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Investing Topics: Renewable energy

Utilities Will Beat Inflation in 2022

By Roger S. Conrad on Jan. 18, 2022
With inflation again on the move, it’s fair to ask how vulnerable the Utilities sector is to another 70s-style meltdown.

The Hydrogen Economy: Reality and Hype

By Roger S. Conrad on Dec. 18, 2021
It’s been more than four decades since the Hindenburg disaster slammed the brakes on the era of hydrogen-fueled dirigibles. But nature’s lightest element continues to capture the world’s imagination as a clean, plentiful and potentially cheap energy source.

S&P Global Clean Energy Index: Making the Case for Picking Your Own Stocks

By Roger S. Conrad on Oct. 23, 2021
Is it possible to invest effectively in renewable energy without the stocks of world’s two largest producers of wind and solar? Standard & Poor’s apparently wants us to find out.

Energy Transition and Cycle: Huge Winners from Dissonance

By Roger S. Conrad on Oct. 20, 2021
This morning, America’s leading wind and solar power producer NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) announced outstanding Q3 results. This first major renewable energy producer to report gives solid confirmation that the global energy transition is alive and well, no matter what happens at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference.

Renewable Energy Yieldcos: Expecting IPOs

By Roger S. Conrad on Apr. 19, 2021

Yieldcos made their debut in the middle of the previous decade, as renewable energy’s answer to master limited partnerships but waned in popularity as MLPs collapsed, and the Trump administration instituted policies unfriendly to renewable energy. But there are two very good reasons to expect an eventual return of yieldco IPOs.

Renewable Energy Reboots: What to Buy

By Roger S. Conrad on Mar. 14, 2021

Our advice to heed the lessons of Robinhood.com has already proven timely: Build capital gains on solid business fundamentals, cash out of high-flyers and invest in successful adopters of wind and solar.

Why I Bought More Dominion Energy

By Roger S. Conrad on Feb. 15, 2021

Dominion will be an early beneficiary of Biden Administration energy policies regarding permitting for offshore wind facilities.

Renewable Energy: Lessons from Robin Hood.com

By Roger S. Conrad on Feb. 11, 2021

Writing under the famous pen name Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens coined the phrase “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”

I’m not the first to apply that bit of country wisdom to investing. But it’s always worth revisiting in the aftermath of extraordinary market events.

These Offshore Wind Stocks are Still Cheap

By Roger S. Conrad on Jan. 26, 2021

Renewable energy stocks were popular well before the recent US elections. Since then they’ve really blasted off, but one group of renewable energy stocks have yet to feel the love.

Algonquin Power: An Up and Coming NextEra at a Better Price

By Roger S. Conrad on Dec. 15, 2020

Strong regulated utilities combined with long-term contracted renewable energy generation: That’s the NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) business model. And not only does the formula work well, it’s become quite popular with investors.

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