn IPO last May. Although the IPO was priced at the bottom end of
its lead coordinators’ price range at €5.30 per share, it represented a hefty market capitalisation
of €22.4bn ($33bn) at the start of trading on 13 December.
Solar companies raised $5.8bn of new equity on the public markets during 2007, once again
chiefly Chinese cell and module makers listing on US markets. Biofuels groups managed to
raise $1.0bn, almost $2bn less than in 2006, and energy efficiency groups caused excitement,
by raising $0.8bn, led by EnerNOC and Comverge, as policy makers and investors realised the
potential of the sector.
The WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index (NEX), which tracks the fortunes of 88 clean
energy companies worldwide, rose nearly 60% in 2007, taking its increase over the past two
years to over 110%.
Venture Capital / Private Equity
In 2007, venture capital and private equity investment increased to $8.5bn, up 27% from 2006.
Early-stage VC made strong gains, increasing to $1.8bn from $0.8bn in 2006 as investors found
it harder to find value in later stage deals due to greater competition and were driven to make
earlier-stage bets. Late stage VC was the only investment stage to attract less money than last
year, falling by a little over $100m to $1.1bn. Solar became the leading sector for VC and PE,
attracting $3.0bn of new equity, and biofuels decreased slightly on last year to $2.0bn. The two
other leading sectors were wind ($1.8bn) and energy efficiency companies ($1.2bn).
Much of the increase in solar investment was down to young US solar companies attracting
early-stage VC investment. In 2006, just $181m was invested in such firms, in 2007 this
increased to $702m. In Europe, where the solar industry is more mature, a meagre $59m of
early-stage VC found its way to solar companies. Some of bigger solar investments worldwide
were in thin-film technology, which offers a way around the currently limited supply of solar
silicon. HelioVolt raised $101m, while Solyndra raised $80m and SoloPower attracted $30m.
Solar installation companies also featured prominently, pushed into the spotlight by Arnold
Schwarzenegger’s California Solar Initiative. Early stage venture investment in energy efficiency
companies more than doubled in both North America and Europe, to $316m and $96m
respectively.
ABOUT NEW ENERGY FINANCE
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renewable energy, biofuels, low-carbon technologies and the carbon markets. The company’s
research staff of 60 (based in London, Washington, New York, Palo Alto, Beijing, New Delhi, Tel
Aviv, Cape Town, San Paulo and Perth) tracks deal flow in venture capital, private equity, M&A,
public markets, asset finance and carbon credits around the world.
The New Energy Finance Desktop is the world’s most comprehensive subscription database of
investors and investments in clean energy. New Energy Finance’s Insight Services provide
deep market analysis to investors in Wind, Solar, Biofuels, Biomass, China, VC/PE, Public
Markets and the US. New Energy Finance is co-publisher of the world’s first global stock-market
index of quoted clean energy companies, the WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index
(ticker symbol NEX). The company also undertakes bespoke research and consultancy, and
runs senior-level networking events.
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provider of analysis, price forecasting, consultancy and risk management services relating to
carbon. It has dedicated services for each of the major emerging carbon markets: European,
global (Kyoto) and US, where it covers the planned regional markets as well as potential federal
initiatives.
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
American Stock Exchange Lists the Common Stock of GreenHunter Energy, Inc.
American Stock Exchange Lists the Common Stock of GreenHunter Energy, Inc.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2 , 2008 -- The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) today lists the common stock of GreenHunter Energy, Inc. under the ticker symbol GRH.
Located in Grapevine, Texas, GreenHunter Energy, Inc. is a company focused on the renewable energy sector of wind, bio-mass and bio-fuel. The Company's assets consist of leases of real property of future development of wind energy projects located in Montana, New Mexico and California, a former waste-oil and chemical refinery currently being converted to a bio-diesel refinery located in Houston, Texas and a bio-mass power plant located in El Centro, California.
"We proudly welcome GreenHunter Energy, Inc. to the American Stock Exchange," said Neal Wolkoff, Chairman and CEO of Amex. "Many energy companies have chosen to list at the Amex, and we are pleased that GreenHunter Energy is the latest company to recognize our expanding presence in this important sector."
Gary C. Evans, Chairman and CEO of GreenHunter Energy, Inc., stated, "As our management team continues to implement our business plan during 2008 and beyond, our capital needs required to fund this future growth will dramatically expand. Our past experience has proven that a market-driven listed security will significantly broaden our financing options with many investment banking institutions on Wall Street. By having a listed security, GreenHunter Energy shareholders will greatly benefit from the increased investor visibility that comes with trading on Amex."
The specialist for GreenHunter Energy, Inc. is Kellogg Capital Group, LLC. For further information on GRH and other Amex-listed companies, please visit www.amex.com.
About American Stock Exchange
The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) offers trading across a full range of equities, options and exchange traded funds (ETFs), including structured products and HOLDRS(SM). In addition to its role as a national equities market, the Amex is the pioneer of the ETF, responsible for bringing the first domestic product to market in 1993. Leading the industry in ETF listings, the Amex lists 380 ETFs to date. The Amex is also one of the largest options exchanges in the U.S., trading options on broad-based and sector indexes as well as domestic and foreign stocks. For more information, please visit www.amex.com.
Source: American Stock Exchange(R)
NEW YORK, Jan. 2 , 2008 -- The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) today lists the common stock of GreenHunter Energy, Inc. under the ticker symbol GRH.
Located in Grapevine, Texas, GreenHunter Energy, Inc. is a company focused on the renewable energy sector of wind, bio-mass and bio-fuel. The Company's assets consist of leases of real property of future development of wind energy projects located in Montana, New Mexico and California, a former waste-oil and chemical refinery currently being converted to a bio-diesel refinery located in Houston, Texas and a bio-mass power plant located in El Centro, California.
"We proudly welcome GreenHunter Energy, Inc. to the American Stock Exchange," said Neal Wolkoff, Chairman and CEO of Amex. "Many energy companies have chosen to list at the Amex, and we are pleased that GreenHunter Energy is the latest company to recognize our expanding presence in this important sector."
Gary C. Evans, Chairman and CEO of GreenHunter Energy, Inc., stated, "As our management team continues to implement our business plan during 2008 and beyond, our capital needs required to fund this future growth will dramatically expand. Our past experience has proven that a market-driven listed security will significantly broaden our financing options with many investment banking institutions on Wall Street. By having a listed security, GreenHunter Energy shareholders will greatly benefit from the increased investor visibility that comes with trading on Amex."
The specialist for GreenHunter Energy, Inc. is Kellogg Capital Group, LLC. For further information on GRH and other Amex-listed companies, please visit www.amex.com.
About American Stock Exchange
The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) offers trading across a full range of equities, options and exchange traded funds (ETFs), including structured products and HOLDRS(SM). In addition to its role as a national equities market, the Amex is the pioneer of the ETF, responsible for bringing the first domestic product to market in 1993. Leading the industry in ETF listings, the Amex lists 380 ETFs to date. The Amex is also one of the largest options exchanges in the U.S., trading options on broad-based and sector indexes as well as domestic and foreign stocks. For more information, please visit www.amex.com.
Source: American Stock Exchange(R)
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