Tom Konrad CFA
On May 9, green building firm PFB Corporation (TSX:PFB,
OTC:PFBOF) announced that it had signed a letter of intent with NOVA
Chemicals for PFB to acquire NOVA’s Performance Styrenics
business. The all share deal will give NOVA an equity stake in
PFB as well as two seats on PFB’s board.
PFB’s Plasti-Fab subsidiary currently sells Expanded Polystyrene
products (EPS) [...]
Tom Konrad CFA
Ameresco,
Inc. (NYSE:AMRC)
reported first quarter (Q1) earnings this morning, missing
analysts’ earnings expectations by two-thirds. While Q1
earnings were only 3 cents compared to the 10 cents expected by
analysts, the company slightly beat revenue expectations by
$600,000 for overall Q1 revenues of $146.6 million.
While the headline was disappointing, President and CEO George
Sakellaris confidently reaffirmed revenue guidence for [...]
Jeff Siegel and Tom Konrad CFA
May 14: New Flyer (TSX:NFI, OTC:NFYEF)
Sees Bus Market Revival
North America’s largest supplier of heavy-duty transit buses sees
overall demand at an “all-time high.” More
here.
May 15: Electric Car Battery Company Struggles
JS:
A123 Systems (NASDAQ:AONE)
has announced Q1, 2012 results. . .
Revenue fell 40% from $18.1 million in Q1, 2011 to $10.9 million.
Net loss [...]
Ed Gunther
Trina Solar scores 94 to lead the 2012 SVTC
photovoltaic (PV) solar sustainability survey.
Making the SEIA Solar Commitment.
The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC)
released the 2012 SOLAR
SCORECARD [.pdf
subset] just in time for the SNEC 6th (2012) International
Solar Industry and Photovoltaic Exhibition & Conference
in Shanghai, China. Trina Solar Limited (NYSE:TSL)
achieved the best result followed by [...]
Will 2012 Finally be the Year of the Strong Grid?
Tom Konrad CFA
Utility infrastructure companies are seeing the
beginnings of the long-anticipated infrastructure boom, and have
the rising revenues and backlog to prove it.
Investing in
electric utility infrastructure has long been one of my favored
ways to invest in the growing renewable energy sector without
having to take a bet on [...]
