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Top of the Blogs The last three entries, starting with the most recent one:
9/6 - During mid-decade, Energy Conversion Devices appeared ready to deliver on its promise. After years of languishing the stock began to outperform the market. Finally, it took off in 2008, more than tripling in five months – only to fall even more dramatically to where at its $4.59 close Friday the shares were selling for less than 6% of their $79 peak. The question is: can this super enervironmental twofer – solar laminates and nickel metal hydride battery technology – not just survive, but wage a comeback? READ MORE . . .
9/1 - For a tiny, little-publicized, relatively new ultra energy efficient building movement, passive houses have quite a reach. Buildings built and in various stages of planning and construction can be found coast to coast in the U.S. and Canada. As of this spring, there were over 50 educational, single family and multi-family buildings in the planning, pre-certified and certified stage in 23 states from Maine to California and Canada, according to the Passive House Institute in Urbana, Illinois. READ MORE . . .
8/30 - PowerSecure is showing surprising strength in two super green fields. In April, it scored with the addition of an LED acquisition and earlier this month the Wake Forest, North Carolina company reported big increases in its smart grid technology sales and earnings from a year ago. The sales and earnings growth came from an increase in business. Revenues for the second quarter ending June 30 were up 37% to $34 million from $25 million in the same period a year ago. READ MORE . . . |