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  Coming Soon: A Soup Line Near You

  03.17.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Photo Credit: Unknown Given that President Bush says “we’re not in a recession” and he’s wrong every time he opens his mouth, it makes me wonder if we’re in a depression. The basic facts of the situation are: Real Gross Domestic Product has stayed stable at $11T (2000 USD) Source: Data 360.org The US imports […]

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  Mortgage Meltdown

  03.13.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This morning while driving to Palo Alto, I heard about the latest mortgage meltdown victim, a subsidiary of the Carlyle Group, where there is apparently a $21B exposure. Taking a step back from the macro economic view, I have to wonder where the business people are in all this? After all, there is live tangible […]

• Business, Energy

  What is Green?

  03.07.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on What is Green?

  It’s not only about sustainability, but it’s also about $. After all, eco- is a prefix in ecology as well as economy. Recently due to a comment on the blog a new site came to our attention, Cleantech Finance Insider. Since we happen to be acquainted with the author and the initial content has been […]

• Business, Energy

  Ormat turns in Strong Q4

  02.27.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Ormat turns in Strong Q4

  Ormat reported revenues of $70.7M for Q4, up 6% from the prior year. More impressively, earnings doubled from $4.2M to $8.9M from the prior year. Details of operational performance are expected to be released at their earnings call scheduled for later today. Ormat’s stock closed at $43.82/share yesterday.

• Business, Energy

  Recent PPA Changes

  02.18.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Recent PPA Changes

  Last week there were two interesting stories around power purchase agreements. In one, Western GeoPower backed out of its PPA with PGE and the Calpine/PGE PPA proposal. First, the standard agreement of PGE attempting to satisfy their renewable portfolio standard requirements and Calpine looking to get a post-bankruptcy win, the two companies announced that a […]

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