Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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Wind Stocks; Juhl Wind, Inc. (OTCBB:JUHL) Announces New $10 Million Community Wind Farm for Gundersen Lutheran Hospital



( Clean energy stocks blog )  Juhl Wind Inc. (OTCBB:JUHL), the Leader in Community Wind Power, today announced the recent execution of a $10 Million wind project Development Agreement with GL Wind – a wind farm LLC formed by Gundersen Lutheran Hospital. Gundersen Lutheran Hospital is a leading teaching hospital consistently named among the top 100 in the nation, based in La Crosse, Wisconsin and serves patients located throughout western Wisconsin, northeast Iowa and southeastern Minnesota. The 5 MW-sized GL Wind, LLC project will be a community-owned and operated, wind-turbine electrical energy generation facility with an estimated cost of approximately $10 million.


The GL Wind project will be located in Southeast Minnesota and will consist of a locally controlled LLC made up of Gundersen Lutheran Hospital headquartered in La Crosse Wisconsin and an equity partner. Juhl Wind Inc. has been assisting Gundersen Lutheran in the development of the project since the Fall of 2009 and will now provide full-scale, development and construction oversight services for the project. Juhl is forecasting that the GL Wind Farm is planned to begin construction in the 4th quarter of 2010 and should be completed in 2011. The project will be funded by the GL Wind LLC.



"We are excited to move forward with Gundersen Lutheran Hospital on this Community Wind project," stated Dan Juhl, CEO of Juhl Wind. "This project is led by a leading institution, Gundersen Lutheran, in the La Crosse, Wisconsin region and is representative of other projects we see on the horizon for our business. When an institution like Gundersen Lutheran makes a commitment to clean energy and to lead the development of a community wind farm, it makes it so much easier to get a project financed and built. Yet again, this project is very representative of a new model for our small-to-medium sized wind farm business."



About Juhl Wind Inc.: Juhl Wind is an established leader in Community Based Wind Power development and management, focused on wind farm projects throughout the United States and Canada. Juhl Wind pioneered community-based wind farms, developing the currently accepted financial, operational and legal structure providing local ownership of medium-to-large scale wind farms. To date, the Company has completed 16 wind farm projects and provides operations management and oversight across the portfolio. Juhl Wind services every aspect of wind farm development from full development and ownership, general consultation, construction management and system operations and maintenance. With its acquisition of Next Generation Power Systems ("NextGen'), Juhl Wind now provides full sales and service to smaller, on-site wind and solar projects in addition to our larger Community Wind Farms. Juhl Wind is based in Woodstock, Minnesota and is traded on the OTCBB under the symbol JUHL.OB. Additional information is available at the Company's website at www.juhlwind.com or by calling 877-584-5946 (or 877-JUHLWIN).



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Investorideas.com - LOHAS and Environmental Stocks; Aquamer Acquires Urban Agricultural Corp. (OTCBB: AQUM) to Revolutionize Farming

Investorideas.com - LOHAS and Environmental Stocks; Aquamer Acquires Urban Agricultural Corp. (OTCBB: AQUM) to Revolutionize Farming



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RED BANK, N.J. - August 16, 2010 (Investorideas.com newswire) – Aquamer Medical Corp. ("Aquamer"; OTC Bulletin Board: AQUM) today announced the acquisition of Urban Agricultural Corp. ("Urban Ag"), a privately owned company. Under the terms of the agreement, Aquamer will acquire 100 percent of the common shares of Urban Ag in exchange for 60,000,002 shares of Aquamer common stock. This stock-for-stock exchange is intended to be a tax-free transaction.


Urban Ag currently holds an exclusive license for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has right of first refusal to purchase exclusive licenses for New Jersey, Pennsylvania and California from TerraSphere Systems, LLC ("TerraSphere") a leader in designing and building highly efficient systems for growing fruits and vegetables in controlled, indoor environments. With this acquisition, Aquamer intends to refocus its corporate energies and to rapidly expand Urban Ag's business of urban indoor farming, the environmentally friendly and sustainable urban production of healthy agricultural products under highly controlled, indoor conditions using advanced techniques and processes. Initial production by Urban Ag is expected to consist primarily of leafy vegetables and herbs. To reflect this new focus, Aquamer will seek shareholder approval to change its name to Aquamer Urban Agricultural Corp.


"We plan to locally produce, in urban areas, environmentally friendly and sustainably grown healthy fruits and vegetables on a year-round basis," commented Ed Reilly, CEO of Urban Ag. "TerraSphere has developed an advanced growth system that should allow us to produce these products year around, regardless of weather or environmental conditions, significantly benefiting local communities. Using these proprietary growth systems, we plan to produce fruits and vegetables that are free of herbicides and pesticides and that will have a substantially longer shelf life than agricultural products produced by traditional farming techniques."
Nick Brusatore, inventor and co-founder of TerraSphere Systems said, "Current economic, societal, political and regulatory trends have created strong demand for innovative agricultural solutions and presenting we believe a significant market opportunity for innovators such as TerraSphere and Urban Agricultural Corp. It is a pleasure to have Urban Agricultural Corp and their management teams become part of TerraSphere's plan to produce a trusted guaranteed supply of fresh fruits and vegetables year round."
Under the terms of the license for Massachusetts, Urban Ag is obligated to pay TerraSphere a non-refundable, non-creditable license fee of $1,000,000 over twelve months ($250,000 of which has been paid) and a mid-single digit royalty on sales of produce grown with the use of TerraSphere technology (with a specified minimum annual royalty of between $60,000 and $78,000 over the life of the license). The term of the license is for the greater of 15 years or the life of the TerraSphere patents. If Urban Ag expands its operations in Massachusetts beyond certain levels, additional license fees may become payable to TerraSphere.


Concurrent with the closing, Richard Falcone has resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Aquamer and is being replaced by Edwin A. Reilly who has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and Director. Michael J. Mahoney has been appointed as President and Director of Aquamer, and James A. Shanahan has been appointed its Chief Financial Officer. Marshall Sterman will remain Chairman of the Board.


About Urban Agricultural Corp.
To conduct its urban indoor farming business, Urban Ag will be utilizing TerraSphere's proprietary system of vertically stacked growing trays that precisely controls light, temperature, water and nutrition to grow fruits and vegetables indoors. These systems are automated, software driven and sensitive to environmental concerns.
Aquamer believes that the market for urban indoor farming is significant. It is estimated that by the year 2050 the world's population will increase by an additional three billion people to well over nine billion inhabitants, with as much as 70 percent of the world's population living in cities or urban areas by 2050, up from 49 percent today. Considering that only about 10 percent of the earth's land is arable, and that more than 80 percent of this agriculturally suitable land is already being exploited, it is projected that there will not be enough horizontal growing space to feed this substantially increasing population. For decades, humans have increasingly sought the economic and physical protection offered by urban centers, but our food production has primarily remained outside these locations where it is subject to the whims of the environment. Urban indoor farming offers the promise of feeding an increasingly hungry world in a highly productive and environmentally friendly manner.
Urban Ag's goal is to promote the sustainable consumption of natural resources through clean technologies, to demonstrate environmentally and socially responsible business practices and to provide good jobs to empower a diverse community-based workforce while at the same time creating shareholder value. Urban Ag's farming activities will offer consumers a healthy, local, sustainable, eco-friendly alternative to large-scale industrial farming, which is highly dependent upon the use of agricultural fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides that may be harmful to consumers and both the agricultural products themselves and also the environment in which they are grown. TerraSphere has provided data showing that its patented vertical farming technology reduces water consumption through a highly efficient closed loop design that requires up to 75 percent less water than conventional field agriculture watering practices. Using these techniques, Urban Ag expects to be able to over 50 pounds of product per square foot per year, utilizing a short growing cycle of approximately 42 days versus 50 days for average greenhouse production and as compared to up to 70 days for traditional farming methodologies.


Vertical farming offers a solution for increasing fruit, produce and herb production due to the high density production providing for a much reduced physical footprint and fewer resources relative to field agriculture. Vertical farming systems have the potential for increasing urban food supplies while decreasing the ecological impact of farming including a smaller carbon footprint due to the reduction in fuel required transporting product across the country. Urban Ag's system of pesticide and herbicide free production with closed loop systems that conserves water provides significant potential for the realization of environmentally sustainable urban food production.


About TerraSphere Systems, LLC
TerraSphere Systems, LLC designs and builds highly efficient systems for growing fruits and vegetables in a controlled, indoor environment. TerraSphere's revolutionary technology manages growing conditions to accelerate plant production and maximize crop yields using precise combinations of light, water, gases and nutrition to create ideal growing conditions for commercially desirable agricultural products in compact, automated facilities. The firm's goal is to promote the sustainable consumption of natural resources through clean technology and to embody environmentally and socially responsible business practices that produce good jobs and power a diverse, community-based workforce. For more information on TerraSphere Systems capitalize, LLC please visit www.TerraSphereSystems.com.



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Solar Stocks; Barclays Capital analyst Vishal Shah Raises Ratings on Trina Solar (NYSE:TSL), Renesola Ltd (.NYSE:SOL)

 Barclays Capital analyst Vishal Shah Raises Ratings on Trina Solar (NYSE:TSL), Renesola Ltd.( NYSE:SOL)

Solar Stocks Sector Close-Up August 18th, Barclays Capital analyst Vishal Shah Comments on Solar Stocks

August 18 , 2010 - ( Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire ) Investorideas.com a leading global investor and industry portal covering the green and renewable energy sector release a sector close-up on solar stock for trading August 18th following upgrades by Barclays Capital analyst Vishal Shah.

Analyst Comment by Vishal Shah at Barclays Capital

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Barclays Capital analyst Vishal Shah this morning raised his ratings on both ReneSola (SOL) and Trina Solar (TSL) to Overweight from Equal Weight, asserting that the Street is too bearish on expectations for the solar industry for 2011.

Barclays Capital analyst Vishal Shah this morning raised his ratings on both ReneSola (SOL) and Trina Solar (TSL) to Overweight from Equal Weight, asserting that the Street is too bearish on expectations for the solar industry for 2011. Shah says solar stocks appear to be discounting a scenario of flat industry shipments in 2011 along with a module ASP decline of over 15%. But he thinks industry volumes will actually grow at least 20%, with ASP declines in line with expectations. He sees demand for next year at 16 GW, well above the Street consensus at 13.7 GW

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Sector Snapshot – Sector Gains

HOMEBUILDER 2.1%

GOLD 1.6%

RETAIL 1.4%

SOLAR 1.4%

AGRICULTURE 1.3%

STEEL/IRON 1.3%

AIRLINE 1%

BANK 0.9%

SEMICONDUCTOR 0.9%

NETWORK 0.8%



18 Aug, 12:25pm ET (delayed)

Solar Stocks Sector Close-Up, Trading
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqGM: ASTI) trading at $ 2.35, up 0.04 (1.73%) 12:22PM EDT

Canadian Solar Inc. (NasdaqGM: CSIQ) trading at $ 11.79, up 0.14 (1.20%) 12:47PM EDT

First Solar, Inc. (NasdaqGS: FSLR) trading at $ 125.84, down 0.02 (0.02%) 12:51PM EDT

JA Solar (Nasdaq: JASO) trading at $ 5.87, down 0.02 (0.34%) 12:52PM EDT

JinkoSolar Holding Company Limi (NYSE:JKS) trading at $ 24.50, up 2.77 (12.75%) 12:53PM EDT

Renesola Ltd. Common Shares of (NYSE:SOL) trading at $ 8.38 0.38 (4.75%) 12:53PM EDT

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Lt (NasdaqGS: SOLF) trading at $ 10.86, up $ 0.09 (0.84%) 12:49PM EDT

SunPower Corporation (NasdaqGS: SPWRA) trading at $ 11.65, down 0.02 (0.17%) 12:54PM EDT

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd (NYSE:STP) trading at $ 9.06, up 0.07 (0.78%) 12:54PM EDT

Trina Solar Limited Sponsored A (NYSE:TSL) trading at $ 23.53 1.10 (4.90%) 12:56PM EDT

Yingli Green Energy (NYSE: YGE) trading at $ 11.38 0.48 (4.40%) 12:56PM EDT

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

The World’s Energy Portfolio Needs Rebalancing – NOW; Solar Stocks Commentary with J Peter Lynch

The World’s Energy Portfolio Needs Rebalancing – NOW; Solar Stocks Commentary with J Peter Lynch



Point Roberts, South Salem, New York- August 18, 2010 - Investorideas.com and its green investor portal, renewableenergystocks.com publish new energy market commentary from solar contributor, J. Peter Lynch .

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The World’s Energy Portfolio Needs Rebalancing – NOW!!!

J Peter Lynch

The U.S. has taken a shortsighted approach to “financing” our energy future for decades. We are rapidly depleting our energy capital of oil, gas and coal at greater rates each year, and giving very little thought to the long-term (20-50+ years) consequences.

The major difference between the financial world and the energy world is that our primary energy capital is NOT replaceable; fossil fuels are non-renewable by their nature. We are responsible for the future of this planet and must manage its “energy portfolio” by creating an “energy balance sheet”, with the proper mix of fossil fuels and renewable energy sources to allow for sustainable growth for generations to come.



In the long term there really is only one source of energy (that is viable now) that can adequately handle our future energy demands and that is the sun. Take a look at the link below and you will get a picture of why this is the case. NOTE: The renewable sources in the picture are ANNUAL amounts available, the demand is ANNUAL and the fossil fuel reserves are the TOTAL amount left (not an annual amount available). This is truly a picture that is worth far more than 10,000 words



http://www.asrc.cestm.albany.edu/perez/


We should not be using our limited energy capital for jobs and processes that can be completed by unlimited renewable assets.
For example: fossil fuels should NOT be utilized for applications, such as heating and lighting for homes or commercial buildings.



Does it seem logical to burn something at thousands of degrees to heat your homes hot water? This task can be efficiently accomplished with a simple solar panel that heats water to 160 degrees, pays back in three to four years, continues to pay you “free money” for the next 20+ years and has zero emissions, as an additional benefit.



Does it seem logical to use incandescent light bulbs that are terribly inefficient at producing light (5%) and great at generating unnecessary heat, instead of LED lights that are much better at producing light and hardly create any heat?



The main macro problems, as I see it are a lack of leadership, especially from those in Congress, and lack of widespread dissemination of knowledge to the public – people cannot make informed decisions without more detailed and accurate information.



1. Lack of Leadership: America has failed to assume its leadership position – to organize and lead the world in solving this problem.



The world cannot address a problem of this magnitude without cooperation from the United States. We are the world’s richest country and consume nearly 25% of the energy on Earth, while only having approximately 4% of the world’s population. What we need is a Long Term Energy Plan, and in the short term, a “Marshall Plan” (the U.S post World War II economic plan to reconstruct Europe) for energy. The current U.S. administration, although far better than the previous, has made some minor progress in the right direction. But they have been constantly hamstrung by a dysfunctional, borderline incompetent Congress whose goal appears to be to make compromises that can only result in failure. Our leaders must unite (or resign), stop taking money from the special interests and put the welfare of the country first and tell the American people the true magnitude of the problem at hand.



As one of the great men of the 20th century and one of our most distinguished Presidents once said:



“We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources and we have just reason to be proud of our growth. But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil, and the gas are exhausted, when the soils shall have still further impoverished and washed into the streams, polluting the rivers, denuding the fields, and obstructing navigation…The minerals do not renew themselves. Therefore in dealing with the coal, the oil, the iron, metals generally, all that we can do is try to see that they are wisely used. The exhaustion is certain to come in time”. - Theodore Roosevelt



If Theodore Roosevelt saw the writing on the wall in 1907, why is it so difficult for the current Congress to see it now? In light of the recent situation in the Gulf of Mexico, it seems impossible to miss the ramifications of our current course of action. If we cannot see the dimensions of this issue now, when will we be able to? America must start to think proactively and NOT reactively, as we have for the past 40 years. To not adequately prepare for an inevitable situation of this magnitude such as energy is a colossal failure of leadership of historic proportions.



2. Lack of widespread accurate information: I truly believe that people will do the right thing if they are apprised of the facts and TRUE costs of ALL the alternative actions. However, the American public are not getting nearly enough information on this crisis and the media in general puts little, if any, serious focus on this subject.



Most articles I have recently read seem to indicate that the top concerns of the American people are:



• Economy

• Jobs

• Terrorism



I agree that this is a fairly accurate picture of what Americans are concerned about. However, before a solution to a problem can be applied, it is important to understand the “true cause” of the problem. The true underlying cause of all three of these problems is the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. As a result, this dependence is really our number one problem.



1. The Economy – The economy is currently growing at a very slow rate, with the actual growth probably resulting from recent government spending. However this is NOT a long term solution, real growth must come from the private sector, not the government. If you want to cause a much LARGER problem in our economy all you’d have to do is limit or cut off our oil supply. Our economy literally runs on oil. Almost everything in our economy is dependent on fossil fuels and oil is now more limited, much less secure and the margin of error today is razor thin. This is a historically dangerous position for our country and it is a major threat to our national security, possibly the greatest threat we have very faced.



If you have the interest and the time here is a study that was recently finished (2-2010) by the Kuwait Petroleum Institute what will clear point out how “razor thin” the actual margins currently are. This is the most complete and technically accurate study I have ever seen and it is very sobering indeed.



http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ef901240p


2. Jobs – Jobs are directly related to how much our economy grows. It is tough to properly allocate scarce resources when we are:



 Spending hundreds of billions of dollars each year importing oil

 Spending additional huge annual sums protecting the foreign oil infrastructure and transportation routes with our military forces; and

 Fighting two wars simultaneously while literally funding the enemy with our oil purchases.



3. Terrorism - Terrorism is rooted in the Middle East, where most of the oil is located. We are there because of oil; we spend hundreds of billions per year “protecting” our oil supply and have been executing this massive cash drain for decades. There is nothing logical or rational about these actions. They are the actions of an addict who only wants one thing, to get his fix. In our case – OIL.



All of this is the result of the U.S. failing to properly balance our worldwide energy portfolio and not understanding how to properly structure our energy balance sheet. We are presently trapped in an upward price spiral which cannot cease unless the basic laws of supply and demand change (unlikely) or we shift our strategy and thinking to one of energy capital preservation, rational energy utilization and developing renewable assets. We must learn how to shift from nonrenewable resources to assets like solar, wind, geothermal, biomass etc. We all have to recognize the fact that there are major problems in the energy area and we must move to solve them now.



“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them”. -Albert Einstein



Our thinking in the U.S. is to use as much as we want, based upon the false premise that there will always be enough or we will just find more. There has not been a major oil discovery in 30 years, we are using far more oil than we are discovering and prices have fluctuated from below $10 to just about $150; the “market will take care of it” idea simply doesn’t work. There is little serious thought given to conservation or the welfare of future generations. This is precisely the thinking that got us here and will certainly not be the thinking that will get us out.



As long as we insist on being dependent on non-renewable energy sources and refuse to recognize the true cost of fossil fuels we will continue to face price increase after price increase.



We must take immediate steps to preserve our energy capital and rapidly expand and develop our energy assets from renewable sources such as solar energy, wind and biomass. This transition will take decades and the longer we wait the more severe the penalty we’ll pay.



“To each generation comes its allotted task; and no generation is to be excused to perform that task.” -Theodore Roosevelt



We must change the current path we are on, take responsibility for our situation and move to a financially stable and environmentally sustainable path, or suffer the consequences of our shortsighted and financially irresponsible actions. It is “our” problem, we caused it and we need to fix it now.



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J. Peter Lynch has worked, for 33 years as a Wall Street analyst, an independent equity analyst and private investor, and a merchant banker in small emerging technology companies. He has been actively involved in following developments in the renewable energy sector since 1977and is regarded as an expert in this area. He is currently a financial and technology consultant to a number of companies. He can be reached via e-mail at Solarjpl@aol.com or at his site for the promotion of solar energy www.sunseries.net.



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Friday, August 13, 2010

Solar Stocks Sector Close-Up August 13th, Sector Sees Gains

Solar Stocks Sector Close-Up August 13th, Sector Sees Gains

August 13 , 2010 - ( Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire ) Investorideas.com a leading global investor and industry portal covering the green and renewable energy sector release a sector close-up on solar stock for trading August 13th. Solar stocks have had mixed trading this week, with today’s trading seeing gains in most of the leaders. Several Chinese solar stocks gained this week following an upgrade on JA Solar.


Solar Stocks Sector Close-Up, Trading

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqGM: ASTI) trading at $2.30, up $ 0.02 (0.88%) 11:50AM EDT

Canadian Solar Inc. (NasdaqGM: CSIQ) trading at $ 11.79, up $ 0.20 (1.73%) 12:07PM EDT

First Solar, Inc. (NasdaqGS: FSLR) trading at $ 125.67, up $1.02 (0.82%) 12:09PM EDT

JA Solar (Nasdaq: JASO) trading at $ 5.80, down 0.06 (1.02%) 12:13PM EDT

JinkoSolar Holding Company Limi (NYSE:JKS) trading at $ 19.37, up $ 0.28 (1.49%)

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Lt (NasdaqGS: SOLF) trading at $10.5, up $ 0.15 (1.45%) 12:21PM EDT

SunPower Corporation (NasdaqGS: SPWRA) trading at 12.28, down 0.11 (0.89%) 12:12PM EDT

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd (NYSE:STP) trading at $ 8.90, up $ 0.19 (2.18%) 12:14PM EDT

Yingli Green Energy (NYSE: YGE) trading at $ 10.65, down 0.04 (0.37%) 12:16PM EDT

XsunX Inc: (OTCBB: XSNX) trading at $0.091-0.105



Sector Snapshot – Sector Gains

HOMEBUILDER 1.2%

UTILITY 0.9%

SOLAR 0.8%

BANK 0.7%

REIT RESIDTL 0.6%

OIL DRILLER 0.5%

INSURANCE 0.4%

SHIPPING 0.2%

STEEL/IRON 0.2%

SEMICONDUCTOR 0.1%

13 Aug, 11:25am ET(delayed)



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Water Stocks Update; CFA Commentary on Wescorp Energy Inc (OTCBB: WSCE); Clean Water Solutions

Water Stocks Update; CFA Commentary on Wescorp Energy Inc (OTCBB: WSCE); Clean Water Solutions

Wescorp Energy Inc (OTCBB: WSCE) H20maxx Remediation Technology for Deployment in Gulf Clean Up


August 13, 2010 (Investorideas.com water stocks newswire) Investorideas.com and its water investor portal, www.water-stocks.com announce CFA commentary on Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE), a clean water solutions company. Lisa Springer, CFA, is an equity research analyst and financial writer.

Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE Preps H20maxx Remediation Technology For Deployment in Gulf Spill Clean Up

Lisa Springer, CFA

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By any measure, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill is an environmental disaster of epic proportions. Experts estimate between 86 million and 168 million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion of this deepwater drilling rig on April 20th. BP initially pegged the leak at around 1,000 barrels (42,000 gallons) of oil per day, but later revised these numbers upward dramatically. According to the Boston Globe, current estimates are that more than one million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf each day, Oil has washed up on the shores of all five Gulf States, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and Texas. BP has set aside $20 billion in a clean up fund and contracted with thousands of vessels and over 20,000 workers to handle the cleanup effort.



Despite this massive response, recovery efforts have only been minimally successful. BP reported in early July that 26.5 million barrels of oil have been recovered, but this represents less than one-third of the total spill. New technologies and equipment are urgently needed to accelerate the pace of the clean up and recovery.

Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE), a clean water solutions company, owns a proprietary oil/seawater separation technology called H20Maxx and is ready to deploy in the Gulf clean up. This technology has been proven effective, economic and friendly to the environment. H20maxx uses a nano/micro-bubble aeration process to separate oil from seawater to less than 29 parts per million, exceeding EPA standards. No chemicals are used in the process, which is environmentally friendly. H20maxx can process large volumes of oil contaminated seawater rapidly and would allow the cleaned seawater to be immediately discharged back into the sea. The equipment is compact, highly portable and not motion sensitive so H20maxx units can be operated effectively from the moving deck of a ship or offshore production platform.



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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Investorideas.com - OTC Volume Leader Green Energy Stocks News; OTCVolumeLeaders.com; Most Active ($5.00-$10.00): (OTCBB: FTFL), (OTCBB: NEWN), (OTCBB: CARE), (OTCBB: PMUG)

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Point Roberts, WA (Investorideas.com Newswire) August 12, 2010 - OTC VOLUME LEADERS reports on the most active trading stocks on the OTCBB. OTC Volume leaders ($5.00-$10.00) include FutureFuel Corp. (OTCBB: FTFL), New Energy Systems Group (OTCBB: NEWN), CARTER BANK&TRUST (OTCBB: CARE), and Primus Telecommunications Group Inc (OTCBB: PMUG).


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S&P 500 1,082.03 -7.44 -0.68% 10 Yr
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Gold 1,214.80 +17.30 +1.44%



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Green IPO Watch at Renewableenergystocks.com ; CNSX Listing of renewable energy company, Enertopia Corp, (TOP)

Green IPO Watch at Renewableenergystocks.com ; CNSX Listing of renewable energy company, Enertopia Corp, (TOP)


August 12 ,2010 -( Green IPO news at Investorideas.com ) www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading investor news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within www.Investorideas.com, reports on the recent listing of Enertopia Corp, a renewable energy company that is pursuing business opportunities in several cleantech sectors, including: Solar PV (Photovoltaic), Solar Thermal (Hot Water), Energy Retrofits and Recovery, Solar powered Filtered Drinking Water.

Recent Green CNSX: New Listing-Enertopia Corp. (TOP)
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The common shares of Enertopia Corp. have been approved for listing on CNSX. The Company has 15,710,240 shares outstanding with a public float of approximately 7.7 million shares.



Enertopia is a renewable energy company that is pursuing business opportunities in several cleantech sectors, including: Solar PV (Photovoltaic), Solar Thermal (Hot Water), Energy Retrofits and Recovery, Solar powered Filtered Drinking Water. The Company has an 8.25% equity investment in Pro Eco Energy USA Ltd., a clean technology energy company involved in designing, developing and installing solar energy solutions for commercial and residential customers.


Listing and disclosure documents for Enertopia Corp. will be available in the CNSX Listings Disclosure Hall.

Trading Date: Friday, August 13, 2010

Symbol: TOP

CUSIP: 29277Q 10 7

ISIN: US 29277Q 10 7 6

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Sector Snapshot; Sector Research for Investors - Agriculture, Gold, Solar and Biotech Lead

Sector Snapshot; Sector Research for Investors - Agriculture, Gold, Solar and Biotech Lead




August 12, 2010 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) Investor Ideas global investor research portal covering leading sectors, focusing on environment and water release a
Sector snapshot for trading August 12th.

Sector Snapshot as of 12 Aug, 11:25am ET (delayed)

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AGRICULTURE 2.2%

GOLD 1.9%

AIRLINE 1.8%

INTERNET 0.4%

HEALTHCARE 0.2%

SOLAR 0.2%

BIOTECH 0.1%



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CFA Commentary on Solar Stock XsunX (OTCBB: XSNX); Hybrid Manufacturing Solution May Lower Solar Costs

CFA Commentary on Solar Stock XsunX (OTCBB: XSNX); Hybrid Manufacturing Solution May Lower Solar Costs


August 12, 2010 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) Investorideas.com and its renewable energy investor portal, www.renewableenergystocks.com, release CFA commentary on XsunX, Inc. (OTCBB: XSNX), a solar stock developing CIGSolar™ Technology. Lisa Springer, CFA, is an Equity research analyst and financial writer.

CFA Commentary on Solar Stock XsunX (OTCBB: XSNX) Hybrid Manufacturing Solution May Lower Solar Costs

Stocks in this article include: XsunX (OTCBB: XSNX), Intevac (NASDAQ:IVAC), Sunpower (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB), Chevron Energy (NYSE: CVX)

Lisa Springer, CFA
Equity research analyst and financial writer



The US solar module market grew 36% in 2009, according to market research firm Solarbuzz, fueled by lower cost photovoltaic (PV) cell modules, government incentives and increased use of solar energy by the utilities sector. Solar energy incentives at the state level supported approximately 30% of PV installations, but experts expect federal government incentives to be the primary driver of demand over the next two years. Solarbuzz forecasts 10-fold growth in the solar market growth by 2015, which is equivalent to 30% annual growth.

Market leaders in solar installations include Sunpower (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB), Chevron Energy (NYSE: CVX) and SPG Solar. In addition, REC Solar and Solar City are big beneficiaries of rising residential demand.

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About XsunX, Inc. - Solar Products for Life on Earth

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Water Stocks Update; Wescorp (OTCBB: WSCE) Preps H20maxx Remediation Technology for Deployment in Gulf Spill Clean Up

Water Stocks Update; Wescorp (OTCBB: WSCE) Preps H20maxx Remediation Technology for Deployment in Gulf Spill Clean Up




August 12, 2010 (Investorideas.com water stocks newswire) Investorideas.com and its green and water investor portals release commentary on Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE), a clean water solutions company, by Lisa Springer, CFA, Equity research analyst and financial writer.

Wescorp Preps H20maxx Remediation Technology For Deployment in Gulf Spill Clean Up

Lisa Springer, CFA
Equity research analyst and financial writer

By any measure, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill is an environmental disaster of epic proportions. Experts estimate between 86 million and 168 million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion of this deepwater drilling rig on April 20th. BP initially pegged the leak at around 1,000 barrels (42,000 gallons) of oil per day, but later revised these numbers upward dramatically. According to the Boston Globe, current estimates are that more than one million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf each day, Oil has washed up on the shores of all five Gulf States, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and Texas. BP has set aside $20 billion in a clean up fund and contracted with thousands of vessels and over 20,000 workers to handle the cleanup effort.



Despite this massive response, recovery efforts have only been minimally successful. BP reported in early July that 26.5 million barrels of oil have been recovered, but this represents less than one-third of the total spill. New technologies and equipment are urgently needed to accelerate the pace of the clean up and recovery.

Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE), a clean water solutions company, owns a proprietary oil/seawater separation technology called H20Maxx and is ready to deploy in the Gulf clean up. This technology has been proven effective, economic and friendly to the environment. H20maxx uses a nano/micro-bubble aeration process to separate oil from seawater to less than 29 parts per million, exceeding EPA standards. No chemicals are used in the process, which is environmentally friendly. H20maxx can process large volumes of oil contaminated seawater rapidly and would allow the cleaned seawater to be immediately discharged back into the sea. The equipment is compact, highly portable and not motion sensitive so H20maxx units can be operated effectively from the moving deck of a ship or offshore production platform.

H20maxx Is Already Deployed in Canadian Oilfields

Many of the technologies proposed for the Gulf clean up are untested, but this is not the case with H20maxx, which has already proven its value in Western Canadian oilfields. Cancen Oil Canada Corporation, a leading provider of oilfield waste management services, has been using an H20maxx unit to process oilfield waste streams collected from various producers since mid-May. The unit is capable of processing 2,000 barrels of oilfield waste water per day.



Cancen, Wescorp’s partner for commercializing H20maxx technology, plans to deploy additional remediation units at its processing facilities as it expands its footprint. The joint venture partners also plan to build and deploy mobile units to provide on-site remediation for Cancen clients.

New Large Capacity Remediation Unit Planned

Wescorp is in active discussions with contractors and government agencies involved in the Gulf clean-up to identify the right opportunity for H20maxx technology. In response to their feedback, the Company began constructing a new, larger capacity water remediation unit capable of processing up to 10,000 barrels of contaminated water per day. Wescorp expects to take delivery of the larger unit in September, which may be deployed in the Gulf region for on-site demonstration and testing.



The large capacity unit is highly mobile and can be moved from site to site for technology demonstrations and deployment in short-term commercial operations. It comes equipped with its own storage, separation and containment tanks and micro-aeration generators and is fully automated, thus requiring minimal human supervision. In addition, Wescorp has designed a large, skid-mounted H20maxx unit capable of processing up to 65,000 barrels (2.8 million gallons) of contaminated seawater per day. This unit has been designed to operate on land or on sea and will be marketed to marine and emergency response customers.

Technology Treats Oilfield “Produced” Water

Wescorp originally developed H20maxx technology for oilfield applications in the remediation of “produced” water, which is contaminated water left over from drilling operations. This water is tainted with hydrocarbons, sand, drill cuttings and salt and must be cleaned of residual oil and other pollutants. Oil and gas companies dispose of approximately 250 million barrels of produced water each day and pay as much as $12 per barrel for its treatment and disposal. H20maxx removes more hydrocarbons than other treatment methods, which can leave behind as much as 5,000 to 30,000 parts per million of hydrocarbons. In comparison, H20maxx reduces hydrocarbon content of treated water to less than ten parts per million. By using H20Maxx, oil companies can reduce their disposal costs since the treated water is cleaner. In addition, they can recover and sell higher quantities of residual oil. Another benefit of H20maxx technology is that oil companies are able to recycle treated water in their drilling operations, thus reducing fresh water consumption.

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Hybrid Manufacturing Solution May Lower Solar Costs

Solar Stocks Commentary; Developments at XsunX (OTCBB: XSNX), Sunpower (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB), Chevron Energy (NYSE: CVX)


Hybrid Manufacturing Solution May Lower Solar Costs

August 11, 2010 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) Investorideas.com and its green investor portals release commentary on solar trends from Lisa Springer, CFA, Equity research analyst and financial writer. Featured within the report is solar stock, XsunX, Inc. (OTCBB: XSNX), a solar company developing CIGSolar™ Technology.

Hybrid Manufacturing Solution May Lower Solar Costs

Public Companies within this article include: XsunX (OTCBB: XSNX), Intevac (NASDAQ:IVAC), Sunpower (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB), Chevron Energy (NYSE: CVX)

Lisa Springer, CFA

Equity research analyst and financial writer



The US solar module market grew 36% in 2009, according to market research firm Solarbuzz, fueled by lower cost photovoltaic (PV) cell modules, government incentives and increased use of solar energy by the utilities sector. Solar energy incentives at the state level supported approximately 30% of PV installations, but experts expect federal government incentives to be the primary driver of demand over the next two years. Solarbuzz forecasts 10-fold growth in the solar market growth by 2015, which is equivalent to 30% annual growth.

Market leaders in solar installations include Sunpower (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB), Chevron Energy (NYSE: CVX) and SPG Solar. In addition, REC Solar and Solar City are big beneficiaries of rising residential demand.

The main obstacle to wider-scale adoption of solar energy is cost. While sunlight is free, solar panels are expensive and not especially efficient. Regionally-based coal and natural gas utilities produce electricity, deliver it to customers and require little or no infrastructure investment from the customer, but solar requires large up-front investments from the user. Even with declining costs and financing that allows installations costs to be amortized over many years, solar power costs can be nearly twice coal or natural gas costs in certain areas. Depending on location and the type of solar technology used, a kilowatt hour of solar electricity can cost more than 20 cents, far more than electricity from coal or natural gas, which costs between 2 and 10 cents a kilowatt-hour, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The silver lining for solar, however, is that per kilowatt hour costs are calculated by dividing the amount of power produced over a multi-year period into the cost of the solar system. This means that at some point the original cost of the system is fully amortized and future operating costs are minimal, while coal and natural gas continue to consume valuable resources at ever increasing costs.

Solar panels are expensive because of high silicon, assembly materials, and labor costs. Manufacturers compete with the semiconductor industry for silicon supplies and the result has been periodic silicon shortages and volatile prices. To reduce manufacturing costs, solar companies are investing in alternative technologies and assembly methods such as thin films that require less silicon and can be produced on highly automated assembly lines. Thin film is a process where material is coated onto a substrate via a plasma field or some form of vapor deposition. A much smaller amount of material is used to achieve the required solar absorber thickness. As a result, thin film cells are just a few micrometers thick, unlike conventional silicon cells, which exceed 100 micrometers in thickness. However, a drawback of most thin film devices is lower electrical power production efficiencies than silicon. This is because red and near-infrared photons don't stay trapped inside some thin film absorbers long enough to be fully absorbed.

One thin film technology called CIGS-(Copper, Indium, Gallium, and Selenium) has the potential to reduce solar cell manufacturing costs significantly and improve production yields. CIGS has several characteristics that make it a valuable PV material. It is highly absorbent, capturing 99% of sunlight energy in the first micrometer of the solar device, thus enabling even thinner films. In addition, CIGS retains its performance characteristics and degrades more slowly than other thin films over the 20 to 30 year life span of installed solar systems, is amendable to automated production and potentially offers much higher conversion efficiencies. CIGS holds the world record for thin film energy conversion at nearly 20%, making it a top contender to replace more costly silicon.

Investors are making big bets on CIGS solar cell manufacturing and companies such as MiaSole, Global Solar, NanoSolar, Solyndra and others have received significant funding. Solar Frontier, which is part of Showa Shell, is building a 900 megawatt factory in Japan, Stion just raised $70 million to expand manufacturing capacity and Solyndra is using a $535 million federal loan to build a factory.

Solar companies are investing tens of millions of dollars in the development of manufacturing technologies and related equipment, and will likely wait several years to realize a return on investment. Solar technology company XsunX (OTCBB: XSNX) is taking a different approach. Instead of building infrastructure, XsunX is working on an innovative CIGS manufacturing solution (CIGSolar™), which combines reliable manufacturing techniques from the hard disc (HD) industry with small area co-evaporation deposition processes that produce high efficiency CIGS thin films. XsunX believes its hybrid technology may improve manufacturing output, boost cell efficiency and production yields, and reduce overall costs significantly. This would allow CIGS produced electricity to compete more favorably with conventional coal and natural gas produced electricity.



The Company is working with Intevac (NASDAQ:IVAC), a world leader in HD manufacturing equipment, under a joint business development agreement to develop its equipment and processes. XsunX plans to license its technology through joint ventures with larger companies and generate revenues from licensing fees and manufacturing royalties. With this approach, XsunX capitalizes on growth in the solar market while minimizing investment in infrastructure and accelerating its path to profitability.

XsunX began full scale development efforts last year and completed a fully functional CIGS thin film solar device in early 2010. The Company is working to complete its hybrid manufacturing approach and recently applied for a grant from the Department of Energy, which is helping to fund breakthrough products or processes in the PV industry.

IBIS Associates, a technology consulting firm hired to assess the potential of XsunX’s CIGSolar™ technology, estimates solar module manufacturers who currently use multi-crystalline solar cells in their products could reduce costs by more than $646 million over the next five years by replacing a portion of the silicon solar cells used with products based on CIGSolar™ technology.

At present, the Company is assembling co-evaporation chambers that will allow it to develop full-size CIGS cells and proof the interoperability of the Company’s hybrid approach. The Company’s work plan was temporarily delayed by an industry-wide component shortage, but XsunX received the necessary parts in mid-July and is on track to complete assembly and begin calibration of a system for full-sized CIGS cells in the next few weeks. In the second half of 2010, XsunX plans to complete the design of its production equipment, lay the groundwork for JV manufacturing partnerships, build and install a pilot line and develop relationships with other recognized third parties who can validate the benefits of its technology.

Lisa Springer, CFA

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About XsunX, Inc. - Solar Products for Life on Earth

XsunX, Inc. (OTCBB:XSNX) is working to provide a clean and capital efficient solution for the mass production of the highest efficiency, lowest cost CIGS thin-film solar cells using our new CIGSolar™ technology.

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