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Wind Works Power Corp
A Bet on Wind Industry Growth Tom Konrad, CFA Wind Works Power Corporation ( WWPW.OB ) presents investors in publicly traded wind power stocks a new type of opportunity with the potential for high reward, and a complementary risk profile to existing plays.   In the past, I've ...
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Is the New Smart Grid ETF GRID All That Smart?
Tom Konrad, CFA First Trust Launched a Grid Infrastructure Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) on November 17th.  Although the First Trust Nasdaq Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund (Nasdaq: GRID) is labeled a "Smart Grid" ETF to capture popular excitement around smart ...
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Bold or Bogus? Digi International’s Move toward Smart Grid Technology
Research Analyst Bucks Naysayers By Joyce Pellino Crane Jay M. Meier may be out on a lonely limb, but the senior research analyst at Feltl and Company is unwavering in his enthusiasm for Digi International, Inc . ( Nasdaq:DGII ) Meier is recommending Digi as a buy, insisting that the company ...
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Digi International Acquisitions Since 2005
This timeline is intended as a supplement to the article: Bold or Bogus? Digi International’s Move toward Smart Grid Technology . Source: The Investor Relations Group, New York, NY April 2005 - FS Forth-Systeme GmbH/Sistemas Embebidos S.A. (FS Forth), providers of embedded modules ...
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Grid Enabled Vehicles – I Told You So!
John Petersen On Monday of this week the Electrification Coalition , a newly organized industrial lobby that styles itself as a " nonpartisan, not-for-profit group of business leaders committed to promoting policies and actions that facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles on a mass ...
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The Case For Transmission, and Transmission Stock List
by Tom Konrad CFA We cannot choose between transmission and renewable distributed electricity.  Local renewable generation requires long distance transmission to even out variations of supply.  Hence, both advocates of distributed renewables and large wind and solar farms should ...
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Green Energy Investing For Beginners, Part III: Before You Invest
Tom Konrad, CFA Before you consider green stock market investments, invest in yourself. A reader of my article on asset allocation for green energy investors brought up an important point: we may have green opportunities in our own lives, such as improving the energy efficiency of our ...
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Is Ruggedcom, Inc. as Solid as its Networks?
Tom Konrad, CFA Our recent article on Ruggedcom's (RUGGF.PK, RMC.TO) technology for a smart grid that's also robust against a number of threats such as cyberterrorism and electromagnetic pulses prompted a long-time reader to ask if we also think it's a good investment at these prices. Good ...
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Interview with Ray C. Anderson, of Interface Inc.
Interview with Ray C. Anderson, of Interface Inc.
altenergystocks.com — Tom Konrad, CFA Ray Anderson, the pioneering founder and Chairman of Interface, Inc. ( IFSIA ) was... an early pioneer of sustainable enterprise.  We recently had the opportunity to interview him on the benefits he sees for investors ... (more) Interview with Ray C. Anderson, of Interface Inc.
Green Energy Investing For Beginners, Part II: How Much To Invest
Tom Konrad, CFA In Green Energy Investing for Beginners, Part I, gave information to guide the choice of green investment vehicles (mutual funds, ETFs, or stocks.) This article is intended to help investors decide how much of their money to...
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Electricity and Water– Can We Have Both?
by John V. Anderson The Water-Electricity Connection: Basic Principles There’s been a lot of discussion – and a fair amount of controversy – lately about water use in power plants. Unfortunately a lot of this discussion is based on an incomplete understanding of the fundamental issues ...
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Tres Amigas Proposes Three-way Transmission Link
by Michael Giberson If completed, the Tres Amigas project will encourage renewable power development and efficient power flows.  Publicly traded wind power and superconducting cable company American Superconductor Corp. ( Nasdaq: AMSC ) is a large minority shareholder and the ...
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AMSC’s “Secret Sauce” Starts to Simmer
Market Heats Up for Disruption-Resistant Superconductors By Joyce Pellino Crane When electrical transmission cables and tree branches glisten in brilliant sunlight, drop your camera and run to the nearest hardware store for a generator. I learned this hard lesson in December after an ice ...
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The Launch of Clean Energy Wonk
Tom Konrad, Ph.D. I've been writing for AltEnergyStocks for almost two years now, but it has not always been about stock market investing.  Often, it is about my other passion, energy policy and economics.  While this can inform stock market investing, I have come to believe that ...
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Green Energy Investing For Beginners, Part I: Stocks, Mutual Funds, or ETFs
Tom Konrad CFA Investing in green energy can be good for both the climate and your wallet.  How good depends on choosing the right investment vehicles (mutual funds, ETFs, or stocks) and sectors to invest in. This will get you started. More and more investors are investing in green ...
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Fending Cyber Threats with a Fortress
RuggedCom Fortifies the Smart Grid and Captures the Substation Market By Joyce Pellino Crane     I wonder how many utility executives lie awake at night worrying  about cyberthreats to their electricity substations.     If you’ve ever gone a few days ...
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CyberTerrorism and the Smart Grid
Is There a Crack in the (Fire)Wall? Joyce Pellino Crane Last December when 325,000 Massachusetts homes went dark for days on end, I finally understood the transformative powers of electricity. For starters, my hair went limp when the blow dryer didn't turn on, my laundry piled high, my ...
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Welcome David Gold
Tom Konrad, Ph.D., CFA I first met David Gold when he agreed (at the last minute) to sit on a lunchtime panel about Financing Renewable Energy I organized for the Colorado CFA Society in April. When he emailed an announcement in September that he was starting Green Gold Blog , I immediately ...
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Cleantech Venture Capitalists are Human Too
altenergystocks.com — David Gold Sectors like solar, biofuels and smart grid have received a significant overweighting of venture capital... investment compared to other sectors. Is this because they are better investment opportunities or because venture capitalists (VCs), ... (more) Cleantech Venture Capitalists are Human Too
Human Capital, Not Venture Capital, the Biggest Cleantech Challenge
David Gold Building great businesses typically requires three key ingredients: phenomenal people, compelling technology and investment capital. Cleantech companies are no exception. While cleantech venture capital investments have expanded rapidly, averaging an annual growth rate of 65% ...
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