Top 10 Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014

The recent budget proposal from the Obama administration is taking a lot of criticism for its big emphasis on clean energy technology development. While some may critique the method on how this will be funded, others fear the possibility of these clean energy investments failing,�the most recent and most widely publicized example being the bankrupt solar company Solyndra.�

Yet while we rake the muck of these failed�investments, many of us look over the fact that several industries and technologies were made possible from government funding.�Clearly, not every investment the government makes will be a great success, but�several�successful�businesses have developed in large part because of government assistance. There are examples across almost every sector of industry, but for now let's focus on developments in energy and see if a failure like Solyndra is an�aberration or just part of everyday business for the government.

Top 10 Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014: (TORNTPHAR.NS)

Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited engages in the manufacture and sale of branded and unbranded generic pharmaceutical products in India. The company focuses on the cardiovascular, central nervous system, gastro-intestinal, diabetology, anti-infective, and pain management areas. It offers tablets, capsules, and parenterals. The company?s principal products include insulin, lamotrigine, and citalopram. Its active pharmaceutical ingredients comprise nicorandil, risperidone, venlafaxine hydrochloride, ropinarole hydrochloride, duloxetine hydrochloride, ormeloxifen hydrochloride, nebivolol hydrochloride, sertraline hydrochloride, and clopidogrel bisulphate; and Level 1 area products include atomoxatine hydrochloride, rivastigmine hydrogen tartrate, and esomeprazole sodium. The company also involves in the contract manufacture of human insulin for other companies. It exports its products to approximately 50 countries worldwide. The company was formerly known as Trinity Laboratorie s and changed its name to Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited in 1971. Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited was founded in 1959 and is based in Ahmedabad, India.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By John Reese]

  Torrent has a very strong domestic focus, an advantage as the attention of global pharma majors turns towards India. The ongoing consolidation has created a lot of excitement about drug companies and this highly profitable company will be in the limelight. The company? penetration in smaller cities and towns will be an advantage in the coming years.

Top 10 Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014: IP Group(IPO.L)

IP Group plc, Formerly known as IP2IPO Group plc, is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed, early stage, and mature financing. The firm also provides seed capital financing to spin out companies from the universities. It seeks to invest in the life sciences, physical sciences, energy & renewables, medical equipment and supplies, intellectual property, pharmaceuticals & biotechnology, information technology & communications, and chemicals & materials. It also provides support for its university partners' intellectual property commercialization activities, as well as in the identification of intellectual property and in return takes equity positions in its portfolio companies. IP Group plc was founded in 2001 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Top 10 Tech Stocks To Buy For 2014: Rec Minerals Corp(REC.V)

Reliant Gold Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious, base metal, and uranium properties in Canada. It holds options to acquire 100% interests in the MC Dalhousie, North Nonacho, Esten, and Borden Lake South properties located in northwestern British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and Ontario. The company was formerly known as REC Minerals Corp. and changed its name to Reliant Gold Corp. in February 2011. Reliant Gold Corp. was founded in 2005 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Top 10 Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014: Vendanta Resources Ord Usd 0.1(VED.L)

Vedanta Resources plc operates as a diversified metals and mining company in India, China, the United Kingdom, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. It involves in mining, smelting, refining, and producing aluminum, alumina, copper, and zinc products; producing lead and iron ore products; processing gold and silver; and bauxite mining. The company also provides various financing services, port services, and accomodation and catering services, as well as engages in power generation business activities. Vedanta Resources plc was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Top 10 Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014: Magindustries Corp (MAA.TO)

MagIndustries Corp., together with its subsidiaries, focuses on the exploration and development of potash assets in the Republic of Congo. Its principal project includes the Mengo project that holds a mining license for a 136 km2 area with 33.2 million tonnes of proven and probable reserves of potash located to east of the Atlantic port city of Pointe-Noire, the Republic of Congo. The company also focuses on the construction and commissioning of a potash plant located to the east of the Atlantic port city of Pointe-Noire, the Republic of Congo to produce primarily agricultural-grade potash fertilizers for South American, South African, and European markets. In addition, it owns and operates a 68,000 hectare eucalyptus forestry plantation in Pointe-Noire, the Republic of Congo, which produces and sells wood chips to customers in the pulp and paper, and fiberboard industry in the European market; and evaluating the development of a Kouilou magnesium plant near Pointe-Noire i n the Republic of Congo located adjacent to the potash plant. The company was formerly known as Magnesium Alloy Corporation and changed its name to MagIndustries Corp. in January 2005. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. As of July 22, 2011, MagIndustries Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Evergreen Industries Holding Group Co., Ltd.

Top 10 Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014: Star Scientific Inc.(CIGX)

Star Scientific, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, implementation, and licensing of tobacco curing technology that prevents the formation of carcinogenic toxins present in tobacco and tobacco smoke, primarily the tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNA). It is also involved in the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of very low-TSNA dissolvable smokeless tobacco products, including ARIVA compressed powdered tobacco cigalett pieces, STONEWALL Hard snuff, and modified risk tobacco products. In addition, the company develops pharmaceutical products that have a botanical, tobacco-based component to treat tobacco dependence and various neurological conditions, including Alzheimer?s disease, Parkinson?s disease, schizophrenia, and depression. Further, Star Scientific engages in the development of non-nicotine nutraceutical products designed to assist individuals who seek a smoking alternative, as well as related non-nicotine products for t he maintenance of healthy metabolism. It sells its smokeless tobacco products through tobacco distributors and wholesalers in the United States. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Glen Allen, Virginia.

Top 10 Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014: Usa Video Interactive Crp (US.V)

Oculus Visiontech Inc. engages in the design and marketing of digital watermarking, and streaming video and video-on-demand systems and services to business customers. It also offers source-to-destination digital media delivery solutions that allow live or recorded digitized and compressed video to be transmitted through Internet, intranet, satellite, or wireless connectivity. The company�s systems, services, and delivery solutions include digital watermark solutions and video content production, content encoding, media asset management, media and application hosting, multi-mode content distribution, transaction data capture and reporting, e-commerce, specialized engineering services, and Internet streaming hardware. Its products and services comprise MediaSentinel, a digital watermarking technology used to deter piracy of digital content; SmartMarks, which are invisible, unremovable, forensic digital watermarks imbedded in various video frames to protect digital video fr om piracy; StreamHQ, a collection of source-to-destination media delivery services; EncodeHQ, a service that digitizes and compresses analog-source video; hardware server and encoder system applications under the brand name of Hurricane Mediacaster; Zmail, a Web and media content delivery service to targeted audiences; and mediaClix, a service that delivers content similar to Zmail, originating from an existing Web presence. The company was formerly known as USA Video Interactive Corp. and changed its name to Oculus Visiontech Inc. in January 2012. Oculus Visiontech Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Top 10 Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014: Tenon Grp Ord 10p(TNO.L)

RSM Tenon Group PLC provides professional and business advisory services in the United Kingdom. The company offers services in the areas of audit and accounts, consulting, corporate finance, corporate recovery, financial management, forensic accounting, fraud solutions, information systems assurance, internal audit, outsourced services, personal insolvency, software solutions, risk management, and tax. It primarily serves entrepreneurs, international businesses, individuals, medium sized companies and PLCs, and multinationals and corporates; construction and property, education, entertainment media and sport, hospitality and leisure, recruitment, rural and estates, technology and telecoms, medical and healthcare, government and public, and professional practices sectors, as well as private individuals in charities and not for profit organizations. The company was formerly known as Tenon Group PLC and changed its name to RSM Tenon Group PLC in December 2009. RSM Tenon Group PLC was founded in 2000 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Top 10 Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014: VALE S.A.(VALE)

Vale S.A. engages in the exploration, production, and sale of basic metals in Brazil. The company also involves in fertilizers, logistics, and steel businesses. The Bulk Material segment consist of iron ore mining and pellet production, as well as its Brazilian Northern and Southern transportation systems, including railroads, ports, and terminals. This segment also includes manganese mining and ferroalloys. The Base Metals segment produces nonferrous minerals, including nickel, copper, and aluminum consisting of aluminum trading activities, alumina refining, aluminum metal smelting, and bauxite mining. The Fertilizers segment provides potash, phosphates, and nitrogen. The Logistic Services segment consists of transportation systems, including ships, ports, and railroads for third party cargos. This segment includes 10,179 kilometers of railroad infrastructure, 8 seaport terminals, 5 general cargo ports, and 2 iron ore export terminals. In addition, it generates energy thr ough hydroelectric power plants. The company was founded in 1942 and is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jonas Elmerraji]

  Materials stocks were high up on institutional investors' sell lists last quarter -- and topping it off wasVale (VALE), the Brazilian miner. Vale is the largest iron ore miner in the world, with more than 300 million metric tons of the metal coming from its mines annually. Vale also produces coal and metals like nickel and copper. Dipping commodities prices sent fund managers hitting the "sell" button on Vale to the tune of 81.1 million shares.

  Vale's position in the iron business makes it an attractive name. Ultimately, despite the cyclical nature of the materials industry, economic growth requires iron -- and demand-hungry markets like China still offer upside for the firm. The relatively high quality of Vale's offerings doesn't hurt either. Because the firm is able to produce higher grade commodities from its mines, it's able to command higher prices and get better efficiency pulling metals out of the ground. That helps to offset the geographic challenges of shipping the heavy metal across the globe.

  Commodity exposure is inescapable for Vale. While the firm can reduce its risks by hedging with derivatives, Vale doesn't. The flip side to hedging is that the firm's profits aren't diluted when iron prices move higher -- and despite recent weakness, hard commodities remain priced on the high end of their historic ranges. While this isn't a particularly exciting stock right now, it probably doesn't warrant an exodus from shares either.

• [By Stephanie Link]

  Stephanie Link, Chief Investment Officer of TheStreet, unveiled her go-to stock of 2013 as well, choosing ore-producer Vale (NYSE:VALE) for three simple reasons.

  First, the company has significant exposure to emerging markets, especially China (its biggest customer by a landslide) and Brazil. On top of that, the company has made some important internal improvements, such as scaling back its production portfolio and selling non-core assets.

  Last but not least, Vale is a steal. “Shares are down from a high above $35 in early 2011 and were virtually flat for 2012. Vale trades at 6.3x 2013 enterprise value to EBITDA, below the group average of 6.6x,” Stephanie writes.

  That leaves room for plenty of upside — while downside is limited thanks to growing production and the simple fact that emerging markets are resource-hungry.

  We’ll just have to wait and see if they’re hungry enough for Vale to eat up some profits and rumble to the top of this list in the coming months.

Top 10 Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014: Comstock Homebuilding Companies Inc.(CHCI)

Comstock Homebuilding Companies, Inc. operates as a real estate development company in the United States. The company builds single-family homes, townhouses, mid-rise condominiums, high-rise multi-family condominiums, and residential and commercial mixed-use developments. It serves first-time, early move-up, and secondary move-up buyers located primarily in Washington, D.C. The company also provides a range of construction management and general contracting services in aspects, such as strategic planning, land development, entitlement, property management, sales and marketing, workout and turnaround strategies, and general construction to other property owners. As of December 31, 2010, it built and delivered approximately 5,200 homes. The company was formerly known as Comstock Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Comstock Homebuilding Companies, Inc. in June 2004. Comstock Homebuilding Companies, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.