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  • Boone Pickens Just Cashed Chesapeake Out of Clean Energy Fuels: What Should You Do?

    By Jason Hall - June 19, 2013 | Tickers: CHK, CLNE, UPL, WPRT

    Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) has been decreasing its ownership stake in Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ: CLNE) for a few months as it looks to get its own house in order. Last week, Clean Energy co-founder, board member, and outspoken proponent of domestic energy T Boone Pickens picked up a $60 million promissory note from Chesapeake for its remaining Clean Energy shares, which will increase his stake in the company by more »

  • A Regular Fool's Retirement Portfolio: The Energy Future

    By Jason Hall - June 17, 2013 | Tickers: CLNE, SCTY, TSLA, UPL, WPRT

    I'm in the middle of rolling over a 401k from my former career, and I'm asking readers to follow along as I invest in some of the world's best companies. Go here to see my portfolio in action, and click on my profile to the right to see other posts about this topic. Will you learn more from my successes, or my failures? Only time will answer more »

  • A Safer Way To Invest In Westport Innovations

    By Kevin Quon - June 4, 2013 | Tickers: WPRT

    Westport Innovations (NASDAQ: WPRT) is a provider of engine and fuel system technologies revolving around gaseous fuels. The company is largely seen as a complementary play in the ongoing natural gas revolution now taking place in the United States. With the rapidly growing adoption of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, vast reserves of natural gas continues to be uncovered across the nation thereby keeping the prices of the commodity low more »

  • This Alternative Fuel Solutions Provider Is Still in the Game

    By Nick Chiu - May 30, 2013 | Tickers: CLNE, FSYS, GM, WPRT

    The need for clean air will never stop and the increasing utilization of gaseous fuels makes Fuel Systems Solutions (NASDAQ: FSYS) a great long-term investment. Fuel Systems designs, manufactures, and supplies a proven, cost-effective alternative fuel components and systems for transportation and industrial applications.

    Fuel Systems offers products including gaseous fuel regulators and fuel shut-off valves to control the pressure and flow of gaseous alternative fuels, such as propane and more »

  • Natural Gas Keeps Rolling Forward

    By Nihar Patel - May 28, 2013 | Tickers: CLNE, CMI, WPRT

    Natural gas is in a very precarious place with oil suffering a recent decline. Oil is headed back up and is almost at the $100 mark, but it only seems to take some weak global economic news to send it down. Also, non-traditional sources of oil are becoming more viable and cheaper as things develop. At this point though, I think an economy partially based on natural gas as an more »

  • Siemens, Caterpillar and Westport: Will These Big Engines Stay on Track?

    By Scott Levine - May 23, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-A, CNI, CAT, CLNE, SI, WPRT

    When people think of revolutions in transportation, they probably don’t think of the railroads. But, that might be changing sooner rather than later.

    All Aboard!

    Last week Amtrak revealed a plan to replace 70 of its older locomotives with newer, more efficient models. Utilizing a braking system that converts 100% of the energy it uses back to the electric grid, the new engines, built by Siemens AG (NYSE: SImore »)

  • When a Good Quarter Isn't Really Good, But It Doesn't Matter Anyway

    By Jason Hall - May 23, 2013 | Tickers: CLNE, RDS-B, RDS-A, TA, WPRT | Editor's Choice

    As we emerge from earnings season, I've taken some time to review a few of my favorite companies and come to terms with where things stand. That's led me to take a hard look at the part of my portfolio that's dedicated to the expansion of natural gas as a transportation fuel. There are a handful of companies that are early in the game:

    Don't let more »

  • When a Bad Quarter Doesn't Really Matter

    By Jason Hall - May 23, 2013 | Tickers: CLNE, CMI, RDS-B, RDS-A, WPRT

    As we emerge from earnings season, I've taken some time to review a few of my favorite companies and come to terms with where things stand.  That's led me to take a hard look at the part of my portfolio that's dedicated to the expansion of natural gas as a transportation fuel. There are a handful of companies that are early in the game.

    Last quarter really more »

  • 3 Companies Driving Over OPEC's Wallet

    By Robert Zimmerman - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: CLNE, F, WPRT

    Fellow Fool Matt DiLallo recently pointed out that in order for the US to be independent of OPEC oil, our domestic demand for oil needs to decline. Increased domestic oil production obviously helps, but the numbers bear out that we need to do more with less oil to achieve energy independence. Higher mileage cars and natural gas burning vehicles could do wonders for US energy self-sufficiency. Fortunately, there are three more »

  • Range Resources: An Investment in American Energy Independence

    By James Fantaci - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: CLNE, EOG, RRC, WPRT

    The advent of the shale gas revolution is the culmination of advances in the methodology used to detect abundant reserves of Natural Gas and technological leaps in the means to extract it, principally through Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing. When it comes to investing in exploration and production companies, especially those that focus on Natural Gas, investors should pay attention to the cost and yield per well, as well as more »

  • Invest Today and Profit For Years in The Fuel of The Future

    By Ken McGaha - May 10, 2013 | Tickers: LNG, CLNE, CMI, RDS-A, TA, WPRT | Editor's Choice

    In a recent article, I discussed some of the political headwinds beginning to blow against the concept of exporting American natural gas into the world market where the prices are much higher and the potential negative impact that opposition could have on Cheniere Energy if those efforts are successful. I also discussed a couple of businesses in the industry that should continue to thrive without regard to the outcome of more »

  • Will Westport Innovations and Clean Energy Fuels' Big Plans Go up in Blue Flames?

    By Jason Hall - May 6, 2013 | Tickers: CLNE, CMI, WPRT

    Famed billionaire oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens recently wrote an op-ed for the Omaha World-Herald, and there are a couple of key points that sums up in large, what Clean Energy Fuels' (NASDAQ: CLNE) - which Pickens helped found and sits on the board of - opportunity is:

    "As to our heavy-duty vehicles — 18-wheelers, trash and refuse trucks, municipal buses and the like — there are more than 8.5 million of those more »

  • Is Now the Time for Westport Innovations?

    By Robert Zimmerman - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: CMI, WPRT

    TravelCenters of America recently made a potentially game-changing announcement: it teamed up with Royal Dutch Shell to construct a nationwide network of natural gas refueling stations for road trucks. For Westport Innovations (NASDAQ: WPRT), this announcement is welcome news.

    The not so little engine that can
    Westport designs natural gas burning engines for a variety of vehicles. The actual large-scale production is done by the likes of Cummins (NYSE: CMImore »)

  • 1 Solid Reason to Buy This Stock if It Falters on Earnings

    By Neha Chamaria - April 23, 2013 | Tickers: CAT, CMI, PCAR, TTM, WPRT

    If you want an idea of where the economy is headed to this year, Cummins (NYSE: CMI) is one stock you need to keep on your radar over the next few days. As a company that caters largely to the critical North American trucking industry, Cummins can tell us a good deal about how things are shaping up for the economy.

    The engine maker is set to report its first-quarter more »

  • Pull Your Money Out of This Stock Before Next Week

    By Neha Chamaria - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: CMI, NAV, OSK, PCAR, WPRT

    Of the several industrial companies that will report their quarterly numbers next week, one I am going to watch closely is PACCAR (NASDAQ: PCAR). Despite the underlying weakness in the trucking industry, PACCAR’s stock has kept its positive momentum, gaining 8% year to date. It hit its 52-week high barely a month ago.

    Yet, the truck maker might find it hard to keep up this momentum, because several things more »

  • Pull Your Money Out of This Stock Before Next Week

    By Neha Chamaria - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: CMI, NAV, OSK, PCAR, WPRT

    Of the several industrial companies that will report their quarterly numbers next week, one I am going to watch closely is PACCAR (NASDAQ: PCAR). Despite the underlying weakness in the trucking industry, PACCAR’s stock has kept its positive momentum, gaining 8% year to date. It hit its 52-week high barely a month ago.

    Yet, the truck maker might find it hard to keep up this momentum, because several things more »

  • Collecting Profits From Cheap Natural Gas

    By Ken McGaha - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: CJES, CMI, XOM, WPRT

    There is no question that the process known as hydraulic fracturing (fracing) has created access to oceans of natural gas within U. S. shale formations that were previously uneconomical. The only remaining question for investors is how to best position ourselves to profit from the changes this cheap energy source will cause in our economy and our lifestyles. Here are four companies that will drive some of those inevitable changes more »

  • Collecting Profits From Cheap Natural Gas

    By Ken McGaha - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: CJES, CMI, XOM, WPRT

    There is no question that the process known as hydraulic fracturing (fracing) has created access to oceans of natural gas within U. S. shale formations that were previously uneconomical. The only remaining question for investors is how to best position ourselves to profit from the changes this cheap energy source will cause in our economy and our lifestyles. Here are four companies that will drive some of those inevitable changes more »

  • Pull Your Money Out of This Stock Before Next Week

    By Neha Chamaria - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: CMI, NAV, OSK, PCAR, WPRT

    Of the several industrial companies that will suit up with their quarterly numbers next week, one I am going to watch closely is PACCAR (NASDAQ: PCAR). Despite the underlying weakness in the trucking industry, PACCAR’s stock has kept its chin up, gaining 8% year to date. It hit its 52-week high barely a month ago.

    Yet, the truck maker might find it hard to keep up the momentum, because more »

  • Four Ways to Play With Gas, One Way to Play With Fire

    By Jason Hall - April 14, 2013 | Tickers: CLNE, CMI, SCTY, UPL, WPRT

    As a kid, I'm sure you heard someone tell you not to play with fire, and heaven forbid, playing with gas (especially) if it involved fire was enough to get a kid in a lot of trouble!  But since we are all responsible adults now, we can finally play with gas and fire, and even do it at the same time and not get burned.  The key is by more »

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