NRG Energy

How NRG Energy Wants to Revive Nuclear Industry (NRG)

Climateer Investing (Free subscription) | yesterday

From Forbes: One small power merchant thinks it can revive the faltering nuclear renaissance. How? Offload the risk. On a dry dock in Yokohama sits 250 tons of steel forgings waiting to be assembled into the core of a nuclear reactor. After it is built it will be shipped to Bay City, Tex., 90 miles southwest of Houston, where it will join two nuclear plants built a couple decades ago. The forgings...

How to build a nuclear power plant without captive ratepayers

Knowledge Problem (Free subscription) | yesterday

Michael Giberson Jonathon Fahey, at Forbes.com, explains “How NRG Energy Wants to Revive Nuclear Industry.” In the early part of the decade proponents talked breathlessly of a nuclear renaissance in the U.S. Natural gas prices were high, electricity demand was rising, and it seemed that carbon emissions would soon be either taxed or limited. In 2005 Congress [...]

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Sufiy. (Free subscription) | yesterday

" Nissan Electric Leaf on the roads and GM Volt delivered on time will bring that necessary macro catalyst for market perception shift, when people will realise that Electric Cars are for real this time and this news from Detroit are very encouraging. We will give another "Big IF" today - what if people will decide that it is just Cool not to kill environment any more? All articles...

Texas electricity: who's the biggest?

NewsWatch: Energy (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009

A breakdown of market share in Texas residential and businesses. (Reliant Energy data) Texas' electric retailers usually don't share details on how many customers they have, but a slide from a presentation at NRG Energy's recent analyst conference provides...

First Solar Sells Project to NRG

SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

Zacks.com submits: First Solar Inc . ( FSLR ) announced that it would sell the 21 MW solar energy project that it has developed and constructed in Blythe, California, to NRG Energy Inc . ( NRG ). First Solar will provide operations and maintenance services at Blythe under a long-term contract with NRG Energy. This is second sale by First Solar, recently in October 2009 the company sold a 20 MW solar...

• First Solar Sells California Solar Power Project to NRG - Eco Friendly Mag

Notable Analyst Ratings Changes 11/25: EXXI, IWA, VPRT Upgraded; BNHN, NRG, GTE Downgraded

StreetInsider.com News Articles (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

UPGRADES: Jefferies & Co upgrades Energy XXI (NASDAQ: EXXI) from Underperform to Hold. Price target increased to $2 from $0.60 Morgan Stanley upgrades Iowa Telecommunications Services (NYSE: IWA) from Underweight to Equalweight. Citigroup is upgrading Vistaprint (NASDAQ: VPRT) to a Buy from Hold with a $62 price target (prev. $55). Click Here for more color. For daily real-time Upgrades go to...

NRG Energy (NRG) NewsBite - NRG Downgraded By UBS

MarketIntelligenceCenter.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

NRG Energy (NRG) was downgraded today by analysts at UBS and the stock is now at $23.45, down $0.41 (-1.72%) on volume of 762,156 shares traded. The analysts reduced NRG to Neutral from Buy. Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ranged from a low of $15.19 to a high of $29.26. NRG Energy stock has been showing support around $23.33 and resistance in...

First Solar Sells 21-MW California Project to NRG

Eco Friendly Mag (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

First Solar Sells 21-MW California Project to NRG First Solar Inc. announced the sale of the 21-megawatt (MW) solar energy project it has developed and constructed in Blythe, California, to NRG Energy Inc. Located in Riverside County about 200 miles east of Los Angeles, the Blythe project is California’s first and largest utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) solar [...]

First Solar Deal Kicks Off Utilities Race

The Street (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

First Solar's sale of the largest solar project in California to NRG Energy is no surprise to market, but the model that will win out in the coming war among solar companies for business from utilities is still less than obvious.

First Solar sells Riverside County facility to NRG Energy (FSLR; NRG)

Climateer Investing (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

More NRG news. Following up on " Q&A with NRG's David Crane: the full version " and Friday's " NRG Energy: 'Wholesale' power play (NRG) " we'll go with Money & Company's early take on the FSLR sale: Photovoltaics producer First Solar Inc. sold a 21-megawatt Riverside County solar facility to leading power company NRG Energy Inc. for an undisclosed amount, the company said...

• First Solar sells Riverside County facility to NRG Energy - Money & Company

First Solar Sells 21 MW Project To NRG Energy

Tech Trader Daily (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

First Solar (FSLR) this morning said it sold a 21 MW AC solar energy project in Blythe, California, to NRG Energy (NRG). Terms were not disclosed. First Solar said the project is the largest utility-scale PV solar generation facility in the state, and among the largest in North America. Power from [...]

• First Solar Sells California Solar Power Project to NRG - Business Wire

Q&A with NRG's David Crane: the full version

Climateer Investing (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

From the Houston Chronicle: Last week I sat down with NRG Energy CEO David Crane after the company's two-day analyst meeting here in Houston. We ran an abbreviated version of the Q&A in Sunday's Chronicle but we needed to edit it down greatly for space. So here's a lengthier version which includes more of Crane's thougths on electric cars, including his own Tesla. Q: At your analyst meeting in...

First Solar sells Blythe project to NRG

The Business Journal of Phoenix (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

First Solar Inc. is selling its 21-megawatt solar facility in Blythe, Calif., to NRG Energy Inc.

First Solar Sells California Solar Power Project to NRG

Solar Energy News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

TEMPE, Ariz.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSLR), today announced the sale of the 21 megawatt (MW) AC solar energy project it has developed and constructed in Blythe, Calif., to NRG Energy, Inc. Located in Riverside County about 200 miles east of Los Angeles, the Blythe project is California's first and largest utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) solar generation facility, and among the...

First Solar sells solar plant for undisclosed sum

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- First Solar Inc. said Monday it's selling a 21 megawatt solar energy project it's building in Blythe, Calif. to NRG Energy Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Located about 200 miles east of Los Angeles, the Blythe project is California's first and largest utility-scale photovoltaic solar generation facility, and among the largest in North America. Construction began in September...

• First Solar Sells California Solar Power Project to NRG - Business Wire