Why Plug Power Stock Perked Back Up Today
Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) jumped nearly 5% in early afternoon trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market Thursday, and is still holding onto more than half those gains as the trading day winds down -- up 2.8% as of 2:10 p.m. EDT. You can thank the U.S. government for that. Image source: Getty Images. So what This morning, Plug Power announced that the U.S. Department of Energy has "invited" it to submit a Part II Application for a loan guarantee under DOE's Title XVII Loan Guarantee Program. Title XVII refers to the part of the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005 that subsidizes development of "new or ...