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For several years now oil majors such as Shell and BP have paid lip service to alternative energy through subsidiaries that invested in green technologies. But the minor exploration and production companies have steered clear,
Full story...A dual listing in London for less than £85,000? Yes, less than £85,000 and that includes lawyers’ and accountants’ fees as well as the charges made by a broker and by PLUS Markets Group. PLUS is a Recognised Investment Exchange,
Full story...As world trade in alternative energy rises, shipping companies are questioning if there is sufficient capacity to meet demand. An extra 400 vessels will need to be built to meet demand over the next 20 years, according to
Full story...Without raising the arguments about the existence and causes of global warming, perhaps we can all agree that it would be sensible to find ‘power alternatives’ which do not involve burning increasingly scarce fossil fuels and
Full story...“The world is structurally short energy. The evidence is everywhere.” So says the latest research from Southern Cross Equities, Australia’s largest independent stockbroker and emerging investment advisory firm. The principal
Full story...Aim-traded Clean Energy Brazil owns sugar and ethanol assets in Brazil. It was founded as a closed-end investment company in 2006. Since then it has invested US$214 million in sugar assets in Brazil. In April it announced its new
Full story...A row is brewing in the US over the extent to which biofuels have contributed to rising grain prices. The Inspector General at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been asked to investigate conflicting numbers presented by
Full story...Last December, shortly after being sworn in, Kevin Rudd, Australia’s new Prime Minister signed the Kyoto Protocol. This must have been music to the ears of Australian renewable energy companies which had up to that point
Full story...Earlier this month hybrid engine developer Traction Technology quietly bade farewell to any ambitions it had of remaining a listed company. Traction’s been stymied by a combination of delays in its prime development project and a
Full story...American presidential hopeful John McCain is urging the construction of 45 new nuclear power stations in his home country, to combat rising oil costs and to help the US become more self sufficient. But one wonders how happy he is
Full story...What is it about Nighthawk Energy that has made it such a phenomenal success? It’s an easy question to ask, given that Nighthawk’s shares have more than doubled in value over the past twelve months. Indeed if you measure from the
Full story...Just one piece of good news came for the grain and vegetable oil complex last week – it seems that Argentina’s farmers are about to end the strike which for three months has been blocking both domestic and international trade in
Full story...The stock market may be being put off by the US$3.2 billion development bill hanging over Altona Resources’ coal-to-liquids Arckaringa project in Australia, but a crude calculation based on today’s oil price of US$140 per barrel
Full story...Doubts are growing about jatropha, the biodiesel feedstock that was so recently hailed as the miracle solution for the biofuels industry. Unlike other feedstocks, jatropha is inedible, can grow on degraded land and requires
Full story...Momentum is building at Aim-traded, Isle of Man-based Renewable Energy Holdings (REH). The company’s portfolio includes proven and cash generative wind and bio energy technologies as well as a proprietary wave power technology
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Finavera Renewables enters into discussions for the financing of 300 megawatts of wind projects in British Columbia, Canada
