With finals due out in the next week, Ceramic Fuel Cells (CFU.L) has spurted again, pushing north 16% on the day as I type. There’s been a nice upturn in press too extolling the virtues of fuel cells and the Ceramic Fuel Cells product in particular. Here’s a couple from the Guardian and EcoGeneration. The boards are abuzz and the feeling is that the news will be good. Long term we love...

It’s estimated that $555 billion will be needed to realise a planned project to harness the sun that beats down on the Sahara Desert and pipe it to European homes, according to sources from Siemens AG quoted in an article on Bloomberg.com. Some big players such as Siemens AG and Munich Re – amongst others – will meet today in Munich to sign a memorandum of understanding to procee...

Following Friday’s meteoric rise of 31.2% in the share price, we’ve jumped on board with Ceramic Fuel Cells purchasing 5,546 shares at 8.835 pence a share for a total outlay of £489.99 (okay, not huge numbers but the coffers aren’t as deep as they used to be). I’m pretty happy with the price as the spread was showing 8.75 to 9.00 pence and as with many penny shares, a heft...

Okay, this may be a case of the horse already bolting but I’ll be very interested to see what happens come market open on Tuesday. Last Friday, Melbourne based, Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited gained a rather juicy 1.95 pence (31.2%) on the day, closing at 8.20 pence (after testing 9+ pence earlier). The gains came after an RNS quoting that Ceramic Fuel Cells “has launched a dishwasher-size...

Those of you who’ve dropped by more than once will know I have a bit of a thing for green energy. And although I’ve always seen Investment Trusts as erring a little too far in the risk averse direction for my liking, if you love a sector, you love a sector. So it’s with that confused logic that I’ve added BlackRock New Energy IT to the radar. For you chartists out there, I ...

Today marked the opening of Europe’s largest wind farm on Eaglesham Moor in Scotland, not far from Glasgow. The Whitelee Wind Farm has 140 turbines (each 110 metres high) and the potential to generate enough electricity to power 180,000 homes. As I type this, our Clipper Windpower holdings are up 5.7% on the day. Check out more information from the Daily Telegraph and get an aerial tour of t...

Whether it was down to an inspired piece of investment research or unashamed blind luck, Friday’s purchase of Clipper Windpower paid off almost immediately as the share finished 24% up on the day on the back of no news and only slightly higher than average volumes. I’m pretty sure it was the latter. But something is afoot, there’s a breeze a blowin’ and Clipper is in as goo...

We’ve set sail for a green future and taken the plunge with Clipper Windpower by adding 895 shares of theirs to our portfolio. The trade set us back £1.0495 pr share for a total outlay of £939.30. Here’s to windy days ahead! ...

Despite my earlier skepticism, ReneSola made further gains today finishing up another 5.5p and adding another £130.74 to our portfolio. The strong gains made so far this week were no doubt partly spurred on by Tuesday’s RNS that stated: “SHANGHAI, May 5 (Reuters) – China is set to smash its target for a roll-out of solar power by 2020 more than fivefold and possibly even tenfold...

Not a bad start to our little online venture, week one saw us kick off with a £283.82 capital gain! Our portfolio of 3 green-friendly shares (Renesola Ltd, Climate Exchange PLC and Low Carbon Accelerator Ltd) all ended higher. Renesola Ltd Our AIM-listed, Chinese solar wafer manufacturer did the brunt of the work, starting out our shortened week at £1.0450 before finishing at £1.1525. Our 2,37...