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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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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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Market for Hybrid, Plug-In Cars Continues to Grow

Posted: April 4, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Hybrid car sales totaled 46,327 vehicles in March, with Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) grabbing just over 68% of the total, with sales of more than 31,512 Toyota and Lexus ...
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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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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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China Picks a Solar Company to Rescue

Posted: March 21, 2013 at 10:10 am

With Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) now in Chinese bankruptcy court, the shakeout in the Chinese solar industry is officially underway. What’s shakin’ today is a $51 million ...
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Biofuel Maker’s Shares Rise on Favorable Patent Ruling

Posted: March 20, 2013 at 12:12 pm

Biofuel maker Gevo Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) won a partial victory in federal court yesterday when a judge ruled that its method for producing isobutanol does not infringe on a patent ...
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Suntech Bankruptcy Heads for Chinese Courtroom

Posted: March 20, 2013 at 9:20 am

Once the world’s largest producer of solar PV cells and modules, Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) announced this morning that a group of eight Chinese banks have filed ...
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Chinese Solar Stocks — from Bad to Worse (STP, YGE, TSL, JASO, LDK, FSLR, SPWR)

Posted: March 19, 2013 at 11:50 am

Yesterday, Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) acknowledged that it had missed a $541 million debt payment and admitted that its trustee had sent it an official notice of ...
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It’s Official: Suntech Receives Notice of Default

Posted: March 18, 2013 at 11:25 am

China’s one-time leader in the production of solar panels has officially been notified by its trustee that the company is in default on a $541 million bond payment and that ...
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Suntech Defaults on Bond Payment

Posted: March 18, 2013 at 7:35 am

As expected, Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) failed to make a required $541 million bond repayment scheduled for last Friday. The company claimed last week to have reached ...
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The Coming End of Suntech

Posted: March 14, 2013 at 8:40 am

Chinese solar panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) announced earlier this week that it will close its plant in Arizona on April 3, costing 43 employees their ...
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