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POET Rather than building new plants for cellulosic ethanol production, converting existing facilities provides opportunities to share resources such as water and energy.
http://www.allbusiness.com/energy-utilities/renewable-energy-biofuels-ethanol/11767976-1.html
I believe they will buy the closed plants and convert them. This should also help Verasun update the remaining plants thru shared technology IMO
US ethanol producer Poet may bid on plants owned by VeraSun Energy during an auction to be held in March, CEO Jeff Broin says.
http://www.biofuels-news.com/industry_news.php?item_id=502
Good morning H Peterson, let us know
what you hear. Your input is most welcome.
Up 10% today will go higher as time nears.
Before the merger and expansion they were trading at $10.00 and higher
Verasun invests in Cellulosic Ethanol research
Back in November Verasun became a minority investor in Sun Ethanol now called Qteros. Although Verasun plants were mainly Corn Ethanol they were geting positioned for the future.
http://sustainable.bizjournals.com/green/SunEthanol_renames_as_Qteros_raises_25M_Series_B_fund.html
When they exit bksy this will fly IMO
Just got 5k more @ .23
Thanks,I sent out quite a few invites I hope we can spark some interest since the time is near for a comeback.
Welcome back Widespread did you watch the video?
VSUNQ – Thus far they have been released from the expensive corn future contracts that put them into bankruptcy.
They secured 196 million in DIP financing to keep their main plants running and protect and maintain the ones they closed in working order.
They are now selling the ones that were recently purchased at an auction to begin in March.
The proceeds will fund the remaining plants for the time being.
The Ethanol mandate is still in play and is increasing with our new President.
The chances are very high IMO that VSUNQ will emerge a stronger and viable company in the near future.
The majority of their plants are less than 5 years old and are state of the art Ethanol plants.
This is a $5.00 stock beaten to near death by those who did not do their DD IMHO
One simple bad call on corn futures and the combination of falling oil prices tipped this one to the pennies in short order. Now that we know the facts I believe this will rebound many fold.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.
Cellulosic ethanol might be on the long-term horizon, but corn will continue to take center stage as the U.S. tries to satisfy a more immediate mandate calling for 11.1 billion gallons of renewable fuel to be blended into gasoline this year.
And as that goal jumps to 36 billion gallons by 2022, farmers who grow corn for ethanol will be looking to seed companies for help.
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont Co. subsidiary, is looking to increase the yields of its corn hybrids and soybean varieties by 40 percent within 10 years. And St. Louis-based Monsanto Co., the world's largest seed company, has pledged to double yields from its crops by 2030.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates the average corn yield for 2008 was just over 153 bushels per acre.
Russ Sanders, Pioneer Hi-Bred's director of end-use markets, said researchers over the past five years have developed a better understanding of corn genetics and have isolated traits that increase yield or allow crops to weather cool, dry or wet conditions.
"There's certainly much less guesswork now and much more precision," Sanders said.
Pioneer Hi-Bred also is working on corn varieties specifically geared to the ethanol industry.
The company has been developing near-infrared measurement systems so farmers and biorefiners can better understand a crop's ethanol yield potential, and more farmers are selecting hybrids based on how much ethanol a seed can yield, Sanders said.
"You can basically take a handful of grain and in less than a minute you can predict the amount of ethanol yield per bushel," he said.
Jeff Broin, chief executive of ethanol producer Poet LLC of Sioux Falls, said corn yields have continued to grow, and the potential is astronomically greater when looking at international cropland.
While U.S. farmers enjoy yields above 150 bushels per acre, countries such as Mexico and Brazil are getting closer to 50 bushels per acre and China is reaching about 75 bushels per acre, he said.
Expanding the latest technology to those countries could help them optimize acres to meet the world's grain needs, Broin said.
"The potential, even on the ground that's out there today, to produce more grain for both food and fuel is tremendous," he said.
Nearly all the ethanol produced domestically comes from corn, and 2008 was a tough year for the industry.
VeraSun Energy Corp., the nation's No. 2 producer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after tightening credit markets erased its lifeline to weather the swings in corn and fuel prices. VeraSun has a plant at Hankinson, N.D. And shares of Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc., Pacific Ethanol Inc. and BioFuel Energy Corp. all lost about 95 percent of their value during the year.
But despite the recession, the demand curves for grain consumption will be alive and well, said Hugh Grant, Monsanto's chairman, president and chief executive.
Grant, speaking during a December investor conference, said increasing crop yield and delivering more innovation will benefit both the seed company and the farmers it serves.
He said he expects the U.S. eventually will achieve 10 percent ethanol use because there's no alternative blendstock that refiners can fall back on.
"They aren't going to use MTBE," he said. "There's nothing else in there to mix with gasoline."
Sanders said Pioneer Hi-Bred is looking at other ways to help ethanol producers, such as finding ways to increase oil content, enhance protein or improve the digestibility of distillers grains, an ethanol byproduct commonly sold as cattle feed.
"We see a lot of profitability challenges with these ethanol processors right now and everything that we can do as an industry to keep those plants profitable is going to be good for us, whether you're a grower or a seed company," he said.
http://www.jamestownsun.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D962V4NO0
Diamondguru keep posting those numbers
It looks like share counts are correct but lets watch. If the report is right it means capital bought the shares (.082) in mid to late October which was after the BKR ??? Lets see how the numbers look next week and if they are changing accordingly.
Capital Research Global Investors shows
84,831,712 shares held as of 9/30/08 at a value of .04/shr in their latest qtly report
http://www.j3sg.com/Reports/Stock-Insider/Generate-Institution-Portfolio.php?institutionid=10330&pageNumber=5&descending=1&dollarValueAmount_TB=&dollarValueChange_TB=&portfolioPercentage_TB=&companyPercentage_TB=&dollarValueAmount=&dollarValueChange=&portfolioPercentage=0.01&companyPercentage=§or=999999&cap=999999&position=&sortBy=value&viewArchive=no&archiveDateIn=
* Value of shares is estimated based on the closing price of the month in which the shares were purchased.
Cant tell is share holdings are up to date yet but researching
Thanks, the up listing is sure to make this pop. There was an interesting post about getting "boxed in" that shows how a stock can grow from up listing.
News improves
Small buyers get interested
Larger blocks begin to trade
Stock gets up listed and stock is under new regulations that protect stock holders for fraudulent news.
Analysts jump back on board because of regulations
Public notices stock
We all get rich!!! Weeeeee.
The talk about swapping shares got my interest
Just because RCC will own 30% of IWS does not seem to be a reason for them to give us IWS shrs for RCC shrs. Our principal investment is with RCC who happens to have a major holding in IWS. RCC could have such holdings in several other companies in the future but i do not see how one stock has to do with the other. I thought we were investing in the value of RCC.
David Campbell grew up in the suburbs of Adelaide, Australia. His grandmother Joan, who raised him, often played recordings of Nat King Cole and Johnny Mathis during his formative years. His interest piqued, Campbell soon fell in love with entertainers like Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, among other "old-school" greats. He first won major roles in the mid-'90s at the Stables Theatre in Sydney, and was soon nominated for an MO Award for Best Musical Theatre Performer. His debut solo record, Yesterday Is Now, was released in 1997, catching the attention of fans and critics far and wide. LOL
http://www.ticketmaster.com/David-Campbell-tickets/artist/767840
Silly
Thanks, when i buy monday I will be long.
So .0001 is still a possible buy?
Mondays spread? Any thoughts?
Will TSX require RS to qualify?
Also want to pick up 5MIL shrs monday any chance of geting them with a limit order set at .0001 or do you think it will just hang an cancel?
We are not alone
Here is a snip from (UQM) website. They are an electric propulsion company.
"We currently have systems under evaluation in both agricultural and construction vehicles for both electric propulsion and under-the-hood auxiliary applications, including an advanced propulsion and waste heat recapture system for an agricultural vehicle."
http://www.uqm.com/investors.php
Arnold it is clear that you did not get in early enough for your own trading rules and you’re hoping for a major pullback to catch a ride. As for Irrational Exuberance and dilution: A small developing company will always trade shares to supporting companies / people that can further their progress what would you do?
Do you honestly believe the 5 or 6 active traders on this site moved a quarter of a million shares today? Honestly I hold 15,000 shares of VSUNQ now that is crazy! Second largest BIO producer, knocked down by corn futures, contracts broken, private meetings with farmers, Obama and Daschle both at ribbon cutting ceremonies, shedding debt by selling recent purchase of additional plants, President states ethanol will be the bridge to finding ways to use lesser crops to produce fuel, now that is Irrational Exuberance!
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Einstein
Thank you I wish we could TIVO the board so i could catch up at the end of the day. Still learning.
Had a buy limit .225 all day for 5000 but it did not take. The stock hit the mark 5 times today but Hill did not execute. Can anyone tell me what happened?
Thank you I like .21 but as of tonight I am 15K shares back before VERT, NITE, AUTO and ABLE move out. I will check my nerves and put an order in the morning.
I trade with Fidelity they only show ARCA, INET and ARCX for after market trades any input? nothing on the book for them.
Do i give nite .26 for 5000?
I missed out at .21 today
Thanks I see you had the writing but they had a picture "Line drawing" of the the robot but still it may help. I cant day trade but I have a buy for 5000 @ .21 at the open. usually goes thru HDSN. If anyone needs to unload a few, here they are. This will make 10K for me but I wish i had 50K. Might have to sell off those nitrogen stocks to fund this but what the heck.
Can you include the IBOT artical?
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/37896
Wait.. we are still building positions the news is perfect but the giants have not awaken yet. Perhaps Thursday and Friday will be our last chance to fill in our positions. All reading this your opinions welcome.
China only invests in investments that will benefit the country and its people it would be very embarrassing if they invested poorly.
How do you avoid embarrassment?
ANSWER: Invest in a growth company and make sure they grow. JMHO
I worked for QUIKRETE, their company is run by three brothers who filled the bags by hand and sewed them shut before the dawn of modern machinery. They are all doing quite well now as you might guess.
China will follow if not lead Obama’s challenge to fund shovel ready projects to spark the economy. They too are experiencing a downtrend in their economy but should react as fast as or faster than America to create the recovery. CRJI is at the right place and at the right time. This is surely the bottom or near to it and the future is bright for those who can look over the horizon.
Got deleted.....
The NATO solar play looks good and will most likely be the pump for them. I think it got deleted because I said the NATCO / PVT play sounds like a long shot. JMHO
The cartel will force oil to rise again.
"The drop in prices has already created problems for oil producers, who have become accustomed to high prices. Iran and Venezuela both need oil prices at $95 a barrel to balance their budgets, Russia needs $70 and Saudi Arabia needs $55 a barrel, according to Deutsche Bank estimates. The Algerian oil minister, Chakib Khelil, estimated Thursday that the "ideal" price for crude oil was between $70 and $90 a barrel."
International Herald Tribune. October 16, 2008.
People do not buy and countries do not patent and defense contractors do not invest in fake companies but DAMN they did!
A wind energy report published by the U.S. government -well ahead of the election of Barack Obama- sets a positive tone for wind-driven investments. Even with fuel prices returning to a less painful strata toward the end of 2008, it seems clear that opinion brokers are committed to pursuing wind as an ultra-clean power solution.
This bodes well for public companies with firm footholds, literally and figuratively, in the wind arena. NACEL Energy is one of the first publicly-traded companies in America exclusively developing utility class wind power generation projects. The company has commenced work at its Swisher, Blue Creek, Channing Flats projects, all located in Texas, and currently anticipates 70 MW of new wind power upon their completion. Internationally, NACEL Energy is pursuing development of a three phase wind energy project in the Dominican Republic.
For more information visit NACEL’s website www.nacelenergy.com
Wind Energy Could Produce 20 Percent of U.S. Electricity By 2030
DOE Report Analyzes U.S. Wind Resources, Technology Requirements, and Manufacturing, Siting and Transmission Hurdles to Increasing the Use of Clean and Sustainable Wind Power
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) today released a first-of-its kind report that examines the technical feasibility of harnessing wind power to provide up to 20 percent of the nation’s total electricity needs by 2030. Entitled “20 Percent Wind Energy by 2030”, the report identifies requirements to achieve this goal including reducing the cost of wind technologies, citing new transmission infrastructure, and enhancing domestic manufacturing capability. Most notably, the report identifies opportunities for 7.6 cumulative gigatons of CO2 to be avoided by 2030, saving 825 million metric tons in 2030 and every year thereafter if wind energy achieves 20 percent of the nation’s electricity mix. As part of President Bush’s Advanced Energy Initiative announced in 2006, clean, secure and sustainable wind energy has the potential to play an increasingly important role in the Bush Administration’s long-term energy strategy to make investments today to fundamentally change the way we power U.S. homes and businesses and to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions growth by 2025.
“DOE’s wind report is a thorough look at America’s wind resource, its industrial capabilities, and future energy prices, and confirms the viability and commercial maturity of wind as a major contributor to America’s energy needs, now and in the future,” DOE Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for the U.S. Department of Energy Andy Karsner, said. “To dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance our energy security, clean power generation at the gigawatt-scale will be necessary, and will require us to take a comprehensive approach to scaling renewable wind power, streamlining siting and permitting processes, and expanding the domestic wind manufacturing base.”
Prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy and a broad cross section of stakeholders across industry, government, and three of DOE’s national laboratories - the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA; and Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, NM, the report presents an in-depth analysis of the potential for wind in the U.S. and outlines a potential scenario to boost wind electric generation from its current production of 16.8 gigawatts (GW) to 304 GW by 2030. For its technical report, DOE also drew on the expertise of the American Wind Energy Association and Black and Veatch engineering consultants and the report reflects input from more than fifty energy organizations and corporations.
The analysis concludes that reaching 20 percent wind energy will require enhanced transmission infrastructure, streamlined siting and permitting regimes, improved reliability and operability of wind systems, and increased U.S. wind manufacturing capacity. Highlights of the report include:
Annual installations need to increase more than threefold. Achieving 20 percent wind will require the number of annual turbine installations to increase from approximately 2000 in 2006 to almost 7000 in 2017.
Costs of integrating intermittent wind power into the grid are modest. 20 percent wind can be reliably integrated into the grid for less than 0.5 cents per kWh.
No material constraints currently exist. Although demand for copper, fiberglass and other raw materials will increase, achieving 20 percent wind is not limited by the availability of raw materials.
Transmission challenges need to be addressed. Issues related to siting and cost allocation of new transmission lines to access the Nation’s best wind resources will need to be resolved in order to achieve 20 percent wind.
“The report correctly highlights that greater penetration of renewable sources of energy - such as wind - into our electric grid will have to be paired with not only advanced integration technologies but also new transmission,” DOE’s Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Kevin Kolevar said. “In many cases, the most robust sources of renewable resources are located in remote areas, and if we want to be able to deliver these new clean and abundant sources of energy to population centers, we will need additional transmission.”
With the U.S. leading the world in new wind installations and having the potential to be the world leader in total wind capacity by 2010, DOE’s report comes at an important time in wind development. Last year, U.S. cumulative wind energy capacity reached 16,818 megawatts (MW) – with more than 5,000 MW of wind installed in 2007. Wind contributed to more than 30 percent of the new U.S. generation capacity in 2007, making it the second largest source of new power generation in the nation --- surpassed only by natural gas. The U.S. wind energy industry invested approximately $9 billion in new generating capacity in 2007, and has experienced a 30 percent annual growth rate in the last 5 years.
Buenijo, Brain food at last!
Thank You for your posts
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Einstein