I’m starting this blog as a record of my thoughts on investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency. I plan to include comments on the industry, links to articles I’m reading, and whatever else comes to mind.
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- Q3 Portfolio Updates October 5, 2009Both my Quick Clean energy Tracking Portfolio and my Ten Green Energy Picks for 2009 have shown strong out performance through Q3. For a while, I thought I was on to something with the tracking portfolio (like mutual fund managers were smart, or something), but it turned out that they just put higher risk stocks in [...]Tom
- Investing in Biomass September 27, 2009I’ve recently said that the best way to invest in both Advanced Biofuels and Cellulosic Ethanol, and Biochar (aka terra preta) is to invest in Biomass. Here is one way to go about it: buying Forestry ETFs or Stocks.Tom
- The Algonquin Power Income Fund September 25, 2009I recommended the Algonquin Power Income Fund as a renewable energy income investment back in January, and as part of my ten clean energy picks for 2009. Since then, both the stock and the ten picks have been doing well in comparison to the market, but Algonquin has entered into a couple deals, while I look [...]Tom
- Hedging September 9, 2009Since I’ve recently been bearish on the market, but don’t want to wait on the sidelines, and expect that many of my readers feel the same way, I just published two articles on hedging strategies. A hedging how-to, with five ways to hedge, and a simple method to fine-tune your strategy How I’ve recently adjusted my hedging [...]Tom
- Cars with Plugs: The Debate September 8, 2009John Peterson wrote a series of three articles looking at the economic problems with Plug-in-Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) over the last month. He Debunked the economics of PHEV ownership. Pointed out that PHEVs may not help with Energy Independence and he showed that they aren’t a particularly cost effective way of reducing carbon emissions. I thou […]Tom
- The Raser Technologies (RZ) Saga September 8, 2009A month ago, I bought Raser (RZ) in a gamble that one of thier plans to get project financing would pay off quickly. Unfortunately, the one I thought was most likely of these, an application for a DOE grant gaurantee, was rejected last week, so I sold at a slight loss. I’ll be keeping [...]Tom
- Clean Energy Portfolio: Great Performance so Far & Ready for a Gamble July 26, 2009My Ten Clean Energy Picks for 2009 continue to blow the indexes away, although the ten gambles for 2009 have only kept pace. Part of the reason the gambles have not kept up is the big drop in the price of Raser Technologies (RZ). Raser has fallen so for I now think it’s a bargain, [...]Tom
- List of Smart Grid Stocks July 26, 2009Looking for a list of Smart Grid Stocks? Try this.Tom
- Green Jobs Demystified July 12, 2009I read a lot of Green Jobs reports over the last couple of months, and the research cumulated in three articles. One is for the next issue of Smart Energy Living, and will be published in the Fall ‘09 issue, but the other two are available now. In the first, I look at the differences [...]Tom
- Market Predictions July 1, 2009Predicting market moves is notoriouslly difficult, but I’m feeling pretty good about my recent efforts. On October 11, 2008, I stoped being a permabear and said, “the market as a whole now seems to me to be fairly valued.” The S&P 500 closed the previous Friday just below 900; today it closed at 919.32. [...]Tom
- Q3 Portfolio Updates October 5, 2009
B F Samuel said
Tom:
I am impressed about your current interests and adventures. It is very appropriate that your intellect and energy shuld be channeled into this interests, especially since you don’t necessarily fit into the “environmentalist” category. It is your head for science that makes you an important contributor to these serious discussions. Keep up the good work.
BF
tomkonrad said
Thanks, BFS. I hope I can help you expand the environmentalist category in your mind (and maybe a lot of other people’s minds.)
“Environmentalist” should include rational, thinking people. With any luck, I won’t be lynched for being a capitalist.