Alternative Energy

Sometimes when a stock starts to slip, it just glides lower. Other times, a slip leads to a magnificent plummet off the side of a cliff and into a chasmic abyss. Down an outstanding 95 percent year-to-date and a colossal 50 percent in early Monday trading, Sunedison Inc (NYSE: SUNE) seems to...

Let's just eschew all the weather-related analogies and metaphors to say 2015 has been unkind to solar stocks and relevant exchange-traded funds. Over the past six months, the Market Vectors Solar Energy (ETF) (NYSE: KWT) and the Guggenheim Solar ETF (NYSE: TAN) are down 19.5 percent and 25.1...

Shares of Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ: PLUG) have lost more than 32 percent over the past year, but have gained more than 8 percent over the past month. The Vetr Crowd upgraded Plug Power's rating to 3.5 stars out of a possible five stars. The Vetr Crowd's crowdsourced price target of $2.14 implies a...

Solar stocks have fallen approximately 35 percent since July, while the S&P 500 lost around 5 percent. Paul Coster of JPMorgan commented in a note that solar fundamentals are "largely unchanged" and that the growth opportunity "continues to accumulate." Coster recommended owning shares of...

The W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) "WTI crude oil" spot price is down more than 43 percent this year due to a glut in oil supply worldwide. As new fracking and horizontal drilling technology has spearheaded the energy boom in the United States, oil production has grown at a...

Conflicting signals have come from Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Toyota Motor Corp (ADR) (NYSE: TM) this week about the two automakers' present and future relationship. Both companies have expressed admiration for each other. Toyota has also been purchasing some electric car...

While investors have been focused on alternative energy sources such as wind, water and solar power, there's another renewable source that's been relatively ignored. Geothermal power, converting heat stored in the earth's crust into energy, is still a widely untapped resource in the...

Here's another "If you build it, they will come" story. NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) NRG Energy announced on Thursday it was acquiring Goal Zero, a company that makes portable solar battery chargers. Goal Zero's products include small, hand-held solar chargers that can be used to...

A new article by Consumer Reports, outlining glitches the magazine discovered in its long-term experience with the Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) Model S sedan, is raising some eyebrows among auto industry analysts –- especially since the vehicle won Consumer Reports' coveted automotive Top Pick...

The steep drop in the markets this week was a wake-up call for investors who might have become accustomed to a sense of complacency in stocks this summer.  The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) fell 1.97 percent on Thursday amid heavy selling pressure and followed that up with additional...

The Environmental Protection Agency is considering a review of its 1977 rule that limits the amount of whole-body radiation that any member of the public can be exposed to as a result of the uranium fuel cycle. While they have not made any immediate determination to change the current level of...

One of the largest challenges facing the alternative energy industry has been coming up with a cost-efficient, long-term storage of electricity generated by wind and solar power. However, that obstacle hasn't diminished growing international interest in alternative energy. Since 2009, the...

There's another sign that the big corporations are taking the idea of alternative energy and energy sustainability quite seriously. Swedish home furnishing retailer IKEA announced last week it is investing in wind power, with the purchase of the Hoopeston Wind facility in Illinois. The company...

Despite all its recent recall woes and accompanying negative publicity, General Motors (NYSE: GM) shows no signs of slowing down its plans for the future. On Tuesday, the automaker announced it was preparing for the next generation of electric vehicles and advanced battery technologies by...