BCON Beacon Holding Company Inc (QB)

The latter half of 2011 has been a dream come true for Big Oil and a nightmare for North American alternative energy investors. Several high profile government-back alternative energy firms have gone belly up this year, leading to a lack of confidence in the industry. The Paragon Report examines investing opportunities in the Alternative Energy Market and provides equity research on Capstone Turbine Corporation (NASDAQ: CPST) and Beacon Power Corporation (PINKSHEETS: BCONQ). Access to the full company reports can be found at:

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Beacon Power, which makes energy storage devices used to help the power grid become more efficient, filed for bankruptcy protection last month, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company received a $43 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy last August.

Naturally, the government's support of clean energy companies has come under fire. Florida Republican Rep. Cliff Stearns argues, in a statement, that "this latest failure is a sharp reminder that DOE has fallen well short of delivering the stimulus jobs that were promised."

Peter Dickson, technical director at BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners, which invests in renewable energy power projects in Europe, takes a different stance. "Government policy is exactly what makes alternative energy a more certain investment," Dickson said. State subsidies, including preferential rates paid for clean power known as feed-in tariffs, are backed by laws that give projects predictable, stable cash flows for up to 20 years, he said.

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Capstone Turbine Corporation develops, manufactures, markets, and services turbine generator sets and related parts for use in stationary distributed power generation applications. The company's microturbines are small power generation systems using a gas turbine engine, based on related turbines used in transportation. Fuel cells have been accused of being expensive, leading Capstone Turbine to argue that microturbines hold a brighter future.

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