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Alternative energy markets benefited, for a change, from the latest momentous events in financial markets. Most commodities rose after the People’s Bank of China lowered its one-year lending rate to follow on from its US$590
Full story...Share prices in renewable energy stocks have suffered heavily in recent weeks on concerns that funding will dry up, given the current restricted access to capital. Investor sentiment in the alternative fuel space has also been
Full story...“Where are we now? We’re back where we started.” So says Richard Lockwood, manager of London’s City Natural Resources fund - now part of CQS - a man who rode the recent commodities boom upwards in some style, and who appears to
Full story...The US ethanol industry is headed for a shakeout and consolidation, according to a warning given at the American Bankers Association. The shakeout will occur in the context of overcapacity and the record number of plants facing
Full story...Ahead of the forthcoming EU summit and talks with Russia there have been calls for a lower degree of dependence on Russian gas and a greater use of alternative energy sources -wind, sun and sea. The 27-nation bloc is seeking to
Full story...A row is developing internationally about biofuel tarrifs, with claims that unfair barriers are being raised by the EU against biofuel exports from eight developing countries. These are Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Malawi,
Full story...Speculators are still under fire in the US for playing a part in driving up food and energy prices, but less so now in the UK. This despite the way commodity futures have collapsed as the financial crisis drives the unwinding of
Full story...Amidst the mayhem in markets worldwide, and with oil hurtling down towards US$60, alternative energy was suffering from a few problems of its own. Europe was locked in a battle over reductions in carbon emissions, while the US
Full story...As fears of world recession mounted, European Union leaders were doing their best last week to reduce ambitious plans to boost alternative energy use and cut carbon emissions by a fifth by 2020. Ministers were working hard to
Full story...Solar Integrated Technology’s first half results late last month were a stark tale of two regions, with its European business going from strength to strength but its US business being hit hard by a double whammy of slower demand
Full story...Financial market mayhem spread into alternative energy last week. Uncertainty added to fundamental bearish trends to produce a rout as markets were hit by a wide range of negative factors, from growing anti-biofuel sentiment to
Full story...Who would have expected that after nine failed attempts to pass the US renewables tax credit legislation through Congress that the bill would suddenly re-surface as a part of the US bailout rescue package? The legislation, known
Full story...The biggest weekly decline in fifty years hit commodity markets as funds and investors fled to safer havens on dollar strength, record borrowing rates, risk reduction and fear of a collapse in the global economy. Ahead of
Full story...The biggest weekly decline in fifty years hit commodity markets as funds and investors fled to safer havens on dollar strength, record borrowing rates, risk reduction and fear of a collapse in the global economy. Ahead of
Full story...Commodity traders took their cues this week from the reports coming out of Washington about the negotiations for the emergency US financial bail-out. Trading was tumultuous as a number of major firms with large speculative grain
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ARF signs agreements with FMG Group, and Operational Update
