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Small Cap Voice Featured Company: Premier Power Renewable Energy, Inc. (PPRW.OB)

QualityStocks (November 6th, 2009) Writes:

Premier Power Renewable Energy, Inc. (PPRW.OB) is a leading North American and European provider of solar power systems designed to consistently delivering high quality performance. The company combines technical and financial expertise in a range of deal structures, with transparency and innovation that noticeably surpasses expectations.

Premier Power’s primary goal is to build solar energy systems that produce enough electricity to reduce or eliminate a residential user or business’s dependency on conventional energy. Simultaneously, the company succeeds in its aim to contribute to the conservation of energy resources and the increased use of clean solar energy.

Founded in 2001, Premier Power stands out by specializing in evaluating clients’ needs and finding the right turnkey solar power system to eliminate their electricity bills. From residential neighborhoods to large corporations and utility scale solar systems, Premier Power has made a difference in the energy bills of their clients.

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Energy Blast – October 15, 2009

Robert Amsterdam (October 15th, 2009) Writes:
According to ITAR-TASS, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has commented that Russia does not object to selling energy resources using domestic currencies.  How done is the Russia-China gas deal? wonders the the FT.  Gazprom will buy 500 million cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan next year.  The Times has a piece on the 'take-and-pay' system which is now causing friction between suppliers and buyers.  Norway's Aladdin has signed a five-year contract to provide gas from a field in the Komi republic to a Gapzrom subsidiary.  ConocoPhillips is apparently 'non-committal' on a possible sale of its 20% stake in Lukoil.  Serbia expects as much as $13.4 billion to be invested in modernizing its energy sector by 2015, and is working with Gazprom.  Iraq has given a consortium led by Eni the right to develop its ...

Clenergen Corp. (CRGE.OB) Creates Renewable Energy Solutions Using Biomass Advanced Gasification Technologies

QualityStocks (October 13th, 2009) Writes:

Clenergen Corp., developer of innovative clean energy generation systems, has created a way to produce power, steam, hydrogen, and various other useful products, all through the use of advanced gasification and steam technologies. Instead of dealing with the issue of energy resources – specifically biomass processing – by simply applying engineering principles, Clenergen approaches it from an agronomy/microbiology and plantation management perspective. By so doing, the company is able to deliver a standard, uniform virgin biomass on a commercial scale, at regular intervals, for use in the generation of electricity.

The electricity is generated using proven gasification technology, which disintegrates the biomass releasing syngas. This can then be combusted to power gas turbine generators, or can be burned to release all tar while producing steam to run the turbine generators. The high levels of efficiency and energy conversion produces a consistent source

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Two Companies Profiting From the “Fuel of the Future”

Investment U (October 5th, 2009) Writes:

Two Companies Profiting From the “Fuel of the Future”

by Louise Harris, Investment U Research

You don’t have to look far to find one of today’s big economic and market buzz phrases: Green investing.

From green clothing websites, to CNN headlines heralding biofuel, companies are trying their best to capitalize on growing consumer sensitivity to the environment.

However, like the dotcom era before it, some of the green craze is no more than a speculative bubble. But many of it is the real deal. And despite past debacles, biofuels fall into the latter category.

A Deal With Dow

Take start-up company Cavitation Technologies Inc. (OTC: CVAT), which develops equipment that turns vegetable products into viable fuel. Only established in 2006, it just entered into a long-term agreement with Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW)

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Hawaii’s Renewable Energy Revolution

Contrarian Profits (September 16th, 2009) Writes:

Hawaii: Pristine black sand beaches… surfing… spectacular volcanic eruptions… and miles of pineapple plantations. If you are like me, this is what comes to mind when you imagine Hawaii.

What may not come to mind, though, when you think of America’s 50th state are its energy resources – and specifically, the fact that it gets 77% of its power from oil-fired power plants. That’s a unique statistic within the United States. Coal-fired plants provide 14% of power, and the remaining 9% comes from renewable sources like wind and solar energy.

Suffice it to say, tourism is Hawaii’s largest industry, with agriculture playing a major role, too. And not unlike the rest of the country, the one thing needed to keep it all running smoothly is a reliable source of electricity.

Problem is, Hawaii is dependent on fossil fuels for more than 90% of its power – an issue that became shockingly clear when

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An Australian Dollar Play on China’s Growth

Investment U (August 31st, 2009) Writes:

An Australian Dollar Play on China’s Growth

Tony Daltorio, The Investment U Research Team

Despite the continuing negative sentiment toward China from much of Wall Street, China’s remarkable economic growth continues unabated.

While Wall Street “experts” focus solely on the export-oriented eastern cities in China, they are missing the rapid growth occurring in other parts of China with the government’s “Go West” program.

And let’s not forget that within a few years, the size of China’s middle class will exceed the entire population of the United States.

However, there are still many investors who are not comfortable investing directly in China and buying Chinese companies.

There is another way to invest profitably in the economic growth in China, of which most investors are completely unaware. And it doesn’t involve owning any Chinese or Asian stocks.

It is the Australian Dollar.

The Australian

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Energy Blast – August 28, 2009

Robert Amsterdam (August 28th, 2009) Writes:
Presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko has stated there has been 'progress' in the construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus with Russia's assistance.  Energy was a focal point for discussion between Russian presidential envoy to the Far East Viktor Ishayev and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.  Emphasis was put upon 'oil and gas development, coal deposit exploration, the construction of pipelines'.  Prime Minister Putin has reportedly suggested paying all natural gas extraction revenue tax straight into the federal budget to boost revenue.  Gazprom has stated that Ukraine is pumping gas into underground storage at sufficient rates to ensure the stability of gas transit to Europe over the coming winter months.  The Guardian reports that UK coal has begun a 'buy British' marketing campaign to counter Britain's dependence on Russian energy resources.  Lukoil has seen a 44% ...

The Tricky Turks

Robert Amsterdam (August 10th, 2009) Writes:
turkey081009.jpgWhy would Turkey sign on to a massively expensive and redundant underwater pipeline that would eliminate the transit business at the lucrative but over-trafficked Bosporus Straits?  Because when it comes to Gazprom and Eni's South Stream, it is very different to say you support it than it is to actually build it.  Nabucco is likely to work, and looks like it will find the gas to fill capacity - but not before Ankara does everything possible to milk both sides for the maximum concessions.These editors at Zaman don't quite get the issue right, but there is enough perspective here to get an idea of the Turkish mentality on Russian energy politics (resentful of the perceived mistreatment ...

Energy Blast – August 3, 2009

Robert Amsterdam (August 3rd, 2009) Writes:
International banks, the EU and Ukraine have met an agreement on Kiev reforming its gas sector that will allow the country to receive up to $1.7 billion in loans to secure gas transit.  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said it could provide $300m for immediate working capital and up to $450m in 2010 for investment.  President Medvedev has opened the 75% Russian-owned $720 million hydropower plant in Tajikistan.  US murmurings about how to limit speculative trading on oil is prompting market figures in Russia to consider how these rules may affect their trading.  TNK-BP will start pumping oil from five new fields in Siberia in 2013 and 2014.  RFE/RL examines the interplay between China, the EU and Russia for control of energy resources in central Asia, with analysts describing the efficiency of China's strategy, ...

The Resource Wars Are Heating Up

Andrew Gordon (July 28th, 2009) Writes:
You can’t go back. So don’t assume that as the U.S. and the West recovers, they’ll attract foreign capital just like they did before the recession. It’s a far different landscape now. The easy-credit bubbles are gone. And they’ve left us with a hellacious debt burden.

The U.S. debt is expected to zoom to $16.2 trillion by 2012, almost equal to its projected GDP. Italy’s debt is expected to reach 120% next year. France’s debt will approach 90% next year (if President Nicolas Sarkozy goes ahead with his fiscal blitz). All told, by next year, Europe’s debt should rise to about 80 percent of GDP. And then there’s Japan. Its public debt is headed toward unfathomable depths. It should reach 240% of GDP by 2014.

After buying $600 billion in U.S. assets last year, China, for example, is having second thoughts. It won’t come close to matching that number this

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