I’m in Washington, D.C. today for the American Council on Renewable Energy’s RETECH Expo, where I’m mining the showcases and speakers for new stock picks. Not every technology or company here will be ...

General Electric (GE) is out with news this morning that it’s going to invest $100 million to open a manufacturing plant in NY that will produce advanced batteries, including high energy density, ...

According to Benzinga, Hapoalim Securities sees flat worldwide demand for solar in 2011 at around 15GW. Due to changes to incentives they see significant drops in Germany and the Czech Republic, but ...

In a Barron’s interview this weekend, Hapoalim Securities solar analyst Gordon Johnson reiterated his bearish call on the sector due to oversupply and soft demand. He sees a supply vs demand ratio of ...

Here’s a win-win situation….FPL just announced that its investments in fuel efficiency at its power plants have helped trim its customers costs by almost $3 billion since 2002, and will save customers ...

Advanced Battery (ABAT)’s subsidiary Wuxi ZhongQiang (Autcycle) has signed two contracts this morning totaling $3.3 million for customers in Denmark and Indonesia. One order is for 12,000 electric ...

Valence Technology just announced that it has been selected to provide lithium phosphate batteries and dynamic energy systems for a new master-planned smart grid community called Discovery at Spring ...

Brean Murray is out with a bullish call on the smart grid sector this morning and believes that with healthcare reform out of the way, the government will return its attention back to energy and ...

Canadian Solar (CSIQ) has announced a partnership and distribution deal with West Holding of Japan to push further into a growing Japanese solar market. As part of the joint venture, CSIQ will ...

Capstone Turbine (CPST) shares are down about 10% in after hours trading after announcing it intends to offer shares of common stock in an public offering. No word on how many shares the company will ...

UQM Technologies (UQM) announced today it will supply upgraded electric propulsion systems to Electric Vehicles International, a California electric manufacturer, for use medium trucks and van’s.

Emcore just announced that they have a contract with Dutch Space to supply solar panels to power the Cygnus spacecraft. The spacecraft, which is being developed for NASA’s Commercial Resupply Service ...