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One key note that may have been forgotten:
In connection with the joint venture, Homeland has also agreed to make an equity investment in the joint venture which will provide capital for development as well as proceeds to Laidlaw in consideration for the contribution of several of Laidlaw’s development projects to the portfolio of HLE.
An equity investment from Homeland is just another key point of the direction of Laidlaw and the amount of shareholder value we can expect.
Where's the next boom? Maybe in `cleantech'
Just a tidbit and more proof that Laidlaw Energy Group and their Biomass Energy projects are in the right business at the right time.
Oct 6, 5:20 PM (ET)
By JORDAN ROBERTSON
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Our economy sure could use the Next Big Thing. Something on the scale of railroads, automobiles or the Internet - the kind of breakthrough that emerges every so often and builds industries, generates jobs and mints fortunes.
Silicon Valley investors are pointing to something called cleantech - alternative energy, more efficient power distribution and new ways to store electricity, all with minimal impact to the environment - as a candidate for the next boom.
And while no two booms are exactly alike, some hallmarks are already showing up.
Despite last fall's financial meltdown, public and private investments are pouring in, fueling startups and reinvigorating established companies. The political and social climates are favorable. If it takes off, cleantech could seep into every part of the economy and our lives.
Some of the biggest booms first blossomed during recessions. The telephone and phonograph were developed during the depression of the 1870s. The integrated circuit, a milestone in electronics, was invented in the recessionary year of 1958. Personal computers went mainstream, spawning a huge industry, in the slumping early 1980s.
A year into the Great Recession, innovation isn't slowing. This time, it's better batteries, more efficient solar cells, smarter appliances and electric cars, not to mention all the infrastructure needed to support the new ways energy will be generated and the new ways we'll be using it.
Yet for all the benefits that might be spawned by cleantech breakthroughs, no one knows how many jobs might be created - or how many old jobs might be cannibalized. It also remains to be seen whether Americans will clamor for any of its products.
Still, big bets are being placed. The Obama administration is pledging to invest $150 billion over the next decade on energy technology and says that could create 5 million jobs. This recession has wiped out 7.2 million.
And cleantech is on track to be the dominant force in venture capital investments over the next few years, supplanting biotechnology and software. Venture capitalists have poured $8.7 billion into energy-related startups in the U.S. since 2006.
That pales in comparison with the dot-com boom, when venture cash sometimes topped $10 billion in a single quarter. But the momentum surrounding clean energy is reminiscent of the Internet's early days. Among the similarities: Although big projects are still dominated by large companies, the scale of the challenges requires innovation by smaller firms that hope to be tomorrow's giants.
"Ultimately IBM and AT&T didn't build the Internet. It was built by Silicon Valley startups," says Bob Metcalfe, an Internet pioneer who now invests in energy projects with Polaris Venture Partners. "And energy is going to be solved by entrepreneurial activity."
The action is happening at companies like GreatPoint Energy in Cambridge, Mass., which has developed a technique for turning coal into natural gas more cheaply and efficiently than previous methods.
GreatPoint plans to break ground next year on a power plant in Houston that will cost $800 million and create thousands of construction jobs, says its CEO, Andrew Perlman. Dow Chemical Co. and energy giants AES Corp., Suncor Energy Inc. and Peabody Energy are all GreatPoint investors.
"The opportunities," Perlman says, "are staggering."
A123 Systems, a Watertown, Mass., maker of lithium-ion batteries for electric cars, had one of the most lucrative public stock offerings this year, raising $437.5 million. Its stock price jumped more than 50 percent on the first day of trading in September, with investors willing to overlook that the company has yet to make money.
The Obama administration's promises about cleantech funding have galvanized the industry, reassuring entrepreneurs that they will have paying customers. The administration has said it will focus on putting more hybrid cars on the road, boosting the amount of electricity from renewable sources and investing in ways to cut pollution from coal.
One target is "smart grids." As utilities install digital meters in homes and Americans buy appliances that can communicate with the electric system, individual power consumption can be monitored more closely. People could be cued to dial down appliances such as refrigerators and air conditioners when electricity is in highest demand. Such fine-tuning in millions of homes can reduce the need for new power plants.
At Tendril Networks Inc. of Boulder, Colo., which makes software that links utilities to smart-grid devices in homes, the staff has tripled over the past five months to 90. CEO Adrian Tuck says Tendril could grow even more if some of the $4.5 billion earmarked for smart grids in this year's federal stimulus goes to Tendril's clients.
"What we're about to see is every bit as big as the telecom revolution that gave birth to the Internet and cell phones," Tuck says. "It's going to create as many jobs and as much wealth for this country, if they get it right. Big, Google-sized companies are going to be born in this era, and we hope to be one of them."
The government's push for these developments parallels the expansion of railroads in the 19th century, when the government granted blocks of land to companies laying track, says Jack Brown, an associate professor in the University of Virginia's Department of Science, Technology and Society.
One difference, Brown points out, is that clean energy is such a vast field that government could make the wrong choice in backing one type of technology over another.
It's not just startups getting in the game. General Electric Co. plans to string transmission lines to deliver solar or wind power. Hewlett-Packard Co. is adapting techniques for printer cartridge chips so digital sensors can send data to smart grids.
But how much of an economic boost does all this add up to? It's hard to tell - at least at this stage, without products people actually want to buy.
The laser, for instance, was a big innovation, but it wasn't clear at first what it could be used for. That's why there wasn't an economic boom in the 1960s from the advent of lasers, even though they ended up driving everything from medical devices to CD players for four decades.
Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at California State University, Channel Islands, believes upgrading electric grids and finding new sources of power will provide steady job growth - but won't be an economic powder keg.
Clean energy projects could simply replace old jobs and functions, like meter-readers. And there's no guarantee new jobs won't shift to countries with cheaper labor.
Some innovations take longer to reveal their economic effects. There are big booms based on specific innovations - along the lines of railroads, automobiles and the Internet - and then there are technologies that grow slowly, spawning offshoot industries for entrepreneurs to exploit over decades.
For example, the emergence of the integrated circuit led to the development of computer microprocessors, which enabled the PC revolution and in turn the Internet age. There's every reason to believe energy technology will fall into the same category, Brown says, but he adds: "It depends on how the bets actually play out."
Yeah.. you got me on one grammer error lol
IMO... LLEG wouldnt be moving this much if some big developments were about to take place and those in the know are investing into the company. All dady today everytime, there was some minor profit taking, the PPS would drop down only to have a flood of buys come back in. Exciting times.
I truly believe there are some power investors that have their brokers buying their positions and when it dips then continue to add. Not like some of our tiny 1million buys. That is what is truly moving this stock. We are witnessing one of thsoe infamous 10 baggers + in the making. IMO
.0037 resistance being broke down... say goodbye to .003's
Breather? There is something more than flippers and short term traders in this one. Learn who are the players involved in the Board of Directors, The "green" intiative our current presidential administration and G20 nations are moving towards. Biomass Energy is one of the renewable energies that will stabilize pricing to avoid having foreign oil nations affect our growth and economies.
LLEG is positioning itself as one of those companies... a slight pullback maybe but not enough to make the real money.. The real money will be when this stock runs past .01 and into .08-.10 range.
Im sure the same people who thought a pullback was going to happen when other sub pennies ran into the copper... it did slightly but enough for everyone to make a small % of what they could of trying to catch the moving train.
Everyone that is long and short term should work on breaking new resistance so when the permit news hits and other developments this baby explodes!
Ive bought in at multiple levels. Glad to see both resistance levels were tested and broken through... Ladies and gentlemen we have a monster in the making!
Tricky MM's one of those 1m buys was mine and they marked it as a sell.
im placing a 1m order at .0037 .. time to take out the resistance point.
If everyone stays focused, understand LLEG's business plan, our economy and the direction our administration is driving the green initiative and DO your DD about the company and the players involved... you will know this is the real deal... the kind of company that will make my account jump big time! Good luck to all longs.
Does anyone else feel this is a nice 10 bagger in the making?
No hype, just the fact the country and the world is moving in the "green" direction truly.
42 million buys vs 14 million sells. Nothing but accumulation!
If your new to LLEG. Something to consider.
This stock is being accumulated and moving up from investors that dont play pennies day to day. Some of the PPS movement is coming from traders but the real value of this company is not realized yet. To see this stock trading in the pennies in the coming months is highly likely and for those wanting to make a couple of hundred bucks to a couple of thousand will look back and say to themselves "damn i wish i would of held on to that one" This stock isnt hype.
The Green initiative is the agenda of our current administration and LLEG is in the right business at the right time. If there was ever a need for more stable energy pricing it is now. All one has to do is think back at how our economy was impacted a year ago with skyrocketing energy prices that was potentially holding our country hostage to foreign entities.
Im LONG and STRONG on LLEG
Lets be real for a second.
This stock is being accumulated and moving up from investors that dont play pennies day to day. Some of the PPS movement is coming from traders but the real value of this company is not realized yet. To see this stock trading in the pennies in the coming months is highly likely and for those wanting to make a couple of hundred bucks to a couple of thousand will look back and say to themselves "damn i wish i would of held on to that one" This stock isnt hype.
The Green initiative is the agenda of our current administration and LLEG is in the right business at the right time. If there was ever a need for more stable energy pricing it is now. All one has to do is think back at how our economy was impacted a year ago with skyrocketing energy prices that was potentially holding our country hostage to foreign entities.
Im LONG and STRONG on LLEG
The partnership between Homeland Energy and Laidlaw is definitely going to be beneficial
Investool,
It depends on the process itself... incineration is obviously extremely harmful over the long haul to both humans and plant life but now there are alot of technologies that can seperate the ash from the combustion providing energy that is alot cleaner than if emitted from a plan landfill
BIOMASS ENERGY FACTS
1. Biomass energy is renewable, which means we can make more biomass in a short time. We can always grow more plants.
2. Biomass can be used to make electricity.
3. Biomass can be used to make an energy-rich gas called biogas. Biogas is like the natural gas we use in our stoves and furnaces.
4. Biomass can also be turned into a fuel like gasoline. Just as apples can be made into cider, corn and wheat can be made into ethanol. Ethanol is a fuel a lot like gasoline.
5. Biomass is a sustainable and potentially environmentally sound resource.
6. Biomass is considered to be one of the key renewable resources of the future at both small- and large-scale levels. It already supplies 14 % of the world’s primary energy consumption.
7. With increases in population and per capita demand, and depletion of fossil-fuel resources, the demand for biomass is expected to increase rapidly in developing countries
8. Growing biomass is a rural, labour-intensive activity, and can, therefore, create jobs in rural areas and help stem rural-to-urban migration
9. Biomass is not fossilised material (like oil, coal and gas) but fresh material that can grow again after having been harvested creating stable pricing.
10. Modern biomass is used to produce power and heat in large-scale facilities: solid biomass, biogas, biofuel or biodiesel.
11. Biomass is the top candidate for oil equivalents, and indeed biodiesel has been getting more attention of late as a renewable and low-net-carbon method of fueling vehicles.
Bliss,
The stock quotes on this site show the Trades... depending if you pay for their quoting service.. it shows real time buys vs sells
53.6 million buys vs. 32.4 million sells
cyclone,
Can you link me to the blog about MA? Thank you
54million buys vs .33million sells
LONG and STRONG! Too many positive PR's coming in the next week IMO
Relatively light volume is moving this. Definitely sign of a stronger shareholder base. This is definitely my choice for the enxt 10 bagger.
Long and Strong!!
CXAC is not a defendant but it does appear that they will have in interest in the outcome from how the document was stated.
Acquisition processes are not done in a vacuum, if you ever worked in supply chain, you would know that these processes are never completed to an exact time frame. More so 99% of them run over target dates by a minimum of 4-6 weeks.
it is like they just showed up all of a sudden at least the past couple of weeks since ive picked up the stock... its been more positive and now you have people with anywhere from 1-20 posts showing up bashing ... weird but we are just at the point of some real positive developments getting ready to hit.
Brikk, great post
“We’re looking to get pilots from Israel, Ireland, France and Germany,” said Dean Bradley, CEO of Quasar Aerospace Industries Inc., Atlantic Aviation’s parent company. “We’ve already signed a letter of intent to train Indian students for $66,000 apiece.”
Train just 200 students a year equates to $13.2 Million and that is an extremely modest number.
Well im sure as the TV launch takes off and the new marketing blitz starts, we will see quite the improvement.
Renewable Energy
Germany striving to be 100% Renewable
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/germany-the-worlds-first-major-renewable-energy-economy
7 most prepared countries to use renewable energy
http://www.bionomicfuel.com/7-most-prepared-countries-to-use-renewable-alternative-energy/
Nicole, welcome to investors hub. We are honored your first post is on CXAC. I will agree with you that those price targets are BS IMO but it is not unrealistic to see this stock hit a high of .0025-.005 over the next month or so with the amount of product exposure that is set to take place. I wont list other stocks (in fear of post being removed) that have run from these levels to .0018-.01 on much less merit.
CXAC has alot of potential with:
TV launch dates starting in a week
New Product line being introduced near the end of the month
Recent upgrade to pink sheet "current" status
Additional marketing strategies
and yes... the possibility of a major retailer picking up Rejuv product line would be the icing on the cake...
with that said I like the stock priced at these levels and feel good for it to hit my short term target of .0025 and evaluate what the company is doing once that target is met.
Anyone watching LLEG.. its breaking out
That 1million trade was my buy at .0018 and they filled at .00175 and marked it as a sell at 9:58
Good morning gang! Long and strong here
greennutsack... that was based on no developments strictly 10%-20% share buyback alone with no one buy or selling in addition to that... now you additional investors to that equation, it will definitely go higher than .045-.065.
Now the company delivers acquisition news, then the PPS will hit some really nice new highs.
I Disagree... All DOD subcontractors post the contract awarded for their shareholders to see and drive the price up.
Northrup Grumman get 3.8 Billion Air Force Deal on yahoo finance frontpage as we speak..
http://finance.yahoo.com/
I own shares but when you get news like this you deliver to your shareholders that help fund your company...
The PR was complete let down and im sorry but he does not know better than major DOD subcontractors that post their awarded contracts like a badge of honor.
I plan to call tomorrow and i suggest everyone else does. Even if its for $100k its worth letting your shareholders and potential shareholders the opportunity to see real numbers.
C7bk, agreed but they are dedicated as stated
"During the buy-back, the company anticipates buying back somewhere between 10% and 20% of the company's common shares."
What is the dollar value of 10%-20% of the company's common shares?
36- 72 million shares... that will easily drive this stock into the .045-.065 range.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Quasar-Aerospace-Industries-prnews-3019459652.html?x=0&.v=8
Not to mention the acquisitions that are lined up that will generate a great wealth of revenue.