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Morning Energy Blog – November 2, 2016

Equities and the Economy: We actually saw some movement in U.S. stocks yesterday, but, unfortunately, it wasn’t the movement we like. The Dow lost 105 points, 0.58%, to end at 18,037, the S&P 500 fell 14, 0.68%, to 2,112 and the Nasdaq closed down 36 points, 0.69%, at 5,154. Here are some not-so-good statistics. Yesterday […]

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Amazon Web Services Announces Amazon Wind Farm US Central 2

Several US companies have made commitments to using 100% renewable energy in the future, and Amazon Web Services is now on track to use over 50% renewables by the end of next year. Their 5th renewable energy project, a 189 MW wind farm in Ohio, will increase their renewable generation capacity to over 2.2 million […]

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Morning Energy Blog – November 1, 2016

Equities and the Economy: More of the same yesterday. Nothing. The Dow closed down 19 at 18,142, the S&P 500 closed flat to Friday at 2,126 and the Nasdaq fell a single digit to 5,189. It really does look like investors want to get the election behind them before making any material investment decisions. Yesterday […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 31, 2016

Equities and the Economy:   More of the same, which is nothing. On Friday the Dow closed down 8 at 18,161, the S&P 500 lost 7 to 2,126 and the more volatile Nasdaq ended 36 points lower at 5,190. As has been the trend lately, stocks traded lower intraday with the Dow down as much […]

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Wind generation share exceeded 10% in 11 states in 2015

Since 2010, the total share of wind generation in the US has more than doubled with many states seeing renewable energy as a way to offset the closing of coal and nuclear plants. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly In 2015, 11 states generated at least 10% of their total electricity from wind. […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 28, 2016

Equities and the Economy: Booooring. Directionless. That’s what this market is. Although U.S. stocks closed lower yesterday it was really just another choppy day. The Dow finished 30 points off at 18,170, the S&P 500 fell 6 to 2,133 and the Nasdaq ended down 34 at 5,216. It really does seems as if investors are […]

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Morning Energy Blog for October 27, 2016

Equities and the Economy: Yet another choppy day for U.S. equities. The Dow rose 30 points closing at 18,199 but the other two major bourses, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, fell 4 and 33 points, respectively with the former ending at 2,139 and the latter at 5,250. The Dow’s performance was noteworthy because the index […]

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Morning Energy Blog for October 26, 2016

Equities and the Economy: Yesterday was another day of muted, consolidated trading. After hitting a 2 week high on Monday, the Dow fell 54 points to 18,169, the S&P 500 ended off 8 at 2,143 and the Nasdaq lost 26 to 5,283. If we must point to something let’s point to the Conference Board’s Consumer […]

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