Alternative Energy

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are, as of now, set to square off in a fierce rematch of the 2020 election. As betting markets show Trump having a substantial advantage over Biden, how would solar stocks far under a second Trump term? Benzinga’s readers weighed in....

AT A GLANCE Solar energy is becoming more competitive as prices have fallen 80% over the past decade Natural gas prices in Europe and Asia remain high ahead of the winter heating season While European and Asian natural gas prices have fallen significantly from their recent peak, they remain at...

Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ: PLUG) was consolidating 4% lower on Tuesday after surging higher on Monday in tandem with a number of other clean energy stocks such as FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ: FCEL) and Sunrun Inc (NASDAQ: RUN). The worsening humanitarian crisis in Ukraine may force...

FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) shares are trading higher Monday alongside other clean energy stocks, possibly after energy shortages are causing more demand for alternative energy. The stock also looks to have broken out a technical pattern. FuelCell was up 15.90% at $8.57 at last check...

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) seems to be witnessing improving demand and pricing power for its thin-film panels, according to Susquehanna Financial Group. The First Solar Analyst: Biju Perincheril upgraded the rating for First Solar from Neutral to Positive, while raising the price target from...

 Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) subsidiary Chevron U.S.A. Inc., and Cummins Inc., (NYSE: CMI) announced a memorandum of understanding to explore a strategic alliance to develop commercially viable business opportunities in hydrogen and other alternative energy...

Investors who have owned stocks in the past year have generally experienced some big gains. But there is no question some big-name stocks performed better than others along the way. FuelCell’s Big Run: One company that has been a rollercoaster investment in the past year has been alternative...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. When observing wave energy’s past, it could reasonably be argued that there have been three generations of modern development in...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Engineers and scientists have been working on harnessing the power of ocean waves for hundreds of years. Yet, no commercial wave energy...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. In 2019, wind and solar energy contributed over 10% of U.S. power and has shown a strong average annual growth of 11.6% YOY. However, if...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. In the early 1970s, various types of wave energy converters were proposed as concerns surrounding the 1973 oil crisis began to rise. Since...

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 600,000 U.S. clean energy workers have lost their jobs, according to Environmental Entrepreneurships and other renewable energy associates. In April alone, 447,208 new workers filed unemployment claims which have tripled the claims that were...

Lately, there have been some big decisions in the circle of traditional fossil fuel producers, all related to their long-term plans and investment direction switch to renewable energy. And it may be said that those are some significant amounts of capital. The final plan is a carbon-free future. In...

Companies directly connected to alternative energy sources had some great results lately, stock wise, and reached some of their highest values. Tesla Inc's (NASDAQ: TSLA) share price rose more than 100% only since the beginning of the year, breaking the barrier of $900 on February 19th. Next to...

Last year was a great time to be involved with alternative energy equities and the related exchange traded funds. While plenty of diversified funds in the space rallied in considerable fashion, solar was particularly strong as highlighted by an annual gain of almost 67% for the Invesco Solar ETF (...