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The economy’s transition to cleaner and more secure sources of energy is inevitable, but its speed will depend on technology, policy and capital. EBOOM CAPITAL focuses on companies whose practical and commercial alteratives to fossil fuels and energy waste are generating - or have good prospects to generate - revenues and profits.

Columnist Terry McDonald (tmcdonald@energyboom.com) is a veteran financial journalist.

He is a former reporter, city editor and business editor for three daily newspapers, and a senior editor for a national financial newspaper. He has covered management strategies and investment prospects of companies in several sectors, including energy, mining, forest products, agriculture, and financial markets.

Terry has also been an in-house investor relations executive for a publicly traded oil and gas company and a software development company, as well as an external consultant helping companies articulate their business progress and prospects to shareholders and the investment community.

Efficiency, Finance, Policy

E•BOOM CAPITAL: Eaga Hit by UK Government Cutbacks in Energy Efficiency Incentives

By Terry McDonald on January 31, 2011

If you are a business or municipality wanting to cut operating costs by improving the energy efficiency of your operations, who you gonna call? There are a gazillion products and technologies that will do this or that, but it would take a lifetime to assess all the possibilities.

If you are in the United Kingdom, you are likely to call Eaga plc (LON: EAGA.L), the energy efficiency solutions company whose 11.23 percent share price increase led the EnergyBoom Clean 100 Index (E•B Clean 100) last week.

Policy

E•BOOM CAPITAL: FERC Order 1000 Debate Continues

By Terry McDonald on September 29, 2011

A member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reiterated Tuesday that FERC’s Order 1000, which becomes effective October 10, 2011 in the face of considerable opposition from certain elements of the electricity utilities sector, will give regional grid operators the means to improve system reliability and will also stimulate much needed investment in transmission lines.

Biofuels, Finance

E•BOOM CAPITAL: KIOR to Raise $172.5 million in IPO

By Terry McDonald on June 24, 2011

KIOR, Inc., the Pasadena, Texas-based cellulosic fuels company that filed its IPO prospectus in April 2011, said Thursday it has priced its offering at $15 per share and will offer 10 million shares to the public and another 1.5 million shares to its underwriters as over-allotment options -- bringing the total proceeds to $172.5 million.

Emerging, Finance

E•BOOM CAPITAL: Siemens Gas Turbines to Power PacifiCorp’s Utah 637 MW Plant

By Terry McDonald on June 23, 2011

Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) said this week its U.S. division Siemens Energy will supply power equipment and long-term service to PacifiCorp’s proposed 637-megawatt (MW) Lake Side 2 combined-cycle gas-fired power plant at Vineyard, Utah, 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Finance, Wind

E•BOOM CAPITAL: Hawaii PUC Approves Sempra-Maui Electric PPA

By Terry McDonald on June 17, 2011

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission said June 15 it had approved a 20-year contract for Maui Electric Company to purchase 21 megawatts (MW) of wind power from Sempra Generation’s Auwahi Wind project on the Ulupalakua Ranch in southeastern Maui. The approval also included a determination that Maui Electric could build an above-ground transmission connection to its main local grid line.

Emerging, Finance

E•BOOM CAPITAL: Fortis Announces $700 Million Central Vermont Acquisition and C$345 Million Share Offering

By Terry McDonald on May 31, 2011

Fortis Inc. (TSE: FTS.TO), the largest investor-owned distribution utility in Canada, said Monday it was acquiring Central Vermont Public Service Corp. (NYSE: CV), the largest electricity utility in Vermont, for approximately $700 million. Fortis also announced a Canadian common share offering of C$300.3 million (May 31 exchange rate U.S.$1.00 = C$0.97) that would also raise an additional C$45 million if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full.

Finance, Transportation

EBOOM CAPITAL: Disappointing Financials Overshadow A123’s Chinese EV Deal

By Terry McDonald on November 10, 2010

A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) shares were down 10 percent in early trading today after reporting disappointing Q3 (ended September 30, 2010) financial results at the market close Tuesday. The quarterly financial results overshadowed the company’s announcement from earlier Tuesday that it will supply lithium-ion cells to SAIC Motor Corp., China’s largest domestic automaker, for use in an electric vehicle.

Finance, Wind

Investors Continue Selloff of Turbine Manufacturer Nordex

By Terry McDonald on November 16, 2010

Shares of Nordex AG (Frankfurt: NDX1.F) , the German-based wind turbine manufacturer and wind farm developer, are in their third day of decline after the company announced disappointing Q3 2010 financial results and reduced its revenue guidance for the 2010 fiscal year.

Efficiency, Finance

EBOOM CAPITAL: Efficiency Companies Gain in Volatile Week

By Terry McDonald on November 22, 2010

EnergyBoom’s E•B Efficiency subindex gain of 3.1 percent last week was the best performance among the EnergyBoom clean sector indices. It also beat the leading green ETFs and all broad market indices.

Finance, Wind

E•BOOM CAPITAL: E•B Wind Led Broad Markets and Green ETFs This Week

By Terry McDonald on December 18, 2010

The EnergyBoom Wind Subindex (E•B Wind) increased 2.27 percent this week to beat the broad market indices and other green sector indices, including First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF (FAN) (+1.09 percent) and NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Global Wind (^QWND) (+0.65 percent).

E•B Wind was led by Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica, S.A. (OTC: GCTAY.PK) which increased 7.75 percent (-52 percent year to date) and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (OTC: VWDRY.PK) which increased 7.04 percent (-47 percent YTD) .

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