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US Wind Generation to Stall Next Year

Posted: March 30, 2012 at 8:51 am

At a US Senate hearing earlier this week, the US head of Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s (BNEF) policy analysis told the members that after a record year of US investment ...
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Obama Speech Attacks Oil & Gas Subsidies (XOM, VLO, CHK, FSLR, USO)

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 11:34 am

In a "we versus them" speech today, President Obama again called for the end of subsidies for oil and gas companies.  His speech talked about the global opportunities that the ...
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Solar Woes Get To Blame Italy This Time (FSLR, TAN, SPWR, WFR)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 11:18 am

Solar power just cannot get a break.  The age of austerity is drilling holes in the solar economic viability business model.  Today's negative news flow stems out of Italy, where ...
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IPO Price Drops at Solar Firm Enphase

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 9:57 am

Problems in the solar PV market are well-known. Oversupply has led to a price drop of around 50% for modules, governments are cutting subsidies, and systems are still too expensive. ...
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A123 to Replace Defective Batteries (AONE)

Posted: March 26, 2012 at 10:02 am

Lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) has announced a field campaign to replace modules and battery packs that may contain defective cells. The defect may result in ...
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Verenium Soars on Asset Sales (VRNM, CDXS, SZYM)

Posted: March 26, 2012 at 9:29 am

Enzyme commercialization company Verenium Corp. (NASDAQ: VRNM) has announced the sale of several of its assets to Dutch firm DSM Food Specialties B.V., a business group of Royal DSM. The ...
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Germany Could Soften Solar Subsidy Cuts (TSL, YGE, LDK, JASO, STP)

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 1:28 pm

The German government had been expected to cut the country’s solar PV subsidy by 15% in April, and by 2% a month thereafter. PV Magazine is reporting today that following ...
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The Management Gap at First Solar (FSLR)

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 11:33 am

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has been one of the worst performing stocks out there over the last year.  Michael Ahern is searching for a new CEO after a departure ...
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Plug Power Raises Capital By Selling Shares Too Cheap, Untimely (PLUG)

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 10:04 am

Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG) is a company which we accused of plugging its shareholders on Thursday with the filing of a secondary offering to raise capital.  In an underwritten ...
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Green Jobs Jump–BLS

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 6:23 am

The rise of "green" may finally have begun to help the US economy. New Bureau of Labors statistics claim that 3.1 million Americans were employed in green jobs in 2010. The ...
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Plug Power Plugs Its Shareholders With Poorly Timed Secondary Offering (PLUG)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 4:36 pm

Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG) is effectively plugging its shareholders.  The alternative and clean-energy player has announced that it intends to offer its common stock in an underwritten public offering ...
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FuelCell Hammers Holders With Large Secondary Offering (FCEL)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 11:07 am

FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) is taking it on the chin this morning on news that the company is raising capital.  A secondary offering of 20 million shares may sound like ...
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Solar Company BrightSource Preps IPO (GS, C, DB, GOOG)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 8:56 am

Solar thermal generation provider BrightSource Energy Inc. has filed an amended Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an IPO of 6.9 million shares at a price ...
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Chinese Solar Firms’ Stocks Dive on Tariff News (YGE, TSL, STP, JASO, LDK, FSLR, SPWR)

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 11:48 am

Yesterday’s sugar-coated decision by the US Commerce Department to impose tariffs of up to nearly 5% on Chinese-made solar panels imported into the US has hit the makers hard. One ...
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Punishing Chinese Solar Makers, With Candy (TSL, STP, LDK, JASO, FSLR, STP)

Posted: March 20, 2012 at 1:54 pm

Solar shares are in a bit of flux after reports that the U.S. Commerce Department has ruled that Chinese solar panel makers have received illegal subsidies from China's government.  U.S. ...
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