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ROUNDTABLE FORUM: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY & FUEL COMPANIES


Full article published: 09/21/2009


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TWST: Would you give us an overview of the sectors you cover within alternative energy?
Mr. Stine: I also cover alternative vehicles and fuels, natural gas and propane for transportation. Also under the clean technologies label, I cover distributed generation companies dealing with energy efficiency and also backup power. My coverage also includes two water companies and an energy-efficient glass company.

TWST: Eric, what are some of the specific stimulus projects you believe will benefit alternative energy companies in the near future?
Mr. Stine: All of the companies under my coverage definitely are impacted by the stimulus, certainly the size of the stimulus and the timing of the stimulus. Funding is very noteworthy, specifically for alternative fuels and vehicles. Funding for the DOE Clean Cities program probably is the most significant. It's $300 million, which is allocated to the Clean Cities program with the goal to advance the number of alternative vehicles on the road. And that includes all technologies, electric, hybrid, biodiesel, ethanol, but also propane and natural gas. On Aug. 26 the DOE did make those grants, $300 million for cost-sharing programs that funded 25 projects. A very significant amount of those projects involved propane and natural gas. In the past, the Clean Cities program is one that has received funding, but nowhere near this $300 million level. To me it's a pretty clear political signal that natural gas and propane are looked at as part of the answer going forward.

 

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