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Green Chip Stocks Editors & Contributors
Jeff Siegel
Jeff Siegel is the managing editor of Green Chip Stocks, an independent investment research service that focuses exclusively on renewable energy and organic and natural food markets.
Nick Hodge
One of the bright young minds in today’s cleantech industry, Nick is putting his knowledge of nascent green markets to use in several ways… Nick is the co-author of a best-selling book and has interviewed dozens of times for TV and Web; his keen insight, uncanny foresight, and global contacts have led to double- and triple-digit wins for his readers, time after time.
Renewable Energy and Utilities
Utilities in the US and Europe are having to take a hard look at their business model – will it continue to be viable in an era of rooftop solar and distributed energy? As people finally realize the value of solar – that it can make them independent energy generators that don’t rely on the [...]
Community Solar Grows Up
Community solar is capturing attention across the US as a way to get clean energy to everyone, including people who rent and whose roofs are too shaded for solar. A paper, “Community Shared Solar: Diverse Approaches for a Common Goal,” illustrates how three utilities are giving customers access to community solar in Florida, Colorado Springs and Tucson. Most community solar installations [...]
Germany: Doing Just Fine Without Nuclear
Freezing temperatures in both Belgium and Germany have put both countries’ power systems to the test this week, but neither country has experienced electricity blackouts despite the lack of nuclear power. Two of Belgium’s seven nuclear reactors – Doel 3 and Tihange 2 – were switched off this summer, following the discovery of cracks, cutting [...]
The European Supergrid: Game Changer for Renewables?
Europe’s energy infrastructure urgently needs updating. In this interview published in the latest edition of EWEA’s Wind Directions magazine, Ana Aguado, CEO of Friends of the Supergrid, explores how this can be done. What is the supergrid and why do we need it? We define the supergrid as “a pan-European transmission network facilitating the integration [...]
Nissan’s Hybrid Plans Revealed
Nissan gave an update on a slew of eco-targets Wednesday, highlighting cuts in CO2 emissions and a plan to add 15 hybrid models by 2016. Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga provided details on the company’s environmental commitments under the Nissan Green Program 2016 at a press briefing in Yokohama. “Thanks to environmentally friendly technology and [...]
MDV-SEIA’s Solar Energy Focus 2012 Conference
This just in from the Solar Energy Industries Association. . . MDV-SEIA’s Solar Energy Focus 2012 Conference, Developing and Financing Solar on the East Coast, is returning to Washington, D.C. This year, like last, will bring together hundreds of business leaders, investors, developers, legal experts and key policy makers together in D.C. to discuss and [...]
Tesla Motors: Silencing the Electric Car Haters
Although I personally do not own shares of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), I was certainly pleased to see the stock getting rewarded this morning after the company reported Model S production had risen to 100 cars per week at the end of the quarter, and was now up to 200. Tesla reps also stated that they expect [...]
Siemens Bails on Solar
I must admit, I was completely blown away this morning after I read that Siemens (NYSE:SI) would be bailing on solar. In a statement issued by Siemens, the company said that due to the changed framework conditions, lower growth and strong price pressure in the solar markets, the company’s expectations for its solar energy [...]
A123 Systems: Going to Zero?
There was so much enthusiasm when high-performance battery manufacturer A123 Systems (NASDAQ:AONE) came on the scene. The promise of an advanced battery manufacturing facility pumping out batteries for next-generation electric cars while providing jobs for US workers was a bold one, and one that a lot of folks cheered. But certain realities rapidly turned that [...]
Will Suntech Power Go Bankrupt?
The travails of China’s top solar panel manufacturer do not seem to stop with its credibility being hit by a new problem each day. Suntech has made massive management blunders in the past for which it is paying heavily today. The company which is reeling under billions of dollars of debt has restructured its management [...]
In Focus: Climate Change Lies
I had a chat with a friend the other day on the likely future for humankind vis-à-vis global climate change. He asked, “What do you think it will take, Craig, for us to muster the will to do something? If there were a fire burning in a building across the street, it would be apparent [...]
Germany’s Renewable Energy Goal
At the end of last month the Economist published an article on Germany’s energy transition to renewables labeling it a “lunatic gamble”. This could not be further from the truth and in this blog we’ll explain why… The article claimed that German plans to switch to renewable energy are risky, and yet the transition roadmap [...]