Monday, August 22, 2011

Algae and nano investments

s of March 31, 2011, the company reported net assets of $146.63 million, with a Net Asset Value (NAV) per share of $4.73. Due to the difficulty in replacing the company’s unique private portfolio, the stock has historically (but not always) traded at a premium to its NAV.

Investors should expect the firm’s NAV to significantly increase in the coming quarter–and that should be welcome news for TINY’s stock price. Why?

Harris & Harris Group’s single largest holding is algae biofuels developer Solazyme (SZYM), which went public on the Nasdaq in May. The firm was an early private investor in Solazyme and now owns 2,304,149 shares. Harris & Harris Group’s first quarter carrying value on its SZYM shares is conservative and far below its current trading price. At today’s $24.30 price, TINY’s Solazyme holding is valued at nearly $56 million (more than 1/3 of its most recent NAV).Forbes
Solazyne, focus on oil from algae stock production.
And:
A leading Australian research institute has developed technology for printing thin, flexible solar cells based on inks made from semiconducting nanocrystals.
Printable, flexible solar cells that could decrease the cost of renewable energy have been developed by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the University of Melbourne.
The cells are created with inks that contain semiconducting nanocrystals, known as quantum dots, which have the potential to be printed in a continuous process, suggesting the technology can be scaled up for high-volume production.
The ink to make the cells can be printed on flexible plastics or metal foils and is then dried to form a thin film. Though this process can lead to defects, depositing multiple layers of the ink means these can be filled in, to produce a densely packed, uniform solar cell film.Plastic Electronics

Large, active, thin film, solar activated, nano-lattices designed for mass processing of water, waste and fuels.

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