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When Car Sellers Pan Electric & Hybrid Cars (AN, GM)

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 10:12 am

Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN) was on a CNBC video this morning on the heels of news that the November sales figures were up 21% from a year ...
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OPEC Going Green

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 9:05 am

At the triennial World Petroleum Congress in Qatar, a handful of representatives from Middle Eastern OPEC nations have indicated that their countries are beginning to take steps to reduce their ...
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ITC Keeps Investigating Chinese Solar Players (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, JASO, LDK)

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 1:06 pm

Solar stocks can use all the help available, and news is out today that may help the ailing U.S.-based solar sector.  The industry has complained of China's solar firms dumping solar ...
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Solar Stocks Target Prices Fall Sharply (FSLR, SPWR, LDK)

Posted: November 28, 2011 at 2:20 pm

In just four weeks, the target prices of three of world’s leading makers of solar PV modules have fallen by at least -30%. The drops have coincided with falling forecasts ...
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LDK Solar, Mathematically Bankrupt Without China (LDK, YGE, STP, TSL, JASO)

Posted: November 22, 2011 at 12:05 pm

Following the terrible earnings reports just out from a half-dozen of China’s largest solar PV makers, it is mathematically possible that at least one of these companies is at the ...
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Solar Reality… The Sun Just Does Not Shine (STP, LDK, CSIQ, TSL, JASO, JKS)

Posted: November 22, 2011 at 9:16 am

The solar PV sector has been struggling for the last two or three quarters as manufacturing over-capacity has driven down module pricing by around 40% since the beginning of the ...
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Rising Protests Unsettle India’s Nuclear Energy Expansion Plans

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 5:15 am

International nuclear energy firms have fanned out across the globe since the 11 March Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan to drum up new business, with two of their most lucrative ...
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Another Bioenergy Company Joins Crowded IPO Queue (CDXS, AMRS, GEVO, SZYM, KIOR, PALG)

Posted: November 17, 2011 at 10:56 am

The last year or so has been good for IPOs in the biofuel and bioenergy sector. Beginning with Codexis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDXS) in 2010, four other companies have successfully issued ...
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Solar Prices Continue to Batter Industry (JKS, FSLR, TSL, JASO, STP, LDK, SPWRA, WFR, SRE)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 9:36 am

China’s JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: JKS) has from its beginnings been viewed as a low-cost provider of solar PV panels. Unfortunately, competition in the sector has brought every other ...
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US Takes Up Solar Makers’ Case Against China (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, JASO, LDK, RSOL)

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 9:05 am

The US Department of Commerce has begun its investigation of a trade complaint accusing Chinese makers of solar PV modules of dumping their goods on the US market at less ...
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LED Lighting Boom Starts with a Whimper (LEDS, RBCN, CREE, VECO, AIXG, NEXS, EFOI)

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 10:41 am

Last Friday, the Chinese government announced a phase-out of incandescent light bulbs, beginning with eliminating 100-watt+ bulbs by the end of 2012 and 60-watt+ bulbs by 2014. The decision triggered ...
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Is There Really Upside in Biofuels Stocks? (ADM, VLO, GPRE, PEIX, SZYM, GEVO, AMRS, CDXS, KIOR)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 2:02 pm

Our series on expected upside in stock prices continues today with a look at the biofuels sector. What you are about to see are numbers that, for the most part, ...
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China’s Light Bulb Exodus, New Boom For Battered LED Companies (VECO, CREE, AIXG, RBCN, LEDS, NEXS, EFOI)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 12:53 pm

If there is one single event that can help an entire sector out immediately, it is when China announces major policy changes.  News is out that China is taking a ...
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SunPower, First Solar, Chinese Solar Makers Retrenching (SPWRA, FSLR, JASO, STP, TSL)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 11:33 am

The train wreck more widely known as the solar sector may finally be adjusting to reality and trying to get back on the tracks. SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) reported earnings ...
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Taxpayer Bailout Irony: Banks Better Investments Than Alternative Energy (AIG, BCON, PLD, F, GM, TSLA, HTM, SPWRA, FSLR, BAC)

Posted: November 3, 2011 at 6:17 am

There is some food for thought in the world of alternative energy against the hatred of banks.   It is a very painful observation, but it is turning out to be ...
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