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Re: Profiting From Renewable Energy: Place your MOCK or REAL
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Date: June 14, 2014, 8:26 pm
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BY POPULAR DEMAND (I hope!) I PRESENT YOU WITH THE FULL HISTORY
OF MY MOCK RENEWABLE ENERGY PORFOLIO. ;D
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Re: Profiting From Renewable Energy: Place your MOCK or REAL
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DIR By: AGelbert
Date: June 16, 2014, 5:31 pm
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Portfolio Progress Report:
[b]A good day for Renewable Energy.
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;D $54,474.47
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Re: Profiting From Renewable Energy: Place your MOCK or REAL
Porfolios HERE.
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: June 16, 2014, 6:20 pm
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I'm watching this one with interest: ;)
Solazyme Inc
(NASDAQ:SZYM) 12.04
+0.70 (6.17%)
Solazyme, Inc. (Solazyme) makes oil. The Company’s technology
transforms a range of plant-based sugars into oils. Its
renewable products can replace ;D or enhance oils derived from
the world’s three existing sources-petroleum, plants and animal
fats.
The Company is focused on commercializing its products into
three target markets: fuels and chemicals, nutrition, and skin
and personal care. In 2010, the Company launched its products,
the Golden Chlorella line of dietary supplements. In March 2011,
the Company launched its Algenist brand for the luxury skin care
market through marketing and distribution arrangements with
Sephora S.A. (Sephora International), Sephora USA, Inc. (Sephora
USA), and QVC, Inc. (QVC).
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Re: Profiting From Renewable Energy: Place your MOCK or REAL
Porfolios HERE.
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: June 17, 2014, 2:38 pm
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Vertical Integration Continues: SolarCity Buys Silevo for $200
Million, Plans GW Factory in NY
In an effort to compete with fossil fuels without incentives
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/>SolarCity announced it will acquire high-efficiency solar
module
manufacturer Silevo and build a 1-GW manufacturing facility in
New York.
Meg Cichon, Associate Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com
June 17, 2014 | 1 Comments
New Hampshire, USA -- In an effort to further streamline its
solar business and lower the overall cost of solar energy,
SolarCity announced today that it would acquire high-efficiency
cell manufacturer Silevo for $200 million. In an effort to scale
up the technology, SolarCity plans to construct a 1-GW
manufacturing facility located in Buffalo, New York within the
next two years.
The solar leasing company acquired mounting company Zep Solar in
late 2013 in an effort to further vertically integrate its
business. Now, chairman Elon Musk explained SolarCity’s imminent
need for more, and cheaper, solar panel production, which he
expects to reach “tens of GW” annually. “We thought that there
was a risk of not being able to have the solar panels we need to
expand [SolarCity] long-term…[When considering] the rate at
which solar power is advancing, the amount of panels that are
being made at a large scale today is really not fast enough,” he
said during a conference call.
Musk emphasized the need for not only increased panel
production, but a focus on advanced panel technology, which is
what SolarCity believes that Silveo has to offer. A combination
of higher volume and increased efficiency will “have a dramatic
impact on solar and in particular be able to have solar power
compete on an unsubsidized basis with the fossilized grid,” said
Musk. “It is critical that you have high-efficiency solar panels
and a total installed cost as low as possible.”
The Technology
After reviewing dozens of companies, SolarCity ultimately
decided to pursue Silevo due to its proven technology and
manufacturing success. Silevo uses what it calls “triex”
technology to create a crystalline-amorphous hybrid cell, which
creates a tunneling oxide and amorphous silicon layer. These
layers allow increased temperature tolerance and lead to a high
efficiency that currently stands at 21 percent, but SolarCity
hopes to reach 24 percent within the next couple of years. The
manufacturing process also uses copper electrode metallization
rather than silver, which leads to lower costs.
Watch Ucilia Wang discuss Silevo’s technology with then-vice
president of business development and marketing Chris Beitel at
the 2012 PV America Conference below:
SolarCity co-founder and chief technology officer Peter Rive
explained during the conference call that theSilevo technology
compares well to standard cells in the 17-18 percent efficiency
range and thin film in the 13-14 percent range . While
SolarCity’s goal is to eventually reach 24 percent, Rive also
noted that 26.4 percent is possible with ground-mounted and
tilted flat roof systems due to the technology’s bifacial
nature, which means it can absorb sunlight from both sides of
the panel.
Rive explained some of the advantages of higher efficiencies
with a common residential rooftop system comparison: “Consider a
typical 6-kW system with standard efficiency panels and then
picture that same system with 24 percent efficiency tri-cell,”
he said. “Currently the system requires 24 panels, but the
triex-module will require 18 panels. So it requires less labor,
less mounting, less wiring, and so on.”
Big Manufacturing Plans
SolarCity is currently in discussions with the state of New York
for its manufacturing facility. According to Rive, its initial
target capacity is 1 GW within the next two years, making it one
of the single largest solar panel productions in the world,
creating thousands of local jobs. Groundbreaking is expected to
happen very soon, according to Musk. Silevo currently has a
32-MW factory in China.
When comparing the relative costs of domestic vs overseas
manufacturing, said Rive, “we believe that at scale we can
achieve a competitive cost domestically as a result of having
lower energy costs, avoiding import tariffs, a highly automated
manufacturing facility and the fact that the triex cell has less
labor content per module due to higher efficiency.”
The Silevo technology can be manufactured with off-the-shelf
equipment from the semiconductor and flat-panel display
industries and standard wafers, according to Rive. SolarCity
also plans to open a research facility in silicon valley to
ensure that it meets and even exceeds its efficiency targets.
When all is said and done, SolarCity will be one of the most
vertically integrated solar companies in the world, spanning
module manufacturing, installation, operations and maintenance,
and energy sales. “What I am excited about is when we combine
engineers at Silevo, Zep, and SolarCity to tailor manufacturing
for all solar panels so they are specifically ready for
installation,” said Rive.
Though the company does not have current plans to pursue any of
the missing pieces to its vertically integrated puzzle, such as
inverters or power optimizers, Musk said that they are open to
suggestions and constantly looking to pursue the ultimate goal
of the industry — to lower the cost of energy.
“We intend to put a lot of effort R&D on the panel side, into
the hardware that we already own, and into inverter and battery
technology to provide an overall solution to provide electric
power at a price less than fossil fuels that are burdening the
grid – that is the key threshold,” said Musk. “The demand grows
exponentially as price drops, and it will grow at an enormous
pace if we compete with grid electricity with no incentives.
That is and has been the goal in order for the world to have
sustainable energy."
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VIDEO MESSAGE TO FOSSIL FUELERS FROM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
ANIMAL KINGDOM
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[move]
Umm, chew, chew, it doesn't look too good for you fossil fuelers
now does it? Well, ya had a good ride. Better quit before you
are indicted for premeditated criminal negligence and deliberate
profit over planet pollution (whoops, I mean while you are
ahead, of course ;D). Boy these unpolluted tree leaves sure
taste good. [/move]
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Re: Profiting From Renewable Energy: Place your MOCK or REAL
Porfolios HERE.
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: June 17, 2014, 3:19 pm
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Portfolio Progress Report:
Another good day for Renewable Energy.
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;D $55,096.18
I missed out on a major pop in Solar City Stock (I had sold most
of it to buy some other stocks because I didn't think it would
pop double digits again for several months. I was wrong. :(
Better luck next time. 8) ;) ).
SCTY 64.53 +9.65 (17.58%)
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Re: Profiting From Renewable Energy: Place your MOCK or REAL
Porfolios HERE.
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: June 21, 2014, 9:53 pm
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Portfolio Progress Report:
Another so-so day for Renewable Energy (slight pull back). I'm
hanging in there.
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/> ;D $54,931.37
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Re: Profiting From Renewable Energy: Place your MOCK or REAL
Porfolios HERE.
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: June 30, 2014, 9:34 pm
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Portfolio Progress Report:
JUNE IS DONE It wasn't real great but it could have been a lot
worse!( several pull backs, RAMPF crashed and now it's going
nuts towards the upside: 48% gain today! :o). I'm STILL
hanging in there.
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;D
$54,402.34
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P.S. At least I'm slightly above my May 31, 2014 balance of
$53,856.85 ;D ::)
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Re: Profiting From Renewable Energy: Place your MOCK or REAL
Porfolios HERE.
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: July 12, 2014, 9:55 pm
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Portfolio Progress Report:
[size=12pt]I just got the HOT news THAT 590 MILLION CHRISTIANS
in the World Council of Churches are going to DIVEST from fossil
fuels!
That means dirty energy stocks are going to TANK! ;D
IT ALSO MEANS A GIANT multi-year rally (in a sawtooth pattern,
probably ;)) for the RIGHT Renewable Energy stocks! Fasten your
seatbelts! A wild ride up is going to start this
month!
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/>;D [color=red] $51,154.59
P.S. I'm below my May 31, 2014 balance of $53,856.85
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but I expect THAT TO
CHANGE SHORTLY...
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Symbol Shares Cost basis Mkt value Gain
Gain % Overall return
TSLA 1.00 54.98 218.13 +163.15
+296.76% 130.46%
SCTY 1.00 25.16 65.78 +40.62
+161.39% 201.90%
PW 160.00 1,503.00 1,457.60 -45.40
-3.02% -3.02%
KNDI 250.00 1,334.74 3,680.00 +2,345.26
+175.71% 168.82%
TSL 500.00 5,061.50 5,720.00 +658.50
+13.01% 13.01%
VWDRY 1,000.00 10,417.00 15,660.00 +5,243.00
+50.33% 50.33%
YGE 1,000.00 2,907.00 3,220.00 +313.00
+10.77% 10.77%
AMSC 5,000.00 7,807.00 8,150.00 +343.00
+4.39% 4.39%
GEVO 12,000.00 15,675.20 9,840.00 -5,835.20
-37.23% -37.23%
RAMPF 20,000.00 1,471.00 446.00 -1,025.00
-69.68% -69.68%
HYSR 50,000.00 1,877.00 1,075.00 -802.00
-42.73% -42.73%
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Re: Profiting From Renewable Energy: Place your MOCK or REAL
Porfolios HERE.
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: July 13, 2014, 2:38 pm
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VIDEO MESSAGE TO FOSSIL FUELERS FROM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
ANIMAL KINGDOM
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[move]
Umm, chew, chew, it doesn't look too good for you fossil fuelers
now does it? Well, ya had a good ride. Better quit before you
are indicted for premeditated criminal negligence and deliberate
profit over planet pollution (whoops, I mean while you are
ahead, of course ;D). Boy these unpolluted tree leaves taste
even better now that half a billion Christians smelled the
"[i]Viable Biosphere AIN'T OPTIONAL[/I]" COFFEE. [/move]
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Re: Profiting From Renewable Energy: Place your MOCK or REAL
Porfolios HERE.
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: July 14, 2014, 10:33 pm
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Portfolio Progress Report:
Wow! What a POP!
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;D $53,214.22
KNDI 18.64 +3.92 UP 26.63% :o
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