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  • Buffett Goes Solar

    By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 7, 2011

    Warren Buffett is going solar. The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is stepping in where the government fears to tread, so to speak, as Berkshire’s MidAmerica Energy Holdings unit agreed to buy the $2 billion Topaz project in California after a U.S. government loan guarantee for the project fell through.

  • Clean Energy ETFs: An Oil Hedge?

    By Vaughan Scully, Standard & Poor's  |  January 29, 2010

    If oil prices spike again, clean energy stocks are a likely beneficiary, as their earnings improve dramatically in a high energy-price environment.