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ABB to Buy Power-One: A Vote of Confidence in Solar Energy

Posted: April 22, 2013 at 10:10 am

Swiss-based industrial firm ABB (NYSE: ABB) said today that it has agreed to acquire U.S.-based solar power firm Power-One Inc. (NASDAQ: PWER) for $6.35 a share, or about $1 billion, ...
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The Best Green Car of 2013

Posted: April 19, 2013 at 6:50 am

Kelly Blue Book, the auto research firm, named the Nissan Leaf as its best green car. Since Nissan is a second-tier car company, its larger rivals will be annoyed. Cars ...
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China and the Shrinking Green Energy Sector

Posted: April 17, 2013 at 7:10 am

The race to replace fossil fuels with "green" energy slowed last year. As the industry struggled, China took the lead among nations with green energy investments. It is not much ...
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Solar Perplex — Chasing First Solar or JinkoSolar?

Posted: April 10, 2013 at 12:20 pm

Following a rosy presentation at an analysts’ meeting yesterday, shares of First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) rose more than 45%, pulling a wagon load of other solar panel makers along ...
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First Solar’s Latest Forecast Changes Everything for Short Interest (CSIQ, FSLR, GTAT, WFR, SPWR, JASO, LDK, STP, TSL, YGE)

Posted: April 10, 2013 at 8:40 am

We have tracked the short interest in the following North American Solar companies as of March 28: Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), GT Advanced Technologies ...
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Six Alt-Energy and Solar ETFs Rocked by First Solar (FSLR, GEX, TAN, ICLN, KWT, PBW, QCLN)

Posted: April 9, 2013 at 4:14 pm

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) did not just have a great day. The solar leader managed to have massive upside guidance due to a large project and this was on ...
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First Solar Guidance Shocks — to the High Side

Posted: April 9, 2013 at 1:53 pm

In the disaster zone known as the solar sector, virtually all the news has been bad for so long that anything that smells like good news is jumped on as ...
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Fisker Became the Electric Car for Idiots

Posted: April 5, 2013 at 12:26 pm

If you have been following the trends in hybrid cars and all-electric cars, you probably think of Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) as the winner in the high-performance electric car ...
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BP Seeks Buyer for U.S. Wind Energy Operations

Posted: April 3, 2013 at 6:50 am

BP PLC (NYSE: BP) must like shale, gas and oil exploration and production better than new age energy sources. It wants to dump its wind operations in the United States. ...
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Going Private — an Option for China’s Solar Companies?

Posted: March 28, 2013 at 11:40 am

Chinese for-profit education company Ambow Education Holding Ltd. (NYSE: AMBO) got some bad news earlier this week. A proposed buyout by private equity firm Barings Asia Private Equity Fund V ...
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Suntech Woes Have Little Impact on Solar Short Interest (CSIQ, FSLR, GTAT, WFR, SPWR, JASO, LDK, STP, TSL, YGE)

Posted: March 27, 2013 at 8:35 am

We have tracked the short interest in the following North American Solar companies as of March 15: Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), GT Advanced Technologies ...
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Eagle Ford Shale Study Sees $89 Billion Future Annual Impact

Posted: March 26, 2013 at 5:51 pm

It would be the understatement of the year or the decade to simply say that the Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas region is making people rich. In fact, it ...
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LDK Solar Raises More Capital

Posted: March 26, 2013 at 12:05 pm

LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) remains a very challenged company. This is to the point that the Chinese solar players is raising cash yet again in an amount that is ...
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Canaccord Genuity Aggressively Upgrades LED Stocks for Huge Upside

Posted: March 25, 2013 at 8:20 am

Canaccord Genuity raised LED stocks in part of valuation and in part on the growth prospects ahead. We already have seen some serious bounces from the leader here, but the calls ...
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Another Likely Survivor of the Chinese Solar Shakeout: JA Solar

Posted: March 25, 2013 at 7:20 am

JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) reported fourth-quarter and full year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The China-based solar panel maker reported a net loss per American ...
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