US had 2nd hottest summer on record. 2.4F above avg. 1st was during Dust Bowl.
FBI raided Solyndra - the solar firm that filed for bankruptcy with a $500M DOE loan guarantee outstanding. Republicans widening the probe in Congress and may subpoena the White House. Hell no they won't let that go all the way to next November.
DOE announced $8.5M to 16 projects to promote - promote - EV adoption in major cities.
Switching from coal to NG for elgen will reduce global warming much less than hoped: National Center for Atmos Research. Particulate emissions from coal and NG methane leaks major factors. The only answer: clean E. And I say what about common sense nuclear. Thorium, no building on fault lines or in tsunami zones, and standardization. Besides wind, solar, hydro (including wave and tidal), geothermal, EV's, magnetics, superconductivity and the rest.
A $90.6M DOE loan guarantee - what, 1 a day? - to Cogentrix for a 30MW hi-concentration PV solar project in south CO near Alamosa. Will be world's largest CPV plant in world at mid-'12 completion. Cogentrix a subsid of Goldman. 80% US components. 100 construction jobs, 10 permanent jobs. 1st loan guarantee for CPV. But a 150MW CA project in the works.
Happy 9/11 weekend, pards.
Friday, September 9, 2011
OPEN
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Market down 146/17/12. Volume a little light, though Friday normal. Oil down under $87. Pundits say market's down because of Greece and doubts about Obama's new plan.
CCGI up 17. ASYS up 2. Canceled their $60M shelf. NENE up 1.
BSRC down 14. WNEA down 13. AMEL down 10. PEIX down 6 more. JASO down 1 more. Under $3. New low. FSLR also new low. LSCG, UBRG down 1.
Market down 146/17/12. Volume a little light, though Friday normal. Oil down under $87. Pundits say market's down because of Greece and doubts about Obama's new plan.
CCGI up 17. ASYS up 2. Canceled their $60M shelf. NENE up 1.
BSRC down 14. WNEA down 13. AMEL down 10. PEIX down 6 more. JASO down 1 more. Under $3. New low. FSLR also new low. LSCG, UBRG down 1.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
EXTRA
Love that drunk moose hung up in the apple tree.
The quake shook the nuke plant near Mineral VA 2x design.
US crude supplies down 4M bls this week.
Americans - are you an American or an American't? - borrowed more money in July - consumer borrowing up 10th straight month - than any month in over 3 yrs. But cut back in credit card debt. So. It must be mortage refinancing?
Bernanke: Fed seeks to restore strong growth. But offered no new stimulus. Wuddado. More wuddado. Bluh.
The quake shook the nuke plant near Mineral VA 2x design.
US crude supplies down 4M bls this week.
Americans - are you an American or an American't? - borrowed more money in July - consumer borrowing up 10th straight month - than any month in over 3 yrs. But cut back in credit card debt. So. It must be mortage refinancing?
Bernanke: Fed seeks to restore strong growth. But offered no new stimulus. Wuddado. More wuddado. Bluh.
CLOSE
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Market down 119/19/12. Volume normal. Oil down under $89. Maybe with recent GOM finds.
CLNO up 25. VNDB up 23. IFXY, BHWX up 20. What is the subtitle? The froth. The stealth. GRHU up 16. NGLPF up 14. PSUD up 13. UBRG up 7. Rubber hitting the road. AMEL up 6. LSCG up 5. WPRT up another 4.
LMCO down 17. ENZR down 16. CSOL down 13. CPWY down 12. BLQN, EVSI down 11. PEIX down 8. SPWRA down 7. Might think about buying them. CSIQ down 6. Like JASO. JASO, POWR down 5. FSLR, ASYS, BWEN down 4.
Market down 119/19/12. Volume normal. Oil down under $89. Maybe with recent GOM finds.
CLNO up 25. VNDB up 23. IFXY, BHWX up 20. What is the subtitle? The froth. The stealth. GRHU up 16. NGLPF up 14. PSUD up 13. UBRG up 7. Rubber hitting the road. AMEL up 6. LSCG up 5. WPRT up another 4.
LMCO down 17. ENZR down 16. CSOL down 13. CPWY down 12. BLQN, EVSI down 11. PEIX down 8. SPWRA down 7. Might think about buying them. CSIQ down 6. Like JASO. JASO, POWR down 5. FSLR, ASYS, BWEN down 4.
3:42P
Will JASO go below $3? I would buy them here. But they may go below $3. You could also follow momentum with UBRG or LSCG.
STUFF
4 decades before Drake (a former railroad conductor) drilled the 1st oil well in Titusville PA (hit at 69 feet), 80 miles north Bill Hart had dug the 1st well for NG. Using only shovels, he hit NG at 27 feet. The pipeline used to ship it was made from hollowed-out logs slapped together with tar and cloth. Today we have 7.2M miles of pipelines and sit on ~2,100TCF of NG. Cool little story, A?
Google data centers use ~260MW/h.
Dominion found only cosmetic damage at nuke plant near Mineral, VA (post quake). Hopes to convince NRC that the 2 reactors are safe to restart.
DOE making 2 more loan guarantees. $150M to 1366 Tech. They have a new way to make silicon wafers for solar by working from molten silicon. Well on way to commercial application. Cuts costs in half. The other guarantee of $344M goes to Solar City to install rooftop solar on military bases. They install and own and sell the el. Plans for 160k roofs (equaling the total installed in US to date) for ~371MW. Overall plan to cost >$1B. BofA working with Solar City, I think Buffett likes clean E. Their 2nd major solar rooftop project. Project Amp a $2.6B plan to put ~733MW on 3k acres of rooftop owned by real estate giant Prologis. 1st stage of Solar City project underway at Hickam in Hawaii.
BP announced their estimated reserves in deepwater GOM Mad Dog field just doubled to 4B bls. Rivals Thunder Horse field now. A day after Chevron's announcement. And POTUS speaks tonight to joint session about what?
Tropical depression to be storm Nate may be shutting down GOM oil/gas production in the next week.
Brent oil ~ $115.
Beijing announced their GDP grew by 10.4% last year. Manufacturing/construction growth was 12.2%. Car sales to be up 5% this year v. 33% in '10.
Washakie Renewable Energy started ops at their new 10M gal/y biodiesel facility in Utah. Feedstocks of yellow grease, brown grease and tallow. Plans to expand feedstock to include camelina and safflower.
Brasil Ecodiesel acquired Vanguarda do Brasil for $1B. Ecodiesel operates 6 refineries. Vanguarda has >500k acres in soy, corn and cotton.
And those are the trails, pards. Happy goings on 'm.
Google data centers use ~260MW/h.
Dominion found only cosmetic damage at nuke plant near Mineral, VA (post quake). Hopes to convince NRC that the 2 reactors are safe to restart.
DOE making 2 more loan guarantees. $150M to 1366 Tech. They have a new way to make silicon wafers for solar by working from molten silicon. Well on way to commercial application. Cuts costs in half. The other guarantee of $344M goes to Solar City to install rooftop solar on military bases. They install and own and sell the el. Plans for 160k roofs (equaling the total installed in US to date) for ~371MW. Overall plan to cost >$1B. BofA working with Solar City, I think Buffett likes clean E. Their 2nd major solar rooftop project. Project Amp a $2.6B plan to put ~733MW on 3k acres of rooftop owned by real estate giant Prologis. 1st stage of Solar City project underway at Hickam in Hawaii.
BP announced their estimated reserves in deepwater GOM Mad Dog field just doubled to 4B bls. Rivals Thunder Horse field now. A day after Chevron's announcement. And POTUS speaks tonight to joint session about what?
Tropical depression to be storm Nate may be shutting down GOM oil/gas production in the next week.
Brent oil ~ $115.
Beijing announced their GDP grew by 10.4% last year. Manufacturing/construction growth was 12.2%. Car sales to be up 5% this year v. 33% in '10.
Washakie Renewable Energy started ops at their new 10M gal/y biodiesel facility in Utah. Feedstocks of yellow grease, brown grease and tallow. Plans to expand feedstock to include camelina and safflower.
Brasil Ecodiesel acquired Vanguarda do Brasil for $1B. Ecodiesel operates 6 refineries. Vanguarda has >500k acres in soy, corn and cotton.
And those are the trails, pards. Happy goings on 'm.
OPEN
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Market up 17/10/0. Volume light. Oil up a few dimes more over $89. Unemployment claims were up unexpectedly. Greek default over 90% probability.
DLYT back up 22. IFXY up 20. EVCA up 12. UBRG up 8. LSCG up 2, up against 50-day lines.
CSOL down 20. CPWY down 8. CSIQ down 4. NENE, WEST, JASO down 3.
Market up 17/10/0. Volume light. Oil up a few dimes more over $89. Unemployment claims were up unexpectedly. Greek default over 90% probability.
DLYT back up 22. IFXY up 20. EVCA up 12. UBRG up 8. LSCG up 2, up against 50-day lines.
CSOL down 20. CPWY down 8. CSIQ down 4. NENE, WEST, JASO down 3.
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