March 19, 2007: Alternative energy and conservation: Part three/North American stock picks

PART THREE:


In the past two segments of investing in alternative energy and conservation, I have attempted to give a world perspective on the issue, with appropriate stock picks. With this post, i will add a few comments and then list stocks that are well situated to promote and profit from the alternative energy and conservation movement.

Although I believe the global warming crowd may be sipping a little too much Kool-Aid, there is merit towards trying to improve the quality of life without damaging the economies and creature comforts that we all work hard to achieve. Thus, the balance is struck:

Without comment, here are the list of stocks for you to research and claim or toss as you see fit. I hope you enjoy looking into all of the stocks in this three part series as much as I had fun looking into this area, amidst the hoopla of sub-prime loans and the collapse of the du jour sector of the day.

Canadian Solar (CSIQ)
Active Power (ACPW)
ADA-ES, Inc. (ADES)
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
AGCO (AG)
Air Products and Chemicals (APD)
Alternative Fuel Systems (AFX)
American Superconductor (AMSC)
Anardarko Petroleum (APC)
Apache Corp. (APA)
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
Aventine Renewable Energy (AVR)
Baldor Electric (BEZ)
BorgWarner (BWA)
Bunge (BG)
Capstone Turbine (CPST)
Carmanah Techologies (CMH)
Cataytica Technologies (CMH)
Chesapeake Energy (CHK)
Clean Air Power (CAP)
Color Kinetics (CLRK)
Cooper Industries (CBE)
Corning (GLW)
Cree (CREE)
Cypress Semiconductor (CY)
DAIS Analytic (DLYT)
Deere (DE)
Emerson Electric (EMR)
EOG Resources (EOG)
Evergreen Energy (EEE)
Fairchild Semiconductor (FCS)
Fluor (FLR)
Foster-Wheeler (FWLT)
Fuel System Solutions (FSYS)
Fuel Tech (FTEK)
General Electric (GE)
Headwaters (HW)
Hexcel (HXL)
Infrasource Services (IFS)
Intel (INTC)
Intermagnetics General Corp (IMGC)
International Fuel Technology (IFUE)
International Rectifier (IRF)
ITC Holdings (ITC)
Itron (ITRI)
Johnson Controls (JCI)
Linear Technology (LLCT)
Manhattan Scientifics (MHTX)
Maxwell Technologies (MXWL)
McDermott (MDR)
MEMC Electronics (WFR)
MGP Ingredients (MGPI)
Monsanto (MON)
O2Micro International (OIIM)
OM Group (OMG)
ON Semiconductor (OMNN)
ORMAT Technologies (ORA)
Pacific Ethanol (PEIX)
Pike Electric (PEC)
Power Integrators (POWI)
Power-One (PWER)
Praxair (PX)
Quanta Services (PWR)
Rockwell Automation (ROK)
SPX Corp. (SPW)
Starmet Coporation (STMT)
SulphCo, Inc. (SUF)
Ultralife Batteries (ULBI)
United Technologies (UTX)
Universal Display Corp. (PANL)
UQM Technologies (UQM)
URS Corporation (URS)
VeraSun Energy (VSE)
Viaspace (VSPC)
Whirpool Corporation (WHR)
Wildbrush Energy (WBRS)
Williams Companies (WMB)
XTO Energy (XTO)
Zolteck Companies (ZOLT)


Coal will be addressed tomorrow, along with Aero Defense news as warranted.